Re: I am scared hernia/panni

[Guest guest]

> I am very interested in hearing people's experiences with the

surgery and also about how it changed the way you look, your

perception of yourself, how it changed your movement, etc.. Did it

make as big a difference as WLS?

>

> Thanks again,

>

> Vicki A.

>

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Okey dokey...going in on Tuesday for a TT and lipo on the butt &

back...doing it self-pay and outpatient (Dr. Steph gave me a choice,

but I'm self-pay, so I'm not staying )) But, I am appealing the

breast reduction...they will not get away with denying me that!

Ok, I know the next question...prices:

abdominoplasty - $6000

lipo on butt & back (love handles) as needed - $3500

anesthesiologist - $1400

surgical suite - $1350

PAT (CBC and EKG) - don't know yet

That's it, I hope.

in NJ

[Guest guest]

> I am very interested in hearing people's experiences with the

surgery and also about how it changed the way you look, your

perception of yourself, how it changed your movement, etc.. Did it

make as big a difference as WLS?

>

> Thanks again,

>

> Vicki A.

>

************************

Okey dokey...going in on Tuesday for a TT and lipo on the butt &

back...doing it self-pay and outpatient (Dr. Steph gave me a choice,

but I'm self-pay, so I'm not staying )) But, I am appealing the

breast reduction...they will not get away with denying me that!

Ok, I know the next question...prices:

abdominoplasty - $6000

lipo on butt & back (love handles) as needed - $3500

anesthesiologist - $1400

surgical suite - $1350

PAT (CBC and EKG) - don't know yet

That's it, I hope.

in NJ

[Guest guest]

> I am very interested in hearing people's experiences with the

surgery and also about how it changed the way you look, your

perception of yourself, how it changed your movement, etc.. Did it

make as big a difference as WLS?

>

> Thanks again,

>

> Vicki A.

>

************************

Okey dokey...going in on Tuesday for a TT and lipo on the butt &

back...doing it self-pay and outpatient (Dr. Steph gave me a choice,

but I'm self-pay, so I'm not staying )) But, I am appealing the

breast reduction...they will not get away with denying me that!

Ok, I know the next question...prices:

abdominoplasty - $6000

lipo on butt & back (love handles) as needed - $3500

anesthesiologist - $1400

surgical suite - $1350

PAT (CBC and EKG) - don't know yet

That's it, I hope.

in NJ

[Guest guest]

>Anyway, right now, I'm obsessing over this. It makes me sick. I

> actually think I looked sort of deformed - I have this majorily

tight, flat lower belly and tight waist, and then this dangling

poochy thing right above the waist that goes all the way up to my

breasts. I know that time and money will fix it, but I wanted it to

be right the first time.

>

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Aw, Beth, this worries me. This is the part that bothers me the

most, too. All I can say is I can relate, but in all honesty, I have

to tell you that I hope it doesn't happen this way for me on

Tuesday. Yes, I would be majorly ticked, too.

in NJ

open RNY 8/99

306/164/whatever

TT coming soon 11/19/02

[Guest guest]

Beth:

I've had at least 4 corrective procedures since WLS. Not one of them has

not had to be " touched up. " I also have noted that on every single

occasion, I have obssessed about one detail that didn't turn out right.

It's almost like I couldn't see the forest for the trees. I don't know what

it is. It can be something one can really see, like you're describing, or

it can be something that I only see.

I don't doubt it may need more, but I do understand after surgery,

emotionally it's just kind of hard to take. I also know from experience

that certain things show when we're standing, etc., that they just can't

" see " when we're lying flat. Maybe she can finnesse the insurance for the

touch-up.

in Austin

RNY April 1998

----- Original Message -----

>

> Well, it looks pretty good so far, at least parts of it.

> Well, she (the

> surgeon) wasn't nearly aggressive enough. I still have loose, wobbly skin

up

> there. When I bend forward you can still see a " turkey gobbler " effect

above

> the waist - skin hanging down and dangling. The surgeon has already said,

> " Oh, we can fix that, " but the problem is, even though she will do it at

NO

> COST, the anesthesiologist and OR will still expect to get paid. An hour

of

> those two things is not cheap. My insurance paid for the panniculectomy

> portion of my surgery, but I don't think they'll pick up any of the tab

for

> these corrections.

> Anyway, right now, I'm obsessing over this. It makes me sick. > Beth

> Houston, TX

> VBG - Dr. Srungaram

> 05/31/00 - 314 lbs.

> 10/06/02 - 167 lbs.

> 11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty

> 5'10 "

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