Re: panniculectomy, panniculotomy, potato, potahto, etc.

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Subject: re:panniculectomy, panniculotomy, potato, potahto, etc.

>and the fact that my navel goes

>with the extra fat. I like my navel, having it removed for someone's

>convenience bothers me. Having my pearly white and flawless, albeit

enormous,

>tummy sliced up also bothers me. having a hip to hip incision left open to

>heal from the inside out bothers me. I had a bikini line hysterectomy

>incision come apart. I am not happy about this. But I will deal with it.

>Any body else out there feel the need to say good-bye to body parts about

to

>be sliced and removed? I am thinking of making a plaster cast of my navel

as

>a sort of ritual commemoration of its existence before they snip it out.

Nan

pre-op, Dr. Anthone, USC

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Your navel isn't really being *removed*, it's just be adjusted

up...correct? I'm not to happy with all this slicing and deicing either,

but when I look at the alternative of staying fat, it's a clean decision

for me.

V. in MD