I have a surgery date!! But still not sure what type of surgery :)

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody,

I finally have my surgery scheduled - Feb 24th, 2005. Can't wait for

this whole thing to be over, but I know that the hardest part is still

ahead. My OS told me previously that there was a possibility that I

would need to do both upper and lower, but currently it looks like I

can get away with just the lower (good news!). The bad news is that

there is still an option of doing upper as well, and that was left up

to me to decide if I want it or not. Upper would be for mostly

cosmetic reasons. I have asked the OS to send me a computer

simulation of how I would look like after each type of surgery, so

that I can decide. I know I should be asking my OS these questions,

but I think people who actually went through the surgeries might have

a better insight into this: how much worse is the recovery from upper

and lower vs. just the lower? Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks.

Irene.

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody,

I finally have my surgery scheduled - Feb 24th, 2005. Can't wait for

this whole thing to be over, but I know that the hardest part is still

ahead. My OS told me previously that there was a possibility that I

would need to do both upper and lower, but currently it looks like I

can get away with just the lower (good news!). The bad news is that

there is still an option of doing upper as well, and that was left up

to me to decide if I want it or not. Upper would be for mostly

cosmetic reasons. I have asked the OS to send me a computer

simulation of how I would look like after each type of surgery, so

that I can decide. I know I should be asking my OS these questions,

but I think people who actually went through the surgeries might have

a better insight into this: how much worse is the recovery from upper

and lower vs. just the lower? Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks.

Irene.