Where's The Rest Of ME?

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Subject line quoting Reagan from the film " King's Row " , this

discussion sort of reminds me a bit of that old wives' thing about how when

someone

loses a limb, they sometimes can still feel " sensation " in their missing limb,

as

if it was still there -- you know, how the leg that was amputated still

itches. Anyway, being about 4 1/2 weeks out from my belt lipectomy, while I

don't

sometimes " FEEL " that my much despised panni is still there, I absolutely

sometimes " FEAR " that it's still there, so occassional reassuring checks down

below to make sure that I am still able to exercise my new found ability to see

my own two feet happens quite often throughout the day, followed soon

thereafter by a very relieved gasp of " WHEW!!!!! " I don't know what it is

exactly

that I suspect MIGHT just be happening: maybe that my disconnected discarded

panni has somehow taken on a life of it's own and has left the lab at Mt.

Sinai and has determinedly found me and reattached itself ... which sort of

reminds me of another movie, you know that one with Caine called " The

Hand "

where his severed hand reanimates itself and follows him around murdering

people out of rage, revenge and just plain movie peevishness! LMAO! Imagine

the horror of a severed panni on a homicidal rampage!

Lucille (amusing herself this morning, and having a nice FLAT belly laugh to

boot!)

In a message dated 10/8/2003 10:34:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

> Message: 23

> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:57:37 -0700

>

> Subject: Re: Digest Number 2605

>

> Wow, I found the same thing after my abdominal reconstruction. I spent at

> least six months feeling like it was still there. I kept having to put my

> hand on my tummy to remind myself that it was gone. After a year, it only

> happens occasionally. I told only a few people about it, but several of

> them looked at me kind of funny so I quit telling.

>

> Barbara Jean

> Re: Digest Number 2605

>

>

> > Just got home from the dr. he took out the drains!!! YIPPEEE!!!!

> > they were so painful to me. I have hardly any pain from the surgery

> itself.

> > If it wasnt for the drains i would say this surgery was not that bad at

> all

> > compared to the RNY.

> > I am not going to have a rock hard tummy and will still have some softness

> > but that is fine with me. I did not want pain from muscle repair. I am

> so

> > happy to be rid of that 15 lbs of hanging flesh in front of me!! It is

> odd i

> > still feel like it is there...ghost thing going on???

> >

> >

> >

> > open RNY 01-22-01 Dr. Elliot Goodman NJ

> > Lower body 09-29-03 Lift Dr. A. Ciccarelli CT

> > 306/150

> >

>