Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Hi Kricket, here in Houston. I did the same thinking you did. The WLS was to save my life and I was willing to risk death, stroke, or other serious complications..as I was dying anyway from the co-morbidities. My husband finally saw my side of things when I told him I could die from the morbidities even without the surgery. Fast forward a year and a half when I told my husband I wanted plastics. He was very resistant. He said and I quote " the first surgery was to save your life " and I said, " Yes, and with the plastic surgery it will improve my quality of life " ..........and then I started to listen to the wrong people. I was letting others decide what was best for me. I never told anyone but the people on this list how I was constantly drying the area under my breasts, putting powder on the rashes, stuffing a maxi pad under the bra to absorb the moissture....did about the same thing for my " hang down " panni. These things just don't come up in conversation with regular people no matter how much you love them or them loving us. But anyone here understands how I feel and they understand how YOU feel. The days before my RNY I would spend hours every night reading all the stories of what others went through before,during and after their WLS and looked at all the photo files I could. I did the same in the days before my plastic surgery. You need to join.... ossg-plasticsurgery (AT) yahoogroup (DOT) Lots of help there. Good luck and post often. n a message dated 1/19/2004 12:53:02 PM Central Standard Time, kricketgirl68@... writes: My panniculectomy is in 2 days and I want to have plenty of protein around (right now I have enough to get me through about 10 days). Also, for anyone that might know or can relate...is it fairly normal to be fearing the PS procedures? I guess it is because my RNY was a do or die type thing, while *in a way* the panni surgery feels " optional " (even though it isn't). I just read a panni horror story on another list and then about a famous author that just died after a facelift and I am just getting creeped out is all. Thanks, Kricket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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