The next phase begins Nov. 30th!!!

Come on EVERYONE do the HAPPY DANCE!!! I just got off the phone with my plastic surgeons office, my hernia repair and panniculectomy is scheduled for Thursday, November 30th. They could have scheduled for Monday, Nov. 20th but the WLS surgeon has clinic on Mondays, I was like well with what she has put me through the past 2 years she should cancel her clinic!!! So that means Henrietta's Goodbye Party will be over Thanksgiving weekend...I wonder if I can convience her the parade is just for her? Update to those who might not have known...after returning from the OH event in Lexington and having the oppertunity there to attend 2 sessions of WLS revisions and learn the stastitical risks, etc. I decided to instead proceed with the panniculectomy and hernia repair I already had approved. My appeal for the revision had been denied anyway, so I was going to have to fight BCBS even more. Sarah Margaret 502/462/284/A person I've never known

Let me the first here to say yippee!! Did he give you an estimate of how much he will be removing, the length of your hospital stay. etc.? What a great early Christmas present. Hugs, Loris

Ummm...he did at my consult but that was more than 5 months ago...and I forget...I do believe he said 15-20lbs of skin/tissue. I will be seeing him in clinic again before the surgery...I'm waiting for a call back with that date. Sarah

Hey Sarah, Boy what exciting news that is.. I can amagine you being so ready and all with all that weighloss. After all is said and done and the pain and healing is all behind you, it will be just like a rebirth. My bud Sue had it done a while back and after the healing the rewards will begin for sure. So what a happy gobble gobble holiday you will have!! Hugs Marge

Congratulations, and best wishes for a speedy recovery! Jan