MELMEL308
Response to "Would you have Plastic Surgery?"
Sep 01, 2011
I am trying to stay positive with the "I rather have a flat tire than a full tire" outlook on the hanging skin.. My stomach is bad, and it was bad before i even had surgery..majority of my weight lies in my stomach. 9 years ago I had an emergency vertical C section which I was butchered because they were trying to act fast to get the baby out (Unfortunately my son died) so i have the hanging apron or I call it BIF (Butt in front). Since i lost 80lbs it is getting smaller, but it is hanging lower and lower. I HATE IT!!! I dont care about my boobs, butt, arms, inner thighs, its this ugly fatty split in half BUTT i have in the front of me. I went to a doctors check up last friday and showed him a fist size ball that i have discovered right next to my c section scar. lying down you can't notice it, but when i stand, it is definitely distinctive. I thought i noticed this about a year ago, but chalked it up to my imagination and that i am just fat., but now that i have lost so much weight, it is definitely there. When i showed my surgeon, he says it appears to be a hernia. When i had the VSG, he informed me that because of the amount of scare tissue i had from the c section, it was growing likes vines, and wrapping around my intestines.. he removed some of it, but he did not probe further because he didnt want to agravate anything. So... not that having another surgery is good news...BUT!!!!! (and this is a big BUT!!!) My surgeon came right out and said to me "Not to wish ill on you, but you just found your reason for your insurance to cover the skin removal." Of course he wants me to lose as much as I can first before we dive into it, but he ordered a cat scan and wants to start getting the ball rolling to repair the hernia and remove the hanging skin...I am estatic! It couldnt be in a better place... the hernia is right at the ugly apron of skin.. so i am sure it all wont be covered the way that he broke down the cost categories to me (hospital fee, surgery fee, and doctor's fee and then plastics) but he said 3 out of the 4 would be covered!!!
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05/16/2011
Surgery Date
Feb 22, 2011
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