scotsirish
Not feeling well.....
Jan 14, 2007
Plastic surgery consult #2
Nov 15, 2006
I have been so bummed about this second consult. This guy smiled all the time, but didn't ahve anything encouraging to say. He told me that my arms would do me good, to the tune of about $5000, a TT would cover part of the lower body lift, the left would be about $10,000, and he doens't believe in the effectiveness of liposuction. I am waiting to hear from my insurance if they will cover the liposuction or not and then I will be going with the first doctor.
Plastic surgery consult #1
Oct 24, 2006
Had my first plastic surgery consult yesterday. He was nice. He said that the arms were a done thing....take off the excess skin and fat, incision goes down to the arm pit. The thighs were another thing. He said it is better to do liposuction first then after all that swelling goes down.....he said WEEKS....if the skin hadn't rebounded then remove it. Guess I call the other one this morning and make an appointment to see him and see what he says. Have to save up time to take off for surgery so I guess getting opinions and consults is a good thing.
Journey so far.....
Oct 14, 2006
As of the 30th of Sept, 2006 I am down an amazing 131 pounds with about 58 to go to get to MY goal of 170ish. My PCP the other day gave me a referal to 2 plastic surgeons....have an appointment with the first one on Oct 24th! After I hear what he has to say I will call the other one for a second opinion. Have heard many stories about how long one should wait after loosing weight before doing the plastic thing, but will ask them to see what they say/recommend. I am just over 19 months post-op and have a lot of saggy elephant skin on my thighs and of course the bat-wing thing going on.