scars

[Guest guest]

Hi Ann,

I was at N.E.Baptist the other day, and couldn't remember when you'd be

there! I looked all around for someone who " looked like me " ! Here's hoping

that

some of the people here will actually be able to meet there!

I'm having hand surgery there on 3/23. I know, it's a different department.

But, I'll be thinking of all you other folks who (rightly) get treatment

there!

Carole M.

[Guest guest]

Elissa,

That was a really great letter! I am with you! I have never hidden my scar

from scoliosis surgery! Now, the front of me is a different story. I am a

walking road map! There is really only one person who ever asked about my back

scar. She was a woman swimming at the " Y " , who came over to me and said,

" Boy, they got you good! " . That was it! The one and only, and it didn't hurt a

bit. We became fast friends.

So, you go girl. And, to anyone considering a tattoo: I have no problems

with them, I only hope that you know " why " you are going that route. Have fun!

We only go this way once!

Carole M.

[Guest guest]

Oops! Didn't mean to imply that female scoliosis patients shouldn't

wear bikinis, just that I didn't feel comfortable wearing them.

However, now that I think of it, I do recall that I think I did

continue to wear bikinis for a few years after my surgery. I don't

really worry too much these days about the back of one piece suits

since I usually tan a little and the upper part of my scar is rather

thin. I've only had two people ever ask me about my scar when

wearing a bathing suit: one was a woman I knew from college and one

was my child's swimming instructor, neither one though was trying to

be mean, just curious. I do have a problem with designers and how

they design women's bathing suits vs. men's, but hey, that's a whole

other topic.

Oh, and I love the idea of a great big tattoo. Very cool!

Robin

[Guest guest]

Thought I'd join in the discussion of the scars.

I too have a rather noticeable scar from just below the base of my neck to right

above my " crack " , a very large scar over the right hip from the donor site. I

did wear a bikini as a teen to wash the car in the back yard but was too self

conscious to wear it with people other then family around.

I never wore dresses without a back.

Ah, but now at 49 I wear whatever I want but it doesn't include a bikini--just

don't have the body for it. And like Sharon's husband I'm prefers the " natural "

look

Joyce

[Guest guest]

OK, Carol,

Now you have me (and everyone else?) guessing! Here we all are in the Boston

area, wondering, " What was the name of that guy? " . Are you going to give it

up? Pleeeeeeeese?

Carole M. the elder

[Guest guest]

Lol Carole .M

For the life of me, I don't remember. Really. : ). It's been 25 years or

so ago, and I have terrible case of brain fog. I am sure it will come to

me. Eventually. LOL I know it was an Oriental sounding name. He was a

local from Hawaii and was going to Boston to become an eye specialist.

When I finally finished college and left Hawaii 4 years later, I went to

Boston to look him up. I found out where he had previously worked (I

spent 2 years in the Boston/Cambridge area) and low and behold. They said

he went back to Hawaii to practice medicine. Most Hawaiians do. So I

guess that's no big surprise. They are very close nit people. Not to

mention it is one of the most beautiful places in the world to live so

why would they WANT to ever leave it , right? I guess my timing is

always off, Lol Guess if I stayed with him I would have been well off

now and living in Hawaii. Oh well, life sure has it's twists and turns

doesn't it? The reason I decided to go to Boston is because when I came

back from Hawaii my parents had sold the house out from under me in NY ,

so I decided to take up residence in the nearest city to start a career

....which was Boston, about 3 hours from Vermont. My parents opened up a

Bed and Breakfast there in Northern Vermont. While in Boston I figured I

would look up my long lost love. But behold...he was gone. Oh well.

Guess it wasn't meant to be. : ( I think he practiced at Mass

general.?? Pardon my senior moments of brain fog. It will clear up

eventually, and I can give you more detail. LOL Bye for

now.....Happy Valentines Day...............Carol.....from NY

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

OK, Carol,

Now you have me (and everyone else?) guessing! Here we all are in the

Boston

area, wondering, " What was the name of that guy? " . Are you going to give

it

up? Pleeeeeeeese?

Carole M. the elder

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I have one long scar from my neck to the top of my backside. When I was

young and in shape I wore plenty of bikini's too. I was such a skinny

little thing then. I guess my scar didn't bother me too much because I

really couldn't see it. I even got a date from a young doctor while

lying on my stomach sunning myself in Hawaii. He was walking by and asked

me if I had the scoliosis surgery. I looked up and said yes, and that

struck up a whole conversation and we ended up dating for a while until

he had to leave to start his practice in Boston. So I guess you might say

the scar worked in my behalf, so to speak. A real conversation piece. !

LOL I would never wear a bikini now. I am not overweight but I am

definitely not fit anymore, and I am middle age. ( 47 ) I think I

would probably wear one piece suits anyway at this point. . I wonder

though what the new scars will look like after my A/P revision surgery?

Either way, you wouldn't catch me in a bikini anymore. Not unless I could

get my 19 year old body back again. LOL Such is life. : )

Carol

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[Guest guest]

To Carol in NY

Oh, well, at least you had a good laugh! That is quite a story, actually! I

can imagine that, after being brought up in Hawaii, it would be difficult to

make a permanent change! Well, I'm sorry you missed him when you tried to

look him up!

BTW, all my kids were born in NY State. One in Troy, two in Queens, and one

in Warwick. Yes, I made it a habit to have a child for every change of

address! LOL!

Looking forward to your next posting,

Carole M. (the elder one)

[Guest guest]

Hi ! I worried too about the scaring. I am 29 and prior to

my Surgery in Nov 05, I wore bikini's. This summer I have a cute

little tankini type suit to keep the sun off of them for one year.

Honestly, my friends say you can barely see them, maybe it's because

my belly is so white compared to the rest of me!! I also am still

using vitamin E twice a day on them, it's supposed to help them fail,

why not? But seriously, I posted pictures of my belly scars and so

did Giselle. Have a look, maybe this will help you feel better about

them.

a in St. Louis - finally with electricity after 4 days!!!

>

> Hey - it's not silly or anything - you have to think about

all

> of the aspects of your surgery, including what you're going to look

> like after. Part of scarring also is a genetic and coloring thing.

In

> my family, we all scar horribly - we form keloids which are really

> thick; still pinker than my other skin after 17 years, kind of

scars.

> Oh well, like anything - you weigh your options. Eat well for 17

> years now - and hopefully going strong for some more - or worry

about

> wearing a bikini. (and I was only 20 at the time so I still wore

> bikinis then) It was a no-brainer.

> Now - I had my gall bladder out last year laproscopically and you

can

> barely see those scars anymore - they were so small they only

covered

> them with steri-strips.

> Thankfully they have all of those nice tankini styles. Whatever

your

> scar looks like, it shouldn't really be visible to the masses all

too

> much anyway.

> Maybe you'll be one of those lucky ones -where you can't see

anything

> after a few months anyway.

>

> Good luck with your surgery - I'll take happy swallowing over a

> bikini any day!!

>

> - in Va.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there, I am 34 and wore bikinis until my surgery.

I had surgery at barnes Jewish in St Louis, where did you have yours

a?? I see you are from St Louis. My in-laws live in Potosi about

1 1/2 se of you - they were out of power for quite a while too -

these midwest summers can be brutal without air!!

Anyway, - my doc did a lap on my and reused one of my

appendectomy scars I already had above my belly button. The problem

was that doc used the adhesive instead of stitches and my scars did

not 'seal' as tight as I would have liked them, but I also don't have

the railroad tracks either. It takes about a year for them to heal

up good and start to disappear. I hate to say it but even though the

appecdectomy scars are almost invisible (that was 4 years ago), my 5

myotomy scars are not too pretty - don't think I would want that glue

or adhesive used again....

in Illinois

> >

> > Hey - it's not silly or anything - you have to think about

> all

> > of the aspects of your surgery, including what you're going to

look

> > like after. Part of scarring also is a genetic and coloring

thing.

> In

> > my family, we all scar horribly - we form keloids which are

really

> > thick; still pinker than my other skin after 17 years, kind of

> scars.

> > Oh well, like anything - you weigh your options. Eat well for 17

> > years now - and hopefully going strong for some more - or worry

> about

> > wearing a bikini. (and I was only 20 at the time so I still wore

> > bikinis then) It was a no-brainer.

> > Now - I had my gall bladder out last year laproscopically and you

> can

> > barely see those scars anymore - they were so small they only

> covered

> > them with steri-strips.

> > Thankfully they have all of those nice tankini styles. Whatever

> your

> > scar looks like, it shouldn't really be visible to the masses all

> too

> > much anyway.

> > Maybe you'll be one of those lucky ones -where you can't see

> anything

> > after a few months anyway.

> >

> > Good luck with your surgery - I'll take happy swallowing over a

> > bikini any day!!

> >

> > - in Va.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hey !!! I had my surgery at Jewish too!! WOW:)

Someone in my area! How cool is that? When did you have your

surgery? Who was your doc, if you don't mind me asking. Maybe

we've seen the same docs and we don't even know it!! Who knows,

maybe we could plan a mid-west meet up!!

a in St. Louis

> > >

> > > Hey - it's not silly or anything - you have to think

about

> > all

> > > of the aspects of your surgery, including what you're going to

> look

> > > like after. Part of scarring also is a genetic and coloring

> thing.

> > In

> > > my family, we all scar horribly - we form keloids which are

> really

> > > thick; still pinker than my other skin after 17 years, kind of

> > scars.

> > > Oh well, like anything - you weigh your options. Eat well for

17

> > > years now - and hopefully going strong for some more - or

worry

> > about

> > > wearing a bikini. (and I was only 20 at the time so I still

wore

> > > bikinis then) It was a no-brainer.

> > > Now - I had my gall bladder out last year laproscopically and

you

> > can

> > > barely see those scars anymore - they were so small they only

> > covered

> > > them with steri-strips.

> > > Thankfully they have all of those nice tankini styles.

Whatever

> > your

> > > scar looks like, it shouldn't really be visible to the masses

all

> > too

> > > much anyway.

> > > Maybe you'll be one of those lucky ones -where you can't see

> > anything

> > > after a few months anyway.

> > >

> > > Good luck with your surgery - I'll take happy swallowing over

a

> > > bikini any day!!

> > >

> > > - in Va.

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

can any one tell me how their scars healed, and how quickly, mine still look a bit red, although it has only been 6 weeks, the doc says eventually they should be faint, is this correct,

from marie (scotland)

soft diet link (Help)> > > The link that Caroline gave me for the diet after surgery is the one > below> > http://patienteducation.upmc.com/Pdf/NissenFundoDiet.pdf#search=%> 22fundoplication%20diet%22 > > Its a PDF file > > I managed to open it up and safe it to my desktop and sent ot to Marie > as an attatchment> > But I wouldn't know where to start sending this information to the > files section in the group.> > Can you or anyone help with this?> > Pippa x>

[Guest guest]

My lap scars you can hardly see now.

C Warren

Co-Founder

www.achalasia.us

From:

achalasia [mailto:achalasia ] On Behalf Of Marie

Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:45 AM

achalasia

Subject: Re: scars

can

any one tell me how their scars healed, and how quickly, mine still look a bit

red, although it has only been 6 weeks, the doc says eventually they should be

faint, is this correct,

from

marie (scotland)

-----

Original Message -----

From: Pippa

achalasia

Sent: Tuesday, October 31,

2006 10:37 PM

Subject: Re: diet

Thats good to hear Marie what did you have to

eat today?

Just stick with the diet sheets for a few weeks you will be amazed

what food you can eat and probably how much better you will feel the

food go down.

I have found even 5 weeks on I haven't missed the crusty breads or

the meat because I couldn't eat it before I guess or I did and it

just gave me so much grief I regretted it afterwards.

Please keep in contact and let us know how it goes.

Pippa x Northants

>

> thanks for the diet, i only wish i had known about it after my

surgery,i will read it and follow it even though it is 6 weeks since

i came out of hospital, ive actually not been too bad today

> from marie (scotland)

> soft diet link (Help)

>

>

> The link that Caroline gave me for the diet after surgery is the

one

> below

>

> http://patienteducation.upmc.com/Pdf/NissenFundoDiet.pdf#search=%

> 22fundoplication%20diet%22

>

> Its a PDF file

>

> I managed to open it up and safe it to my desktop and sent ot to

Marie

> as an attatchment

>

> But I wouldn't know where to start sending this information to

the

> files section in the group.

>

> Can you or anyone help with this?

>

> Pippa x

>

[Guest guest]

's lap scars barely look like dirt.Only can see them if your

right next to him.A tan should cover those but not the one he has

now.H will have to create a wild story as to where this scar came

from.lol

Dont worry hun they will fade and barley be seen.

Tonia

> >

> > thanks for the diet, i only wish i had known about it after my

> surgery,i will read it and follow it even though it is 6 weeks

since

> i came out of hospital, ive actually not been too bad today

> > from marie (scotland)

> > soft diet link (Help)

> >

> >

> > The link that Caroline gave me for the diet after surgery is

the

> one

> > below

> >

> >

http://patienteducation.upmc.com/Pdf/NissenFundoDiet.pdf#search=%

> > 22fundoplication%20diet%22

> >

> > Its a PDF file

> >

> > I managed to open it up and safe it to my desktop and sent ot

to

> Marie

> > as an attatchment

> >

> > But I wouldn't know where to start sending this information to

> the

> > files section in the group.

> >

> > Can you or anyone help with this?

> >

> > Pippa x

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Same for my lap scars and it has been ablut 3 years now. My open surgery scar os still there but not as profound as it used to be. in Gerogialie Warren <juliecwarren@...> wrote: My lap scars you can hardly see now. C Warren Co-Founder www.achalasia.us From: achalasia [mailto:achalasia ] On Behalf Of MarieSent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:45 AMachalasia Subject: Re: scars can any one tell me how their scars healed, and how quickly, mine still look a bit red, although it has only been 6 weeks, the doc says eventually they should be faint, is this correct, from marie (scotland) soft diet link (Help)> > > The link that Caroline gave me for the diet after surgery is the one > below> > http://patienteducation.upmc.com/Pdf/NissenFundoDiet.pdf#search=%>

22fundoplication%20diet%22 > > Its a PDF file > > I managed to open it up and safe it to my desktop and sent ot to Marie > as an attatchment> > But I wouldn't know where to start sending this information to the > files section in the group.> > Can you or anyone help with this?> > Pippa x> <FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#ff0000 size=5> in Georgia </FONT><IMG src=" ">

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[Guest guest]

He could say it was a shark attack --- not

only will it impress his friends, but it will be a badge of courage with the

girls in a few years.

LOL

in NY

From: achalasia [mailto:achalasia ] On Behalf Of toniasdogsandi

Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006

1:15 PM

achalasia

Subject: Re: scars

's lap scars barely look like dirt.Only can see

them if your

right next to him.A tan should cover those but not the one he has

now.H will have to create a wild story as to where this scar came

from.lol

Dont worry hun they will fade and barley be seen.

Tonia

> >

> > thanks for the diet, i only wish i had known about it after my

> surgery,i will read it and follow it even though it is 6 weeks

since

> i came out of hospital, ive actually not been too bad today

> > from marie (scotland)

> > soft diet link (Help)

> >

> >

> > The link that Caroline gave me for the diet after surgery is

the

> one

> > below

> >

> >

http://patienteducation.upmc.com/Pdf/NissenFundoDiet.pdf#search=%

> > 22fundoplication%20diet%22

> >

> > Its a PDF file

> >

> > I managed to open it up and safe it to my desktop and sent ot

to

> Marie

> > as an attatchment

> >

> > But I wouldn't know where to start sending this information to

> the

> > files section in the group.

> >

> > Can you or anyone help with this?

> >

> > Pippa x

> >

>

[Guest guest]

OH OH OH I know!!!! He could say that he was attacked and

saved him mum and dad!!! LOL, it will be a good conversation piece for him

later.

C Warren

Co-Founder

www.achalasia.us

From:

achalasia [mailto:achalasia ] On Behalf Of

Brown

Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 9:22 PM

achalasia

Subject: RE: Re: scars

He could

say it was a shark attack --- not only will it impress his friends, but it will

be a badge of courage with the girls in a few years.

LOL

in NY

From: achalasia

[mailto:achalasia ] On Behalf Of toniasdogsandi

Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 1:15 PM

achalasia

Subject: Re: scars

's lap scars barely look like dirt.Only can see them if your

right next to him.A tan should cover those but not the one he has

now.H will have to create a wild story as to where this scar came

from.lol

Dont worry hun they will fade and barley be seen.

Tonia

> >

> > thanks for the diet, i only wish i had known about it after my

> surgery,i will read it and follow it even though it is 6 weeks

since

> i came out of hospital, ive actually not been too bad today

> > from marie (scotland)

> > soft diet link (Help)

> >

> >

> > The link that Caroline gave me for the diet after surgery is

the

> one

> > below

> >

> >

http://patienteducation.upmc.com/Pdf/NissenFundoDiet.pdf#search=%

> > 22fundoplication%20diet%22

> >

> > Its a PDF file

> >

> > I managed to open it up and safe it to my desktop and sent ot

to

> Marie

> > as an attatchment

> >

> > But I wouldn't know where to start sending this information to

> the

> > files section in the group.

> >

> > Can you or anyone help with this?

> >

> > Pippa x

> >

>

[Guest guest]

mmmh

> > >

> > > thanks for the diet, i only wish i had known about it after my

> > surgery,i will read it and follow it even though it is 6 weeks

> since

> > i came out of hospital, ive actually not been too bad today

> > > from marie (scotland)

> > > soft diet link (Help)

> > >

> > >

> > > The link that Caroline gave me for the diet after surgery is

> the

> > one

> > > below

> > >

> > >

> http://patienteduca

> <http://patienteducation.upmc.com/Pdf/NissenFundoDiet.pdf#search=%>

> tion.upmc.com/Pdf/NissenFundoDiet.pdf#search=%

> > > 22fundoplication%20diet%22

> > >

> > > Its a PDF file

> > >

> > > I managed to open it up and safe it to my desktop and sent ot

> to

> > Marie

> > > as an attatchment

> > >

> > > But I wouldn't know where to start sending this information to

> > the

> > > files section in the group.

> > >

> > > Can you or anyone help with this?

> > >

> > > Pippa x

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I have scars from surgeries that are between 5 - 7 years old. I thought I read

that iodine can help in reducing these scars.

Is this the case in scars this old? Also is there a specific amount to be used

and how often should it be applied?

Are there any safety issues?

Thanks,

D

[Guest guest]

Also... investigate Serrapeptase for scar dissolving.

>

> Hi,

>

> I have scars from surgeries that are between 5 - 7 years old. I thought I read

> that iodine can help in reducing these scars.

>

> Is this the case in scars this old? Also is there a specific amount to be used

and how often should it be applied?

>

> Are there any safety issues?

>

> Thanks,

>

> D

>