Guest guest Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Thanks but no thanks. EEKS!!! I am not that hardy to endure that kind of pain and suffering! They make the contestants on Extreme Makeover sign a TON of liability waivers including medical malpractice waivers in exchange for their show appearance. I considered appying to the show but I am prohibited as I have a professional relationship with Disney. You know PS is not forever. Gravity can't be denied. Hope those people know the future expenses in store for them including future medical check ups and touch ups!!! Thank you Daddy! Robyn > > I heard that ad on the radio. I wouldn't mind going just to see that > cute doctor from 'The Swan'. BTW did anyone see 'the Swan' this week? > There was a gal from Corona, CA who had lost 120 pounds without surgery > and she was also a widow. They gave her a full body reconstruction and a > face lift in 3 sep. surgeries with only 2 weeks between each one. Man > she must have been sore. Well she looked fantastic afterwards (dressed) > but it takes a lot longer than 6 weeks to heal. Anyway she certainly > deserved the free surgery, losing all that weight and her husband as > well. > > Carol > > Kat re: boobs! > > > > > Hi Kat! > > I am still learning myself. I will be attending a plastic surgery > expo this weekend in L.A. and I will share the info after I return! > > My breast work is scheduled for May 2005 after my arms, tummy and > thighs. I want to make sure I pick the best ones!! > > Robyn > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 On that note I was reading a post on another board from a gal who was about to go back and have all her plastics repaired several times in 31/2 years - in fact here it is: " Well, talk about ironic! Here i am, just sold all my compression garments. Been totally rebuilt about 6 times over the last 3 1/2 yrs and well, now i'm falling apart again. Suddenly my facia is splitting and my mons is bulging and my hip has a weak spot and two dog tags and a belly button hernia and two more around the belly button area and then stitches are coming out of my arms from the brachia and so they are going to cut me again from the arms around the hips down the belly and through the groin AGAIN! next Wed.. i've already had all this done repeatedly and now here i go again.. I'm so sick of failed surgeries and finding that nothing really is as it seems or stays that way.. I thought that after all i'd gone through i was done and over and would NEVER EVER EVER have another PS in my LIFE! But now.. here i go again.. i'm 5'8 and go between 104 and 114 so weight is not the problem.. they said i'm rather thin and that is PART of the problem as my skin is thin and weak.. I can't win for losing.. ARGH! I'm sorry.. i was just wondering if anyone else had had the entire body lift to only have most of it fail a few yrs down the road and then have to have redos again? I'm FRUSTRATED!! I could see if i gained or lost alot and that was the problem but the suture lines failing baffles me!! And i've had several consults and they just said that being a GB patient and going through malnutrition and malabsorption and severe anemia and being frail just takes a toll on the muscles and atrophy has a big part of it.. well i DO eat and eat and eat and still, the diebetes and such just doesnt help and here i am going through another overhaul again and now i'm like WHEN does it stop? I could see if i had a choice between doing it for looks and just saying oh well whatever, but mine is an issue of the muscles and skin infections again and abcesses and stitches popping up now.. Anyone else have any similiar problems? Thanks for letting me vent... " Carol, Anaheim Hills, CA Lap RNY 4/2/04 235/149/135 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Hi Carol! Yes, many people think PS is just that--plastic. But even plastic melts. I had to admit it but my dad's initial concerns were right on the money. PS is a serious consideration and it costs money to keep up! It's not a one time shot! As a diabetic infection and healthy healing is a big concern to me. Robyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I don't know, but I'll follow the thread and keep you posted on anything else I find out. Carol RE: Extreme Makeover does she take all her multis and minerals and PROTIENS? to be thin and UNHEALTHY is what i will fight fight fight ... sheesh i been fat and unhealthy forever i refuse to go through all this and not do EVERYTHING i can to keep that from happening to me. just my 0.02 peach Carol Fallon wrote: On that note I was reading a post on another board from a gal who was about to go back and have all her plastics repaired several times in 31/2 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Me too! I lurk on the OSSG_Off_track board and see so many post-ops struggling with health issues out there. Most of it is due to self-destruction but some of it is just lack of knowledge. I sometimes wonder if some surgeons give any nutritional advice at all. Carol .... i fear that ther ewill be many many who become thin but unhealthy .... due to the lack of knowledge of post op nutrition.... i prefer to err on th eside of preventative and caution. ~PEACH~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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