NOLA in September?

Cherrie, great news!



Maggie, that drain will be out soon. Hang there.



Annalive, sounds like your 2b went well. I was glad to hear your bellybutton was moved. Mine is off center and it's annoying. Did you ask to have it moved in 2a? I'm hoping I don't need a 2b.



I'm sure my thighs could be smoother and thinner, but they really don't bother me. I know we will need to get fat from somewhere. I'm wondering if anyone has had fat removed for their arms for fat grafting? The arms do bother me, but I know its a smaller area. That and my neck. I look so much younger with the weight I've lost then the surgery, but the neck gives me away in my opinion. Maybe only I see it. But I'm not spending any other money on cosmetic procedures then what I've planned with the DIEP. I already feel guilty about all the money I've spent this year.

I just love waking up and reading such positive posts!  Ann - glad your surgery went well and that you now have nips!  Melanie - I hope you got out of Salt Lake and on to NOLA.  These flight delays just keep us on our toes.

Cherrie. Yay. Yay. And congrats.



Marsha. I was told that lipo'ing the arms leaves saggy skin. So excising the fat is better for the arms. Dr d said I wouldn't like the end result and would have a visible scar if he cut out the excess skin to tighten it up. So I skipped it. Legs are much more resilient. Love handles and out thigh is best cause then when they revise the ab or butt scars they just tighten things up then.

up down up down...I hate this rollercoaster..2 days ago 37.5 ....yesterday 47....just stay down

Maggie

Go Maggie go! I know you can't wait to be drain free. Me too!

Melanie - sounds like a great plan! Sleep well tomorrow.

Oh wow! Freedom!

Congrats Maggie! Drain free happy dance.



Betsy, thanks for the info in arm lipo. Guess I will just need to start toning.



I'm finding that between my body makeover and my new hair color people do not recognize me. It's kind of interesting. I have been a red head for 24 years and I dyed my hair my natural color (brown) 4 weeks ago.

Thinking of you Melanie! Sleep well and see you on the other side.

Too funny, Maggie.  We are all waiting for you to gain your freedom, but none more anxiously than you!

Can't wait to hear an update from you Melanie!

Besty, Dr. D is going to lipo some axillary fat that I have.  I was/am worried that this is breast tissue and asked about it being excised and he said that excision vs. lipo makes quite a bit of difference in terms of time and scarring. He didn't seem to enthusiastic about it, so I agreed to the lipo.  Now I'm wondering if I shouldn't re-evaluate this.  I literally despise this axillary tissue, so I am SO glad it's going to be gone!

I've been working with Dr. Von Almen (the OB/gyn the center refers to) and have decided to have a hysterectomy and have my ovaries removed during my upcoming stage 2b.  I was initially scheduled for a tubal ligation and ablation.  I've had some complications crop up these past few weeks and turns out I need a hysterectomy, so I'm going to have a oophorectomy at the same time.  Ovary removal has been a TOUGH choice, but I'm at peace with it. With my family history (a big question mark), a variant result (another big question mark) I feel like I'm playing a game of odds with my life potentially at stake.  So, I'm going to do it, get it over with, and hope and pray my local Dr. and I can get my estrogen replacement such that I'm in a happy place  Very, very scared about this though.

Maggie - the longer it stays in reduces the chance of another seroma, right?  Sure hope so.  Something to make this worth it.  My hope is that you get a month of freedom before the next go around.

I have axillary tissue literally in my armpits (gross!) and along my bra line.  It's the armpit fat he seemed to prefer to lipo.  I'm definitely going to look into this more. Thanks for the insight! 

That makes sense.  Mine is quite pronounced, so maybe that's why he agreed to do it? Like I said, he seemed to not want to excise it, which is what I wanted so I could know for certain whether it was breast tissue or not.

He did already lipo some of the bra line tissue and in doing so a strange ridge appeared. That is actually the first thing he mentioned at my consult.  It seemed to bother him more than me lol.  The lipo didn't get all of it and that is part of why I am going back for a 2b.  There's quite a bit of bra line axillary tissue on my left. So much so that it's unconfortable for me.  Hmmm...maybe I should ask about excising this as well.    

I had the lumpy scar revised in my armpit where I had an axillary node dissection at my stage 1. It not only looks better but it doesn't feel as tender as it has been for 6 years. I think he cut out some scar tissue. Whatever he did its a big improvement.