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shotgun72000    30

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I met with my Surgeon regarding having the sleeve surgery and he informed me I have the choice between the six incision procedure vs. the single incision. He explained the recovery time is less and the pain. Seems like a no brainier decision, except it bumps the base price up $3k more.

Anyone out there had the single incision sleeve surgery? If so can you, relay your experience.

Thank you!

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Christinamo7    4,042

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how large would the one incision be? I had 6 but honestly 4 of them were only about 1/4 of an inch, one was maybe an inch and the other one only slightly larger where they pulled out the stomach.

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Sophie74656    1,572

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Haven't had the single incision one but there was really very little pain with the regular way. If it was me I would ask the surgeon ehich method they would rather do regardless of the cost

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shotgun72000    30

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It's done through the belly button, so no scars at all, which is good bc I already have four from my gallbladder surgery.

@@jessicajas37 Please let me know how it goes. My surgery date is eight days after yours.

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shotgun72000    30

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@@jessicajas37 Thank you! I can't wait to hear how your surgery goes.

I'm not sure on about having the gallbladder removed after this surgery. Mine was removed in 2008 bc I had gallstones.

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VSGAnn2014    12,992

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I would not bother with this. I'm almost 2 years post op, and I swear I can only find one of my scars now, and it's astonishingly faint.

Only two of them were an inch long. The others were all about an eighth of an inch.

And $3K extra sounds to me like one of those car salesman add-on things that happens just before you sign the papers -- and is where the dealer's profit comes from.

I think it's odd that people will pay extra for a single incision, but later don't seem at all bothered by Tummy Tuck scars.

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shotgun72000    30

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My BMI is 36 so hopefully I won't have to worry about loose skin. The reason I'm looking at the single incision is because my husband works overseas and is only going to be home for four days of my recovery. I'm self-pay and I'm already into this $$ so if my recovery is sooner I'm willing to pay the extra.

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ocgirl15    667

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If I were in your situation I would go with 1 incision if insurance was paying but as self pay no way. It is not worth 3k believe me!

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shotgun72000    30

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@@rubia72 They go through your belly button so not sure how big the incision is but I know there won't be any scar. They refer to it as the scarless incision.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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