Nina's Plastics journey

[nina874 48]

Jelbel - the surgery and drugs,nurse coming out and all that sort of thing is 12,000 euros

Karey - I rarely allow myself to look at anything other than the picture in my mind of where I want to be, I have been very successfully repressing anything to do with how I am going to get there!!! We are hoping that if we make it as fun/comfortable as possible it wont be too unpleasant an experiance.

I am going to take my laptop with me, but there are no connections at the hospital,so it will be a week before I can report back.We have agreed to take cameras so that we can take pictures of our progress so hopefully I will be able to get them up once I am in the hotel.

Anyone here know anything about eardrums? Flamin sure I've ruptured mine.....!

Nina xx

[anonemouse 1]

Jelbel - the surgery and drugs,nurse coming out and all that sort of thing is 12,000 euros

Wow. If that includes the 3/4 weeks of hotel and the week in the hospital, that's not bad at all. It converts to just over $17,500 US dollars. Hell, my insurance paid my banding hospital over $18,000 for just one night and I had to pay another $7,000+ out of pocket. Damn, makes me want to travel to France for surgery, too.

[nina874 48]

Ehem *looks embarassed* It does include the week in hospital, but unfortunately not the hotel bill, though I will be splitting it with my friend and we negotiated a 50% discount cos we are staying so long. I am toying with seeing if I can put it through expenses as my friend also happens to be one of my companies top customers, would it count as a business trip??LOL

Feel free to come and join me in May hon and I will show you the sights!

[anonemouse 1]

Ehem *looks embarassed* It does include the week in hospital, but unfortunately not the hotel bill, though I will be splitting it with my friend and we negotiated a 50% discount cos we are staying so long. I am toying with seeing if I can put it through expenses as my friend also happens to be one of my companies top customers, would it count as a business trip??LOL

Feel free to come and join me in May hon and I will show you the sights!

Heck, even without the hotel, that's a damn good deal! I'd really hate to see what a week in a hospital in the US would cost!

Hey, I may take you up on your offer, you never know! If I graduate when planned, I'm wanting to take a trip somewhere, if I've got enough cash saved up. Unfortunately, I'm still paying off my surgery, and I'm pretty broke!

[nina874 48]

How long do you reckon until you are solvent again? It would be a hoot!

I must admit it is the thought of the surgery that has spurred me on and is keeping me away from the chips at the moment!

God I hope I get my waist back, I used to be such an hourglass....

What do you think that you would want to do? LBL? FTT? The possibilities are endless!!!LOL

Nina x

[anonemouse 1]

How long do you reckon until you are solvent again? It would be a hoot!

I must admit it is the thought of the surgery that has spurred me on and is keeping me away from the chips at the moment!

God I hope I get my waist back, I used to be such an hourglass....

What do you think that you would want to do? LBL? FTT? The possibilities are endless!!!LOL

Nina x

I'm not really sure when I'll be solvent again. It depends on whether I can find another part-time job. I'm teaching a few biology labs this semester, but the pay's horrid. I'm looking for extra work though, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I'm thinking that I'll probably go for the FTT. Most of my excess weight is on my belly, so I don't have that much hanging skin on my backside. Whenever I do get it done, I'll definitely be needing a breast lift, as well, and maybe augmentation (I'm considering doing that at a later date and waiting to see how the girls look after the BL).

[nina874 48]

I just discussed boobs with my PS and he said that if you are after the fullness at the top of the breast that you had when you were young, a lift alone wont do that.It will lift them higher but it cant create tissue where there is none. Thats why most people end up doing both.

I was more bothered by my tummy that is why I am getting that done first!

[anonemouse 1]

I just discussed boobs with my PS and he said that if you are after the fullness at the top of the breast that you had when you were young, a lift alone wont do that.It will lift them higher but it cant create tissue where there is none. Thats why most people end up doing both.

I was more bothered by my tummy that is why I am getting that done first!

That makes sense. I'll probably wind up doing the BA, then, since I don't even remember having fullness at the top of my breast. My girls have been sagging since puberty.

[nina874 48]

LOL I dont know what is worse! I have the memories of mammorys!!

I must admit I am quite freaked out by the initial scarring immediately post op. I have always hated my tum so I don't give a rats ass about that, but I am very fond of the puppies and just want to bring them back to their former glory. I looked at some pics on makemeaheal.com and it freaked me out a bit! Hmmmm I think I am going to have to talk more to my PS about it.......

[anonemouse 1]

LOL I dont know what is worse! I have the memories of mammorys!!

I must admit I am quite freaked out by the initial scarring immediately post op. I have always hated my tum so I don't give a rats ass about that, but I am very fond of the puppies and just want to bring them back to their former glory. I looked at some pics on makemeaheal.com and it freaked me out a bit! Hmmmm I think I am going to have to talk more to my PS about it.......

I do love that website. It definitely shows the good, the bad, and the ugly. I've started searching for surgeons in my state, and some of the pics on their websites kind of freak me out and scare me. I don't want headlights that point two different directions, you know? And I don't know yet if I'll need an LBL or a FTT, which might limit my choices. I don't know whether to show the most interest in the surgeons that do a lot of work with bariatric patients or ones that don't. Sometimes, I get the feeling that some of the surgeons that specifically cater to bariatric patients are not as concerned with aesthetics as the other surgeons. More "lose that extra skin" than "let's make you look beautiful." Does that make sense?

[nina874 48]

I know exactly what you mean, some of the reconstructive jobs that I have seen have been quite frankly horrific.Its as if they are just there to remove skin and bugger the final look of the job, how arrogant to assume that the patient should be grateful for any improvement when they have worked so hard to get where they are already!!!

I would say ask to see a lot of their work, if you look on my PS's site he takes equal care with both, though I appreciate that for some patients the job is going to be much much tougher. One of the ladies that he has on his site he is showing there when she was still a work in progress, she had to have a series of operations, he showed me the end results and it was an OMG moment. You arent going to be in that category though hon so I wouldnt worry too much.

I would say start having consults now, it may take time to find one that you are happy with, and for me once I had it in my sights it was a definate motivator!!

Nina x

[losingjusme 12]

I do love that website. It definitely shows the good, the bad, and the ugly. I've started searching for surgeons in my state, and some of the pics on their websites kind of freak me out and scare me. I don't want headlights that point two different directions, you know? And I don't know yet if I'll need an LBL or a FTT, which might limit my choices. I don't know whether to show the most interest in the surgeons that do a lot of work with bariatric patients or ones that don't. Sometimes, I get the feeling that some of the surgeons that specifically cater to bariatric patients are not as concerned with aesthetics as the other surgeons. More "lose that extra skin" than "let's make you look beautiful." Does that make sense?

that's exactly why i chose to not go to one PS. he even knows and "has lunch with" my band doctor. so what? he was not at all into how good it would look, just that it would look "OK" clothed ...

i want damn fine clothed and really good nekkid.:wink2:

[nina874 48]

Too right!!! And damn fine is how you will look hon!!

[losingjusme 12]

well, you are already 99% there ... just cut off that skin and voila...

h o t!

[nina874 48]

Ahhh *blush* you are too kind!

When I was in with Pascal he was asking me what final look I was after and eventually he got what I was saying and said (in a very strong French accent) 'Ahhh I see, we are to drive your 'usband wild with desire' and I was like 'yup thats the mission' LOL

I can hardly imagine though and in some ways I am frightened to in case I end up disappointed, you know the secret picture that you have in your head, the one that you know will never be you but none the less you aspire to!

At the moment I am just thinking 'flat tum and waist, flat tum and waist...'

What do you think of when you think about it?