I'll be thinking of you on Monday. Best of luck!

Oh Tabby! I am so excited for you!!!! I have my consult on Monday at 1:45 pm and I am a nervous wreck, so I can only imagine how you are feeling with your surgery actually being on Monday! You will be in my thoughts and prayers and I will look forward to hearing from you to know how things went!! Hugs, Holly

Darlin', You are in my prayers. You will do fine. Just close your eyes and sleep thru the whole thing. Take a pillow with you to put between you and your seat belt for the ride home. Annette

Well, here it is...FRIDAY...and my plastic surgery is scheduled for Monday. I just have to make it through this last weekend with my beloved flab and on Monday I can say "GOOD RIDDENS....FOREVER!!" I am both very nervous and very excited at the same time. I have spent the last two weeks (if not longer) preparing for this day. I have purchased some cheap pillows, pillowcases, sheets, and a blanket, all to be used in case there is any leakage from my drains or wound sites and they get ruined and I have to throw them away. I have purchased a comfortable sweatsuit that zips up the front to wear home from the hospital. I wanted the purple one, but the majority of the top was lilac and I didn't want to ruin it, so I opted for the red one. I have purchased 2 front hook sports bras to wear after my ace bandage comes off of my chest. I have stocked up on Whey Protein powder, protein bars, frozen shrimp (love to snack on shrimp ****tail...good source of protein), a few other meats and yogurt with live cultures to keep yeast infections away that may come with the antibiotics. I have frozen a few things for the family to heat and eat so I don't have to worry about cooking (not that I would after surgery any ways). My clothes and bedding are washed and ready to go. I have read and re-read my Plastic Surgery Handbook from Dr. Rubin and have checked to Plastics Message Board on OH daily to make sure I "TRULY" know what I am getting myself in to. I have opened my Short -Term disablility claim, scheduled my time off and submitted my paperwork to HR for my leave. I have made arrangements for the kids and for care for me for the first week. AND....MOST IMPORTANTLY...My surgery has been PAID IN FULL...so my bed at UPMC Southside should be held. The only things left to do now are to purchase (and consume) my Fleets Phosposoda...for that "Oh So Enjoyable Bowel Prep" on Sunday afternoon, (according to my Pre-Operative Handbook) "perform a total perineal shave of the entire genital region" YAY!!!, take some "before" photos for my own documentation and get through this weekend without totally freaking out. I am confident that all will go will with the surgery. I have lined up a great surgeon and I have faith in my own bodies ability to heal. I will follow the doctors orders to a T...to minimize scarring and infection. I am taking this surgery VERY seriously. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers next week. I'll try to post an update as soon as I can. Hugs, Tabby

Glad you followed up on the cyst. Now, be sure to go in NEXT YEAR to make sure it's still okay - and hopefully gone by then!!! Take care, Susan