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Alex,
Dr Toy will give you the best price he can for all your combined procedures. He is amazing at working the system by doing thighs, panni, tummy tuck,privates and butt including lipo as a lower body lift and then arms, chest, upper body together as well. I know my friend was a girl but basically he was fixing everything on her and quoted her 23 grand and it would be done in 2 separate surgeries. It's great that he can reconstruct and mold our bodies, he is very gifted.
Some days I;m very consumed with the need to have it done and then other days it's not a big deal, kinda like a war scar it reminds me of what I have done and how far I have come. I'm also not so lucky to be olny dealing with 3 pounds of excess skin mine is more of an estimated area of 10 pounds but oh well I'll wait it out and get the best results possible.
Congrats on working your new rny, your weight lose has been amazing.
Sorry for jacking your post gizzy :)
Kee.
HW:274 SW:238 CW: 150.0 1St goal: 199.8 2nd goal:174 (100 pound lost)
My Persoanl Goal: (HIgh)150 (Low)140
1st goal acheived December 27th/2010. 1 week after my 3rd month surgery anniversary.
2nd goal acheived June 4th/2011. 2 weeks after my 8th Month Surgiversary.
Gall Bladder surgery April 12,2012
You can either believe it will happen.....or believe it won't. Both are self fulfilled prophesies. For Me it has happened. My Surgery was September 21/2010
I'm 28 months out from having Gastric Sleeve and there isn't a day that I regret my decision. I love it and I love what it has done for me.
I had one bout of dehydration at around the 3 week mark and other than that my sleeve has been very good to me. You have to learn to chew your food very good and if you forget your sleeve will let you know by what is called an stuck episode, basically your saliva lies on top of the stuck food so you when you finally do vomit it's basically your own saliva, we call it the slimies. My body signals me when I'm full by one hiccup and that just started after starting solid food after surgery. I'm glad I chose the sleeve but everyone has to chose with will work for their lifestyle.
They say it's new but gastric sleeve was initially the first step in the DS procedure that started in the 1970 in European countries. So if you do your research you'll find lots of good things.
You will lose roughly 80 + percent of your stomach and once it's gone it's gone there is no getting it back a but on the upside the side they remove is responsible for producing ghrelin and therefore after surgery you will no long have a hunger signal. I've heard all good about the sleeve but you have to choose what will work for you depending on the amount of weight you want to lose. Statistics show 30% weight lose with Sleeve and 40% with rny, this comes from the clinic. Your will and strength to be a success will determine what you accomplish in the end. Many of us with the sleeve have accomplished more than that percent.
Good Luck with making a choice.
Kee.
HW:274 SW:238 CW: 150.0 1St goal: 199.8 2nd goal:174 (100 pound lost)
My Persoanl Goal: (HIgh)150 (Low)140
1st goal acheived December 27th/2010. 1 week after my 3rd month surgery anniversary.
2nd goal acheived June 4th/2011. 2 weeks after my 8th Month Surgiversary.
Gall Bladder surgery April 12,2012
You can either believe it will happen.....or believe it won't. Both are self fulfilled prophesies. For Me it has happened. My Surgery was September 21/2010
Here is a link to the Alberta Health Insurance Site that has many links and such that will help explain alot (but then in pure governmental fashion) and also most likely bring up even more questions.
It is a good a place to start as any. Good luck
http://www.health.alberta.ca/AHCIP/coverage-outside-Canada.h tml
Shelly
Thank you so very much Alex!!!
I hope you have a fantastic weekend!
Well, it's interesting that Dr. Nohr seems to be picking and choosing who he gives the panni to. Maybe Nohr knew that my brother needed more than he could provided and responded accordingly. In any case, we'll never know. I just find it interesting that the totally unnecessary panni was instantly approved by the plastic surgeon.
Something you might want to keep in mind as you consider plastics is do you want your panni to be done by a general surgeon or a plastic/reconstructive surgeon. Both are covererd by Alberta Health. Who is going to give you the best results? How many has Nohr done? Do they look good? Those are some questions to ask.
For me, I've been referred to Dr. Toy who is a specialist and deals with many weight loss surgery patients from the Edmonton Weight Wise clinic. With having lost over 230lbs, I can't afford to have my plastics messed up particularly when it's going to cost me big bucks. in excess of $10K for the first part (panni, tummy tuck, thighs) and then who knows for the upper part (chest, arms), and not even sure about a LBL after that. I'm going to stop thinking about it now!
Cheers!
- Alex
I am somewhat excited but scared at the same time. It's such a large cut. I hope I heal well and have no complications. I guess fat really does not weigh as much as you'd think - go figure - as I definitely have a few handfuls of skin and fat that need to go. 3 lbs is okay. It will be nice to be gone but 200+ staples - ugh...
Giselle
Ok.. so I have some questions...
I am BRAND new to all of this having just gotten my referral to the bariatric clinic..
Everyone here posts using abbreviations. Some I can figure out but others I am totally and utterly lost! I am sure after years many of you use them as second nature but for people just starting to explore options... it can be really frustrating.
Is there someone out there that has a list of the common abbreviations used that wouldnt mind sharing or point me to a board or site that would help?
Utterly confused
Shelly
I am about 4 months out with the sleeve.
I can tell you this, the fact that I never feel hunger is great. It helps to keep me in line and I see no negatives so far.
Once or twice I have had to force myself to eat because I know I have to, but for the most part I love the sleeve.
I saw Karmali today and I was leaning towards sleeve, but am going to go for RNY unless he finds out there is other issues related to my hernia then he will do sleeve. What he said to me is if you have a substantial amount to lose that RNY is better.
on 2/14/13 12:42 pm
My question is what are your thoughts on the sleeve gastrectomy and is there the removal or partial removal of the grehlin hormone? What were peoples experiences good and bad? I was told this surgery is relatively new (5years) unlike the traditional RNY. Thank you
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