I am 13 months since surgery and started seeing a plastic surgeon in Vancouver in March.
Its for breast reduction surgery which is paid for by MSP.  There is an additional procedure involved with the surgery that I have agreed to pay an additional $1000 to have.  We also discussed an adominplasty and was told that I would have to pay for this directly and it was approx. $4K Cdn.  MSP pays for pannus removal, so that would be part of the surgery and then I would have the adomiplasty which is the additional.

The surgeon would prefer you are at goal, however, I was not aware or made aware of within 2 years.  That is something I would ask your surgeon.

If you are considering any plastic surgery, your GP can refer you to a plastic surgeon.  I am having another appt once I lose another 15 to 20 lbs and will ask about the 2 year deadline.

When in Bellevue for OH conference in July, went to the plastic surgery session and both of the above surgeries are $7500 USD each. 

Not sure what the out of country rates are, but that is also a consideration.

LOL.  I would really like it if you didn't wear out the surgical team so they still have the energy to do my surgery!!!  It'd be even nicer if your insides would co-operate and they were done your surgery earlier  that way I could get mine done earlier as well!!!!!

Good Luck Cynthia!
 
I am one week behind you and I still get sorta freaked out...

but hearing from everyone here about how much they love the sleeve really calms me.

I will be watching for you updates along the way....

take care and

GOOD LUCK!  

Don't worry, you will be loosing weight during the liquid diet. 20-25 lbs so far is great, good for you. Go to your meeting Nooshin and be very proud of how well yo have done so far! They would not be setting up all these other final prep appointments if they didn't feel you were doing well and ready for the surgery! Good Luck!!
Rhonda

Hi everyone,

I know there is a Plastics forum but my question in BC related.  A friend, who was considering having RNY, told me that she believes that the BC medical plan covers two post-WLS plastic surgeries providing you've reached your goal weight and they're done within two years of your surgery date.

I can't seem to find anything that supports this and though I'll ask my surgeon the next time I see him - I'm still pre-op - he's not the most communicative fellow so not sure what sort of response he'll give.

I'd love to hear about your experiences with this.

Thanks very much,

Cathrine

HW: 261  CW: 232