I have a consult tomorrow...

I have a consult tomorrow with a surgeon to see about getting Henrietta repaired, I've had her since July 2003. I'm a little anxious about what the surgeon will say. This isn't my WLS, since I have moved from Ohio to Florida since surgery. This surgeon is, however, a WLS, actually she is the head of the Bariactric Surgery department (Dr. Byers at Jackson). I am worried about what she will say about my weight lose. It's less that 150lbs since my surgery almost 20 months ago. Nothing for the past 6 months. I have lipedema (abnormal accumalation of excess fat) with overlying lymphedema (abnormal accumalation of excess lymph fluid) which contibute to my weight, but no one can know what % of my weight is these conditions and what % is me. I know in the past 6 months I haven't stuck to the plan, but even before that when I was following it to the T the weight was not coming off at the rate I expected it would. I wonder what Dr. Byers will recommend, anything surgical or just simply tell me she won't do anything until I lose more. I want to have Henrietta (hernia) repaired with some plastic surgery in mid-May, so I am getting started early so I can get everything approved by then, I hope. I am also worried she will tell me I need to have Henrietta repaired sooner and that I won't be able to get the PS approved in time to have them both together. Sarah Margaret

I hope you hear good news tomorrow and can move forward with Henrietta's burial next May! Let us know what happens.

Sarah- I hear she is an awsome surgeon. She and her partner did my friend's surgery last year, and he raves about them. Good luck. At least take comfort in the fact that you are seeing one of the best.