Paper Panties

Now that I got you to open the thread.

Those of you who have had PS or PS consults. What exactly should I expect? I have mine tomorrow morning at 9:00am.

I imagine standing there in paper thongs with my arms out while she pulls, pokes and prods and every imperfection.

And please no mention about this on my FB. This something I am keeping private for now.

I think mostly they just judge you and make you cry.

nice, real nice...

No advice for you Jo, but best of luck!

Oh, so like High School..........Ok. Been there, done that!

I can't wait!!!!! :)

WEll that's basically it - except for hte paper thong! lol You get to wear your own undies and I got to keep my bra on (wasn't looking at boob work) They give you a gown and have you strip to your undies. Then when they come in you strip, they take pics and poke and prod and talk about what would work best for you.

Good luck with it!!

OK, true story... I did have a PS consult. Once.

Two years ago, when I was getting my bowel twist fixed, my GI doctor recommended I try and put in for a tummy tuck at the same time, since the two operations could be performed concurrently, and it might get approved.

So I go to the plastic surgeon's office, and the waiting room is like a freaking spa with giant aquariums, a coffee bar, and mood music.

Then I figured out why... the waiting room was full of rich women with giant fake boobs and stretchy monster faces. I could not have been more out of place.

So I get to go in for my consult, and the doctor was actually a really nice guy. He showed me an album of WLS before/and afters, and it sure looked like good work to me.

So he says, ok, we have to take some pictures. So I strip down to my skivvies. 

Nope, had to take those off too.

So I stood there while the doctor took digital pictures of my lasagna gut and junk.

Awesome.

So we submit it to the insurance, and it was denied within like 2 days. They couldn't wait to say no.

So the plastic surgeon's office calls me and tells me to appeal, blah, blah, blah. I tell them that Im having recurring bouts of searing bowel pain and have already scheduled the surgery and my time off, and have no intention of waiting them out on the chance it might get approved.

So the lady calls me and asks me to come in for one more meeting. I agree, but mostly just for the free coffee.

She lays out all of these sheets showing me how much things cost and how I can sign up for a payment plan, and I just kind of stop her and tell her I'm not interested.

But you can have all of this for just blah blah blah a month.

I looked in the eye and said "Maam, I've never had a car payment in my life, you think I want to shell out that much every month for 5 years to pay for a flatter (not flat, mind you) belly. Nope.

But look, if you do it while you're already in the hospital, you can save $1,000 dollars. It would be silly not to do it.

I told her that I elected to save $x,000 by not doing anything at all. Then she scooped up her papers and said "good luck with your surgery" and huffed out of the room.

I've never been back.

I am hoping I can get insurance to pay for stomach. If so, I will be considering paying for breast augmentation so it can be done at the same time. I guess I will just wait and see.

I've never had a consult because I've just started seriously thinking about it - mostly for my thighs - they are really bad and at this stage of the game all of my 'parts' have been exposed to so many doctors for one reason or another what's one more gawker? And I always make my self feel better by convincing myself that they've seen worse?

Has anyone had their PS done at Barix? They've contacted me because I put my name out there a while ago. I guess I just feel comfortable thinking about going there since its not just regular surgery - we're 'special', you know.

Anyway, good luck tomorrow - just remember - they've seen WORSE than you're going to show them.

Kathy,

  Susan (cleosmom) and Tammy along with Mike M had palstics done at Barix ....All three of them look great and Susan is getting ready for another round.

Good Luck!