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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Krowbar who wrote (19236)	3/26/1998 2:30:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Del, it was frankly troubling, because my friend worked for very prominent orthopaedic surgeons, the kind who are not only board certified, but work on famous people, and also are elected to head national orthopaedic medical societies, and publish research frequently. And the plastic surgeon she was guided to through them not only performed the plastic parts of some reconstructive orthopaedic surgeries, so the orthopaedists had seen him in the operating room on numerous occasions, but he was also a well known "society" plastic surgeon here as well. Yes, her eyes did stay that way. Almost a year after the procedure, which remember included liposuction of fat on her upper eyelids, which is the most painful part, she was still having significant problems, although she had somehow learned how to get enough sleep with eyelids that did not close properly at rest. And the upper eyelid incision scars did not fade as they were supposed to, and while the effect was subtle, you could still see the individual tiny scars for each stitch if you were reasonably close to her face. She is a person who is very pretty, very concerned about her appearance, and married to a younger man, and really wanted to maintain her youthful appearance. In other words, highly motivated. But I watched her really suffer after the surgery, and she has said very firmly that she did not know what she was getting into, even though she is an experienced surgery scheduler and would know exactly what questions to ask of her doctor. And she emphatically would not have the procedure done if she could rethink her decision. But didn't your dad have the same procedure? His experience might be more relevant to you, I would think. Remember, this is to some degree unpredictable, as well. You may have no problems at all. But my friend had to take two full weeks off work after the surgery, for starters, a week longer than the doctor said she would. So try to stay very, very flexible as far as your scheduling goes.