I am a 30yr old female who has been morbitly obese most of my adult life. Over the course of the past year I have lost 165lbs (thru diet and exercise-no surgery couldn't get that approved either). I have 30 lbs left to go before I hit my goal weight. I have been working with a surgeon, pcp, and counselor (image issues, mental health) for a few months now. My insurance company (optima) keeps denying me a tummy tuck. Any other suggestions to help win appeal??
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''3 weeks post op with my tummy tuck and my incision and the area around it is hard. There is some pitting edema as well. Is this normal? "- "Pitting Edema" - Hmmmm...sounds like nurse / doctor talking or someone who spent a lot of time reading medical literature.....
There appears to be a rectangular dart in the pubic area that looks like a truncated w incision with an inverted rectangular tongue instead of an inverted V. Probably used because the surgeon could not completely transpose the umbilical wound to a strictly...
I'm sure you heard this before but everyone heals at their own rate. It sounds like your drains make have been taken out before the body has completed over-producing the inflammation based fluid drains are meant to collect. As long as the skin has not fully re-attached to the underlying...