Full Tummy Tuck and Vaser Liposuction for 64 Yr Old with Bulging Belly, Heavy Thighs, Flanks - Savannah, GA

The surgeries I had with Dr Michael Huntly and his most impressive team at Coastal Empire Plastic Surgery in Savannah, GA have arguably been the best things I ever did for myself. My husband supported me the whole way, while telling me he didn't think I "needed" it, but that my desire was strong so he wanted me to have my wishes fulfilled. My adult children supported me with prayer but thought it was unnecessary. Happily, ALL of them changed their minds the minute they saw how much better I looked (healthier, younger, happier) and I can tell that my daughters may well decide to do the same at the right time! Now the latest sad news, that truly has nothing to do with my surgeries. I am only writing for those who shared the experience with me in July and August 2014, as I am finally able to "catch up" with all of their posts.
I haven't been able to post because I won a wonderful job as a clinic director of a small PT clinic 30 min drive from my home. It's been incredibly challenging because of so many unexpected blocks: I had a terrible head cold for the first two weeks, my office mgr got it too and that made 3 weeks with one or both of us ill. Meantime, the sister clinic (10 min from my home) had its clinical director QUIT just 1 week after I started. Also, the office manager there took 6 weeks off for major surgery. Then my office mgr became very ill and deeply depressed, and found me an ideal target for her grief and depression. The other office mgr came back from her operation and quit without notice at the end of those 8 hours! So, after 7 weeks of eating breakfast in the car en route to work, carrying my lunch AND my dinner, abandoning my husband literally six days a week (I had to work at least one day each weekend, still struggling to catch up from all the weeks without an office mgr, without ANYONE at hand to ask a question of, I was brought to a quiet room last evening at 4 pm and my position was terminated! The office mgr had it in for me and basically her opinion was what made the decision for the vice president who was never there (he lives and works two hours from our clinic.) I think my biggest problem is a combination of OCD (lifelong, but very manageable and genuinely desirable in a health care worker, and with almost any employee who has enormous professional responsibilities) and having survived a ruptured brain aneurysm with craniotomy and clipping 7 years ago. I have had testing to prove my intelligence is intact and that I still function with capabilities greater than more than 90% of people. But, in today's healthcare system, EVERYTHING is money...and I do mean everything. Therefore, the fact that my OCD makes me take too long to complete my work, and I work 2 to 5 hours overtime (for free, and with no complaints) makes me totally non-hire-able. I do not intend to apply for another position, though I had intended practicing PT for another 10 yrs if my health had continued. Obviously, it has not: 7 1/2 yrs ago I had an unknown aneurysm in my brain rupture with a loud pop and excruciating pain. Because I could still talk, my colleagues refused to call 911 though I begged them to (they were all nurse-educators, surprisingly). Finally one nurse who was my friend got my handbag and car keys and drove me to the hospital across the street from the college where I was working as an instructor for PT Assistant students in a newly opened program. I could not walk or sit upright, my friend pushed me into the ER in a tipped back wheelchair. The (resident) ER doc laughed at me and said I had "a migraine" (I don't get migraines; and she sent me home with headache of 7/10 despite 2 Percocet. It was 3 days before the weekend was over and I called the neurologists with whom I had worked for 15 yrs, and one listened to me, and I had the life-saving surgery with his former attending surgeon, who was chief of neurosurgery at the state's best medical center. Somehow I thought I was okay, but I now realize that I am NOT okay, I cannot stay focused, I misspell words (I never used to make spelling errors) and worst of all, I am obsessive-compulsive and cannot finish my work in good time due to correcting and over-correcting. this just at the time when Medicare demands more perfection in documentation than ever. So, looking young and so, so much better than I have in over a decade, I am still crippled by the brain aneurysm. Nonetheless, most people (very frequently occurs when people are in their late 50s, as I was) die in the first month post aneurysm rupture, and another 35-40% are devastatingly disabled living in nursing facilities. I was able to return to work in just 3 weeks, and have been working full time as a PT for the past 7 years (except for the few months off to have the face and abdominal surgeries.) It appears my career is over, but were it not for the surgeries I would be in complete despair. I cannot thank Dr Huntly and the team at Coastal Empire in Savannah enough for all the wonderful care provided. And Dr Huntly is an artist, and beyond that (as if it were not enough!) he is also a deeply caring professional. If you have doubts, please read my lengthy review. I'm sorry not to have photos..I am hoping at my next (and final) visit to his office he will give me the photos taken throughout my two recoveries, which I will share to help those of you who need to see the changes possible! Thanks to all of you who showed you cared throughout the few months of stress and progression.

Exactly MY reasoning! My eldest dgtr really gets it, now. She saw me in a dress for the first time in many years, with a tiny waist (which I had until 4 babies later!)...my facelift + chin, eyes, brows is only 19 days post but already looks sooo nice....one look at me and she said "You SO did the right thing." I cooked dinner for a large group (have not enjoyed cooking for years) and my happiness bubbled over into pleasure even cooking!! I feel like my life is beginning all over and my husband is so thrilled for me...not because of my appearance (he is one of those dears who loves me for all good reasons) but because he can see I am happy IN MYSELF again. I cannot recommend dealing with mild deficits and genetic fat placement enough. Everyone knows to correct serious birth defects. But the recessed chin, overbite and low brows...that's just YOU. Well, no. These are from my dad's genetic background (he gave me a TON of wonderful genes, too.) He suffered with a "weak chin" probably more than I did. The saddlebag thighs, flanks, and bulging abdomen are from my mom's side: she suffered anguish for life -- at 115 lbs she still "looked fat". I weigh 150 lbs now and am only 5'1". I look fit and curvaceous. Because the deficits have been corrected. I am going to quote Writerwish: "All women should look on the outside what they feel like on the inside." You are so VERY right, Writerwish. It has changed my life at almost 65 yrs. If I only live five more years with this new body and face, it will have been worth it to have brought back my self-confidence, self-esteem, and changed my life. So many thanks to Dr Huntly at Coastal Empire PS in Savannah. He is an artist and his team could not be improved upon!!!!

Hi again--just a brief note as I have posted more than enough, AND I have another thread going for my 2nd major surgery on my face on 8/21/14. But I just took a few photos in my bathing suit and I am delighted. Keep in my I started out rather overweight and I am only 5'1", but my weight is down 20 lbs since the surgery, and having slimmer thighs and flat tummy has really improved my outlook on life! It is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WORTH IT!!