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Over a year
I have been absent from real self for a long time. I just read all the wonderful comments from fellow realselfers. Thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart.I was usually not one to pour my heart out but I am glad I told my story.
I still believe , 100% believe Dr Kortesis and his team surpassed my expectations.
So much so that I am now trying to plan for : breast lift and maybe augmentation , arm lipo with maybe minor armpit incision and thigh lipo. I hope I can get this done in the next 6 months, I have some downtime at work , I can finally take a vacation. :)
My scars have healed very well, pencil thin in most areas. The area right at the top of the vertical incision is a bit wider and I think that just comes with the area of the scar. I might ask for a revision on that and the widened scar on my left horizontal incision.
I am very HAPPY with my results, I could not have asked for a better team.I will update again once I get my consult for the procedures above and a date :)
Ps: I lost my pass key/link for the in office before and afters :/ .... my mind was very scattered during the move. Hopefully I can get it again when I go in next.
I still believe , 100% believe Dr Kortesis and his team surpassed my expectations.
So much so that I am now trying to plan for : breast lift and maybe augmentation , arm lipo with maybe minor armpit incision and thigh lipo. I hope I can get this done in the next 6 months, I have some downtime at work , I can finally take a vacation. :)
My scars have healed very well, pencil thin in most areas. The area right at the top of the vertical incision is a bit wider and I think that just comes with the area of the scar. I might ask for a revision on that and the widened scar on my left horizontal incision.
I am very HAPPY with my results, I could not have asked for a better team.I will update again once I get my consult for the procedures above and a date :)
Ps: I lost my pass key/link for the in office before and afters :/ .... my mind was very scattered during the move. Hopefully I can get it again when I go in next.
Long time
It's been a while, life has taken over. Got a new job in another state, husband deployed ... Moving was quite cumbersome but I finally have it together now.
I have been doing great recovery wise. Had a bit of incision open up at the t junction at about 13 weeks post op but it closed up in a week.
Honestly I think I overdid myself the week prior to that, learned to pace myself after that.
I have gone back to jogging no weights yet but I try to make time to get out and jog everyday.
My incision is fading away nicely, my left side where I had the most swelling post op has a wide scar. I started the endermologie treatments a bit early too I think, I noticed it widened a bit more on that side both times I went in . So am going to hold off on that just a bit longer.Am definitely sure I will need to do a revision on that side I don't like how it looks.
I am yet to go for my 3 month post op, I should have but I was too busy and all over the place. I will be sure to go in before the month ends.
I will upload some pictures tomorrow of how everything looks now.
I can not begin to say how happy I am with how everything turned out, being able to shop for clothes I like and actually fit in them .am a size 6-8 now.
My back is getting smaller and smaller every passing week.I still get swelling at the end of the day but not nearly as much as last month.Every week it's as if I gain some new strength. Where I can see clearly what I could not do last week I can do now.
I can sleep on my belly now. :) not for long though but those few minutes are paradise lol, I have always been a belly sleeper.
I will post pictures before end of tomorrow.
Again if you are thinking of this surgery I would not hesitate to give Dr Kortesis a call. I will be using my 3 month post op as an opportunity to talk to him about a breast lift with augmentation and some Lipo on my arms and inner thighs.I would not trust another doctor with my body other than him. He did a splendid job.
I have been doing great recovery wise. Had a bit of incision open up at the t junction at about 13 weeks post op but it closed up in a week.
Honestly I think I overdid myself the week prior to that, learned to pace myself after that.
I have gone back to jogging no weights yet but I try to make time to get out and jog everyday.
My incision is fading away nicely, my left side where I had the most swelling post op has a wide scar. I started the endermologie treatments a bit early too I think, I noticed it widened a bit more on that side both times I went in . So am going to hold off on that just a bit longer.Am definitely sure I will need to do a revision on that side I don't like how it looks.
I am yet to go for my 3 month post op, I should have but I was too busy and all over the place. I will be sure to go in before the month ends.
I will upload some pictures tomorrow of how everything looks now.
I can not begin to say how happy I am with how everything turned out, being able to shop for clothes I like and actually fit in them .am a size 6-8 now.
My back is getting smaller and smaller every passing week.I still get swelling at the end of the day but not nearly as much as last month.Every week it's as if I gain some new strength. Where I can see clearly what I could not do last week I can do now.
I can sleep on my belly now. :) not for long though but those few minutes are paradise lol, I have always been a belly sleeper.
I will post pictures before end of tomorrow.
Again if you are thinking of this surgery I would not hesitate to give Dr Kortesis a call. I will be using my 3 month post op as an opportunity to talk to him about a breast lift with augmentation and some Lipo on my arms and inner thighs.I would not trust another doctor with my body other than him. He did a splendid job.
Kidney stones
Don't know why they told me at the ER that don't worry about those kidney stones! They can't be the source of the pain.
Well I think they were wrong and I think they were the source. On my last appointment Dr. Kortesis prescribed lasix. Just for a week. And for that week I upped my fluid intake mixed my water with Gatorade and lemon powder to make it more palatable to me and things started to happen.i passed several kidney stones last week.
Two of them hurt like hell to come out the rest were more not too bad then there were those that felt like sand.
I have already talked to my PCM and got a referral to a urologist. The pain I was having went away after those stones came out soo that's why I wonder why they told me not to worry about it at the ER.
Anyway I am doing much better now only reason I want to see a urologist is to make sure there are no more stones in there and possibly find out why they formed in the first place and how to avoid them forming again.
I feel the lasix helped a lot forcing my body to push the fluid I was taking out instead of holding on to it and I think that's why the stones came out. Dr K to the rescue I should get this guy a cape and a chest emblem lol.
Yesterday I felt good enough to go grocery shopping for 2 hrs, I was tired and hurting a bit by the end of it but am glad I was able to get out. Was also the first time I have driven myself since surgery.
Can't wait for my appointment on the 9th. :)
Well I think they were wrong and I think they were the source. On my last appointment Dr. Kortesis prescribed lasix. Just for a week. And for that week I upped my fluid intake mixed my water with Gatorade and lemon powder to make it more palatable to me and things started to happen.i passed several kidney stones last week.
Two of them hurt like hell to come out the rest were more not too bad then there were those that felt like sand.
I have already talked to my PCM and got a referral to a urologist. The pain I was having went away after those stones came out soo that's why I wonder why they told me not to worry about it at the ER.
Anyway I am doing much better now only reason I want to see a urologist is to make sure there are no more stones in there and possibly find out why they formed in the first place and how to avoid them forming again.
I feel the lasix helped a lot forcing my body to push the fluid I was taking out instead of holding on to it and I think that's why the stones came out. Dr K to the rescue I should get this guy a cape and a chest emblem lol.
Yesterday I felt good enough to go grocery shopping for 2 hrs, I was tired and hurting a bit by the end of it but am glad I was able to get out. Was also the first time I have driven myself since surgery.
Can't wait for my appointment on the 9th. :)
Provider Review
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
11208 Statesville Rd., Huntersville, North Carolina
Very pleasant had me alternating between laughing and crying .Wait times are short, his staff is excellent,he doesn't try to hurry you through. He listens and explains everything very well. Post op update: I would still drive 4 hrs to see Dr Kortesis, not just him Dr Hunstad too, both inviting people always smiling. Dr K explains why this should be done this way and not the other but gives you the option to go with the other way.like taking out the foam padding under my cg garment he let me take out the side panels and boy by the second day did I realize why he wanted them there, the swelling moved to the sides, put them back on and the fluid is coming out again. His team, all the ladies that work there are so pleasant.I have not had a single bad experience with anyone in that office.