Neck of a 70 Year Old...But I'm 53! Seattle, WA

It’s funny, I'd always thought if I ever had plastic surgery it would be for my breasts, I’m something like an A+ cup. In fact if you'd told me 10 years ago that I'd be having a FL this month I'd have laughed at you. Then I went through menopause, my skin changed and suddenly I developed this weird neck waddle. It's not even symmetrically weird, it's this asymmetric mess that makes me dread wearing my hair in a pony and windy days that leave it exposed. I started thinking about doing something about it about 4 years ago, obsessing over it maybe, and now here I am, scheduled for surgery in less than 2 weeks. Just thinking about it gives me a panic attack so I’m trying to stay busy. And, because that alone isn’t stressful enough, just a few days ago I came down with a killer sinus infection. Now, while I've got every plan in place for me to be gone from civilization for 2 weeks, it’s a race to see if I’m healthy and fully over the sinus infection by next week (go antibiotics go!), or if I’ll have to reschedule.

I’ll be having general anesthesia for my lower face lift and neck lift in Seattle, that’s about a 3 hour drive away from where I live. My awesome sister lives over there and will be taking care of me for a few days.

I told my PS that I’d rather be underdone than overdone, and that my biggest worry was the platysmaplasty because I've heard those are very difficult to revise once done. I don’t have a lot of fat under my neck to hide any lumps or bumps that may be left over after the skin is tightened. He was very reassuring when we spoke on the phone yesterday and I was feeling confident in my decision (again), but I’m like a yoyo with the feelings daily! I know, I know, we all go through this and I just need to chill. I'm trying.

I'm freaking out just a little bit because I'm still fairly sick and my surgery is in 10 days. If I can't get over this illness by Friday I'll have to reschedule. I've been on antibiotics for a sinus/upper respiratory infection for 4 days, I have 6 days of pills left. I don't know what I can be doing to get better faster. I'm eating right, getting rest, and I've eased way off at the gym. Anybody know any miracle cures?

I just got off the phone with my PS. I've been trying everything to get better in time for the surgery next Thursday but it's just not coming together in time. I developed asthmatic bronchitis and I'm on an inhaler and Medrol dose pack to try to get the coughing under control. The Medrol is working wonders but the doctor says steroids before surgery is a no-no, so now I have no choice but to reschedule. All the pulling together of arrangements has now just unraveled and will have to be carefully sewn together on another date. In my mind I know it's the right thing to do, I'm not as healthy as I should be, but it's still a huge let-down. I'm trying to figure out my feelings so I can describe them...all I can say is I'm just completely wiped out from the stress and this stupid illness.