[/QUOTE]Hi
Great news. I am definitely going to have to pay. The sooner the betterI'm 5'9 and size 10. I'm a size 16 around my middle! Yuk! I wear pressure Bridget Jones pants to try and hide it! Am so pleased I looked on here last night after a year of absence myself due to being so busy!
Kindred type 1 spirits! Are you located in London?
Angie
QUOTE="BigRedSwitch, post: 766927, member: 86237"]Sorry about my delayed reply - I've just been discharged from hospital after my abdominoplasty (weds 11th), as my stomach area was similar to yours. I don't keep my insulin pump on my torso - it's on the top part of my buttock (arguably the side of my leg). I've been wearing it for 3 years now with zero issues - whilst you're right that it's not 'a perfect solution', it's about 1000x better than injections, which is what messed me up.
I'n in good shape (as I suggested in my original post) - and that's not just 'good shape for a diabetic' - I've been told that my physique is 'modellesque' (for a bloke, obviously) - I take very good care of myself. My surgeon removed a 2.5kg 'chunk' of skin, scar tissue and fat from my waist which was at it's thickest, around 15cm thick!!
Whilst I agree that it would be nice to have it done on the NHS, the fact is that we're being kept alive by the NHS, so although the £6k to have it repaired 'hurt' (I had to take out a loan for it), ultimately it is 'cosmetic' (as much as I hate to admit that).
I feel a kinship to you because of what you're going through - I tried a lot of angles to try to get the surgery free too, but people looked at me as though I was being unreasonable. Just the way it goes, unfortunately - I feel you may have to do the same as me and quite literally just 'stomach' the cost (pun intended).
I'll drop you an email with details of my plastic surgeon. He may work out cheaper for you, and also has an understanding of diabetes as his daughter is type 1 too.
Ooh??Hey,
I work in London, but I live near Guildford.
But yeah - I feel your pain entirely! Although there are some odd side effects starting to happen...! :-S
Ooh??
Nothing serious I hope?
Congratulations! I'm so glad the op worked for you.
Last year I made various enquiries about the possibility of having small areas of hyperlipotrophy removed from my stomach by liposuction, for re-use in remodelling my breast after cancer surgery that was scheduled for later in the year. I thought this was a very creative solution to two problems at once, AND maybe the only way I'd get the lipohypertrophy removed on the NHS. Unfortunately the cancer Docs were wary about the quality of 'diabetic' fat and the Diabetes consultants had little knowledge about liposuction and lipo-modelling techniques so neither team could say whether it would work or not. In the end, after neo-adjuvant chemotherapy to shrink the cancer, I only had a small lump removed from my breast so I don't have any use for that spare fat after all. Nevertheless it would have been nice to know that I could have had it harvested by the NHS if necessary, considering that I'm unlikely to ever be able to afford the cost of an op myself. Now, without cash for 'cosmetic' surgery I must be content with one lump less of boob, and two extra lumps on belly !
Hey Mangobe. Certainly an interesting approach - and it may still be able to work out...
The surgeon who performed my surgery was Mr Martin Vesely. His speciality is reconstructive surgery after cancer (I didn't want some dude who was more interested in giving skinny girls big boobs and doing botox!). I felt comfortable with this principally due to the fact that I considered the work that needed doing to me as a 'reconstruction' of what I should actually look like.
He works out of Woking, Guildford, London and Ashford. He may well be able to help you out. If you do contact him, mention my name (Anthony Rodgers). He has a very good understanding of type 1 diabetes too, as one of his family members has the condition. He's a very good bet, all things considered, and I'm sure you'd be very happy with his work.
As for the money - I'm much the same. In the end, this became so important to me that I took out a loan to cover the cost.
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