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Jeanlea

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Belly fat or bone cement?
« on: July 27, 2007, 07:13:44 pm »
I'm just curious to see how many people had fat from their abdomen packed in the incision area vs. bone cement.  I had bone cement for my surgery, although I was willing to give up the fat. lol  Does it make a difference?

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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2007, 07:17:20 pm »
I'm a fat head  ;)

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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2007, 08:27:22 pm »
belly fat here
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2007, 08:36:52 pm »
Fat here too.
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2007, 08:57:08 pm »
Belly fat.   I never heard of bone cement?
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2007, 09:02:20 pm »
Belly fat for me too - wish they had taken more.  ;D

I asked them to, but they told me although it was a VERY common request, they couldn't.

Can't blame a girl for trying. ;D
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2007, 02:49:23 pm »
Belly fat for me too.......they can take more if someone doesn't have enough!  I'm thinking maybe I could be a fat donor.
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2007, 10:40:34 pm »
Belly here too, and all off to one side at that! Can't they take from dead center?
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2007, 10:46:00 pm »
My surgeons took the fat from the left side of my belly - their theory was that the scar wouldn't be confused with an appendix scar in the future.  Made sense to me.

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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2007, 08:57:24 am »
Fat here-There was no alternative offered.  Left lower belly.   Neal
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2007, 03:07:58 pm »
Belly fat!  I feel left out....I'm HIP fat.  I do remember my neurosurgeon using a substance to close the hole in my skull much like the cement mentioned earlier.  Don't know what it's called though. 
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2007, 03:57:29 pm »
I have plenty of belly and hip fat and didn't get to use either one.  I must be the only one with bone cement, along with titanium mesh.

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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2007, 04:45:09 pm »
Well, they took fat but not from my belly - I don't know where they took it from but I had no other incision - my report says ' a free fascia graft was harvested from the subcutaneous tissues...'; so fat & titanium mesh.  Must have come from somewhere around the neck is my geuss.
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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2007, 09:13:57 pm »
My wife told me to tell the Dr. to take some fat from her a** to stuff in my head. She has plenty to spare in that area and she hoped that it might make me think about her a** more often.  :P

...but...I ended up with a scar on my belly....

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Re: Belly fat or bone cement?
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2007, 11:27:29 pm »
I'm a fathead too.
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