ANA Discussion Forum
General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: Jeanlea on July 27, 2007, 07:13:44 pm
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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?
Jean
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I'm a fat head ;)
Cheryl
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belly fat here
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Fat here too.
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Belly fat. I never heard of bone cement?
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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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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.
Brendalu
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Belly here too, and all off to one side at that! Can't they take from dead center?
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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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Fat here-There was no alternative offered. Left lower belly. Neal
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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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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.
Jean
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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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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....
Dan
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I'm a fathead too.
Lainie.
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Here in Germany they said if I have surgery they will also use belly fat.
Its the best thing they have to seal the hole, and your body won't reject it.
Dan in Germany
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Belly fat on the left side for me too ...
we are FAT heads... :D
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Belly fat left side for me with the first surgery, but it was packed in my eustachion (sp) tube. The second surgery (retro) they used bone cement because I expressed concern about headaches, and have truly not experienced but one or two that Tylenol can handle.
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As far as the incision area--they put back the bone flap and secured it with 2 titanium plates held by small screws or pins which have healed with alot of scar tissue around them. They did a fat harvest from my stomach and I guess they stuffed that in my head where the AN used to be, although I don't know why since it was mostly intracanacular and not shifting the brain at all. Hmmmm......
Capt Deb 8)
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I had the fat removed. It has been a few years and my stomach remains flat there, but there is a scar.
Please tell me what bone cement is?
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Capt Deb,
Can you define intracanacular, I looked it up in the medical dictionary because it was on my MRI and it came up not known. My MRI said "Intracanicular extension is felt to be present" what does that mean. Very new to all of this. Thank you for all your help! Still trying to digest all of this.
Sue
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I don't know what bone cement is. My doctors replaced my skull plate with 4 titanuim screws. I thought they used fat but they said no since the plate fit back into place.
Lisa
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Bone cement and titanium rivets may be used to repair the opening in the bone.
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I'm a fat head too
laz
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Hi,
I'm a fat head too! Doctors put the fat in then put the bone flap back and finished up with 3 titanium bands and screws to keep my head together. I agree with Leapyrtwins, my doctors used the left side because your appendix in on the right side and they believed that if I was ever in a accident and couldn't speak for myself the emergency doctors would believe that I had had my appendix removed so thats why they take the fat from the left side. At least that is what I was told. Ann
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Just a thought here. Could there be a correlation to fat and headaches?
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Don't know about a correlation btw fat & headaches. I'm a fat head and I have only been experiencing the occasional headache; and I'm not sure it's related to my surgery.
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Belly fat for me. I read that the cement is suspose to prevent migraine's for you cement'eeheads is this true or do you also experience migraine's or cluster headaches?????
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I have the bone cement and no headaches. But bone cement doesn't seem to be very common I'm seeing.
Jean
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Ok, my doctors must not have thought about a time when I couldn't speak for myself. My fat "removal" is on my right side. I figured that my AN was on my right side and they took the fat from my right side they wanted me to be lopsided! I didn't have these headaches until after the surgery so maybe mine are from the fat. It does bad things to your heart and kidneys so why not give you headaches to boot? Makes sense to me.
Brendalu
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:) <fathead here!
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According to the surgical report my doctor gave me, the bone flap was secured with 2 titanium plates and 8 screws. Fibrinogen tissue glue (Tisseel) was also used. I do have chronic headaches when not treated.
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Jean: With my orginal surgery I would presumed I had the cement but I have huge indents that have never fully recalcified. With the second I had fat.....wish they had taken all they could......they could have just given my free lipod while they were at it!lol
Kathleen
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Bone cement here, plus titanium mesh and maybe some screws. I don't have a problem with headaches. Just a little bit sore when I sneeze or cough and when I get over tired.