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Post-Treatment => Post-Treatment => Topic started by: pattibobatti on October 07, 2006, 09:17:09 am
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Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to tell you all that I have had my facial surgery and I look soooo good!! I'm still at mly brothers iin Virginia waiting for the last appointment with my reconstructive surgeon. Hopefully, he will put in a gold weight then. We had to wait for the swelling to go down. He did a face lift, brow lift, eyes (above and below) and put in a facial sling. So, now my face no longer has one side pulled down and my eyes are alligned well. The side of my face with the sling needs more time for the swelling to go down, but he explained how it will help with the movement that has already has started on its own.
I love my doctor!! How many times have you guys ever said that?? He's so skilled and really "gets it" when it comes to the emotional aspect of facial paralysis.
His name is Patrick Byrne and works at John Hopkins in Baltimore. And he's dreamy looking!!!!!
It's good to be posting again!!
Pattibobatti
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Great !!! ;D
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You found your own McDreamy! I'm glad to hear he understands the emotional aspect. Wishing you more success.......
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welcome back and I am so happy to hear that everything has worked out so wonderfully for you
The first time I met my surgeon, I was speechless for a few seconds because he was so good looking ;)
Take care!
Cheryl
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I've missed you Patti!!! I'm glad everything is going well!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to hear how your healing progresses!!
Take Care!
Kathleen
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Fabulous. Please post picture of even- more -beautiful -you when you are ready for that.
So glad you love your doctor. Over the years, I have just been so lucky to have very adorable, smart doctors with good to great personalities that when I hear some of the stories out there about God complexes, mean, incompetent, dismissive, etc doctors, I just wonder what's going on. I guess in the great karma bucket of life, it's my compensation for NEVER getting the right man for me;). Anyway, so glad you have a good one. s.
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It's about time Ms. Bobatti!!!!
I am so glad that is behind you and you are so happy with the results. How is your eye doing?
Can we talk when you get back? My dime this time. Kathy
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Patti,
I am so glad to hear you have found a wonderfull doctor. one we all have dreamed of. The most important thing about a doctor is if they are understanding and good at what they specialize in. I work with so many doctors that just don't get that they need to understand where the patient is coming from and understand them completely.
I wish you the best of luck and we want to see results when you are done. Wishing you the best.
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Patti,
So glad everything went well for you! Can't wait to see the pictures.
hugs,
BrendaO
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Congrats Patti!!! I'm so happy that all went well for you! What part of Virgina are you in? I live in the Roanoke area and would love to come visit or help out if you are close! Take care!
Laura
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It's great that you are so happy. I cant imagine what difficulties it must have caused you. What hope this will give to others!
Amy
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It's wonderful to hear from all of you...... I'm still up here in Virginia on some mountain waiting until tomarrow for my last McDreamy visit...
Laura, I would love to meet with you but my sister in-law just told me we are about 2 hours away from you. They live in a small town called Round Hill.
Take care,
Pattibobatti
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YAY PATTI!!!!
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Welcome back to the forum and I'm so glad you are happy with your results!!!
Capt Deb 8)
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Welcome back and congratulations on everything going so well!!After living with facial paralysis for 6 months now I can imagine how much of a relief it must be to feel a little more like your "old" self.Take care and hope the recovery continues to go well.
Tracey
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hi there - glad to hear you're having facial reconstruction. did you decide not to go the way of 7-12 jump??? i'm scheduled for it in november. i have looked into reconstruction, glad to hear the symmetry is back ( i have the gold weight in my eyelid already, it's the best compared to the wide opened look). would love to hear how you made the decision to forego nerve anastamosis & choose reconstruction. all the best, nancy
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Great News Patti,
I'll bet it feels great to have this behind you. I am so happy it all went so well. Looking forward to seeing you on the forum again.
Patti UT
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PATTIBOBATTI:
Where are you???? You wrote to us two weeks ago saying you would be home soon.ÂÂ
Did you stay there with Dr. McDreamy????
Anxiously awaiting an update, Kathy
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HI Kathy,
Our computer has been broken and we just got it back. How are you doing! Hope things are good up there...Virginia really was beautiful, my brother is in his element with all the hunting and stuff. I
am the type that has a problem killing anything!! Anyway, I wanted to be home after being gone a month. So now I get all the cleaning I want.
I have missed you all. Actually, I also wanted to see how I would do while not reallly checking in so much. I wondered if the connection with you all made me somehow more different and less involved with a "normal' life that everyone else has.... I wanted to know if I would actually do better if I did'nt have a way to 'remind' me how different I am now.
So much for that. I really do know that talking things over and wanting to help others makes a person feel good. I do realize that it is also important to get out there again and start living my life with more purpose and more FUN. What a journey this damn road has been.
I probably won't spend as much time on the computer because I need more time to find out what's going on out there.
OH, capt. Deb!! Thanks for the pirate socks!!!!!!! Funny how a pair of socks can mean so much!!!
Pattibobatti
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Socks? I don't know nuthin' about no socks--that's Mattis realm--I just send out the uniforms!
Capt Deb