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tenai98

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post op pics
« on: April 23, 2009, 10:50:50 am »

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Well lets see if I got it right this time...hair is out of control so I hide it under a hat...belly still swollen from all those needles
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Re: post op pics
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2009, 10:51:50 am »



let see it this one works
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TRANSLAB 04/07/09 2cms at time of surgery
Dr. Benoit and Schramm, Ottawa Civic Campus
SSD ,some facial numbness
Baha surgery sept 22/09
residual tumor 13mmX7mmX8mm
2016 new growth.  25mmX21mmX22mm
cyberknife on June 7

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Re: post op pics
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2009, 11:45:32 am »
Very nice pictures, Jo.

Thanks for sharing  ;D
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Re: post op pics
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2009, 01:26:48 pm »
Looks like a wii fit cap! :).  Does that mean Steve has to knit the words "wii fit" into his next hat?  :o
 
Glad to see you doing well!  Your pics look fantastic!
 
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Re: post op pics
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 02:17:32 pm »
Hey, Jo - you look fabulous...just the same as you did when I saw you before your surgery!  Way to go!

I saw on the other thread (somewhere?) about having those needles in your abdomen to prevent clotting...I had not heard of anyone else here having that done...know it's a surgery thing, not an AN thing, but oooh, doesn't sound like that was any fun at all.  I just had the leg wraps with constant squeezing for the clotting.  Was this a special precaution for you, or is this the standard procedure w/ your surgeons?  Just curious...

Keep up your great recovery,

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Re: post op pics
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2009, 02:22:00 pm »
Jo,

you look fab-u-lous! Thanks for sharing these with us....... and you KNOW I send the continued wellness hugglez your way! :)

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Re: post op pics
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2009, 03:48:58 pm »
JO ~

Thanks for the photos.  Of course you look great - but you knew that!  The belly scar is another matter - but never mind.  Did I mention that you look great?  :D

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Re: post op pics
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2009, 03:52:00 pm »
Cindy
I think the needles were a precaution as I has a blood clot in my leg in 1990. I"m still deciding onwhat to  do with the hair...lol
JIM
That scar will not keepme out of mybikini come summer and mexico time....Its my battle scar.
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TRANSLAB 04/07/09 2cms at time of surgery
Dr. Benoit and Schramm, Ottawa Civic Campus
SSD ,some facial numbness
Baha surgery sept 22/09
residual tumor 13mmX7mmX8mm
2016 new growth.  25mmX21mmX22mm
cyberknife on June 7

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Re: post op pics
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2009, 05:38:48 pm »
Jo, you look amazing, Hard to believe how recent your surgery was. Good thoughts for your recovery.
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Re: post op pics
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2009, 08:16:43 pm »
Thanks for sharing the pictures.  How great you look.  I know people find comfort in that because there is always apprehension about people post-surgery.

I remember meeting with several people in the Chicago area after they were first diagnosed. The first comment they always made was about my "normalcy" (or at least somewhat normal )<grins> appearance.


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Re: post op pics
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2009, 01:25:15 pm »
You look fantastic! 
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Re: post op pics
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2009, 07:33:47 pm »
You look awesome Jo!  I'd be smiling too!

I had to do a week of shots in the abdomen for a blood clot last fall - and all I can say is OUCH!  If that wasn't the most unpleasant thing, I don't know what is!  Kinda makes the brain surgery seem like a picnic, doesn't it?

I'm glad you're doing well!!

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Re: post op pics
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2009, 12:14:41 am »
JO

You look great.  My belly scar is almost completely gone 18 months postOP.  I feel with you, the blood clotting shots are a pain.  Here in germany you get them everyday you are in the hospital, it doesn't matter what kind of operation you had.  I feel like a living pincushion I have had at least 55 of these shots in the last 4 years.

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Re: post op pics
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2009, 08:06:43 am »
You look fabulous!  I'm sure my tummy scar is bigger so I am jealous of yours!!!!
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Re: post op pics
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2009, 09:08:50 am »
No way I would post my tummy scar.  It looks like someone carved a huge hole out of me.  My operative report says, "A generous fat graft was harvested."  I'll say.  Wish they could have taken it from a more widely distributed area. 
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