Who else has ONE love handle left?

[Yvette]

SO my right love handle is now in my head. Why couldn't they take fat from dead center? Why not give the patient a choice-like removing double chins or inner thighs? I am 20 pounds over weight and hereby volunteer to donate fat to any skinny AN patients for free. Call me!

Love, Yvette

[OMG16]

I'm getting a visual picture.  I'm not sure if I'm right I will have to go back and read all of your posts to see if I can figure this out.  To funny let me know if you get any calls.  16

[lori67]

Yvette, I offered to donate the extra to the "fat bank" for anyone in need of any extra after I had my surgery.  They didn't take me up on that offer.

When my other doctor saw the scar of my abdomen and I told her what it was from she said "they couldn't have at least taken their graft from both sides while they were there?".  Had my surgeon been a woman, that might have happened.  Oh well, I think my chances of anyone asking me to pose in a bikini are pretty much gone now.  Not that I think they existed before hand, but at least now I can use the scars as an excuse!

Lori

[trhoads]

Wow!!  It is kind of amusing to hear other people talk about this....

I think that was the first coherent thing that I said to my neurosurgeon.  I was having horrible headaches and neck pain and he starts asking me about the incision on my abdomen.  I looked down at my abdomen and replied with, "The least you could have done would have been to take a little extra out and throw it away!"

So, you can add me to the list of people willing to donate a little extra fat to those who have none!!

Tonya

[Yvette]

Too funny, well we can all pose for family pics with our lovehandle-less side to the camera! Hey all you translab newbies...try to get your docs to give you a choice! Let us know if you are successful:-)

To member #16, the translab procedure removes your mastoid bone and instead of replacing it, either subtitutes a metal plate or uses your own body fat to plug up the hole. Sounds gross I know.

Blessings all,
Yvette

[OMG16]

So that is why we have extra!  I think they should even it out for you!  16

[danijake]

Yeah, I didn't have much fat at the time (I have plenty, now) but why do they take it from the side instead of below the belly button? My belly is lopsided and ugly now. No bikini for me either!!!

[Kaybo]

OK...now that you mentioned it...I have just noticed, yet one more, LOPSIDED thing about my body & I thought that it was just me!!!  I'm so happy to know I wasn't just making it up!!  I have just lost over 25 pounds and have noticed that one side of my pooch is smaller than the other!!  Mine isn't really the "love handle" area though -- mine is below my bellybutton to the left a bit.  When I had surgery I was very overweight and ask the surgeon that morning if he could please take some extra fat away -- little did I know I would lose 50 pounds w/ the surgery/stroke!  Then when I went back for a check-up, I ask him why fat dissolved on my head but not my tummy -- he told me I was the only person who would ask him that!! LOL!!
I feel so much better now that I know others have the same thing!!!!!
K

[Lorenzo]

ok, so now I can see another advantage to CK: no lopsided love handles! Great, never thought of that, makes me feel much better.
On the other hand, if they did remove evenly, then CK has a disadvantage, still left with fat. Darn.

Ciao, Lorenzo