there must be a book in this…

Today I made a big list of all the things I need to figure out before I have surgery.   I’m just on number one and two “what procedures” and “what surgeon”.  That was just the tip of the iceberg.

I’ll type it up and post it soon, and then refine it as I go along and fill in answers.  

I should say that the plastic surgery message boards on ObesityHelp, MakeMeHeal and LapBandTalk are excellent sources of information and the basis of my list – until people mention that you need to think about what you are going to eat when you are recovering, and how you are going to prepare it when you can’t reach to open the freezer or start the microwave, for example, it would not occur to you.   Also tips on what clothes to wear (slip-on shoes, button up shirts, nothing you have to slip over your head when you can’t raise your arms…), how to sleep, pain control, scar healing… it’s a huge amount of information.

Links to those sites are in the Useful Sites list.