Surgery Date

Jul 01, 2012

August 22, 2012, my 40th birthday with Dr. Penner.

Dr. Jackson is who I met with, but I did most of the appt with his training student.

What I thought was the most interesting piece of news though, and felt it worthy of sharing, so posted it on the forum,  is that he felt plastic surgery was going to end up being covered by OHIP within a year or two. I asked how that was possible and he said it's because there is a crisis situation right now. So many people need it. That's how bariatric surgery got approved in Ontario for OHIP coverage. So many people were applying for out of province surgery for it, that they approved it here. He said he felt the same thing was going to happen with plastic surgery for the removal of excess skin and that they are already discussing it. He said plastic surgery costs right now for a bariatric patient 2 yrs post-op was about $25k. So if you are a post-op person, make sure you keep going to your doctors and documenting any problems you are having with excess skin, even if they are just self-esteem vs physical. I'm sure since we all are so grateful OHIP covers RNY surgery, having the incredible gift of plastic surgery to remove excess skin will really make us feel lucky.

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