Tummy Tuck Consult....Take 2

I took the day off today because I had a 2nd tummy tuck consultation appointment with a different doctor. I was pleased with the first doctor, but when I initially went to him I didn't realize that he was not in my insurance network, and my insurance pays nothing for out of network doctors.

Now I know you must be thinking "how would you not check on that BEFORE you went to him???" Well, I did...kinda. Since the other doctor in his office is in my network I just assumed that meant everyone in that office was in my network. Ummm, negative. Since I didn't know anything about the doctor, or anyone who had used her...and the fact that she had only been a surgeon for 2 years (after residency and all that jazz) I decided to have a consult somewhere else.

This time I went to the plastic surgery center at the same hospital where I had my lapband surgery. It's a very well known, top rated hospital. The head of plastic surgery there did one of my bff's body lift (breasts, tummy tuck, thigh and butt lift) after her gastric bypass. So, I made an appointment with him.

He had a great bedside manner. He said that he felt sure that my insurance would cover the skin removal portion of the surgery, but any muscle tightening, lipo, and the belly button would fall on me. I am ok with that, although the last surgeon said I didn't need any muscle repair. He said I should hear something from the insurance in a few weeks.


In unrelated tummy tuck news...I have been craving strange things (strange, meaning things I normally don't crave). This is what I have been eating on daily basis for the last week...

 

 

Yep...cheese, bread and butter pickles, and Ranch dressing. I am normally not a pickle kinda gal, so it is strange that I have been craving them. And no....I am not pregnant. My baby making days are O-V-E-R...and have been for a very long time :)

 

 

Although my baby making days are over, I feel like I have been dealing with a very mischievous toddler. Harleigh is into EVERYTHING. I can't turn my back on her for 2 seconds. In the past two days her new thing is to jump up on the kitchen chairs and walk around. Yes, the chairs are pushed up to the table...

 

 

 

I have still been giving my neighbors dog treats every day. I still want to steal him (or offer to buy him from them) but I am a little afraid for the safety of my dogs. He is a pit bull mix, has been in a fenced in yard with NO interaction since they got him, and I worried that he may be unpredictable. He will let me pet him, but he won't let The Rockstar near him.

 

 

 

 

Speaking of The Rockstar, he surprised me with flowers delivered to me at work last week...

 

 

 

Yes, he got lucky that night ;) And the next night, and the next ;)