Re: [IPk] lipohypertrophy

[Melissa Ford <email @ redacted>]

Hi Sandra

If the liposuction is recommended by your diabetes care team, I think
the NHS will have a hard time refusing. Breast reductions can be
covered in some circumstances, for example.

In terms of cannula length, I'm sure you can discuss with the surgeon
how much subcutaneous fat will be available after the procedure, and
whether/when you can continue to use the sites where the tissue has
been suctioned from. If I were you, I'd also ask if during the healing
process you might be advised to use the backs of your arms or your
'love handles' instead of your abdomen. Liposuction is a surgical
procedure that requires aftercare and healing time, like all
surgeries.

Good luck

Melissa


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Sandra Atkinson
<email @ redacted> wrote:
> Thanks girls
>
> Im hopeful it will work a treat seeing as i have no hard lumps and to the
> untrained eye it just looks and feels like fat.
>
> Im just nervous about surgery and if im going to need smaller cannulas etc.
> Even more worried that the nhs may say no to it now.
>
> Sandie
> On Feb 22, 2012 2:26 PM, "Melissa Ford" <email @ redacted> wrote:
>
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>> Hi Sandie
>>
>> Your specialist nurse is very well informed to suggest the idea.
>> Whether it will definitely work depends on the characteristics of the
>> tissue in your lumps. Fibrocollagenous  tissue - hard lumps of scar
>> tissue - might not respond to liposuction, though softer tissue tends
>> to respond well. It is worth looking into!
>>
>> Best of luck
>> let us know how you get on
>>
>> Melissa
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Allison Jackson <email @ redacted>
>> wrote:
>> > Oooh - that sounds good to me!
>> >
>>  > Joking aside, I had one cut out surgically when it was very prominent,
>> but
>> had
>> > liposuction been on offer, I may well have tried that instead.
>> >
>> > Let us know how you get on.
>> >
>> > Kind regards
>> > Allison
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Sandra Atkinson <email @ redacted>
>> > To: IP-UK <email @ redacted>
>> > Sent: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:23
>> > Subject: [IPk] lipohypertrophy
>> >
>> >
>> > Insulin Pumpers is in a fundraising period. Please
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>> > Hi everyone
>> > My specialist nurse has asked me if I would like to be referred for
>> > iposuction on the ad on my abdomen.
>> > I'm not sure how I feel about this really and wanted to ask if anyone
>> else
>> > as had it and how they felt about it?
>> > I exercise 5 times a week at the gym, I eat sensibly and I take good care
>> > f myself and I dont know of any other treatments available for
>> > ipohypertrophy.
>> > Sandie
>> >
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