dialysis and tummy tucks

[buffyraw]

can a woman who is 24 and on dialysis get a tummy tuck when she has also had 2 previous operations on her pancreas with the removal of gal-bladder and spleen

[Howard Rosenberg, MD]

This is a gastrointestinal issue post cholecystectomy and has nothing to do with your previous tummy tuck.  You need to continue follow-up with your general surgeon and gastroenterologist for your discomfort.

[kc737]

I had a tummy tuck in December, 06 and I started feeling pain in my upper abs about 6 months after that. I associated these pains with my tuck. The pain continued off and on for the next year and a half.  I found out I had two stones in my gallbladder about a month ago, (early October, 08) ,so I had my gallbladder removed.  It has only been a month, but after I eat almost anything I get the same pains  in my stomach that I had before my gallbladder was removed.  I had an ultrasound a week ago but they could not find anything.  I am a busy mother of two and maybe I try to do too much.  Is this too early to worry about so soon?

[Howard Rosenberg, MD]

The issues here are your general medical condition and healing capabilities.  Secondly, the location of the scars for your gallbladder and splenectomy, which may compromise the ability to perform a full abdominoplasty.  These issue need to be addressed by both your nephrologist and a plastic surgeon.