Noticing some talk on the post-Abdominal Myomectomy recovery forum about the “muffin top” phenomenon. Actually, I’ve heard women who’ve had C-sections can also get muffin tops so perhaps we’ll get non-AM visitors as well.
I’m going to include a link to the New York Daily News – Daily Dish & Gossip page plus a quote from their story:
…screen hunks can sometimes fall victim, too. Their condition? Stud-muffin top.
Matt LeBlanc has been known to top-out, and at the “Wedding Crashers” premiere, Vince Vaughn was hanging out a bit over his pants.
Here’s a couple of other links for giggles:
Wikipedia entry for Muffin Top
Da Kath & Kim Website (Australian show thought to have originated the term “muffin top”)
I know this probably isn’t much consolation but a number of people (men and women) have “muffin tops” (including me!) and we haven’t had major surgery! 
Tell me what you know about the post-op twist on muffin tops and what can be done about it.
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How are you feeling after your Abdominal Myomectomy?
How are you feeling after your Abdominal Myomectomy? (part 2)
April 3, 2009 at 7:52 pm
portu-gal,
I have my surgery on May 18 so I want to thank you for your advice. I don’t want a muffin top…
April 8, 2009 at 9:55 am
KC, most welcome.
i will say a prayer for u, don’t worry. close your eyes and u
will be better, all geared up for a new beginning ! God Bless.
April 8, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I appreciate the prayers. I will definitely let you know about my recovery once I have the surgery.
KC
April 10, 2009 at 12:15 pm
KC, my surgery is on the 12th. hope to stay in touch on here and pray things go quickly and well for us!
i am so grateful to have come upon this site!
April 18, 2009 at 11:47 am
shayjay & kc, don’t worry too much. be prepared for a little pain after the surgery, but it’s nothing painkillers can’t handle. make sure to eat right immediately after the surgery. here in asia, we believe to avoid eggs/chicken for 2 weeks as it ‘interferes’ with the healing of the scar, and also the body’s ‘heatiness’. once u’ve past 5 weeks, pls endeavour to Walk alot and take lotsa vegetables. make sure your surgeon is really qualified, esp if u are anaemic (due to all that heavy menses). if the surgeon is average, don’t be shy to change him before u place your life (your tummy) into his hands. the way he stitches u up will play a part together with your diet, to eliminate the miffin top faster. eating right for the first 4 weeks will speed up the elimination of the muffin top, not to mention clear our bowels more smoothly. here we have abit of rice with light gravy & different vegs. you could substitute with whole wheat bread or small amt of pasta with veg, but not too much of ‘cold salad’ as i feel that it tends to leave us a little ‘dis-satisfied’ and reaching for salty or fattening foods.
btw, im just curious, how much does such surgery & hospitalisation cost in the US ? in S’pore it’s about S$9000 for a very good surgeon (US$5400).
April 27, 2009 at 2:48 am
I had the laparotomy to remove a 7cm cyst near my left ovary. The cost surprised me. $5700 + $37000 us dollars. Lucky, i only paid $200, insurance paid for the rest.
April 28, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Hello – I’m new to this site and am so glad I came across it. It’s amazing!
I have a 9×9 intramural fundal fibroid that needs to be removed ASAP.
Portu-gal – I notice you’re in Singapore. I’d be so grateful if you could tell me who your surgeon was? I’ve seen one doctor but have a couple of doubts and would like to get a second opinion, however I have no idea who to pick out of hundreds of gynae’s in Singapore. Any advice you have would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
May 1, 2009 at 9:36 pm
hi CCinSing,
My doctor was Dr Jazlan Joosoph of Raffles Hospital. He’s been there for about 2 years, but he’s had loads of experience fm KK Hospital. He will tell u the facts and he painstakenly removed 4 minute fibroids that were ‘just sprouting out’ together with the 1 big and 2 small ones.
There are also other ‘more Senior’ surgeons in Raf Hos, but there is absolutely no necessity to see them, as Dr Jazlan is very qualified and professional indeed. I was put at ease with his bedside manner, and also how he briefed both hubby and i about the procedure. He was also featured in the Straits Times last year.
I stumbled upon him by chance, as my own gynae fm East Shore was on leave, was quite desperate as it was holiday season and ALOT of gynaes take leave in Nov/Dec.
I prayed for a solution and a relative drove me to Raf Hos, and Dr Jazlan was available, and turned out to be very professional and i was really in good hand.
Good luck, do make an appt to go and see him, no regrets.
God Bless.
June 3, 2009 at 1:23 pm
yahoo i am 7 month post op tday.
My tummy is back to the 4-month size presurgery, and again ppl hv started taking notice of it. In fact it never really reduced. The scar size has reduced from 8 down to 7 inches however now it looks v small against my big tummy.
The surgeon told me I would need C-sections in future, however I am unmarried n no such plans right now, however just wondering what should i do about this big tummy.. Exercising still hurts..
June 12, 2009 at 12:40 am
hmmm, cant seem to make a post…
March 14, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Disa, thanks for sharing. Please contact me via email. I’m having a myometomy this month in Boston. Thank you!! summer949@yahoo.com
June 12, 2009 at 12:44 am
ok here we go- i had a miomectomy on feb 28, 2008 to remove 7 fibroids. i was concerned about what my outward apprearance would be after the surgery. my surgeon insisted i would look the same with the exception of the scar. after my procedure, i was horrified with the way my stomach blew up. i looked about 6 months pregnant, but was assured this was normal. a month later, it went down a lot to where i only looked about 3 months pregnant, but as time went on the progress began to seriously slow down. about 6 months after my surgery after doing all the right things, i still had a buldge that made me look 2 months pregnant. i asked my surgeon when i could expect this to go away, and he said to me, “right now, you are seeing your final result. just do more exercise and youll be fine. i asked him, how could i have 7 fibroids with a flat stomach, and now have no fibroids with a pop belly? that doesnt make sense!!! his response was, it will be fine, you’ll see. call me if you have any questions. take care…, and shot right out the door. i was horrified. i looked to have a consultation with other obgyn surgeons to find out what happened, and they told me. in the laying down position, my skin spread up and out, and when stitching me back up, he permanently stitched my stomach in that direction, trapping excess fat into my belly that spread up from my groin area, because i am also much flatter in that area. i really think obgyn surgeons ought to be required to take a course in reconstructive surgery before they earn their license to practice.
June 12, 2009 at 12:48 am
just to let you ladies know, i tried to work off the buldge, but since i am so muscly, my muffin top blew up with muscle after exercise. i had another talk with some top obgyn surgeons, and they had two suggestions- try to live with it, or consider cosmetic surgery. ive decided to do the surgery, and it is actually scheduled for 10 am this morning. i cannot wait to get rid of this belly. i will keep you all updated on the progress. wish me luck! pray for me
June 12, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I had my surgery on May 18 and I must say that my swelling is going down. I still have a little bit of a muffin top but I am hoping that I can take care of what’s left once I am able to exercise.
DISA, good luck on your surgery. I can’t wait to hear how it turns out. Not to be too personal but is the cosmetic surgery very expensive?
KC
June 12, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Portu-gal,
I wanted to let you know that surgery went very well. I am recovering well and trying my best to eat good foods. I had 6 fibroids removed and one was the size of a 5 month pregnancy. My doctor took photos and they are unbelievable. this site is the best and i could not have known half of the things that I do without you and the others on here. Thanks for the prayers, they worked!
June 12, 2009 at 9:41 pm
KC; i did have my abdominal liposuction surgery today to rid the muffin top and needless to say i cant see anywhere near what my final result will be yet, but even in the surgical girdle i can instantly see a difference. im currently menstrating, so i have to take the girdle off to change, and i did this at the hospital before i left. it was extremely painful, but let me tell you- the myomectomy scar is there, but the muffin top seems like its gone because my stomach is swolen in even proportion. but i wont to get ahead of myself. i have to wear this surgical girdle for 3 weeks straight with the exeption of bathing, mentration and using the restroom. i’ll take a peek every time i do that to let u no what i see. as far as the cost, i paid $2000 to the doctor and $1057 for the hospital fee, totaling to $3057. and i got this money from a settlement i recieved from a car accident…
June 13, 2009 at 11:21 am
DISA,
I am glad everything went well with the surgery and I am sure that you will love the results once you heal. I don’t know why I was thinking that it would be a lot more money than that.
I love being able to hear from others, it definitely helps knowing others know what I feel. Thank you so much for sharing.
June 13, 2009 at 12:25 pm
KC,
no problem!!! i took the sugical garmet off today to shower and boy, am i swolen and bruised lol but like i said, i cant get ahead of myself, i am just going to wait for my final results. in the longrun, if u chose to have a cosmetic surgery for your abdomen, it should not cost more than about $4000 all together, and u can finance it if your credit is good (mine is not lol). i feel it was worth it tho, because after my fibroid surgery, my self-esteem went out the window…
June 14, 2009 at 6:31 pm
DISA,
You’ll get there in time. I am glad that you will be able to feel good and get your self esteem back.
June 18, 2009 at 8:41 am
KC,
sorry for the late reply, i’m so glad you are alright! Do stay away especially fm chicken wings, as they inject the wings with hormones to make the chickens grow faster, due to the high demand for chicken meat everywhere. i’ve been doing a little research here and there, and found that chicken wing eaters are more prone to fibroids. Have non-fat or organic milk if u can. Take care !
June 20, 2009 at 1:58 pm
portu-gal,
thanks so much for the information about the chicken wings, i had no idea. i want to do everything that i can to make sure that i don’t have a return of the monsters.
how are you recovering?
KC
June 25, 2009 at 9:29 am
hi KC,
as i’ve never been flat-tummied even b4 kids, although i’m quite small, size 10, 46 kilos. however it’s great not to have waterfalls of menses. and to enjoy food while being careful.
i’m 99% recovered, no muffin top, but still my everlasting small tummy will always be there
recently i’ve been reacing about ‘hormone residue’ in our bodies if we eat too much meat or drink too much milk, do moderate and cut down whenever possible. i hv started to eat lotsa fish and drink ice green tea instead of ice coffee with milk. good to be normal again and not fear going out with a heavy and unpredictable flow. gynae says my womb has shrunk to about 6 cm x 5cm, as compared to a ‘4 mth pregs’ womb with the fibroids inside.
take care & God bless u…..
Portu-gal
June 27, 2009 at 3:24 pm
DISA, glad to hear it seems to have helped! I think you’re the first to post about that here. Just curious, I also thought the cosmetic surgery would be more! Was it all liposuction? Are you in the USA? Thanks, and keep on shrinking!
July 1, 2009 at 8:19 am
HEy everyone,
Thank you for all your posts on here, it’s really helped me. I had my AM 4 weeks ago to remove one 10cm x 8cm fibroid, my tummys beginning to go down, but is still heavily swollen just above the scar. The swelling feels more solid that fat though, so im thinking its guna be still the swelling around the internal stitches…who knows? Anyway, my op was a success, and thats all that matters… to be honest i think my surgeon did SUCH a good job, and was probably more worried about keeping me alive and making sure i didn’t lose too much blood, than thinking cosmetically! Good luck to everyone, thanks again for all of your support on this, i wish I’d seen it before my op! I’m just hoping the swelling will go away soon!
July 6, 2009 at 1:36 am
to amy and all,
to all of u that are interested in my pictures, copy and paste this link…http://www.realself.com/review/Liposuction-LIPO-TO-REMOVE-MUFFIN-TOP-CAUSED-BY-MYOMECTOMY-SURGERY-DID-IT-WORK. i created a forum post in a cosmetic surgery website i joined for support of my procedure. i took the 1st picture the day before the myomectomy. the 2nd picture is six months after the myomectomy (did any of u other ladies have this final result??). the last two are after my lipo, but keep in mind they were taken days later so i am far from my final result. tell me what u ladies think because i was horrified over what my fibroid surgeon did to my stomach. erin, i am glad u are doing well. i, too, was more concerned over comming out alive and well. but look what my surgeon did to me. and what is worse is he couldve easily prevented this according to consultations i had with other obgyn surgeons to get answers since my own surgeon wouldnt give them to me straight. i worked out all of my adult life to maintain my shape, and my obgyn surgeon set me back bigtime in a matter of hours simply because he did not care. he made me look like i had a baby, and i cannot even have children. its not right…
January 18, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Disa,
I’m one month post-op and my stomach looks now about like yours did in your pic right before surgery. My dr has advised me to give it a couple of months to go down. I went in with a little bit of a belly caused by a combo of the ‘broids and a little extra weight. I really don’t want to have to go back into any kind of surgery so I’m praying it goes away on it’s own once I’m back to working out
July 6, 2009 at 1:42 am
amy,
thanks for ur congrats. i am in boston, mass. my cosmetic surgeon is in salem, mass. but (realself.com) lists many different board certified cosmetic surgeons that u can research. if u ask them any type of cosmetic surgery question, u will get random answers from up to about 12 surgeons from all parts of the country and beyond, its so cool
July 9, 2009 at 1:08 am
I too am disappointed with my new muffin top, so heres my MT story (I have just posted my whole very wordy hysterectomy experience in the “hysterectomy experience to share’ thread)..
6 months before the op I had got fit, was exercising daily, had lost 15 kg and had dropped 2 dress sizes. I was the same size as my 15 yo daughter, and very pleased with the result. At the time I didnt know about the fibroid and was putting up with the pain and discomfort every month.
Then I discovered the fibroid and decided to go ahead with a hysterecomy after research. I waited 4 weeks to have the op, and by this time my tummy had rounded out and I was finding my clothes a bit tight.
After the op, my surgeon told me that the op had gone well and that the fibroid had grown since she had last seen me. The uterus was enlarged to a 16 wk pregnancy size so the fibroid had grown at about the rate of a normal pregnancy. I shudder to imagine how big it might have grown. She also fixed up the cyst and told me I had endometriosis as well. I hope that was fixed too – I need to ask when I see her.
Immediately before the op, my tummy had formed a nice, rounded appearance that I would have been very proud of, had I been pregnant! After the op, my surgeon happily informed me that I had a lovely flat stomach now. While lying down, my stomach is indeed nice and flat, however it’s a different story as soon as I stand up. The full muffin top was revealed to my horror when I removed the waterproof dressing 5 days post op. My formerly loose skinned tummy now hangs out about 1 inch from the incision line, exactly like a muffin top. Its now 2 weeks post op and the muffin top is getting a bit less tender to touch. I notice both my waistline and muffin top area expands over the day by about 2 inches.
Like lots of women who have posted on this site, I am concerned about the muffin top. I called my surgeon and described it to her as feeling like swelling above the scar; with the skin feeling like it was full of fluid. She was only concerned about determining whether I had an infection. She said that she couldn’t understand what I was describing and that she had never heard anyone describe swelling or fluid (unless it was caused by infection). Talk about making me feel stupid!
My tummy was never flat, in fact it was a bit flabby with loose skin from having children and losing weight, but this muffin top along the bikini line is really unsightly. I hope it goes away! Thanks Tina, for your entry 1 year post op (Jan 10 above); there is hope…
July 9, 2009 at 2:17 pm
“http://www.realself.com/review/Liposuction-LIPO-TO-REMOVE-MUFFIN-TOP-CAUSED-BY-MYOMECTOMY-SURGERY-DID-IT-WORK”
ladies, please copy and paste that link and let me no if any of u had the same result i had from removal of fibroids. i joined a cosmetic surgery site call realself.com. this link is to a forum i created with pictures before my fibroid myomectomy, after the myomectomy/before liposuction, and directly after liposuction (im still healing). i couldnt take the muffin top any longer…
if u do not trust the link, u can go to reaself.com, and in the upper right hand corner in the search box, type in “liposuction muffin top”, and u will see my forum- “liposuction to remove muffin top caused by myomectomy”. there is also another helpful article that pops up entitled “the rise and fall of the muffin top” that u may find interesting….let me no what u think…
July 9, 2009 at 10:23 pm
DISA,
Thanks for the site. They did an excellent job, now I’m jealous:) I have been fortunate though because my doctor did a great job. I still have swelling but it is definitely smaller than it was with the fibroids.
I am glad that we can all share our stories for encouragement. It’s also good that you are feeling so much better with the results of your procedure and that’s what matters the most.
July 9, 2009 at 11:01 pm
KC,
thanks…yea i felt much better inside after the myomectomy, but the way i felt about my outward appearance as a result of what my obgyn surgeon did was downright horrible. i mean look at the difference. but yea, i feel much better after my lipo procedure. like i said, im still healing, but my lipo surgeon said i should look close to my natual stomach (1st picture) soon. the scar, i dont care about that. im actually proud of it, its kinda like a battle wound from getting rid of the fibroids! it was that gut he gave me that i hated. but im glad ur doctor did a great job. do u no that last week, i did a research on my obgyn surgeon’s ratings, and found out that he has done wrong so many other patients? i read about everything, from muffin tops, to misdiagnosis to near death experiences. on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, his overall rating on three different sights averaged at about 1.7, i kid u not, this was before i even put in my own two cents…had i dont my own research instead of taking his colleage’s word for telling me he was the best obgyn surgeon in boston, i wud not have chosen him as my fibroid doctor, and probably wouldve had good results in the first place like u did
July 15, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Thanks Disa, your cosmetic surgeon did a great job. I think that our gyno surgeons need to take responsibility for the total results of their work. I am looking forward to visiting my surgeon next week for a follow up visit and am interested in her comments regarding what the hystersisters (great website) refer to as swelly belly (my waist measurement is 29 inches in the morning and 31 inches in the afternoon) and the muffin top (this measurement seems to only vary about an inch now so I am hoping it is gettin better). Thanks for the support everyone. This is a great site. Thanks EG.
July 16, 2009 at 1:06 am
hey thanx kim…i think im gona check out that site also, the hystersisters…’love that name too lol…that may be my future so i want to educate myself more on premature hysterectomy and things of that sort…
July 18, 2009 at 11:53 am
DISA,
The doctor really sounds like he should not be doing surgeries or anything else with that kind of a rating.
My primary doc wanted me to go to someone that he recommended but I decided to choose the doc that a friend of mine had an excellent experience with and thank God that I did.
July 18, 2009 at 7:45 pm
KC,
yea thank God u did that. i was so depressed about having to do the myomectomy after the loss of my third pregnancy that i didnt think too much about how much my obgyn doctor could possibly make me look on the outside. it kills me how they ignore questions on why u have a muffin top and strictly concentrate on making sure u dont have an infection. that is always their way of paging a new subject…
July 18, 2009 at 8:59 pm
DISA,
For a lot of these dr’s it’s about the $$$. I didnt know about your losses – sorry to hear it. (We really go through it, huh?) I am going to be trying to conceive in a few months so please pray for me. Are you going to try again?
July 22, 2009 at 11:44 am
KC, yes, i will pray for u, i promise. as for me, i will be 34 in a couple weeks. a woman in her mid thirties and older is risking multiple health problems for her an her child if she is having her first child at that stage in her life, so ive decided not to have any children at all. i no not every single woman who has her first baby later has problems, but i no the odds are not in my favor. my aunt had the same fibroid condition that i had. she had a myomectomy, and then decided to have her son at 38. she almost died giving birth, and her son almost didnt make it. she ended up having to have an emergency hystorectomy. her doctors talked a lot about her having her first baby at her age as being the major problem. so yea, im not going to have any children. im also not interested in adoption or surrogacy. god’s will i guess. i can live with it…
July 24, 2009 at 3:06 pm
I had a abdominal hysterectomy on 5/26/09 today is 7/24/09. A week after I was home a bulge appeared next to my incision and it hurts. I was told is was were fluid had collected it will go away. Well it has been 2 months it’s still there and it still hurts. My doctor just says I don’t know you need to give it time. Does anyone know what this is and how long it will take for this to go away. I also have pain when I urinate the pain is on my bladder and it moves up along my incision to this swelling. I don’t know if there is a connection with the swelling and the bladder pain. If anyone experience this please let me know.
Thanks,
Gayle
July 26, 2009 at 9:07 pm
GAYLE, PLEASE GET A SECOND OPINION ON WHAT YOUR DOCTOR HAS TOLD YOU. SOUNDS LIKE HE OR SHE IS BLOWING YOU OFF THE SAME WAY MINE DID. TAKE CARE, AND LET US KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED…
July 29, 2009 at 3:58 am
I had a laparotomy on june 9th and the bulge you can see Gayle is called a healing ridge and is an essential part of the healing process ( something they don’t tell you in hospital and should). Mine was tender for quite a few weeks and the bulge stayed there for a while. However two weeks ago I started gently massaging the area for about half a minute with Bio oil and, whether coincidence or not, the bulge or muffin top, has just about gone. My tummy is still a bit numb and I do get the odd twinge but it looks more or less back to normal again. I agree with Disa about going to the docs to check out the bladder thing though. You might have a bit of cystitis. Also have you been taking it easy the last two months because I find, even now after eight weeks, my stomach hurts if I walk for more than 30 mins or overdo it on the housework. I hope this helps you Gayle…..
January 20, 2010 at 7:26 pm
My surgeon said the bulge is where the fascia (the layer of connective tissue below the skin/fat and above the muscle) was cut and stitched back together, and it makes sense that that area would be puffy and tender as it heals. I’m almost six weeks post AM and the puffiness above the incision is almost entirely gone. I also have been gently massaging the area, since about week 4.
March 6, 2010 at 2:32 am
Wow, That’s great news. Thank you so much for sharing it’s really helpful. What a wonderful site I lucked up on. I feel much more at ease about the little lump.
Now I hope to continue a good sex life.
September 19, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Yay!! FYI! Blog has been fixed!
December 7, 2009 at 12:49 am
Ladies, try to get on your feet immediately after sugery! Give it just 1hr after opperation. It works wonders. Thats what the nurses did to me by helping m stand to start walking. I was like are these nurses crazy or what? Little did I know it was for my own good. I was dicharged after 3 days from hospital and mantained walking for 45 min. every day. I felt pain while walking and a reduction in retained fluids. Am 3.5 wks post AM and totally no muffin top. I take of my dit too. No fatty foods at the moment. Nothing lik retained fluids at inspection when I lie on my back.
December 8, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Just had surgery Dec 3rd for hysterectomy. I got to keep my ovaries. Surgery went fine but I have the muffin top really bad!! Above my incision is a roll or muffin top that goes across the length of my incision then there’s a dip above that, then a bloated looking belly. I’m 45, had a c-section with a premature birth, in which he is fine…thank God! My incision from the c-section starting sinking inward like a hole so I decided to get a scar revision. The revision looked ok with the exception of one side being puffy with a muffin top. Not even a yr later I had to get a hysterectomy due to a hugh fibroid on my uterus. After the surgery I noticed right away that when I stood up I had the muffin top. I’m getting married in June 2010 and I’m very self conscious about this. Should I try to have this muffin top fixed with lipo or plastic surgery?? I would love some advice please. Very concerned…TT
December 10, 2009 at 9:10 am
TT – I have to say you are very brave to want to undergo yet another surgery to fix the muffin top after your hysterectomy. The bulge is unslightly and I didn’t like it either, but it does go down with time. Mine is almost gone (~6 mth post op). But if had to pick one of the two options I would go with a plastic surgeon. One girl (I think it was DISA) had it done and posted a link with her before and after (scroll up you can look at it). She could probably give you better advise on that.
I would not have extra surgery if it was me (so scary), so I have been working out my abs every day and you can’t tell that I had a muffin top. I also rub cocoa butter into the scar every day. But your Dr should give you the green light for working out and rubbing your scar. Did you ask your Dr what you can do to get the muffin top down? I would give it time. You still have over 6 mths till your wedding. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding by the way!
December 8, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Disa,
What could your doc have done to prevent this? I had myoectomy 4 weeks ago and I am also in good shape and did not have loose skin on my abdomen. So far I have a slight muffin top and numbness above the scar. I am going to start massaging and using vitamin E oil on the scar, but I’m worried that the muffin top won’t go away. I’m not as concerned right now, because I still want to have kids, but after kids, I plan to have a tummy tuck.
January 10, 2010 at 11:12 pm
When is the best time of the year to go to Anguilla.
March 11, 2010 at 3:43 pm
i have a big tummy .. had surgery 1+ yr back.. lifting heavy stuff still gives pretty much unease… what do i do..?
March 14, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Hi Disa,
I’m scheduled to have a myomectomy in Boston this month because my health insurance ends March 31.
I’m worried that I’m going to the same md that didn’t care about your muffin top. Please email me and let me know. As an alternative there is a surgeon who can do it in New Jersey this month as well. Because it’s such a last minute rush, the surgery is being done right before my period with no opportunity to stop menstruation with Lupron shots or even birth control pills
Thanks!
Patricia