anoukmarie Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Yes i have E Mail Dr. park all my informations blood test and so on Before! So my date has changed to august this year! Did you booked your flight now or you also not that sure wich date you are there?! I will fly in august now because we are on vacation in july Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower100 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Hi Anouk Marie, No, I haven't yet set an exact date. I haven't had the chance to get my blood tests done yet either. I heard you can also get blood work done at Dr. Park's clinic and have the surgery the next day as long as the tests are good. I know it's wiser to take care of all that before even making travel plans so I hope to do this very soon. I am still hoping to be there in late July and August. I will update you as soon as I get more definite dates. Thanks for your updates and I hope I will be able to meet you there. I should be able to PM soon so I'll contact and update you that way. Talk to you soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower100 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Hi Jackkki, Thank you for your update. I was so happy to hear that your recovery is going better. I'm still sorry to hear about the pain in your heels. Have you contacted Dr. Park? Did he have an opinion? I think patience is key with recovery. It's only been five weeks so hopefully this will subside as well with some more time. As I am planning for my procedure, do you have any advice? If you could do it all again, would you? I know it still may be too early to tell but just wanted to know if in general you are satisfied with the results? I was reading some of your older posts, and you seemed very enthusiastic prior to the surgery so I was just curious whether your expectations were met. I'm excited and scared. Every person's anatomy is unique so I realize the process, pain level, results, and recovery will vary. I thought you mentioned that your job requires you to stand long hours daily. Do you think this is why your recovery is taking a bit longer? How are the aspirations going? I'm not sure but I thought you may have mentioned that you had some trouble with that? Did you have to aspirate yourself because you left Korea early? I hope to hear from you soon and my prayers ate with you for a speedy recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackkki Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I have been on modified duty at work and just have been sitting down mostly for work. I worked only one regular day on postop week three standing up and it was difficult because I was limping. So therefore I asked to go on modified duty. Therefore that is not the reason my recovery is so long. It is long probably because they took so much muscles out. I have listed my advice on my previous posts. I know someone else said if you don't stay for at least two weeks then you will have to aspirate at home. That is not entirely true because apiration depends on how much fluid you have. Dr park said that you have to keep aspirating until there is hardly any more blood/fluid coming out of the syringe. Therefore even if you stay for two weeks there could still be a lot of blood that is coming out in the syringe and so you will have to do it at home. Dr park said it can take up to post-op week 6. He aspirated my legs three times before I left and by the last one I still had a lot of fluid. I had some trouble and emailed dr park but he just kept saying to try the following week and finally he said to stop when I kept telling him hardly anything is coming out. My legs look completely different and of course looks better than what I had so with that I am happy I hope in the forum who as gone through the surgery will continue to update every so often. It seems like people are only posting before surgery and the first two weeks post op to ask questions from post op people, and then when they have problems or are not satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackkki Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 does anyone know where to buy extra compression stockings that are the same as the ones that dr park gave us which are microfiber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpink Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 running/walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summershimmer Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Does anyone know much air tickets from Boston to Seoul typically cost? What is a good price? And which airport should we fly into at Seoul? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooh_la Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 i really appreciate your continued updates, jackkki! i hope now that you've been assigned modified duty, you'll be able to recover completely. if you have time, would you mind sharing before and after photos? my email address is [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooh_la Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 The airport is Incheon International Airport (ICN). I'm not sure about the air fare--it also depends on factors like how early you book it and how many stops you opt for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooh_la Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hey girlicious! I'm so sorry I haven't been able to get back to you. Life has been crazy but hopefully everything will be back to normal before I fly to Korea next week. Have your parents come around yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girliciousgirl Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) ooh_la said: ↑ Hey girlicious! I'm so sorry I haven't been able to get back to you. Life has been crazy but hopefully everything will be back to normal before I fly to Korea next week. Have your parents come around yet? Click to expand... Don't worry about it! As for my parents... they haven't said "no", but they haven't said "yes" either. Edited May 30, 2019 by girliciousgirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilywu Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 can someone pls share their results after about a year? I've heard stories that calf sizes will return to their original sizes. I can't imagine going through all that pain and not have a life long results. thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyangel11 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hi everyone, Im from Asia n i have been thinking of this surgery for more than 1 year but yet do not have the guts to do it! Lol. Cos im worried if anything goes wrong n these are legs we are talking about! Plus of the long recovery time to heal of around 3 months from the various feedback & reviews from the forum. I have years ago done liposuction on my calves before n my legs swelled alot n it took months for the swell to go off! I couldnt wear my usual shoes too! Someone was asking in the forum before if lipo on the calves would cause some lumpiness n unevenness. Well from my personal experience, YES n it seems to make my calves look worse n not only that, i do not see much difference in the size/circumference. I have also previously tried to decide between Dr Park & Dr Jong. But it seems that there is a difference in their procedures i.e. Dr Park only removes section of the 2 parts of the muscles n does not remove any of the Sol while Dr Jong removes part of all the 3 muscles including the Sol. Im worried in case removing any part of the Sol may cause some side effects in the future (since non-removal would not affect the muscles), hence im gearing towards Dr Park. Does anyone from Asia keen to go for the procedure? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflower100 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hi everyone, It's been awhile since I've posted but I've been diligently following the recent posts. Hope everyone is having a great summer and staying cool. I've just been very busy with work, however I've been in consistent contact with Dr. Park. Still haven't purchased my plane tickets( yikes, looks like its gonna cost me a small fortune at this point) but it looks like I'll be in Korea towards the last week of this month. I've decided to go through with the procedure. I've been following updates, especially Jackkki's. As she mentioned I hope people who've had the procedure will continue to contribute to the forum as to how they are recovering. So many factors played into me deciding to go through with this and I think for me it's the right decision. I'll do my best as well to update. I'm freaking out a little but dr. Park has been great in alleviating some of my concerns. I've also been praying more too. Also just wanted to say hi to my girl, Ooh_la. I got your message, thanks. I've been meaning to write back but thought it would be easier to catch you here. As my trip approaches I will contact you privately. I hope you're there when I get out there later this month. Take care and best of luck whatever you end up doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girliciousgirl Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) Is anyone willing to send me before and after photos? Edited April 10, 2019 by girliciousgirl Personal info posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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