My Surgery Day is Today!

I’m less afraid now than I was last week

Michelle Jaqua
Lipedema and Me
Published in
3 min readSep 8, 2022

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On the plane to get surgery. My husband is sleeping in the background—credit: Author’s photo.

Today is My Big Day. I’ve been waiting for this for an entire year. And this week so far has seemed like an eternity.

Two days ago, I flew to Los Angeles for my Liposuction surgery. Yesterday I had my pre-op appointment and met with my surgeon, Dr. Schwartz. He explained in detail how the surgery would go today and marked my…

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