Working with a homeopath in Northern California, Kathleen prepared for her big day. Kathleen was in surgery for approximately five hours and once everything was completed, she was released to the Serenity Surgery Aftercare Facility in Santa Monica. Charlie Sheridan, the Director of Marina Plastic Surgery Associates, had made all of the arrangements, and Kathleen remained there for 4 days, receiving around the clock care.
She then stayed with her brother’s family in Southern California for 2 weeks until she was ready to go home. Looking back on her recovery, Kathleen recalls that she experienced very little pain. She says it was a dramatic experience psychologically, noting that her body had been traumatized by the surgery, having lost 10 pounds of skin. She remembers, “Before going to L.A., I had some concerns about living in a body without all this hanging flesh, since I’ve been an obese person all of my life. Surprisingly, that never happened. The day after surgery the skin was gone and it was like it was never there.”
