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After falling down my stairs and breaking my leg in 3 spots I knew it was time to do something. I stood up on my leg and heard it pop even more from my weight. Sounds I will never forget. Kinda like when two cars crash. You just remeber that sound. I think God works in mysterious ways and me breaking my leg was a blessing.

From there I went on to submit to insurance. Got approved and had surgery 5/5/04. I was in surgery from 11am to 8:30 wednesday night. 64 staples laterI woke up. I was scared to death! I didn't think I was going to survive it. I woke up to not being able to move anything. Totally paralyzed. I was on a respirator so I couldn't talk. I saw tubes every where. The only thing I could do was lie there and cry. I was told if anyone touched me I would react in crying due to it was hurting me. It was all a big blur. This is just what I have been told. I do remember bits and pieces so I do know it was all true. It is kinda like a dream for me. They kept me so drugged that I needed family to tell me what was happening. Anyway I gradually got me feeling back and after 2 days they removed my ventilator. That saturday I went home!

 Well from that wonderful surgery I lost 273 pounds total. Yes I would do it again in a heart beat!  I have had a lot of skin removed. I had a stage 4 pannis at the start of plastics. A stage 5 when I first started my journey to get gastric bypass. Anyway I got approved through insurance and had a hip reduction with removal of 16 pounds of skin. An anchor cut to remove some hernias and to give me a waist line. After I healed My doctor went back in and revised me again and redid the anchor cut along with giving me a  mons lift. He then took off another 2 pounds. So here I am 155!

Totally amazing huh!!  Mcv hospital has been my life saviour along with my husband, family and GOD by my side. All this has been possiable.