Jacqui2763
Ok...I'm late again...
Jul 27, 2009
Ok...I can't tell time according to the calendar...lol. How is everyone?? I am currently 5 weeks postop from my panniculectomy. Dr. Cole did an excellent job getting rid of the excess skin!! I love my doctor I swear I do! He is totally the best!You have to check out my new pictures. My daughter just took them this past Saturday 7/25/2009. I didn't know how I actually looked. I love how I look now!!! I can actually see what everybody else sees now. I have been told so many time "Jacqui, you've lost so much weight! How much more are you going to lose?" I would go home after hearing that...take a shower...look at myself in the mirror and think...'I've lost SO much weight?? Where?" because I was looking at what was left over and looking at that allowed continued to allow me to look at myself as still being overweight. It was psychological, yes, but it was what my mind saw. And I know there are a lot of people out there that feel the same way I did. I KNEW I lost weight because the dress sizes went way down. But...looking at myself...I still saw the fat girl looking back at me.
It has been a while since I've been able to look at myself and think..."that's a pretty good looking woman looking back at me". I still don't consider myself beautiful, radiant, glowing, none of that. I will say good looking because that's the stage I'm at with myself. My fiance (yes I have a new man in my life and he went through the surgery with me) tells me every day that I'm gorgeous. I keep looking at him and asking him if he needs my glasses to look at me correctly...lol. He has been totally supportive of me going through this. He told me before the surgery that he accepted me the way I was but I told him it was for medical reasons as well as psychological reasons I had to have this done. He is now happy that I did it and tells me how proud he is of me for going through with it. He has been a lifeline to me and I appreciate him more than I could ever tell him. Dr. Cole has also been a lifeline to me. He has literally saved my life and for that I will be eternally grateful.
I'm not going to promise when I'll write again...things are getting busy again but I will promise to stay in touch! Much love to everyone.
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About Me
Rochester, NY
Location
26.4
BMI
Surgery
09/19/2007
Surgery Date
Apr 19, 2007
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