I have a date set for my plastics!!!!!! November 11th!!!!!!! I am sooo happy! My grandmother said if I lost the weight she would pay for whatever needed to be done. Well, I've lost over 100 pounds am at my surgeons goal and everythings all set!!!! My bypass surgeon gave me the go ahead to get the skin issues taken care of. I met with the cosmetic surgeon today and got everything set up on that end. I cant believe it went so fast! but when you self pay they put you right on top. I already knew that insurance wouldnt cover the tummy tuck (no back problems or rashes) and definetly wouldnt cover the boobs and arms so I triple checked with my bypass doc to make sure it was okay with him. He said I can go ahead that I'm at his goal and once the skin is removed that I will be perfect (me perfect?? lol). I cant beleive how easy this was!!!! So on to plastics and maintenance!!!! I will be having abdominoplasty(muscle tightening and skin removal on abdomen), masteopexy (breast lift) with augmentation and limited incision brachioplasty for the batwings!!!! The surgeon said since I dont have much excess on my underarms (just enough to bug me and flap in the breeze) that she can do a small (under 2 inch) incision in my armpits to tuck away the excess skin. Thats great news to me since I was afraid Id have to get the long incision from my pits to my elbow. I decided to go with implants since she said I would be down to a small B cup, possibly A if I just did the breast lift, and chances were they would look flat on top. Thats just too small for me so I will be trying to stay a D cup with implants. They will do the "lollipop" incisions and the implants will be placed under the muscle. I am soo excited!!!!!!!!!! She thinks theres a good 10-15 pounds of skin that she will remove from my abdomen. It will be a hip to hip incision, but I will have a nice flat tummy once shes done!!! Thankfully the skin on my thighs and back are okay so I wont need anything else done hopefully! Just had to share my joy! Thanks to all of you for all the support you give! I am so glad I have such a wonderful place to share all of this with. Krystle 2/15/05 5'5 260/!!!!!!!!!!!!! 149 AT GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/130???(after plastics)

i hate post that don't get any response...sorry i can't help you but i've been trying to find stuff about it on the net for you. i'll let you know if i find something or if you find something let me know. i'd be interested in getting one also

hey! my first post disappeared so i rewrote it and there it is again....whoopsie!! well i'm extra proud of my fellow February friends!!!

Hey, I updated my page with the info from my 6 mos checkup. Check out the progress page. My photos are being held for randsom, but I hope to have them up soon. I also added another chapter to Cold Terror. To read the chapter stories click the www below to get to my site, then click on writing, and scroll past my credo to the chapter stories link, and then choose the story you want to read.

hey everyone i haven't posted in forever..so sorry! but i havea question! how are you all doing with eating and followig the rules..be honest...im eating so little compared to what i use to eat..but alot more compaired to when i came out of the surgery...i think my head is just playing tricks and im thinking im eating like a cow when really it is so little!!!! like i eat half or a half of a sub and ia m STUFFED for half a day!!!! but in my head im like frig i just ate to much!!!!! ok anyone elce?? or is this just me??? like i am eating low fat frozen yogert and ice cream every once in a while?? anyone elce??? is this cheeting or treating myself once every 2 weeks?? i have slowed right down in the weight loss...but i did loose 130 in 7 months! i am slowly creaping down like in the past month ihave only lost like 10 labs! ok help me am i crazy??? thanks kate