Lucky gal! I have a Blue Shield of CA plan that excludes plastic surgery. Bummer.

No, the incision was literally no big thing compared to the muscle repair. My butt hurt and my stomach hurt, but there wasn't any problem with sitting/laying that I feel would have been better going through it twice.

I took 2 weeks off and then worked from home for 2 weeks. I was mentally fine to work at 2 weeks, but I wouldn't have been able to sit at my desk for long periods at that point.

Hello all,

Well I don't post here often but I figured to tell my story and and hopefully help others. First off, I been overweight all my life and at my highest I weighed 364 pounds. In my 20s after the birth of both of my children, I focused on clean eating and working out (3 hours a day) and I ended up losing 150 pounds on 2 different occasions...but it was killing me working out so much and being strict with my food choices. But one cool perk of all that hard sweat and tears is that I was rewarded with bcbsm paying for my panni removal in full back in 2010. Anyhow, fast foward to the recent years...so I gained all the weight back then some smh. Well now that I'm older I wanted to get the weight off for good this time so I opted to have the sleeve procedure done in 2013. Well it worked for me a bit but not as much as I would of liked. I ended up getting down to 285. I was kinda disappointed so I and my doc decided to convert my sleeve to the bypass. The revision did wonders...not only did I get down to 195 but my heartburn totally went away (some sleeve patients have horrible heartburn but the revision usually eliminate heart burn). Well on to the real good news....so my insurance company (bcbsm/blue cross blue shield of michigan) sent a letter stating that I met the criteria for the following procedures- 15830 (Excision, excessive skin and subcutaneous tissue (includes lipectomy); abdomen, infraumbilical panniculectomy), 15847 (Excision, excessive skin and subcutaneous tissue (includes lipectomy), abdomen (eg, abdominoplasty) (includes umbilical transposition and fascial plication), and 15832-50 (bilateral Excision, excessive skin and subcutaneous tissue (includes lipectomy) of the thigh. Just as we speak, my insurance specialist just called to tell me they would call me this evening to schedule my surgery date/time. I'm totally ecstatic! So as of date, I've had 2 weight loss surgeries, a previous panni/tummy tuck, a breast reduction, and now I'm about to have a new panni/tummy tuck and a thigh lift all courtesy of good ole blue cross blue shield (not a penny out of my pocket). So to all out there that may feel uncertain about getting some or any of these procedures done with insurance paying for it, I'm here to say don't give up and it is very possible depending on the insurance company but I can say that bcbsm covers alot. I'll pop back in to give you guys updates. Stay positive and determined!

SURGERY UPDATE: Well I got my date y'all ?. May 4th is my big day. I'll keep everyone posted.

I had a lower body lift and mastopexy at the same time and am glad I had it all done together. Get more consults and see how they all compare.

I would also ask to see before/after pictures of patients that looked like you in their before pictures.

They all seem to have different ways they like to split up operations. Some do all bottom, then all top. Others mix top and bottom. Others won't do certain surgeries together that some will. And the one you saw likes front then back. Go with what sounds right to you and the surgeon you feel the best about!