Jennifer R.

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I am 179 lbs..
Range in sizes 10-12
Medium shirts
Have not taken my vitamins
B12 very low
Iron extremely low
Have changed my outlook on that and have decided to make it a goal to stick to my vitamins!
Would not change a thing in the world about my surgery! :)

2 years ago..
I wore a size 24/26
I weighed 320 lbs

2 years later..
I wear a size 10
I weigh 180, fluctuating down 5 lbs and back
I have extremely low b12 and practically no iron, ferritin is less than 1

I am starting an iron regimen to try to raise these levels or I will have to get iron infusions and am taking weekly b12 nasal sprays

Would I do it all over again? In a heartbeat.

i Can't believe it!!! BCBS PAID THE 30 THOUSAND DOLLAR HOSPITAL BILL FINALLY!!!! After being approved for my plastic surgeries, they denied the bill saying it was "Weight loss related".. DENIED TWICE.. I sent in an official appeal letter stating all of my facts of why they should pay the claims.. and a nice threatening letter and WAH LAH!! THEY PAID IT!!!!! IM SO FREAKIN HAPPY!!!! Thank GOD For miracles!   thats a 30k lb weight lifted off of my shoulders!! phew! Now I can REALLY Enjoy this new body without hesitation!!! LOL

before having plastics.. I feel like I am constantly being molested by men's eyes now. At first, the attention was flattering.. now its becoming disgusting to me. Even went as far as to be sexually harrassed by an employee.. I wasn't wearing a shirt that said "I have fake boobs, feel free to comment" on it. I can say that I am almost 5'11, and with my broad shoulders and child-bearing hips, I feel that I do not look dis-proportional(is that the word im looking for ?)  I think that I am a healthy size and look "normal" and that if someone did not know that I had a boob job then they would not know that I had one. That is the goal that I was looking for when I got my lift/augmentation.. I wanted to be able to feel "normal" again.. Not to be sized up by 80 yr old men who STOP right in front of you, STARE At your tits, and GRIN at you like you're a dirty whore.  It honestly makes me want to say "WHAT THE FK ARE YOU LOOKING AT YOU PIECE OF $HIT!!!" But I just cover my boobs and walk away.. Someone told me "it comes along with the territory" I say HELL NO IT DOESN'T! these are MY boobs and I don't want to feel like I bought them for EVERYONE ELSE to stare at, but for myself! Is it wrong to be looked in the eyes anymore?!?! At first, it was funny.. quite hilarious at times.. but NOW, I'm getting SICK of it. I feel like I should wear baggy t-shirts everyday to make them not so noticable, because if you don't notice my small waste, it doesn't show my BIG boobs. but i shouldn't have to! It's gotten so bad that I don't really feel like "going out" for nightlife right now. Seriously. And for ME! that's bad. I wouldn't take back the fact that I had my plastics done, I LOVE my new boobs and stomach, but I just wish the world had a different view on women and didn't treat them all like sluts if they look nice and aren't flaunting their crap trying to be sluts!

ok.. enough of that rant.

so its been about 2 mths now since my surgery.. and im doing great! 
everything is healed up nicely.. i feel "Normal" again. Went on the cruise it was great. swam with dolphins it was awesome! the kids had a blast. 
I went bra shopping this past weekend, since I had only purchased 2 bras since surgery and didn't really know what size to get, I had been wearing a 40C .. and it "worked". Didn't do the girls justice though So i went to victorias secret to get sized.. and to my HUGE surprise I actually am a 34DD!!!!  I asked for "full C" but Damnit bobby !!! DD!! They look very proportionate for my height though since I am 5'10. .so really anything smaller wouldn't of looked right. But all in all, I am happy with all the results and would do it again tomorrow.. 
I'm still waiting to see about the whole insurance saga, I have a couple of people working on that now.. So thats my little update hope this finds everyone healthy and happy!

can i bitch and moan???

i was approved for ALL of my plastics.. was told I don't have to pay a dime!.. had the surgery 4 weeks ago. just found out my insurance DENIED the 30 THOUSAND DOLLAR Hospital bill!!!!
Why? Because they don't cover anything relating to OBESITY, WEIGHT LOSS, or WEIGHT CONTROL.. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
so its a good thing my God-brother is a lawyer. I will fight this till i die. They wouldn't pay for my gastric bypass, so i paid 35 thousand dollars out of pocket then to save my life.. and now the bastards "TEASED" me into thinking they were paying for all of this, and BAM, nope!!! im PISSED to say the least! 
I AM SO SICK OF STUPID INSURANCE COMPANIES I WILL NOT PAY THIS BILL AND I WILL SUE THE HELL OUT OF THEM FOR DISCRIMINATION FOR MY LOSING 150 LBS TOO !! Stupid MORONS.. I saved them a TON of money by losing so much weight for my HEALTH and this is how they THANK ME!?? BY APPROVING ME THEN SAYING HA! JUST KIDDING!!! PAY UP !!!
It even drove me to smoking today!!! THANKS BLUE CROSS! U FREAKIN IDIOTS! 

..okay i feel a little bit better now.. not much. kthx.

well.. i *feel* alot better as a whole..
whether it be emotionally, physically, whatever..
I feel almost normal again..
other than the hole on my side that i pray is closing SOON since im leaving on a cruise in 17 days!
im almost scared to say i feel good in fear that something will happen.. so let me bitch and moan for a second.. UGH My tailbone hurts.
okay there.
better.
some people have asked if the "Roid" issue resolved.. since i had never had one before, and it was given to me during surgery.. ugh. well yes it has. i went to the bathroom the other day, and it looked like a crime scene in the toilet!! the damn thing ruptured or something. but its gone. im happy.
now that the embarassing issues are out of the way.
i go tomorrow to hopefully get the rest of the stitches out of my hip that opened up.. I went last friday to do this, and half out he realized my side was trying to bust open again, and stopped .. for me to go back tomorrow. well actually today, but my daughter got sick and i couldnt go. so im going tomorrow. im NOT looking forward to having stitches dug out of me.. but this is the price i must pay . i sound so thrilled im sure.
im thinking of changing my avatar. im not a "Sexy" type of girl. im more of a beer and wings type chick watching football. .can i get an avatar like that?! mich ultra in one hand, wing in the other, and football in the background. .HA.. that would be great.  heres to having no more holes in my body! .. well except for the 3 that are supposed to be there..

wow.. its like God knew I have had a really bad week, and he sent Angela tonight to give me a little boost of hope! She wrote me the SWEETEST reply to a post of mine, and told me what an inspiration i was, and that she was at a conference this weekend and our doctor had spoken, and showed some of his patients before/after pics, and that mine was the last one he showed.. and that she teared up for being proud of me..  We've only met once in person, but her reading this blog she was able to know me well enough to be proud of me, and for me to inspire her! how great is that? Now i know why i write these things and tell ALL about my journey, the Good, the Bad, & the ugly! lol.. now im just curious WHAT pictures he showed?? LOL!!! *re-thinking emailing them my panty pictures for use** HAHAH surely not !!! im sure i was clothed.. hahahahhhahahahhaha poor people! Thank you Angela!!!!
jen

its another.. lol
yesterday i had to go back in to the dr's office and get the nurse to stitch up the "good" side because it was seperating as well..even after my bedrest ive been doing since wed. she also had to remove some internal stitches that were working their way out.. obviously my body doesn't like them.. she had to clean out my belly button and put neosporin in it as well bc it has an opening in it. it looks better already. she also put steri strips all across the stomach incision to prevent the pulling and seperation of the incision.. then last night my inner thighs started itching like crazy, i looked and they were welped up like it is when u get bitten by a lot of ants at one area.. then my hands started burning and itching like crazy.. ALL night long this went on.. even this morning i woke up with my hands swollen and itching.. i called the dr. on call and he said it sounds like im allergic to keflex the preventative antibiotic.. so he said stop taking it, take benadryl and he was calling in some cipro to take instead.. heres to next week being a GOOD week!

soo i had a set back today.. got my drains out yesterday and stitches out around my boobs..the staples were removed from my stomach incision last friday,  then today i was having a good day until about 4.. i went to go to the bathroom at work and my jeans were wet around the band on my hip, i looked at it was covered in blood. under my binder i looked and my incision on my hip had busted open and i didnt know it.. it was awful! blood was spurting out with my heart beat.., i called the surgeon and he said apply pressure and come now.. so i had to go to gville to get it fixed . by the time i got down there it had grown to 3 inches long an inch wide and you could see inside and all my internal stitches.. i was so scared :( he numbed me with an injection and restitched me with 2 diff stitches, and on the other side it was seperating so he stitched me there to for good measure. i hope its going to be okay now. he said it was some "Freak' thing that happened. so now im home with my feet propped up resting.. he said i could ressume normal activities tomorrow, but i think im going to wait a couple of days to do much. *sigh* its been a stressful day .. whats so bad is that area of the incision looked PERFECT like it was completely healed. and then it did that. so now i dont know what incisions to trust .. im wanting to lay perfectly still and not move now lol i am so freaked out! now im on antibiotics for a week and go back next wed. to have these stitches removed..
 JOY!!!