suzanne777123
I'm 38 years old. I had RNY gastric bypass on June 14, 2006. Did very well with no issues. I'm 5'7" and at my highest I was 368 (342 day of surgery). My BMI was 57. I'm currently about 152 pounds and thrilled with that. I've lost 216 pounds and can't believe it !
On November 19, 2007 I had my first round of plastic surgery. I had a lot done all at once. I had a lower body lift, auto-augmentation with the buttock-lift, extended arm lift with back/side rolls (axila repair), and breast lift with auto-augmentation (where they use your own excess tissue to rebuild the breasts). I used Dr. Loren Borud at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is fabulous and the results look amazing. He took 10-12 pounds of skin off me and I dropped about 2 pant sizes. Insurance covered the panni, and I took care of everything else and it was worth every penny.
On February 25, 2008 I had my second and final round of plastic surgery. That was a vertical thigh lift, lower face lift (I was only 37, but wanted that turkey waddle neck gone!), fat grafting to the breasts and facial lines, and a vertical abdominal procedure on the sides to remove the last of the abdominal skin. Dr. Borud took about 5-6 pounds of skin off me in this surgery. In total he took about 15-18 pounds of skin off me and I am thrilled with the results.
