LESLIEH

Thank u everyone. It's been a wonderful journey. I will say this maintenance is soo hard for me, I'm now 15 lbs below goal.

I know I haven't been on this forum much anymore but I figured I would post a lil something. Last week was my 2nd wedding anniversary (Halloween). When I got married I was 309 lbs and yes all my wedding photos (over 400) show how BIG I was. So for my anniversary my boss gave me a little cute black dress. Her and I talked in great lengths how I can surprise the hubby for our anniversary. Hubby never even knew I had the dress. I don't wear dresses, I'm a jeans girl. Last time I wore a dress was on our wedding day. All I told the hubby before getting ready to go to dinner was that I hope he likes his surprise, he looked at me with this confused look on his face, not knowing what I had in store for him. So I get ready and luckily he's a car guy so he's outside messing around in his suburban. I walked outside and his head pops up from the dash and I think he fell out of the truck. Well at least that's the way it seemed seeing he got out pretty darn quick. Needless to say we almost didn't make it to dinner :wink1: I went from a size 24/26 to a size 6/8 and a size 3xl to a size s/m. From 309lbs to 148 (give or take)....I love love love my sleeve and I'm even going to be a guest speaker to the graduating bariatrics class on the 16th. Can life get any better then this???

Congrats and you look amazing

I had Dr. Suh in Corona. He's with Suh Bariatric Center. He's very strict but a damn good Dr.

You walk into the bar that you hung out at every weekend for 3 years and no one recognizes you. :D :D

You walk into the bar that you hung out at every weekend for 3 years and no one recognizes you. :D :D

Thank u, I see my WL surgeon on Thursday and his nurse who is the greatest said she's going to try and get primary care Dr on board to say it's medically necessary. My primary Dr won't do anyhting I suggest unless it's brought up by another Dr, he's very irritating on that aspect.

So I've gone to a couple of plastic surgeons for consults and one Dr I was really really impressed with. He was actually really impressed with me as well. He stated that a full on tummy tuck might not be necessary because my abs are solid. I guess with tummy tucks they also do some lipo but he told me I have no fat to lipo, even though another Dr wanted to lipo and I was wondering where and what she was going to suck out. I'm very bony just have excess skin hanging in the tummy area and my tatas have so south and not just for the winter. I was a 42 DDD to a 42 F depending on where I purchased my bras and now I'm a sagging 36C. My main priority right now is getting my girls back. I've seen where people are getting financed for the sleeve surgery and would that financing go towards plastics too and who did you go through. I tried Care Credit through the Dr's office and got denied. Any help with insurance covering this or financing would be greatly appricated

Awwww thx sweetie

Thx everyone for the compliments. This surgery was the best thing that has come into my life besides my babies n hubby. Yes my daughter is so proud of her mommy and always says, "mommy ur tiny now." Never thought I would ever hear those words. I can honestly say I am now half the woman I used to be and I don't ever remember being this little.

Oh yes Irene maintenance is a mission and its crazy how before we would always say if I could only lose.... Now were stuck saying plz stop losing, lol

So I am now beyond my weight goal. I wanted to stop at 160 due to my build and stuff but now I'm bouncing between 157 - 159. I posted this on my facebook page but figured I should post the pix here as well for everyone who's on the fence about the surgery. Take a look and tell me this surgery isn't the greatest thing on earth.

LMAO!!!!! I want one of those shirts

GGGGOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL SN..............Starting Wt........Current..................Goal..........Lbs to Goal LeslieH.............165.................159.2......................160...................-.8

Oh I so understand the boob part, I was telling the hubby tonite I have to get a new bra they shrunk again n I'm sure there's sum men out there who's boobs are bigger then mine. My legs are almost exaclty like ur just higher above the knee. Keep us posted on what the surgeon says, I go for my consult on the 11th.

Ahhh thx Tiff. Some of us are visually minded and this helps a lot more then the 4oz servings n blah blah measuring ur food type crap.

Oh it happened to me and I had massive amounts of hair, to where I could shave half my head and it would still be thick. So I thought I was safe with losing "some" hair, ummm negative. It does stop and it gets intense for about a month or so. Mine stopped falling out by the handfuls at around 7 months. I do take the biotin and I increased my protein.

I had the same problem and ended up staying for 4 days. When you drink take like a quarter of the lil cup they give you. I had to do that every 30 mins instead of the full cup every 15 mins. After I started cutting back the fluid myself I stopped throwing up

Ahhhh I told you it would fit and here I am all teary eyed at work, lol. You look like a princess from Disney. You go woman, I'm so proud of you

Thx for the info PlannerGirl, I'm trying to get my PCP to get onboard with the panni seeing my insurance will pay for it. That part is difficult. But for now I'm meeting with a plastic surgeon on Aug 9th, maybe i can get the surgeon to send a letter to my PCP stating its medically necessary.

Ahhhh SN..............Starting Wt........Current..................Goal..........Lbs to Goal LeslieH.............165.................161.8......................160...................1.8

I must try this recipe. I tried fried chicken the other day and it came right back up so hopefully this recipe will work seeing you can bake it instead of frying

Congrats and welcome to the losers bench