blackanese25

congrats on your surgery.. sounds like you are doing fabulous... i am getting sleeved tomorrow and its a little nerve racking but after reading your post i am hoping that it goes well for me too.. i normally recover quickly from surgeries, but this is different from my knees so i am hoping all goes well.. keep us updated on your progress! and good luck on your new found loses... he he he

thank you for your responses.. hopefully i don't have to get the tube. just sounds kinda gross.. lol.. and skinny good luck on your surgery as well.. lemme know how you do.

grrr.. im mad... i just wrote out this whole story and then accidently turned of my internet and it deleted the whole thing..... ok take two.. so i am deathly afraid of needles so im getting a little nervous about the surgery.. even tho i should be used to it by now since ive had 4 knee surgeries.. lol but anyways.. im going in tomorrow at 8:15 am and then my surgery is at 10 am.. im excited to get my journey underway... but i have been hearing people talk about having a drainage tube... i was wondering what it is and how long its gonna be there.. cuz im very quezy if i see blood.. any ways.. i have kaiser and no one has mentioned anything like this so im wondering is it something that everybody gets? some one please explain!

So here are my stats... im 5'7'', weigh 240 lbs, and im 28yrs old, bmi 35, and prone to strech marks... i was just wondering if anyone is in my age, weight, height range, etc... and how the weightloss has affected your ability for your skin to bounce back.. I am not trying to be vain but it was a serious concern of mine because i love to play sports and the chaffing might become a real problem so I am hoping that the elasticity will be good enough so that i wont have to get cosmetic surgery later down the road. Does anyone have any good recommendations as to how to keep the skin taught? As it is i put lotion on every day after i get out of the shower and exercise even tho is difficult for me after 4 knee surgeries i plan on kicking it into high gear once im able to move after the surgery. which is in 4 days. any help would be really wonderful.

thank you sooo much to both of you.. it helps to know what to expect. i haven't gotten a list of thing that i need to take to the hospital with me but i will look into that. as for the shots... ahhhhhhhhhh... lol I am actually very afraid of shots, blood, needles...realyl bad experience when i had my knee surgery that they hit and artery instead of a vein when they tried to put the iv in.. blood started shooting out the iv.. so needless to say i have a phobia now.. lol and congrats to the both of you as well it sounds like everything is going well so far.. hopefully i am as sucessful.

Hey Everyone, I'm new to the site.. and im getting my surgery in one week 12-12-11. I am really getting kind of nervous which i shouldn't since ive already had 4 knee surgeries..whats one more surgery right? lol well this is on my stomach now so my jitters went up a good amount. I was just wondering what the process feels like .. how quickly will i recover.. i know its going to be different for everyone, but i guess having the knowledge will settle a few of my fears. The really big on being the saggy skin afterwards.. I AM VERY NERVOUS BOUT THAT PART! So a little about myself.. I have always been an athlete so i wasn't always big. In fact i didn't really start gaining weight till i graduated college, but after 4 knee surgeries you can imagine.. not moving or being able to exercise has been my biggest hurdle. And the weight is just not good for my knees or my back which is why im getting the surgery. I officially started at 270 and now im down to 241 pre op which i guess is good since my goal weight was only 250. And since im starting the preop diet today im assuming i will drop a few more pounds before surgery.. I don't think this week is going to be an easy stretch. lol. Anyways any words of advice would be greatly appreciated as to how i can heal quickly and not have that droopy skin thing. ~~~~~Ange