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Shopping trip to Melb... you won't need to take much with you... but book that extra luggage allowance on the return flight... haha!! 😁👍

Hahaha... it's a mystery for sure!! 😛 Those IV opioids are pretty dang good stuff hahahahaha laughing with... laughing with hehehe, not trying to be a smartypants, it's funny I work in hearing, and the amount of times I will tell someone when testing them that they will hearing the sounds in their right ear first... only to have them stop the test and say, "it's in my left... " me check equipment, no definately your right.. "oh that is my right... oh sorry..." lol hahaha

It's not mirrored no, but they are left on the left and right on the right... the keyboard is as normal and the hands are on it in the normal positions...not right on the left and left on the right as marked hehehehe when you look at the hands with the palms down the left hand has the thumb on the right of the hand and the right has the thumb on the left of the hand, they face each other inwards...

That looks so painful, my hubby has an allergy that if he is exposed does that instantly to his hands.. scary stuff!! Ummmmm.... you sure those are correctly labelled left and right? Lol..

Wow, you look amazing! Congratulations on your super loss!! SE Qld is the place to be! 😁👍

Wow, you look great! Boobs do make your waist look very tiny and waspy! That skirt is so cute I love it, as is the whole outfit, really works! BF is going to be blown away for suuuure

Hope the flights and transfers are easy for you @sillykitty Enjoy being home again!!

Look at you curvy girl!!! Love that outfit, the red belt is awesome!! 😍

Wow, what a lot you had done in the end, funny haha about the gum comment, "oh yeah chuck in the TT too" haha but sounds like it is all working out really well and you are recovering beautifully! Keep getting better and keep us updated! Your hospital food looks heaps better than poor @sillykitty was served but still not super tasty or fresh healthy nom noms!

Dang.... you're super skinny @FluffyChix The top and pants look good, a lovely statement necklace or scarf maybe? I personally not so sure about the cape, it seems very big on you.

Ahhhhmazzzing! You look wonderful, and glad to hear you are happy with yourself now and finally almost done, I guess it has been a pretty long journey to get here!

I wanna see photos too! So glad you are feeling a bit brighter now, and you are recovering really well, it is very good to see! Keep on the up and up!!

Good luck @ms.sss Sending good vibes for easy surgery and speedy recovery!

I absolutely love that dress! gorgeous pointsettia print, very much my style... although a size 8 wouldn't fit me hahahaha - yet (still not had surgery) but I might have to do a @GreenTealael and raid your closet when I'm at goal!! hee hee Teneriffe is a great place to live, I adore those old warehouse convertion apartments, so much to do in the inner riverside suburbs of Bris, I miss it heaps and the river.. and jumping on a CityCat going to GOMA or Riverside but hubster is happier out here *sigh* Thanks for the recommendation, I will try to make an appointment and see how we go, but as I am starting a new job in Jan I can't take the needed time off till mid year next year unfort.

Congratulations, good idea to be practicing and making changes where you can to give yourself the best opportunity to suceed and I am sure those 3+ months will fly by

So I had my first consultation this week, the system is very different in Australia to what I have read about the surgery elsewhere. Things went very well, loved the team I spoke to, the Dr I saw was not the surgeon, but a very good bariatric physician, and after our consultation it would appear that I have the choice of; Signing up for top Health insurance, paying premiums for a year and then getting the surgery. Approx $5-7k AUD out of pocket and $5-8k in premiums for the 12 months Going through a semi subsidised model which would be in about 6 months Approx $10k AUD Paying for the surgery myself which would be in a matter of weeks. Appox $22k AUD Good news is I can do any of the above, am healthy and a good candidate, there is little requirements to do a lot of the pre-surgery requirements that other country/systems have, so I guess I now just have to decide.

Soooo... I have moved states quite unexpectedly 4 weeks ago, I was headhunted for a job in my home city - so after much tooing and froing decided to take the job near home. Which means I either need to find a new surgeon in my home city, or go with the team I saw (who I really liked) but have to stay interstate for a week or two post surgery and then do follow ups etc flying into that city. The surgeons here charge about $5k more than I have been quoted (guess there is more competition in the other city) and I don't know any or have any recommendations here. It's a bit of a dilemma. Anyone have a surgeon in Brisbane, Australia that they would recommend?

Hey, I don't think you did say before, that is cool that you lived in Brisbane for a while, those are great areas, we lived in West End and then Bulimba which was great fun, but we bought a place a bit further out in the Bayside area, nice and peaceful here, with lovely bay breezes to cool the place off, but I still miss being that close to the city and commuting to work via the CityCat ferries was Ah-maz-ing, compared to Sydney where I lived most of my life, Brisbane is a great city, very much under rated imho, we have several friends who have moved here in the last few years. I hope you do get to come back one day, if so let us know we can have a BP meet up haha... I have always wanted to go to Canada, maybe one day! @Arabesque which surgeon did you use? would you recommend them? I had my prelim stuff done in Sydney as I was living and working in NSW up until 3 weeks ago, and was planning on staying there, but stuff happens LOL and I have a new job starting Jan here in Bris so need to find a new surgeon to get things happening, or decide to stay with my Sydney guy.. hmmm. Sorry probably should have PM'd you, don't want to hijack the best thread on the board!!! Keep posting the wonderful inspiration peeps!!!

Perfect look for you Angie, love love love that leopard print skirt, black tight top and long black boots, really winning combo. Oh... and you are looking really slim now!!!! Thank you so much for posting your pics during your journey it really does help for those of us waiting to get the surgery! Wowsers!!! Hey fellow QLD resident (Brizzy here) Arabesque, you look amazing!!! Congratulations girl

Congrats! Happy to hear your surgery went well!

I had to look that up, never heard of it before lol Looks very delish, except the clam juice (highly allergic to clams).

Gosh, what a total rollercoaster, you poor thing! The Dr I saw who referred me couldn't be more supportive, she is quite young and totally across all the latest knowledge of metabolic syndrome and various other things making "natural" weight loss very hard, she told me that a number of her patients had WLS with very good results. I would be gutted if she suddenly did a 180 and said now I don't support it, don't do it etc. In your case it sounds like her "boss" has been the one to influence her against it, possibly for her own reasons unknown to you.

Looking very good @Dtrain84 I love your sense of style and how confidently you own it!

Congrats! Great work, you look amazing!!

Congrats @sillykitty sounds like the surgery went really well, very happy for you and wishing you a super speedy recovery from here!! Can't wait to see your posts in the OOTD thread again haha!