2008: I was 316 when I had my surgery 2011: my lowest was 194 after surgery 2012: I'm at 222, I made an appointment and they actually took 1/2 CC out because they seen on X-ray my liquids came back up a little bit:/<very frustrated, also my skin around waste , not enough for my insurance to cover so how can I tighten it make it smaller I'm 28 by the way.

2008: I was 316 when I had my surgery 2011: my lowest was 194 after surgery 2012: I'm at 222' date=' I made an appointment and they actually took 1/2 CC out because they seen on X-ray my liquids came back up a little bit:/<very frustrated, also my skin around waste , not enough for my insurance to cover so how can I tighten it make it smaller I'm 28 by the way.[/quote']

you could try it works body wraps to help with the extra skin. I just put one on for 45 min and literally lost almost three inches already. I was skeptical that they might not work but so far it seems to.

Its not uncommon for some people to gain a little weight back. You just have to work that much harder to get it off. As far as the skin I dont know what you can do to make it smaller because all of us were so stretched out that it is hard for the skin to go back in.

I could have wrote that myself. I am so frustrated. To make it worse my friend who was banded a few months before me has had no issues and never gained back an ounce I feel like I am failing. Supporting each other is would be great as I tackle this again!

I had my surgery in 2010 and I was 244 I am now at 191 and I haven't had a problem with weight gain but you might want to ask your doctor for adepex to control your appetite. My doctor gives that for help. But the key now is to work out like crazy. The skin is an unfortunate because I'd you we're big now you have shrunk there will be skin. Keep up with your protein shakes and start researching plastic surgeon doctors who specialize in gastric patients . They have financing

I have not had my surgery yet, but I have had something called a "belt lipectomy". I went from 130 to 230 while pregnant with my oldest daughter and have stuggled with losing and gaining the same 30 pounds ever since then (19 years now). My skin is really crappy.... very little elasticity. At any rate, after I lost 30 pounds (the first time) my skin was not too bad, but after having done that a few more times.... the skin just hung there like an "apron" around my waist. I was getting weird skin infections under the flap of skin due to "hanging" nature of the skin and wanted to have it removed. My insurance considered it to be "cosmetic" while my doctor considered it to be "reconstructive". Long story short, I ended up getting some financing and paying for the surgery myself. It was not cheap, but it was doable. I think I paid about $140 per month for about 6 years. I was really glad that I did that. I do worry about what will happen if I really do manage to lose the 90 or so pounds that I still have to lose. The doctor claims that I could still have that same surgery again and that it is not a problem to do the procedure more than once over a life time. We'll see how that all goes.....

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