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Chickie, you look amazing and are 100% inspiration. Congratulations!!

Thanks Alex! You are such a trooper, coming from you, it means a lot.

You look wonderful...aren't you proud of what you've accomplished?

I love reading posts like yours. You're an inspiration.

Thanks!

You look soooo great!! Thanks for sharing.

Excellent results!!!! You look amazing.

You look great!!!! Congratulations!

SDChick

You look fantastic - Great Work !!!!

Wow! You look great! Can't wait till i'm where you are:)

Wow,

You skinny minny little studette muffin. You look awesome. Thanks for sharing, you really look great and I bet dh is very exicted.

Hugs,

Sherri

Thank you ladies! I love my "new" tummy, and as sad as it is, I sang Happy Birthday to it!

I have trouble believing that a whole year has passed already, and that it has been 30 months since I was first banded. Where the heck does time go?

Thanks again!

Awesome, Chickie, just awesome! Woohoo! I can't wait to see the scar pics -- mine's still pretty red, but it's getting better every month.

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it looks great. that scar is not even noticeable and it will fade more and more over time. congratulations!!!

Thank you so much for posting your scar picture. I just had a panniculectomy within the past 2 weeks. My left hip comes to a point where the end of the scar is and the right side has a lesser noticable bump. The hips smooths out when I put on underpants and who sees me naked but DH?

I see a slight angle at your right hip. Was that more pronounced earlier in your recovery? My PS said he'd do liposuction to the area if it bothers me too much (it doesn't).

You look awesome, by the way. I'm so excited for you!

Thank you so much for posting your scar picture. I just had a panniculectomy within the past 2 weeks. My left hip comes to a point where the end of the scar is and the right side has a lesser noticable bump. The hips smooths out when I put on underpants and who sees me naked but DH?

I see a slight angle at your right hip. Was that more pronounced earlier in your recovery? My PS said he'd do liposuction to the area if it bothers me too much (it doesn't).

You look awesome, by the way. I'm so excited for you!

I had my weight on my right leg (I had a nasty cramp in my left leg the night before, and it was still sore when I stood on it) and what you see is actually muscle and bone. I don't really have any fat across the front of my stomach at all. I have some on my hips, but if I was to get rid of that I would look like a little boy! My almost 11 year old actually has bigger hips than I do!

You probably won't see the full result for a good six months. Swelling can take even longer than that to settle at times. The scar will flatten over time as well, changing the way the tummy looks.

And lets not forget that there is every chance you will lose weight too. That also improves the result.

Good luck!