We have a plastic surgeon coming to our support group this Wed. night. He came last year and I really liked him. My family PCP says he is the best in town, so I too am starting to get my paper work together. I have been documenting since Jan. with PCP and WL surgeon told me last Tuesday to go ahead and start if I want! I think I am going to wait until Nov. Dec. as that is my slow time at work and they are going to freak out when they find out I want more time off for surgery! If I can't get insurance to cover it, they won't consider it medically necessary and may give me a hard time to get the time off work! So let's pray for medically necessary! Shelly

WENT TO DAY TO SEE MY PCM about getting a ref to get a tummy tuck she is going to summit it & now I have to wait to see if I get to see a surgen or not PLEASE PLEASE ! pray that I get an approval will keep you all updated yeaaaaaaaaaa

Congratulations Jenni! Your look wonderful and I know you will keep it up. Your message was a good one and now will be the hard part but we can all do this and I think staying in touch online will help so much. Have a great second year. Julia

Yesterday was my one-year anniversary and my doctor's appointment. I was in his office, I started to get tears as I told him thank you for giving me this new life. He says he only gave me the tool, now the honeymoon is over and I will have to use it, exercise and learn that even though I can eat foods-DON'T. Now the real work begins! I have revowed this morning to keep up on my exercise, giving me the physical strength to tighten some of this loose skin and flab, and I have the resolution to work on this journey with the same spirit I had in the first year! I will not be one of the vast majority that gains back their weight after the honeymoon stage is over. On a wow moment I went to the mall shopping for the first time, since I was in high school. I live about 2 hours away from a real "mall"; I was excited and scared at the same time. I fit into 10's, Medium shorts, Medium shirts; even my shoe size went down lots. I went to Kohl's, Younkers, Vanity Fair and Christopher & Banks then spent way more than I should have, but oh is it fun to shop off the rack. I now hope I stay this size for the summer. Well April is almost over and our first year is under our belts, here's to our next 52 weeks with much continued success, encouragement and support this upcoming year! Hugs, Jenni ~~~"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough"~~~

Shelly, I knew there was someone else who had an anniversary here that needed to chime in! Congratulation on you loss and continued success. Julia W.