Fallin' to pieces!!

Well if I can't get the insurance to cover it then I am gonna pay for it. I really do need it done, and hopefully it won't cost as much if I am having surgery anyway. I am doing better with the eating thing, but the ulcer is making it difficult to get my protein in now. I hope they can get that out of the way soon. Thanks alot Lucy you are a dear friend! Wendy

Good morning Wendy! Thanks for thinking of me as a dear friend. I do hope that we can meet up next year for a visit. It seems like there are a lot of people with an ulcer. I went to my support meeting last night and there was a guy who described his pain as an ulcer. He's going to the doc to check it out and see if he needs to have an EGD. The plastic surgery thing is important for me, my physical and emotional being. Yes, I do like the fact that I'll be looking a lot better. I can't help myself with that one. Especially since I've been SMO almost all of my life. I'm so tired of my apron and it gets in the way of exercising and of course, those swimsuits with the cut up legs. Skin hanging out on each side doesn't look very pretty. You and I will trade ps stories I'm sure. I will need a friend to pick up my spirits when I get lonely and depressed during the healing phase. Well, time for me to work! Have a wonderful Thursday and hope your ulcer is toning down. Hugs, Lucy

I switched your reply below Lucy sorry! Check for it ! Wendy

Wendy, Good Luck with the insurance. I was thinking that I would be happy even with out the plastics but I can see now that I would really like to get all this skin removed. I hope that your stomach is doing better and that you make it to onderland soon. I am going away with some girlfriends this weekend and it is really fun but really a lot of temptations because we basically hang ou****ch movies and eat all weekend. But I will hopefully keep myself in control. or at least some controlLOL. Any way good luck with all you are doing. Hugs Lynn

Until you are in the situation we are with all this baggy mess, you can't fully understand how it feels. I thought i was young enough to snap back some LOL! I am soooooo saggy everywhere! But the gut is the thing I have trouble with. My back hurts, I can't fit into clothes right. My underwear is hard to get into, I look like I have a butt up front! I don't really care about the rest, but this belly has to go if I have to pay for it! Thanks Lynn and have fun on your trip. Eat what you want, it's vacation. Get back on track when you get home. Wendy

(((HUG)))) WENDY! wow you got alot going on. SORRY im not around much but im not in a good place either. I can eat more, I dont loose and makeing the dumb choices and feeling i am failing miserably now. As you know i was diagnosed with an ULCER and the thing for me was food always did make it feel better. TREATMENT for me on the ulcer was just two months on NEXIUM. I think im better now but i dont really know being i didnt know i had one until i was throwing up coffee grinds (sorry to be gross). SOMETIMES i blame the ulcer for my bad eating for months i had to eat to feel better now it became a bad habit. I hope your insurance company approves you on what you need done. I look horrible with my sagging apron but to chicken to act on it I guess. TAKEING the time to recover and off from work is just to difficult right now for me. anyway please keep us posted and i hope your scope goes well and you dont have ucler problems.

Hey Lisa! Glad to hear from you! Yes, this ulcer thing is pretty bad! I had the opposite problem , I couldn't eat anything except liquidy stuff! Now that I am on the meds and feel better, I want to eat everything I can see!! And only 4 lbs from Onederland too AAARRGGHHHHH!!!!! I did my appeal, so I hope to hear in a few weeks whether they will approve or not! Lots of love, Wendy

Wendy, Thanks for sharing. I was really surprised about what you said about your GYN visit. I have been having all kinds of gyno type issues. I have been having reoccuring bladder infections. I have also been having painful sex. I wonder if I have some of the similar issues with my bladder. What tests did you have done to determine this?

No tests Diane, just a visit to the gyn and an examination. I was at a level 2 drop. He said I should have surgery to avoid problems later that would get worse. He also told me that to do it lap I would have to do it now before any mesh would be inserted during my hernia repair. Wendy