Be wary of a surgeon who will perform of all that in one shot... every surgeon here will not do all those together... most will not do arms and legs at the same time because how will you move around if all your limbs are healing? What I found is they will do the TT and arms together and the thighs at a later time... as for the breasts its been 50/50... some will do with the stomach/arms some want to wait to do with the thighs... pretty much every surgeon here aims for surgery to be around 6 hours... they dont schedule much over that. My surgeon (as well as another I saw) personally felt doing the inner thighs at the same time as the extended TT did not give the best result... he said you really needed to get the front, back, sides of the legs done first... then in a few months look at what needs to be done with the inner. He also said when you break into 2 surgeries if you need touch ups done (which is very common on the arms) you can just "squeeze" it in with your 2nd surgery instead of paying more to have just a few little things fixed... made sense for the most part. Ill be interested to see how your PS appt goes!

I was just thinking about that... if I had to pick, which I am sure I will, the arms and stomach are the most important... my breasts really arnt all that bad so my main concern would be the inner thigh looking horrible because the resk of the thigh looks good. We will see!

I really dont meet medical necessity.... my belly does hang low but I do not have rashes/infections or any other issue. Ive seen some photos of pannis and I am interested in "all or nothing" so Id rather have a full TT or nothing.

Well I'm down about 110 lbs, and weigh around 128 at the moment. Taking a size 4-6 pant, or small, and medium shirt. Still got boobies - I'm still at least a C if not a D cup. I wasn't expecting to stay so busty, but it is what it is. I'm dying to have plastic surgery done. I will probably have to wait until next year so I have enough vacation time. My boobs are just sad. They look fine in a bra, but are almost down to my belly button with it off. And I have an ugly big amount of loose skin on my tummy and upper arms. I've joined the company softball team, and have been getting piercings as rewards for the weight loss. We'll be buying me some new backpacking gear here soon so we can start backpacking in the mountains again. (Montana - all there is to do is wilderness stuff.) Had my gallbladder out a few months ago, but still having extreme pain. I'm not happy with my surgeon's post-op care. His office is really rude and tend to not call me back. I'm 3 hours away, and the drive is all 2-way backroads through nowhere, so it's a pain to go in for my follow-up appointments. Especially since they just last 5 minutes. Thanks! I drive a total of 6 hours in one day just for a 5 minute appointment. Lovely. Anyway, just went on a shopping spree yesterday and bought some girly clothes, new softball clothes, and stuff for mountain biking. It's too tempting to go to the mall since I can actually wear all the junior's fashions I like. Glad to hear most of you are doing well! Keep up the good work! - Christine

Holy, I say we all need to win a lottery. HOw much of this are you thinking of going through with? Yikes, hospital costs are over and above I decided to go back to my WLS surgeon for a panni. He will do an anchor cut panni and keep my belly button. I read on the PS board about people having pannis done to only the lower half and that they lost their navel. That didn't sound so appealing to me. I am still attached to my belly button and want to keep it (no pun intended). Having a general surgeon do the surgery might not be as asthetically pleasing as a plastic surgeon, but I am not going to show off my belly to anyone outside of my docs and my immediate family, so who cares. I will also go from two side by side pubic to sternum scars to just one, so it will still be an improvement. I do wish I could see pictures of his surgeries though. I forgot (was too shy maybe) to ask about what happens to the mons/ pubic area with his version of the surgery. The wait for plastic surgery for me would otherwise be 4 years. My WLS surgeon has me booked in for August 9th, and it will be covered by my provincial health plan, if the doc words the approval request right. I simply can't afford a self-pay tummy tuck. Lori