It moved AGAIN!
You have done so awesome .. I know you must be on cloud 9 .. congrats o your loss i wish my scale would move and my body would stop resting .. you will be there before you know it ... Have you thought about plastics yet ? Oh wonder how our new insurance will be w/ that .Have you started keeping records or made dr app. yet to help your case. for tummy tuck . and what ever else you are considering . When are you planning on getting it done if insurance covers it ? I am thinking at about 18 months . I am gonna go to chiropractor today for my back . and i only have a couple of pictures of galding on my belly . it really hasnt done nothing since i lost weight . that was like right after surgery so i am not sure what else to do .. i wonder if just having 5 kids and losing 100 pds . insurance will cover it . it seems to easy .. I dont know much about united health care .. well
on your loss :0)
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Thanks!! I have thought about plastics and contacted http://www.stlcosmeticsurgery.com/ and got some information from them. I can't find my info now about pricing and such, but it was about $5,000 or so for a tummy tuck. Depending on if you had the muscle pulled or just excess skin removed. I also inquired about a breast reduction, which they said insurance will often pay for, with documentation of problems. I know my PCP should have things documented for that, but I have no clue what United Health covers and what they don't.
I've heard that 18 months post-op is a good time frame to have plastics, or when you've stopped losing and maintained for 6 months. If the insurance won't cover any of it, then it will be longer than 18 months post before I have anything done. I also want a butt lift/implants. I truly have no butt! And then there's my neck waddle. Not horrible I guess, but it bothers me. So on my plastics wish list is:
Full tummy tuck - with the muscle tightened
Breast reduction - I'd love to be a nice C
Butt lift/implants
Neck lift
I guess I better start saving, just in case.
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on 4/25/05 12:03 am - Somewhere Else
on 4/25/05 12:03 am - Somewhere Else
Woooo another one bites the dust!!!!
Do like I do...don't think about the weight...I weigh on Wednesdays only cause I wanted to chart things...otherwise I couldn't care less...
and see...it works!
You're doing great though...almost at goal!!!!!
Linda
268/148 BELOW GOAL!
and.....ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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IrishIze
on 4/25/05 3:19 am - NJ
on 4/25/05 3:19 am - NJ
Good for you Traci!!
I wonder if it's some sort of timeframe. We all seemed to have stalled, let's hope we all start to lose again!!
I seem to be losing too (shhh - don't tell my body!!
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Hugs,
Nancy
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