Have it checked out. I HAVE heard of cushings.....and YES that is a side effect. I hope you get to the bottom of this. You might also have a staple line disruption in your pouch. It's GREAT to hear from you girl! I miss ya! Channan

Geez, that is a lot of money. Thanks for posting and letting us know what you found out. -Pam

Hello Everyone.... I have been at a complete stall for literally 3 months and am kick starting everything again. I have been stuck at, or I should say, between 332-340 FOREVER!!!!!!! I think having had started at such a high weight of 444 made me think I would drop the weight much faster....WRONG...my mom thinks I may have something else wrong with me...who knows. I had a cyst removed between my eyes when I was about 5 years old, and there was an episode on "House" (One of my favorite shows) that a young girl did everything she could to lose weight, but it would not happen...anyway my mom thinks it may have something to do with that....(For the life of me I cannot think of the name of the "disease" right now...I think it starts with a "C"...AH HA Cushings that may be it). Anyway just me venting.... Mandie

Hang in there nanny ... things always get better!!

Okay, so I went to my second PS consultation to a doc that is very highly recommended. I told him I've been stuck for the past 3 or more months and that I'm maintaining (I'm still not exercising ... aaaaarrrrrrhhhhhggggg!!) N e ways, he lifted, and prodded and suggested I do a lower body lift for $20,434!! He says my body is maintaining and unless I do something drastic (seriously start to exercise again and lower my calories), I won't loose anymore weight. Usually he doesn't want his patients to go on a crash diet and loose 30-40 lbs (that is if you want surgery within the next 6 months) because then you will be too weak for such a large operation. He said a lower body lift would help with my legs because he could do lipo, but the skin on my legs would be alot more saggy than they are now and a lower body lift would lift that up. But $20,434 for just stomach, hips and legs are crazy ... and the boobs are an additional $8,000 - $12,000 on top of that!? So my resolve is to get my big ass of the couch, exercise even if it is only for 30 minutes, no more junk and make my goal to be 30lbs lighter my January. Hopefully that will help me only need a full tummy tuck that will be about $8,000. I did look at pictures he did of lower body lifts of people alot bigger than me and holy crap ... it looked amazing! They looked better than I do ... so if I don't make my goal, I think the $20,434 would be worth it even I would be crying crocodile tears while writing the check!! N e ways, that was just a short update from my side ... everyone's looking beautiful and enjoy the last days of summer!!!!!