Hi Everyone Sorry I haven't posted lately. I haven't been feeling good for weeks. I chalked it all up to my anemia. However, I didn't know how bad it was till I went last Friday for my blood work. But the time I got home, I received a phone call from my surgeon requesting me to come back to the hospital. My hemoglobin was so low, he didn't know how I wasn't dead. If I never went for my bloodwork, I would have been dead by Monday. So I returned to the hosptial to have a complete blood panel drawn for a second check and sure enough, my hemoglobin was down to 4 (that of a dead person). So I needed transfusions and several testing to rule out internal bleeding. My body only had 1/4 of the amount of blood than a normal person. it seemed I was losing blood and no answers. All my tests came out negative. It turned out that I had sever anemia and no iron in my blood and without iron, you cannot produce blood. So now I needed an iron transfusion. One that was 16 hours long and to be done in 2 days. I mad eit throught he first 8 hours. I got almost through the 2nd 8 hours and with one hour left, I became very lathargic, swollen and completely covered with an allergic reaction of a rash in a matter of 30 seconds. By then, 10 surgeons were hanging over me. I received injections and benedryl and in 3 hours everything was cleared up. it was so bad, I almost needed to be intebated. i couldn't walk or close my hands. It was very scary. but I am home recovering now and doing much better. I have learned through this experience to never assume that what is wrong with you is true. Always go get it checked out. I am thankful for this surgery. I am 2 years out and have lost 150 pounds and thank God this is the first problem I have had in 2 years. I will keep you posted. Thanks.........................

Haven't gotten it in awhile Tim must feel great!

oh, i'm so jealous- my panni was denied- and i appealed and denied again. i had my BR last month- the first 10 days was ROUGH- but it's better now.. i'm hoping to have the panni next summer... we shall see though- after those 10 days- i told dh- no way... jennifer

Looks like good news....my insurance website shows "Approved" for my panniculectomy...that's all they're cover is the panni....told the surgeon that I'd pay for the difference for an abdominoplasty but he said all my muscles were tight and flat....no date yet....am excited beyond belief! Maria 272/155/148 pre/goal/current

Your right! Feels good every time.