i have a bulge above my belly button and the doctor confirmed that's what it is.

hey torrey, i'm nowhere near where i thought i would be at 1 year, my weight loss seems twice as slow as everybody else i know who's had this surgery. and yet, i'm down 90 since surgery on 8/10/05, and i'm down 105 YAYYYYY if u include the 15 lbs i was required to lose before surgery -- DOES everybody start with the pre-surgery weight, or instead with what u weighed on the day of surgery? however, i don't get as much exercise as i should, in fact, i don't do many of the things i should, so i'm grateful for as much as i've lost, even though i've got 60 f*@#$** pounds to go. in the meantime, i'm having a great time, doing lots of fun things i haven't been able to do in YEARS (dancing ! traveling -- fitting into airplane seats ! ), and trying to enjoy every moment. hope this helps, justjill 315 (pre), 300 (post)/210/150

Yes, 1 year ago today 08/02/06 , I was laying in the bed saying what did I just do to myself! No complaints yet! Thank you Lord! I will update new pics....later this week!

I have already gone for a consultation for PS. The doctor wanted 19,000.00 for the tummy tuck and a breast reduction/lift. He wont even try to get it covered under insurance and that is not including the Surgery Center fees and dugs and garment and all that other stuff. I want to see this other PS doctor I figure I will have it done in a year or so. I also would like to know how you know you had a hernia? They have been running tests on me and can't tell me what my problem is except I feel a bulge on one side of my abs. They wanted to do exploritory surgery and I don't want to. I would like the arms done but don't know if I like that big scar. Scar or flab?? Not really sure on that one. I am working out hard spinning, running , and weight lifting and trying to work up to spinning 4 times per week. It really kicks my Butt. Maybe I can define some of the areas so they don't look as bad and live with them. I would love to look 20 again but I need to face it that I am 45 and with all the ps I wont be 20 again. I think I am getting in better shape then I was when I was twenty so thats pretty cool. Diana

How did you know you had a hernia?