I keep racking my brain trying to figure how to get insurance to pay for the arm job. My underarm has moved down my arm and every time I try to shave, I end up nicking my arm. But that's about the only thing so far that I could tell someone and I don't think that's worth the thousands it would cost for the arms. So what did you tell him was the medical necessity for the boob job?

Hi All, Well, I spent my one year anniversary as a post op in the hospital, having emergency surgery. I went to school on Friday the 23rd and felt fine at 8:00a.m., and at about 9:20a.m., I thought I was dying. I thought it was extremely bad gas pains, but it just kept getting worse and worse. Well, my sister, (thank God I was with her), got me to my surgeon's office, and they sent me straight to the hospital for labs. I had started having uncontrollable dry heaves, and was just sobbing in pain. I don't remember child birth hurting as much as this did. Well, the tests showed that my white blood cell count was sky high, which is a sure sign of infection or something else wrong. They admitted me right away, and I spent Friday and Saturday undergoing a lot of tests, CT scans, xrays, etc. I don't really remember a whole lot from Friday through Sunday. On Sunday, my surgeon came in and said that I was going into surgery right away as I had a kink in my bowel and it was obstructed. Well, it was supposed to be a 1 to 2 hour surgery, and it ended up being 4 and 1/2 hours! Turns out I had an adhesion from my original WLS that had caught a two foot loop of my intestine and closed it off. The dr had to remove 2 feet of dead intestine, and replace it with intestine from the other limb of my Roux-n-y as I couldn't survive on the intestine left after he removed the dead part. Well, I woke up fully on Tuesday, and have been in pain since. This surgery was way more intensive and extensive than my original WLS, and I am so much sorer. I think I am dealing with it better because I have lost so much weight though. Let me tell you though, when a dr tells you that you were about two hours from dying, it really makes you think about a lot of things. I am so grateful that I am alive! Things are progressing well now. I am VERY bloated, and it looks like my surgery has reversed itself! It hasn't of course. In fact, my dr looked at my pouch and the rest of my WLS, and says it all looks great. Heck of a way to find out though! My incision is now about 8 inches longer, as the block was in the lower right abdominal area, and my surgeon cut me on the same line as my WLS. Not so happy about the huge scar I'm gonna have, but I am so glad I'm still breathing!! I am home finally, after having spent 9 days in the hospital. All I can say is please, PLEASE pay attention to what your body is telling you! I got too comfortable in my uneventful health situation, and this scared the heck out of me!! Hope none of you ever go through this. Blessings to you all, Tonya 368/204/?

The time seemed to take forever to get there and then that year really did fly by. I can't believe we are all on our way to our next year. I hope everyone had a great day and I wish everyone continued success for the coming years. Shannon

Hi Pamela & Ruth Just like the two of you, I TOO lost 115 pounds. I have passed my Dr.'s goal and am only 5-10 lbs away from mine. Right now I weigh 150 and would like to get to 140. I feel wonderful! The only bad thing right now is since I am a year out, I can eat more than I did a year ago which means I must really stick to portion control. Do the two of you notice the same thing? Congrats on your terrific weight loss. Hugs Marianne

wow .. i have thous problems too but also i have to add one... I am gettin tired of guys whistlin or givin me there numbers... come on i am married... oh and then the other day... i was walkin into a store and there were 16-18 yr olds givin girls #s... as in thery were ratin us btwn 1-10 they gave me an 8.5 AHHH i just wanna scream... at first it was great gettin all the attention but now... ITs gettin OLD