Amy,  Hi there.. I grew up in Ledyard  I am from Norwich now.  Welcome to the site and look forward to seeing you on the losing side

Well after appealing denial of skin removal 3 times with my insurance company I finally got approved! Yeah! I was wondering if someone could recommend a plastic surgeon in CT. Also wondering if they could do hernia repairs or would I have to have that done separately??? Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks!

Maureen, Middlesex Hospital meetings are on Monday evenings from 6:30PM - 7:30PM... 3rd Monday of each month is for Post Ops only (By-pass and lap banders meet in seperate groups) 4th Monday is for Pre and Post ops to meet together...  5th Monday is open I believe, but please check with Dr. Aranow's office about that one. 

Hi everyone - can someone tell me, is there a support group meeting at Middlesex Hospital tomorrow evening (Tuesday, 2/25) at 6:30? If so, is this the meeting Dr. Aranow is scheduled to attend? Thanks everyone - I'll be in town anyway so would love to see some folks at a SG meeting if there is one. Maureen

Hi everyone- I was active on this board years ago but once you're able to live and enjoy it, life gets in the way :-)  I had my surgery 4 1/2 years ago (my surgiversary is July 2007) and have maintained my 120 pound loss, +/- 10 pounds but for the most part I'm right were I want to be.  I gave birth to baby #2 on December 14th, and this pregnancy was completely opposite from my 1st in 2005.  Completely opposite as in my 1st I had high BP, developed pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome and I am lucky to be here telling you this.  This pregnancy was completely uneventful, I gained a total of 15 pounds (certainly wasn't because I was starving myself... quite the opposite) and she was born 4 hours before her scheduled c-section happy and healthy.  She's now 5 weeks old and I am ready to start researching my final part of the journey, plastic surgery to remove the huge belly that remains.  I would also like to get the boobs lifted, they took quite a hit with the weight loss and are like tube socks with tennis balls in them.  But my biggest thing is the belly, if I had to choose that would be my 1st pick to get done.  Especially now with the c-section, my belly hangs over the incision and I can shower every day, it still gets a bit stinky and never completely dries.

So, I live in Stratford and am willing to go just about anywhere.  I have heard good things about Dr. Goodkind, but I don't remember where he is located.  Someone gave me a recommendation for a PS in the New Haven area, but I can't for the life of me remember who it is as it was quite awhile ago.  I would prefer to have someone that will entertain the idea of working with my insurance, I do have benefits for plasic surgery as long as it is deemed medically necessary vs. cosmetic.  I seem to recall that having WLS was a good argument for medical necessity with my insurance, but I'm sure that I can get my PCP and my OB/Gyn to go up to bat for me about medical necessity.  I met with one PS in Darien and he didn't work with insurance at all, so he was out.  Wouldn't even entertain the idea.

So, any suggestions that you might have would be great.  Thanks everyone!