sitting here crying......

i was listening to a song and it said "please dont let my dreams run dry"... so i started thinking of all that has changed in the past year and a half.... ive in a way emerged... im now the person ive always wanted to be... im out going... loving... and i care about other people ( most the time)... i now have a great job... i go to school... both full time which is exhausting.... but i could never had done that pre-op.. yesterday i was doing a clinical for school and i was croched in a little corner w/ all this chaos going around me.... and i got the IV on the first try... i was so excited that i got the iv... then i realzed omg... i was just in a 2x4 lil space... crouched in the corner and I FIT!!! well in 81 days im having my lower body lift and it will be closure... ill be complete.... hella sexy to LOL ... so im gonna sit here and cry and think about all this stuff that has changed.... its amazing.... what a ride.... lex

Alexa, It's it amazing the small WOW moments we come across...I'm sure pre-op you never said I want to be able to fit into a 2x4 lil space!!! I know what you mean...I've been involved with campus events for 10 years now OMG and I used to need size 4x t-shirts for events. I remember one time I was ordering the t-shirts for a concert and when I asked for 4x the lady was like My goodness how big is that person...I said ummm they like to wear them big. Well my boss had ordered shirts for the leadership training we had this summer and he did order me a 2x but I never got mine so I was going through the box and couldn't find anymore 2x so I was like I'll take a 1x...I put it on and it fit...not tight at all fit fine...normal...I was sooo estatic. I never have to ask for a special size at an event again...I never have to be the one that the office has to pay and extra surcharge for the XX. Then the shower in our new place has a ledge I can put my feet up on...so I had my foot on it to rinse my leg and I kinda twisted to get the back and I caught a glimsp of this womanly leg profile. I mean there was excess skin but underneath coming through was a real leg, I could never see a countour before...it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen....I wanted to cry too. Sarah

its amazing... i cant even think of words to describe it

It is so amazing!!!! Sometimes it's like a dream! Congratulations - you are really a success! Not to mention being able to start an IV - that is cool as heck! Tell me about the lower body lift - I'm starting to look into plastics. Really anxious to get rid of this skin!!! It's not as bad as I actually thought it would be, but it's annoying. My coworker is having her RNY at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, hopefully next month. I've only been out to Weston a couple of times, I heard it's real nice. You take care and keep up the good work! I sure admire you for working and going to school full time - that is truly awesome!

well i dont know to much yet... just that its gonna hurt and i have to take 2 weeks off of work...probley 3... thats what im looking forward to most... no im just kidding.... im very excited...they are going to cut me all the way around and take out at the skin and make everything tight.... its an over night hospital stay.. i had my rmy at cleveland clinic and im also having my lbl there... good luck/ me

Your surgery was just a few months after mine, so I have just been through what you're going through now. Enjoy the first realizations of your new body! It's a discovery process that's exciting! Congratulations!!

its amazing.... i cant belive it somedays... you look great

Does your insurance pay for any of your plastic surgery? Just curious. Mine did not pay for my surgery that I am having next friday but I thought maybe if it is deemed medically necessary and not for cosmetic reasons it would go through. Congrats and I hope to be joining you in the Losers Circle Friday.....Deeanne

Alexa, You go Girl!!! You've accomplished so much in 18 months so go ahead and cry if you want to - you've earned those tears of joy!! Who is doing your lower body lift? I had mine in June with Dr. Shuster(Hollywood) and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I took pain meds in the hospital and a couple times a day the first few days in the hotel, and the day we drove back to Tallahasse, but didn't need any after that. I probably could have given them up while at the hotel but didn't want to risk being in too much pain for the drive home. I'm impressed that you got in the IV on the first try! Will you come do mine when I have my BL/BA and Brachioplasty on Halloween? They always have a hard time getting an IV going, often blowing several veins before they get it. I have a needle phobia so knowing they are going to have a difficult time getting in the IV always makes me nervous. Good luck with your LBL. Follow the doc's orders and you'll do fine. Vickie J

dr samson at cleveland clinic is doing mine.... sure ill come do it... just make sure its before 1.. i have to work ;).. when did you go back to work?