Gooood Morrrrnin!!

Hey all you fellow Missourians- What is on the agenda today??? I was just thinkin bout my journey after readin this board today. I used to come here all the time. I am in my PS journey now where you all are in your beginnin WLS. I thought it was really rough getting there- Ins Hell with WLS- hold on girls PS is 2x as hard in the journey as far as Ins is concerned. If you do nothing throughout you journey but lose weight (DOCUMENT EVERYTHING>>>RASHES BOILS ECT......) Or you'll come up with nothin to lean on like me. I cannot stress this enough. But it has been a very interesting trip. Never once have I went back up in pounds but have had several LONG plateaus. You will get through it fine though. I am just hoping that this little PS journey turns out half as Wonderful as my WLS has. Well just wishing you all a GOOD Day!! Jenniffer in Missouri 4/08/03 382 12/06/05 182 I am really very happy where I am at with my weight I just would like to shed this extra person I am packin!! LOL

Well good morning to you!... I'm about 1 1/2 years out from my surgery and have shed 155 lbs. and I have only 20 lbs. or so to my ultimate goal. I know that at least half of that weight is excess skin... or at least 1/3 of it... so I'm probably closer than I think. I wear size 10's for the most part and smalls to med. depending on the cut.... I haven't even begun to start with my insurance for plastics... I had to go on my DH's policy for a year (talk about expense...zowzzzzzza) just to get the WLS since mine excluded it and I fought and fought to no avail. I'm sure that plastics are going to be the same way since I dipped my toe into that mess a year or so ago... but I guess I should venture forth and see just how "bad" a fight it is going to be... a tummy tuck and brachioplasty are what I need. Tummy tuck might be able to be done with ins. but I know the arms will have to be self pay... Congrats on your awesome loss and don't be a stranger!! Elizabeth~

Hi and thanks for the advice. I would've never thought about starting to document things like that now. I knew that the rashes and stuff will be an issue later but I didn't realize that I should document them now. What a good idea. And congrats on your loss...I want to lose that much also and it's being stubborn. Some days I wonder if I will ever lose it and then I get to see successes like yours. And I hope that soon you'll get that extra person off your back!! Keep us posted on how it goes! Have a great day, Peggy