the one thing they dont talk about

And thats baggy skin....I am not talking bat wings but the whole flock...I am talking about skin that hangs down my legs and it looks like I have the ole fashion stockings on and that I dont have them attached to garter belts....
My skin is so baggy from losing 232 pounds that I can wear smaller clothes but when I do the skin hangs over like a cake batter running over the pan...
not a pretty sight We wont even talk about the "girls" Gee it use to be I cant find a bra comfortable to wear now its..do they make training bras for tube sock hanging boobs...?
the only not baggy part on me is my tush go figure that one...what use to be a nice padded area now is like a empty cushion just there....

Hi, Pattye.
I'm sure sorry about the excess skin you have. I may be dealing with that, in the future, too. Dr. Walton says it's impossible to know if one's skin will bounce back or not. I'm praying hard, because the Lord knows plastic surgery is not even in the picture, at this point, for various reasons.
How are you handling this? I see that you have a good sense of humor. Is that how you deal with it? Does it really bother you? Do you see PS in your future? [sorry so many questions]
Blessings,
Mary

i am having a tummy tuck soon...as for praying i dont think that wold elimante the need for skin removal..the bigger you are when you started losing the more skin you have to lose plus age is a factor..at 42 and starting at 478 pounds I have alot to be removed.

Hi, Pattye.
Congratulations on being able to get a tummy tuck soon. I'm sure you will feel so much better, with having extra skin removed.
When I talked about praying, and I realize this is a personal thing, I believe that God can work these issues out. Nothing is impossible with Him, and if He so chooses, He can regenerate skin (despite the natural fact that it may be viewed as impossible) or He can help one get the surgery needed to remove the skin.
Your progress has been wonderful, and at age 52, I wish I had pursued WLS at age 42. I say that, yet I know that I was not ready, 10 years ago. Now, I'm more than ready!
Have a blessed day,
Mary

Yep, that is the bitter pill-the thing that keeps reaching "goal" not quite so perfect.  I'm just trying to embrace it....because, where do you begin?  Get the girls fixed and look like a melted candle below?  If I did plastics, I'd do all I was going to do at once, cause I just don't have random 6 week intervals to be down.

One of the reasons why I went to Mexico was that I was self pay, and at the time I thought I could get the band and then plastics for the cost of in country surgery-but now I don't think I'd run that risk a second time just for looks.  (Those of you departing for TJ and Monterray, don't freak out, I mean the risk under any surgery).  

I could see the good that could come out of WLS-more mobility, better able to take care of my family and my animals and me.  And trust me, I'm not martyr or saint.  But if someone said Here's 30K deb-I wouldn't be tucking tummies and ta ta's, I'd pay off student loans (and give the left over 3 dollars to charity or something).

I think the world is just going to keep giving us every opportunity to learn that what is on the cover of magazines isn't real anyway.  WE are real, droopy skin and all, and now we'll be around a lot longer than we would have if we kept that skin full.  

Do I wish for taunt skin, of course I do.  But not enough to pay for it.

But it's hard not to separate the fluff (looks) from the substance (health) when weight loss is involved and it's hard not to be human, because that is what we are.

Well said oh wise one! I totally agree. Now if I met romeo and he wanted to donate to the fixer up project....I'd embrace it!
sher

I had that fantasy too-but realized my true love would probably offer me a horse before he'd offer me a new set of boobs.

(True story, an ex and I had a little extra cash, and he said I could spend it on Boobs or a Camaro....dang, I really loved that Camaro). 

OMGsh you are so funny!
when I decided to have surgery my DH came home with a steel box that he had one of his guys at work weld for him.  He said this is your "Puppy" fund!  LOL!
So we are putting extra cash and change in there for my PS.  I just hope I can fill it in the next year ! LOL!

what a great idea!!  Maybe he could make a couple more "puppy fund" boxes and you could sell them to us!  I need a PS fund.

I won't have to sell them but I can have him make you one!  It will take a welder to open it!  He was serious about me not sneaking into it!  LOL! 
As far as PS goes, I  have ALWAYS had Ugly puppies and other things.  If I can afford it I would really like to have them done.  If I can't I will  have to live with what I am left with after surgery.  I don't blame anyone for having it or not having it...Its just like WLS its a choice only you can make!

Hey!  I can sell the "puppy fund" boxes to pay for my PS!  theres the answer! 
J/K!  LOL!
Right now I have to pay for a washer!  Mine quit!  So before I think of anything else I have to be able to do my laundry!  LOL!