Hey Everyone!

Hey Everyone! Its been a while since I have posted, but sweet Mary emailed me today and I thought I would come over to say hello and update everyone! I am finally having my last surgery this week, a Thigh Lift on the 30th and it will also encompass lipo of the hips/thighs/legs and waist or other areas if needed, but not much fat is left, so then they will take that fat, and then inject it, fat grafting....into my buttocks.   Not too much, just enough to make it round and tight and cute again, well, I have never had a round cute butt, so it will be the first time. Its been 2 years 2 days ago, and I am still hanging around 148-150, because of the breast implants, they weigh 2.5 lbs, so that is why I am around 148-150, that is exactly the breast implant weight gain. I am soooo happy with my surgery and with the exceptions of the bile duct , which is still clogged, and causing problems. I went last Monday for a stent to be put into the liver to the bile duct, but when they were going to do it with no sedation, or much sedation, I backed out.  They are going to do the same surgery they did last October again, but we are going to wait a few weeks after my plastics to do that, so it will be the end of September before I do the ERCP again. Hope everyone is doing great!!  I am sooo happy with my surgery and all of my plastics! I just love, love my plastic surgeon, Dr Fuentes in Mexico, and I can tell  you that I have never found a better plastic surgeon, he is soooo talented, and very experienced. www.CosMedclinic.com    www.NewBeauty.com/fuentes   God Bless everyone!  Miss you all tons!  :) Deb

Hi Deb, nice to see you post and I hope you are having a great Summer!     You are very brave getting all of this done.   I know you need to for your work and for your own other reasons.   :)     I continue to HATE my arms/legs, but am 'told' that if continue to strength train they will improve.... lol      Soooooo funny story  last night I was speaking with my cousin.    She is one of the few people that live local to me still (and local meaning an hour a way) and she told me that she saw some old photos of our family and a photo of our uncle when he was a teenager and then others of him... show that he has the SAME knees... in fact..... every member of my family (all the men and women)  hahahahaha have the same dreaded fat next to the knee on the inside of the leg....   all this time I thought it was from the fast weight loss and was considereing lipo or something....  omg!      the kicker is my uncle is a multi billionaire.... lololol  and he keeps his knees JUST the way they are....     so I guess I need to get over mine.   hahahaha "git er done" Jill :)

I would ask my multi billionaire uncle for some lovin for losing all your weight!  I love my plastic surgeon, and I would go to him even if I had a million dollars!  He is the best.  I am excited, but nervous. Thanks for all the well wishes!  Yes I think I am either brave or just nuts.   My legs are really bad though, really bad.  They were worse than my stomach area.  I just know it will hurt like heck, but hey, I will just stay drugged up and knocked out.  I am already planning on asking my surgeon for some Xanax for the nurse who is going to be taking care of me, so she can knock me out. Sometimes my pain meds only make me hyper instead of sleepy....but the pain is gone, so maybe a little something for sleeping this time. :) Thanks again!  Yes, I have the same knees as your family too!!  :)  If you are ever ready for plastics, I highly recommend Dr Fuentes!  :) Again, thanks!  God Bless you too!  You are doing great! Love, Deb

hi Deb... thanks for the kind words.   I dont sleep either.   Its a big problem for me, but I am hoping that once I move (yeah... I remember asking you a million years ago about moving to the area and then finding out you dont live there) anyway....   my surgeon that helped me with my BL did so for medical purposes, not that I did not truly want the cosmetic purposes fulfilled with all the excess skin, trust me!!    I was finally able to get insurance to cover some of it, but I still was stuck with a huge co-pay in the end.   I do not think I could suffer through what the legs would be, although I might get something done with the veins at some point?    I have considered speaking to a vascular surgeon? As far as my uncle goes.... lordy....   I dont even like to borrow 10 dollars from a friend.... lololol so faggedaboutit....   he's a good guy though, and we do not speak often, but yeah.... its funny how some family members have done well.     Take care of yourself.   Its brave how you post all your photos.    Maybe one day I will meet you. Jill

Hey, good to see you post.  WOW!!!  It sounds like things are going so well for you.  I must say, this is a journey like I could have never imagined. Naturally, we want the weight to come off alot faster than we gained it.  But I an so pleased, 90 pounds, so far, in 6 months.  YEAAAA. I too am getting drooping parts and places.  I actually stand and jiggle the fat on my legs while standing.    I know I will need plastics on my tummy and probably other places too.  I am trying to tighten as much as I can first.  Well...I could be doing a better job than I am at the self-tightening process.  I am so glad Dr. F is so good.  You hear horror stories about going out of country and having bad results.  Its so good to hear the good stories. I tell ya, I am loving this life.  My back still hurts, probably because I do way too much.  I have been overweight and in pain for over 3 years now.  Now I CAN do things that I have not been able to do, so I do them.  I know when I go to bed at night crying with back pain, I am still in better health than before.  Even with the pain, I am still so much happier!!! Thanks for paving the road for us.

Debbie, You are doing soooo great!!!   Yeah, there are just some things exercise cannot fix!  I love Dr F.  he is just the best plastics man I have seen. My back hurts too, not as often, but because we start moving more, it hurts more the first year, but I have to say after the first year, the back pains came less and less, but they still do come, and that is from the disk, so once that is herniated, damaged, it will still give you problems no matter what. Yeah, unfortunately not much good comes out of TJ, but CosMed, its good, and the surgeons there are just wonderful, all 3 of them, and they are all double board certified. Jessica--- Also, Dr Campos does laser surgery, he went to Spain and studied there at a prestigious clinic, and does lots of scleratherapy?  is that how you spell it?  for veins!!  So, you might not need a vascular surgeon, but a surgeon for lasers, as they can zap them now adays and it really will take care of it. My friend had her legs done, and she is thrilled with the results from Dr Campos at CosMed.  I think it was really cheap too. Thanks Guys!  Miss you all, and yes, I saw the whole Miss Teen SC.  Poor thing, I felt so badly for her, she just lost her train of thought and couldn't find the tracks to get back on.  Its hard to have all that pressure, and to start with, the question was sooo dumb!!!  It was as bad as the answer!!   LOL I was cringing thinking, oh no, I will not say anything much now that I am from SC, haha. :) Thanks for the support! I hope to post after the surgery, and it will be good, I pray :) Love, Deb