Hi Donna, I have seen you on the Cali board. I just found this board. I'm a little slow. I'm not North bay. I'm down at Los Angeles AFB. Well, see you around!!! Christie

Hello! We left Drum 7 years ago Since then, we've traveled a little-- Fort Campbell, Fort Lewis, we're at Ft. Bragg now and headed to Ft. Benning in November. I also have 3 children. I had my surgery in April of this year. Its been about 3 months now and I've lost 60lbs. I'm so excited. I still have 70lbs to lose, but I'm hoping I'll be at or near my goal weight by the time we move! Nice to "meet" you!

Hi Christine. I am an AF wife also and I am getting ready to have the bypass in 6 days. I am a little nervous but ready to go. My hubby is in Airman Leadership School right now so he cannot be there the day of the surgery. But we have made some dear friends up here in Minot (you have to make friends up here...haha) so I will be well looked after. Our friend that is here was actually stationed at Moody before he went to Korea (where he met my hubby) and then they both got follow-ons here. When I went to our support group meeting last month, the plastic surgeon was our speaker and he says that within the next year or so, they are fighting to make the insurance companies pay for everything, because it is no longer cosmetic. I know when we were in San Antonio, they were going them left and right at Brooke Army medical. That is where a lot of the Iraq soldiers went (Oprah did a show on it) because they have such a big "burn" unit and plastic surgery unit. The lady in our orientation class for the surgery there said she had an eyelift there and it cost her nothing?? I couldn't believe it. So I figure if I can;t get them to pay for it here, maybe I will go back to San Antonio. I still have my sister there. Thanks for posting. I really enjoy talking with our military spouses!! Good Luck!! Tina

Coast Guard wife here. I had my surgery on 3/9/04 have lost 67 pounds down to 149!!! I will be looking into plastic surgery around my anniversary date. We are stationed at the Navy base here in Key West florida. My hubby is currently underway! Nice to see military wives posting!! ~Nicole

Hi Christine! Soooo nice to meet you! Hopefully there will be more successful military spouses to join us I am not far enough into the process yet to be worrying about PS (okay I'm thinking about it already LMAO) but that is one question that I was wondering about We are currently stationed at Dyess AFB, Abilene, Texas but PCSing to Rheinmain Germany next month! After one year we will be moving to Ramstein or Spangdalehm (however you spell it) because Rheinmain is closing :P Anyhow, great to meet you and hope to get this board up and running! Kay 253/196/150- goal