Going for my initial appts monday! wish me luck
Well I am going for my pysch eval, dr approval, and dietican (insurance requires it) on monday. psych eval said they can have it done within an hour and get it faxed to newstart (the program im going through). I am so excited. I hope this goes through ok, if it doesn't I don't know what I will do, this is honestly my last hope. Looking to talk with some people who have had it done a while....around my age hopefully some of you fine people will help me out. I'm just wondering about excess skin being so young and how you did with the surgery. If any of you would change, go back and not do it again.
Thanks for the help,
Jackie
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on 8/4/06 9:22 am - Charlotte, NC
on 8/4/06 9:22 am - Charlotte, NC
Good luck J! My last appt. (psych evaluation) is Aug 10th then I will be sending everything to my insurance! (fingers crossed) You will do fine! 
Hi Jackie 
I can't tell you all that much yet -- I'm just under 4 months out (wow, has it been that long already??) and down about 105. I started out at 394. I'm a *little* older than you, 28.
I think the amount of skin issues depends a whole lot on how long you've been overweight, obese, MO, or even SMO. I remember as a 5 year old wondering why my polyester shorts were too tight for me (ugh, it was the early 80s, I guess my mother hadn't gotten the 70s completely out of her system yet, haha). So I've been at LEAST obese my whole life. I began this journey as "super super morbidly obese" at least according to the BMI thing on this site.
I am already starting to have skin issues. When I walk, my leg *bones* go one way, while the flesh kind of goes the opposite direction. I'm getting, very badly, the "batwing" syndrome on my upper arms (for whatever crazy reason, I think I've lost more in my arms, percentage wise, than the rest of my body.) I went shopping for some clothes a month or two ago, and I wanted to cry because that was the first time I had seen my legs without wearing pants or at least shorts, and it looks like my thighs are melting, which is nice for what it is, but it's like when you put Velveeta in the microwave, it does not melt evenly.
So I know I can look forward to MAJOR skin issues.
That having been said, at only 4 months post op, I would do this again in a HEARTBEAT. You won't find many, if any, postops who would disagree. I still have about 130-140 to go to get to goal, but I know it's possible now instead of impossible. Without the surgery, my surgeon gave me about a 3% chance of making it to goal. Now, though I don't know exactly how much, that number is MUCH MUCH higher.
Best of luck to you,
Julie
394/366/289/160
I can't tell you all that much yet -- I'm just under 4 months out (wow, has it been that long already??) and down about 105. I started out at 394. I'm a *little* older than you, 28.
I think the amount of skin issues depends a whole lot on how long you've been overweight, obese, MO, or even SMO. I remember as a 5 year old wondering why my polyester shorts were too tight for me (ugh, it was the early 80s, I guess my mother hadn't gotten the 70s completely out of her system yet, haha). So I've been at LEAST obese my whole life. I began this journey as "super super morbidly obese" at least according to the BMI thing on this site.
I am already starting to have skin issues. When I walk, my leg *bones* go one way, while the flesh kind of goes the opposite direction. I'm getting, very badly, the "batwing" syndrome on my upper arms (for whatever crazy reason, I think I've lost more in my arms, percentage wise, than the rest of my body.) I went shopping for some clothes a month or two ago, and I wanted to cry because that was the first time I had seen my legs without wearing pants or at least shorts, and it looks like my thighs are melting, which is nice for what it is, but it's like when you put Velveeta in the microwave, it does not melt evenly.
So I know I can look forward to MAJOR skin issues.
That having been said, at only 4 months post op, I would do this again in a HEARTBEAT. You won't find many, if any, postops who would disagree. I still have about 130-140 to go to get to goal, but I know it's possible now instead of impossible. Without the surgery, my surgeon gave me about a 3% chance of making it to goal. Now, though I don't know exactly how much, that number is MUCH MUCH higher.
Best of luck to you,
Julie
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