When do I know when whats left is skin or weight I still need to lose?

I have looked for anwswers to this but cant seem to find any clear anwswer. I had surgery Feb 18th 2002 and I have lost 165 lbs. Starting weight 362 and current weight 197. I have TONS of skin.. and thats no exaggeration. I can pick it up with my hands and strectch it out, its sooo gross. My doc has never really set a goal weight for me and I go back for my 1 yr checkup in feb. Should I start looking into plastic surgery now? this skin is gross, i have rashes all the time (that I have my pcp document) I have back pain and I am having really bad bladder problems, like the weight of the skin is pushing down on my bladder kinda like when I was pregnant.. anyway should I make an appt with a plastic surgon now? or wait untill I see my bypass surgon? How do I know how much weight to lose? My family keeps saying if I loose much more and have my skin taken off I will be too thin. I am still loosing at a good pace. I dont know what to do. I am 5'9 and according to my height I should weight 140-160 i am about 37 lbs away from the higer number. HELP!!! please and thanks jennifer

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