Question:
Yesterday, I was looking at myself in the mirror at work....

and someone came into the bathroom and made me smile. All of a sudden, while I was smiling, I noticed these odd horizontal, very hard objects poking out from under my skin between my neck and my shoulders. When asking my friend what they were, she told me that they were "collar bones". I hadn't seen these.."collar bones" before. Has anyone else experienced collar bones? Also... I've noticed that my elbows feel more pointy, and my feet almost touch when I stand with my legs together. *grins* Kidding everyone. SMILE! Michelle-10/13/03 425/330/200    — Michelle J. (posted on January 7, 2004)


January 7, 2004
Way to go, Michelle! I'm still waiting for my collar bones BUT I've recently, within the last few weeks, experienced similar things....leaned over and grabbed my purse in the car, dropped it on my lap and looked for something. LAP? Never had that before. I have 9 inches between the steering wheel and my tummy. I actually had to move the seat up....I guess less back fat puts me back further. I bought jeans for the first time in 12 years and you would have thought I won the lottery. I also bought a bra at Victoria's Secret instead of Lane Bryant. Each new thing is tiny by itself but to me, they are HUGE events!! I also get cold, now. Brrrrrrrrrrr, less body fat. Donielle 311/223/110
   — Donya P.

January 7, 2004
Michelle, I too have recently discovered my collar bones, it freaked me out. I find myself touching them often because it is so weird. I also seem to have a hard time if I put my elbows on my desk, it hurts! And this is weird, I have noticed if I am sitting on a hard surface like a bench or wall or something like that, my rear end hurts, like the bones in my rear are more sensitive. I don't know, but I know where you are coming from. :-) 4/3/03 454/304/200ish
   — tpalmer

January 7, 2004
Collar bones are great aren't they? For some reason I lost first in my face and upper body. Everything is heading south. I have finally meet my collar bones, elbows, and hip bones. When I sleep on my side it hurts. I have been overweight all my life so these things are fasinating for me. Now, if all this loose skin would disappear that would be MARVELOUS!
   — Mercy P.

January 7, 2004
I discovered my collar bones on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to me. I called my mom and told her I had forgotten I had collar bones but here they are again. What a wonderful feeling.
   — tazfan

January 7, 2004
Oh my gosh! Have I ever found my collar bones! I'm still a big girl at 268 but I noticed them popping out. They are sore because I keep poking them. People think I'm crazy because I'm so excited about it. Last night I could swear I felt a rib. Isn't this great?
   — Morna B.

January 7, 2004
You are doing great! Isnt life wonderful postop. I'm down 127lbs and I'm freezing all the time. Still aways from goal but those collar bones are showing and I'm starting to feel a rib cage too. Its unbelievable to look down at my arms and wrists they are so much smaller I can even wear braclets. Best wishes to you!
   — debmi

January 7, 2004
Hi! Not only do I have collarbones, but there is a pointy bone that sticks up on top of each shoulder. I don't know what they are. Sometimes I look in the mirror and just feel the collarbones. They are a marvel to me. When I lay in bed I feel my ribcage, and when on my side I feel my hipbones, big time. I can't sit comfortably in the car or for that matter anywhere for more than a half hour or so. I haven't been this weight since 1989, and that didn't last too long. I took me a year and a half to lose 110 pounds back then and til 12/02 to gain it all back. I had forgotten how much fun that the thin life can be!! Best of luck. Keep up the good work!!
   — Fixnmyself

January 7, 2004
you guys are making me laugh...you know after my surgery I hope to be able to see my feet without having to bend over...
   — Kara J.

January 7, 2004
LOL! Isn't it great when you find things that you didn't realize you had? I couldn't figure out why I kept nicking my feet when I shaved. My Hubby told me it is because my feet were bonny now and I needed to learn how to shave them without nicking them.LOL! Also have to sleep with a pillow between my feet now because the bones rub together and disturbs my sleep! LOL! Oh the life of being thin! :) Angie Hooper 320/298/165/150
   — Angie H.

January 7, 2004
Oh, the simple joys of life. Collar bones! And cheek bones! Things I used to have in my teens (even though I was heavy even then) but hadn't seen in years upon years! I can feel and actually SEE ribs sometimes. When my sweetie is rubbing my back, he'll affectionately call me "rib cage girl" or "spinal cord girl" because after knowing me for these years obese, feeling these skelatal structures is a new experience for him. For both of us. It's pretty exciting!
   — johanniter

January 7, 2004
Gosh! It cracks me up how often I go to the bathroom at work and stand there and look at my collar bones. I catch myself strumming my fingers on them when I'm distracted. I feel my shoulders all the time (who knew they were supposed to be hard?). When I rest my elbow on my thigh while sitting, I hurt myself sometimes because my elbow is now pointy. And sitting on hard surfaces is unbearable! How have thin people done this???? The best part is that I (the person who would have the windows cracked in the winter b/c I was so hot) am constantly FREEZING. My friends think it's a hoot. It's like going through puberty all over again (but with a much more pleasant attitude, I hope anyway) with all of this self-discovery and physical awareness and learning to do. Life could be worse! Ryan Lap 8/28/03 309/200/160?
   — Ryan M.

January 8, 2004
Too funny, Michelle! I told people before I had surgery that if I could lose enough weight to see my collarbone then I would be a happy camper. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy! But now after losing over 100 pounds I find myself feeling that collarbone occasionally throughout the day and smiling. It's a nice reminder of how far I have come. P.S. How 'bout them hip bones!
   — Kristen S.

January 8, 2004
LOL, Michelle........Collar bones, hip bones and rib bones!! I have discovered all of these and it is too funny that you should bring this up. I too find myself touching them in amazement. )))Hugs to all of you and our bones(((
   — ncgal

January 8, 2004
I too love finding these bones as they appear. But is anyone else like me in that it makes you feel a bit vulnerable? Once the padding was gone I almost felt more fragile, that the collar bones were *too* exposed and might be more easily broken. I'm getting used to it now and feeling more normal, but it took a few months. I also found that I needed a reality check; look at normal-weight people and see what bones stick out on them, what normal people should look like. That helped take away the fragile feeling, to realize that certain things *should* stick out: collar bones, ribs, those tips on the shoulders, vertebrae, etc. I think I'll *really* feel ecstatic if I ever get to the point when my thighs don't touch when I'm standing. I have always found myself looking in amazement at people who have legs thin enough that you can see daylight between them. I suspect I'll never get there, since the loose skin won't go away and I'm not interested in surgery there, but I'm certainly closer than I used to be!
   — Celia A.

January 8, 2004
Way to go. I was visiting relatives over the holidays and my cousin made a statement that she could now see my collar bone. I got up went into the restroom and stared at myself for a very long time. I was so happy. Let all continue to lose.
   — S. E.

January 8, 2004
I remember when I first starting noticing my bones. It was a really weird feeling. The one that seemed to bother me the most was my sternun or breast bone. It felt so weird to me that I asked the doctor that I work for if it was normal to be able to feel it the way I can feel mine. She smiled and said yes. I have to agree that being able to feel your bones for the first time does seem to make you feel more fragile. Another thing that I have noticed lately is that I can not seat for long periods of time now without having to change positions. I've lost my "cushion"! One last thing. The other night when I was laying down with my little grand-daughter she layed her head on my chest and said, "Grammy, what's that?" She touched my sternum and I told her it was a bone, her reply was "Grammy, you didn't used to have bones!" She really made me laugh. Life is good!!
   — FreidaL

January 8, 2004
Michelle I have noticed these same things lately. :=) Isn't it exciting...LOL I looked in the mirror one day and called to my husband and said...I have cheek bones, knee caps, ankles and I even can see the bones in my rib area and collar bones as well. Congratulations!!!! This means we did the right choice by having this surgery. YOU GO GIRL!!!! Deb
   — Deb S.

January 13, 2004
Bones were very scary. I never had a weight problem until my twenties, so I had forgotten what some of them looked like. To be honest, I was scared I had cancer when I saw the two bonie knobs right under my Adam's Apple. Dont know what that bone is but I was extremely scared. Sounds really silly now. lol
   — Danmark




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