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Just be careful with those compounding pharmacies. The one in Mass is what started this whole meningitis outbreak. They are not as regulated as other pharmaceutical companies. Do your homework. Just want you to be safe!

where did you get them?i have to get them for my stepmom. Please?!

Good luck to you! It's a friendly bunch here.

Good luck and happy losing! Lol

I was wondering about that too. Good to know I don't have to be home bound for too long. I live 3.5 miles from the beach ANSI plan on walking it often after surgery.

Looking awesome.

I dig it! I love that kind of asymmetrical cut. Soooo sexy girl! Good on ya!

Plan on success. At least one set of items, especially tops. I've got a big booty too so I know I will lose there last as well. That way you're not swimming in big clothes. I would even buy a 14 top if I were you. And feel free to let me know I'm wrong, but I have a feeling you're gonna need smaller sizes.

It's gonna be great Hun. No worries. We are totally all here for you!

Good to hear. Better to be safe and sorry. Besides, why let something potentially get out of control before you really get a great chance to enjoy the fruits of your labor? Please let us know how everything goes.

Ummmm...yeah....call your doctor. Feeling pain this long after surgery...call your doctor. Feeling scared about what you're feeling...call your doctor. Spouse is concerned enough that they say call your doctor....call your doctor. Not to be rude, but this is not something to take lightly.

I dig it! That's awesome! I'm gonna tell my sister that one. Hahahaha

Life changes, big or small tend to make or break relationships just as they tend to set into motion huge choices that must be made. Do what is best, use your head and life will turn out as it is meant to.

I think she is out living her life. I would be too if I was her!

Congrats!

Sagittarius/Capricorn cusp here!! Lol. I have the dreaded 12/21 birthday! Lol

Ok...we are all wicked excited about our respective surgery dates. So how many days left for everyone? I know I have a countdown! Lol. 33 days for me!

Ok...where to start. I have been big all my life, but when I was young I was an athletic kind of big. I played sports from the time I was 8 until I blew my knee out during softball season my junior year of high school. By then I had played softball annually, field hockey for a couple years and basketball. I was my current height (6') by the time I was 14. Which for a chick...is freaking tall. I'm from a family of giants. I have a horrible family history with regards to obesity. Grandfather died at 48 from a heart attack. My uncle had gastric bypass but failed it. Lost 150 in a short time, but put it all back and then some. He has stretched his stomach out and eats all the things he shouldn't eat. My dad is overweight, but not by much. My other uncle is the biggest I have ever seen him. My youngest cousin is bigger than I ever was at that age. It's a horrible up hill battle that I have been fighting for decades now. Ok, now for the funny fat chick to kick in. I'm tired of shopping at "Lane Giant" as I am want to call it. I hate putting on a dress because it makes me feel like I am wearing something I picked up from a tent and awning store. It's crap. I'm constantly afraid of starting forest fires with the thigh chaffing I rock. The folds of skin? Over it. The stares, rude comments...over it. Being overlooked or ignored and having people act surprised when they walk into me...really? I'm huge...how can you NOT see me?im tired of being invisible. Of being unworthy. Of not mattering simply because of my appearance. So I looked into this in 2001 when I lived in Mass. Insurance denied me despite doing everything they said to. I looked into gastric bypass again in 2008 while living n Greenville, SC. No deal with the insurance again. So I gave up. Ate myself into an oblivion...stayed in a bad marriage far too long. Generally just hated life. Now I am doing the insurance approval marathon. I live in Florida now and I'm doing everything that my insurance company said to. I have been assured by the program coordinator that it's a done deal. I have the comorbities that I didn't have back then. I'm also heavier than I have been in a long time. I am in week 3 of a 16 week Weight management program. This is required by my insurance. I meet my surgeon next Tuesday. I have a cardiologist appointment on Thursday of this week. And I will find out next week who else my surgeon wants clearance from. Here's some stats...I'm 33, 6' tall and I weigh 320. I'm looking to get down to 170. That puts me into a normal BMI. And I want a little normalcy in my life right now. I'm sick of carrying this burden. And I'm really tired of the push back I am getting about choosing the sleeve. I know I don't look like I'm as heavy as the scale says I am, it doesn't change the reality of my situation. Tentatively according to my coordinator, I should have a surgery date for the first or second week in November. I'm nervous but not too bad. I hope to make some friends here and get the support I need and we all need to traverse this life changing decision. ***i have attached a sort of before pic to show what I am starting with.

Not yet but we're here for you! When it gets hard, just send out a post to us. We support your efforts! You can do this!