pandagirl

Pure boredom. I just came up with 'Tember Tummy Tumblers. But I'm thinking I'm going too far with that one. :thumbdown:

Oh and I like the Samurai thingy, too.

Some suggestions: Sly Septembers September Sizzle September Sable Starlit September September Starlight September Sun September Sunbird September Spreckles Septermber Swing Swinging Septembers September Swing Cats Remember September September Liberty And becuase I have no taste, September Slutpuppies. Oh the options this one leads me to. :thumbdown: (Please send your mail to P.O. Box 8008, Just Kidding, CA 90013) Out of the ones that have already been suggested, I like September Slims.

I have this issue, too. (Pre-op still so can't answer your question as intended.) My Dr. told that I should start getting these issues documented now so that I will have a stronger case when it comes time for PS. Has your's made any such recomendations?

I specifically asked my surgeon about it after attending one of her seminars in which a potential patient asked about it. I'm not sure if it would have come up otherwise, but my surgeon did explain to me that PS is common for the stomach area and hit and miss on thighs, arms and breasts.

My Dr. told me it's precautionary; not everyone reacts the same to the surgery. So it's policy to keep patients over night for observation.

Hi. I got my date yesterday. September 15th. I had more choices than that, but that seemed like a good round number. I thought I’d be excited like I was the first time around. I’m not. I’m kind of scared. I’m telling myself that it’s understandable since the first one failed. I’m about 30 pounds lighter now though and I’m going to keep up with the liquid diet until the surgery date. There will be no “last supper syndrome” for me this time. Anyway, I just wanted to say hello to the September Lappies, wave, cross my fingers, pray if you’d like and just give an all around “Way to #*$)%ing go!!” :tt2::w00t::eek::w00t::thumbup::scared2::smile::tongue::thumbup::biggrin2::wub::wub::laugh::cool2::tt1::w00t::smile2::blink::thumbup:

Because of the way my fat is situated, my surgeon was unable to have full control on her sewing hand. They pulled out and decided I needed to lose more weight before we tried again. (I'm apple shaped, most of my fat is low on the "apple". My actually tummy area is slender, considering.) I was 330-339 at the time of surgery. (No way to know for sure since I wasn't weighed the day of surgery or if I was, no one has bothered to pin down a number for me.) I'm at 304 and still losing. Tragic? Maybe a little for me. I'm good though. My Doc had my saftey in mind and it's not like I haven't continued dropping the weight as I wait. :thumbdown: Thanks for the congrats!!!!

Great job on the current weightloss, btw!!

Is the pain in a specific spot?

My thought was maybe my labia are thinner and he's going in deeper. But I can't really say. I really hate going to the GYN, but I think I'm going to have to do it.

It's not a skin issue, I don't think. It's deep like he's pouding the hell out of my cervix or something. We've never had the issue before. We've been together for five years from me being 350 to 397. Now I'm in the 310 range and it's starting to hurt. I'm going to a Dr. about it. It's probably not weight related, but I thought about the possiblity because there have been other changes in my body.

No, it's the same guy. And it doesn't hurt every time we have sex. It was just happening around my period, but now it seems to happen randomly. ( I think. Maybe I should have a hurty sex journal or something?:biggrin:) Anyway, the last two times were fine. The time before that it was painful. Maybe I should see the OBGYN anyway. I was thinking not because the pain isn't persistent. It should work out though, eventually.

I'm not near needing a surgeon yet, but drooping skin has prompted me to start my research on which Dr. to choose. So, I was wondering if anyone has thier plastic surgery in the Sacramento Area? Did you self-pay? Did your insurance cover any of it? What procedures did you have done? How was the recovery...and goodness, all those millions of questions that go with it. How, what, when, where and how much? That's only a short essay right? *laughing at myself* I think I'm already nervous about having the surgery. Too many med shows scaring the hell out of me. I'd like to thank everyone in advance for any info. Thanks, panda.

What a great thought! But um, I do have drier skin, but no problems with moisture in other areas. But still it's something to watch out for.

Do you happen to know if he has experience with lap band/gastic bypass patients? Also, do you need any other work done?

Don't go Tammy Fay!!! You know 62 isn't what it used to be. Don't fall for the old hype. You probably don't need as much make up as you think, too. But yeah, the loose skin is hard to deal with. We all have to do it and we're all going to be better for it. (And screw the world. If you want a bikini do it!)

309.6 This morning!!!!!! I hope it's not a fluke. It might be water weight? Who knows I'm on the tail end of my time of month and my body has never been fully cooperative in that area. It's at least a moody bitch. 309.6 sounds good in any case. It's a start and I'm hoping I can do this and be 300lbs by 6-22-08. If I'm really at 309 though I might be there by the 20th. ( With the 1 pound a day loss.) Hmmm, I'm thinking too hard on this. You know no plans. I'll just worry about today and get through this one. Whatever comes off, comes off. :cool:

How tall are you? I'm 5'10" and my regular Dr. thinks my optimal wieght is 175. Dr. Machado asked me to shoot for 200. I figure I''ll probably be carrying around 20 pounds of skin so....eww, that just icked me. Anyway, sorry to pound you with the questions. I think I'm too curious sometimes. 175, 140, either way you've already done a great job.

Okay. I have to stop there for a minute because this interface is driving me batty. Maybe it's due to the fact that I'm on my period and started the straight liquid diet again, yeah again. Yesterday I went in for my weigh-in and only lost 2 pounds. I knew it was going to be next to nothing, better than nothing, but not by much. So I asked Dr. Machado to write out a contract for me and have me sign it. I told her I'm kind of like a puppy who needs her face shoved into the poo. I mean, I don't know why this is suddenly soooo hard. The contract was "drawn" up. I signed it. My next appointment is 6-27-2008. I need to be near/at/below 300 lbs. by then. I need to have my surgery scheduled before the end of August. I can't keep doing this and remain sane. I can't let myself sabotage myself either. I don't know. It's not like I'm fucking up, not badly. I'm jus not....what am I not doing? You know I'm a bit testy today, on edge to say the least. Perhaps this isn't the best time to attempt a calm discussion with myself. I already want to tell myself to shut up so I will politely say, "Bitch you ain't getting a sammich for dinner or a salad or a slab o' meat. Too bad you're on your period. You signed up for this. Do it or walk away, but don't spend the next two weeks complaining about what you have to do." You know, sometimes I want to flip myself off. I'm gone to stare at recipes because I still need to learn how to eat when I can again. :cool:

Oh that sounds great!!! Good job. How close are you to your goal?

I go for my weigh in today. I've only lost about 3 pounds since my last weigh in and I need to get to 300 before the will re-evaluate me for my 2nd attempt at the surgery this year. (First one failed). I'm stressing because I've felt like I've done as much as I can handle. I feel whiny for not being able to do the full liquid diet thing for two weeks, but then maybe it would be easier if I hadn't been on the liquid diet for so long. I know I've lost a lot of weight and I sound like a broken record dealing with basically the same issue for the the last few months. I don't know what to do. I did the straight liquid diet for four days and lost three pounds. The fourth I lost nothing and I felt like why bother? So the next day I had salad and meat for dinner. I stayed steady at my weight and have been there since. I should have "put my nose to the grind stone, been bad ass, put in that extra 1000%" but I'm tired at the moment, very, very tired of preparing for my band. It's been so damned long in the coming and though I know my behaviour is making it even longer, I can't seem to get my head on straight and I feel lost. I think my biggest issue right now is going into the office and feeling like a failure. I am not. I have lost a significant amount of wieght. What feels so unfair is the knowledge that I haven't had the band yet and the worry that having gone through what I have is going to make weight loss that much more difficult even after the band. Sorry, I need to vent because no one at work understands. They just see a whiny hungry fat girl They don't see what I have accomplished, the changes I have made in the last several months or the hardship of not having eaten "normally" for as long as I have. I know "normal" will be different from days past. I mean normal as in not having shakes day in and day out and avoiding everything that is not veggies or chicken. Gosh, you'd think I'd be slim as a piece of paper by now. I'm not. I still have a long way to go and today that distance seems so very far. Again, sorry for dropping this on all of you. Like I said, I just needed to vent and pretend like someone was actually listening.

Someone told me I have an "A"personality when it comes to certain things. So yeah, I think it's good for me to remember I'm not in competition with anyone, not even myself. I will get there when I get there; I just need to keep moving towards that goal and not let any of this feel like an insurmountable obstacle. Thanks!

Thanks Heatherlynn, a whole lot. Yeah, the surgery day was a bit harrowing, but I think I handled it well. I'll get there. i haven't done this much to stop now. *Gets my best movie cop look* "It's personal now." Okay,maybe that was a bad impression.