Lj007

I went to scratch my shoulder and could feel my shoulder bone! I was pretty amazed so I brought it to my husbands attention and he wasn't nearly as impressed. Lol
Oh... and I can wrap a towel around me after a shower and am actually covered! That makes me so happy!

I'm afraid if I get a Tummy Tuck, it would have to be tucked up so far, I'd end up with a beard

I am a sleep tech. Sedation; such as sleeping pills; (Ambien, Lunesta or any other sedating medication used for relaxation), does increase the number of apneas and hypopneas that a person will have; for the first two hours of a sleep study. It basically exacerbates the situation. This is not falsely testing. It is only showing how bad you can be on your worst night. Often times physicians do prescribe sleeping medication for a sleep study. You must sleep in order to have a sleep study. If your primary physician is against sleep medications for the sleep study; ask for a pre-study consult with the sleep lab physician. Physicians used to be against sleep medication prior to a sleep study; but due to better education; most now know it only helps the situation.
Good Luck,
Sleepygirl

Please, for the love, if you choose to continually engage in an antagonistic/defensive manner with someone who was speaking with way more kindness than you are displaying, leave Jesus out of it. I don't know this Dr or@DropWt4Life from Adam (no pun intended), but as a Christian, I cringe at your usage of God & Savior attached to your defensive ways. If you truly trusted God and had your life in the hands of the Savior, you'd recognize the damage your rhetoric causes to spreading the love of God. I'd like to believe your intent was to shine light on His goodness, but I can assure you that you're only coming off as self-righteous and "there is no one righteous, not even one..." (Romans).

Without knowing you, I'd say you're falling into a delusional trap.
Here's the deal. The vast majority of us can lose weight just fine without the help of surgery. However, most of us cannot keep the weight off without bariatric surgery.
After losing the weight on your own without surgery, there's a 5% chance of maintaining a massive weight loss. There's a 95% probability you'll regain it all plus more.
When we lose weight on our own, a few months pass before the body fights like hell to regain. You become tired, hungry, and develop cravings that overwhelm your capacity for willpower.
With the neurohormal changes prompted by surgery, you'll actually have a fighting chance of keeping the weight off for life.
Bariatric surgery is the only proven method that helps formerly obese people maintain whatever weight they lose. Without surgery, you'll climb an uphill battle for life.
Good luck to you.