Low-ish BMI in Seattle

[karynj 0]

Hi there, I'm Karyn.

I am getting my surgery in August and I'm a self-pay patient. My BMI is currently about 33 and I'm 30 years old. I've been as high as 290 pounds and as low as 190 pounds. Right now I'm at 239. I'd like to make it to 160.

I'm going to the Swedish Weight Loss Center and started as a "non-surgical" patient to get down from 255. I just don't want to have to fight so hard my entire life to hover at 205 pounds when I'm "being really good" so i decided that a lap-band is a good option. My doctors agreed and I'm getting ready to make this major life change. It'll be $14k when I'm done, but that will be money well spent!

I was wondering if anyone has large tattoos that were done before their surgery. I have a pretty big one on my side (used to hide stretch marks) and I'm wondering how it will warp. I'm fairly low BMI, so I'm hoping that it won't look completely crazy later.

I also wanted to know how long before and after the lap band surgery I need to wait until I get that tattoo worked on (its a work in progress). I don't believe it will be in the same area as the surgery scars unless I'm not finding the right photos of people's scars online.

Thanks,

karyn