ThinnerTimes - Gastric Bypass and Lap Band® Forum - View Single Post - 8 months and I am only 6 lbs from my goal

HeatherT · 06-22-2006, 02:15 PM

thank you all for the kind words - i know i will probably not get a tattoo i do like them on many people but i do also think they can look trashy on others so i am torn & there is a small part of me that wants a "tramp stamp" if i got a divorce I will be only 39 when the youngest graduates high school and if things arent better by than I am pretty sure I would leave my husband and return to full time working but for now I have 5 years to make the best of it work only part time and enjoy my time with the kids - we go to counseling and I hope we can work things out.....

As for loose skin i do have the roll when i sit down but when i stand up its not really that bad so i dont know if I will get skin removal covered - I wont even begin to try until i am 1 year out and our insurance says it will cover it if there is a significant weightloss (Dr said 100 lbs is the magic number) but will they need pictures of loose sagging skin few months ago it was sagging hanging at my hips a little onto my thighs hanging over my undies it was bad but it has tightened up now when i sit i hate the roll i have above my shorts... so I wonder how tough they on approvals of tummy tuck and only time will tell if the Dr will even recommend me to have it done after a year out....I also have gone back ad forth as to if I even want the surgery - so many have talked about the pain being worse than the WLS and the scars swelling and i cant remember everything else bad that i read but I will need to decide if its worth it after a year..... - ok this is a scary picture of me in a 2-pc and I would NEVER wear it in public but just to show you the tummy - Do you think I could and what do I say to get the tummy tuck covered? or am i out of luck because its not a saggy as I would expect after losing 90 pounds.....& I would need to self pay???