Lynne38

Well I had my 1 year post-op visit and I heard something I have never heard from a doctor. Try not to lose any more weight! Are you kidding? Has anyone ever heard such a thing?

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Lynne38
LAP-GBP 2/15/05
297/145/150

JJ Girl

It would be music to my ears....

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Julie

231/136/135
RNY LAP April 18, 2005
Michigan
Randall Baker MMPC Center of Excellence

Lynne38

Although its really nice to hear, I would still like to lose another 10 pounds.

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Lynne38
LAP-GBP 2/15/05
297/145/150

Vois

The ridicule from being small sometimes can be a bad thing. I get told by everyone that I need to gain weight (not going to happen unless i'm holding weights... ). I came back from my plastic surgeon for the pre-op for the second go-around and to hear from the doctor that I am the "skinniest" GBS patient they have ever seen not to mention the most weight lost...they are actually going to excise not only the bootom part of my back but the top part of my back as well. They ask me to try to GAIN 10-20 lbs before surgery. It is heaven to wear a "medium" everything. World, hear me roar, "I am medium." I don't think that I will ever be thin enough but I don't think any of us will ever meet our own expectations. It's all about perception. I want to be perfect but it's not going to happen.

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Dwayne

478 / 178 lbs
6 ft 2"
11% BF

GBS March 2002
3 PSs in 2005-2006
Mid Life Crisis in 2007...LOL

HAMPTON5555

Hey Dwayne, how do they do that?
Rain

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Rain
12-27-04 Dr. Callery (Open RNY)
296 before pre-op
285/164/155 5'7"1/2

"Where you are matters more, if you remember where you've been."
"It's the journey, not the destination!!!"

HAMPTON5555

Lynne,
It sounds to me that he wants to make surre you stay healthy. It is bizarre to hear. My P.S. also said that to me. I still feel heavy, but at 160 I wear a 10 after my Tummy Tucka nd I still have the drains in and am all swollen. Go figure!
rain

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Rain
12-27-04 Dr. Callery (Open RNY)
296 before pre-op
285/164/155 5'7"1/2

"Where you are matters more, if you remember where you've been."
"It's the journey, not the destination!!!"

Vois

The "top" part is a continuation from the sides across the back horizontally (about 1 inch above the sternum (but on backside)). This will enable a "pull at the top...This is because the skin is "stuck" in-between (where the small part of the waist is) to the body more in the mid-section if that makes sense...it won't be as drastic as the bottom "body lift."

Going from a plum to a prune...to a cherry without looking like a raison...

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Dwayne

478 / 178 lbs
6 ft 2"
11% BF

GBS March 2002
3 PSs in 2005-2006
Mid Life Crisis in 2007...LOL

Laura@BellaBabies

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Lap RNY
6-14-05 Dr. Brathwaite
5'7"
399/210/160
Goodbye 3's!!! one-derland here I come!!!