[BamaGal]

I was very lucky with the lose skin issue on my arms and thighs---not much there at all but---oh my tummy---It is so large it is causing back pain and I have to wear a special support system perscribed by the neurologist I've been seeing---I am looking to have a TT but am fighting with the insurance company about covering it---but that is another rant---

thanks for all the kind words from everyone

[*Butterfly*Girl*]

You look incredible, Bama Girl!!! I've enjoyed reading your blog as well! TFS!

[myavt]

...w/the belly problem. Is it an over-hanging flap of sagging loose skin and fat (panniculus OR "mother's apron" in colloquial terms) that's bothering you? If so I definitely identify!!!

Any time I lose weight, I deal w/that. I feel like I could roll the thing up, DO have to "tuck it in" to my pants... Things get just plain UGLY when I bend over! The more weight I lose, the better mine is. It just never goes away completely. And I can be a size 4--but when I run it sounds like someone's CLAPPING-- unless I'm wearing REALLY tight pants.

Right now I've lost 70lbs of the 120 or so I want to take off, so it's REAL bad. I go to a physiatrist monthly, who deals w/my many back problems because of this, and prescribes long acting MORPHINE for me. 1- 2x a year I get the nerves in my back "fried" (radiofrequency denervation).

LITTLE DO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES KNOW... ...how much money they could save by paying for abdominoplasty or WHATEVER procedures we need to have done. Maybe what they ought to do is check their records for the last year of how much it has cost them to treat the conditions resulting from running around w/skin, fat and flaps hanging from our bodies!!!

Anyway, you're doing great. Keep it up girl. Hope the belly reduces for ya!!!

XOXO
Mya