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05-11-2010, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 2,952
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
233 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.4935622318 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index39.9899902344 BMI Start:
21.7971191406 BMI Current:
21.4538574219 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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So here's what I look like just 11 days after surgery. There's still some swelling and I'm not quite standing straight yet, but I can't tell you how happy I am with the results.
I've been struggling with my body image since my weight loss. I haven't been able to see myself as skinny, even though my mind knows that 125 pounds is an incredibly low weight for me. I would still avoid mirrors and when I did look, all I could see was how fat my butt and thighs looked. I just couldn't see myself as thin. Well, now I can! Back B4.JPGBack After2.JPG Front B4.JPGFront After2.JPG
Sorry, I can't rotate the pics because they get all squatty and don't look like the real me so you'll just have to rotate your monitor. 
It doesn't look like it, but the PS took a 9" wide strip of skin off my back, narrowing down as he came around my sides to about 4" off my tummy (which was already tucked once). He did an auto-augmentation of my butt, which means he pealed the skin away from the underlying tissue on the backside, then turned the tissue down to give me some padding in the butt area. Usually they just remove the tissue too, but I had so little fat left that he took the extra time to do this to help me keep some booty. He did not do any liposuction, and he tightened the ab muscles. There's still a lot of swelling on my tummy in this pic but you can see the abs starting to show already. I've lost 4 pounds since the surgery, probably a couple from skin and a couple from not eating as much as normal. It cost $11,200 for everything, including hospital stay, anesthesia and OR costs.
I'm totally thrilled with how I look now, even tho I still have saggy arms and inner thighs, I believe I am done with Plastics! Yayyyyyy.
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05-11-2010, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Looks great, congrats and thanks for sharing.
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05-11-2010, 10:23 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Janesville, WI
Posts: 455
Weight Statistics 11/2009 for the last time! Start Date:
04/28/2010 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
412 lb Start Weight:
261 lb Current Weight:
171 lb Goal Weight:
151 lb Weight Loss:
90 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.6504854369 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index62.6375432526 BMI Start:
39.6805795848 BMI Current:
25.9976211073 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Wow-that is amazing! You look great! Hope the pain's not too bad...
Aimee
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05-11-2010, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Horseheads, NY
Posts: 894
Weight Statistics 01/12/09 Start Date:
August 18, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
258 lb Start Weight:
135 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
-15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.6744186047 % % Lost:
Summer, 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.6377410468 BMI Start:
21.7871900826 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Wow. You look amazing, and its only 11 days.
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05-11-2010, 10:32 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Idaho
Posts: 3,952
Weight Statistics Jan 2009 Start Date:
Dec. 22, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
317 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.8012618297 % % Lost:
May 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.1595500459 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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You look great Barbie , nice lil bunns there  ...I dunno if i could ever go thru PS , time will tell I guess , I feel I have had enough of surgeries lol..may i ask how was the pain level  ...your going to look great in those shorts this summer or a bikini ! Thanks for sharing pics Barbie !
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05-11-2010, 10:45 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 2,952
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
233 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.4935622318 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index39.9899902344 BMI Start:
21.7971191406 BMI Current:
21.4538574219 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I won't lie, the pain is a whole lot worse than the lap RNY and the worst part is that there's just no comfortable position. Laying on my back with pillows under my legs was about the best postion and that was still painful. For the first time ever I went through the entire prescription for pain medications.
I needed DHs help to get in and out of bed for the first few days but after that I was able to do it myself - very, very slowly. He had to help me with everything for the first two days, and it's a good thing he fed me or I wouldn't have eaten.
Week one was really tough, week two I could see improvements every day, and now in week three I am finally getting back to normal, except I get tired quickly. Still waking up from pain when I try to turn over in my sleep but it just stings now and I fall right back to sleep.
It was still worth it to me, the pain, the cost, everything. My only regret was going to the wrong PS in the beginning to try to save a few bucks. Make sure your PS knows about WLS patients!
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05-11-2010, 10:45 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South Central Kentucky
Posts: 1,242
Weight Statistics forever... 10/2007 was my official start date for WLS Start Date:
December 16, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
376 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
166 lb Goal Weight:
184 lb Weight Loss:
26 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.9361702128 % % Lost:
no time limit... just want to be healthy Goal Date:
Body Mass Index66.5981355505 BMI Start:
34.007558579 BMI Current:
29.4023683547 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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AWESOME!!! Now I just need to find me a sugar daddy to PAY for all the ps I'm going to want! LOL
You look incredible!! Way to go!
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05-11-2010, 10:46 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Indiana, Burbs of Indianapolis
Posts: 877
Weight Statistics Most of my life Start Date:
October 8 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
342 lb Start Weight:
168 lb Current Weight:
164 lb Goal Weight:
174 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
50.8771929825 % % Lost:
Whenever my body gets there. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.9952422145 BMI Start:
25.5415224913 BMI Current:
24.9333910035 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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You look great!!!
Thanks for sharing.
Time will tell if I have the courage to do PS.
I feel like SummerBreeze, I've had to many surgeries.
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05-11-2010, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Idaho
Posts: 3,952
Weight Statistics Jan 2009 Start Date:
Dec. 22, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
317 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.8012618297 % % Lost:
May 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.1595500459 BMI Start:
31.3089990817 BMI Current:
26.6287878788 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Thanks Barbie for being so open about it all , I think if i do anything it would be a breast reduction/lift..but heck the girls are shrinking away lol , so who knows
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05-11-2010, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 5,162
Weight Statistics July 21, 2007 Start Date:
August 6, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
287 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
136 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.3867595819 % % Lost:
January 1, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.8342151675 BMI Start:
26.7455278408 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Whoaaaaaaaa...Hot Momma!!! Yours turned out Fan-freakin-tastic there Barb!!!! Hopefully if I decide to do the LBL next year, I will be as happy with the outcome, especially since I am so UNhappy with the TT. You look amazing!!!! And $11k is outstanding!!!! My arms and girls were $7k
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