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10-15-2010, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Posts: 61
Weight Statistics February 17, 2009 Start Date:
February 17, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
376 lb Start Weight:
260 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
116 lb Weight Loss:
60 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.8510638298 % % Lost:
2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index68.7637877211 BMI Start:
47.5494276795 BMI Current:
36.5764828304 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
 |  Very discouraged and disappointed about what the Dr. said.
I am 28 and had Gastric Bypass on Feb. 17, 2009. I've lost 135 pounds so far. But I have curves and fat that I really hate!!! The Plastic Surgeon (Dr. Kang in Erie, PA) said that my weight is still high for my height & I need to lose some more. I am currently 241 and I am 5' 2". Very discouraged and disappointed about what the Dr. said. He also said that insurance will NOT cover removed of my "fat" due to my back pains since April 2010. He said if I had rashes that were documented for 6 months by my primary physician, they might. But I don't have that problem really, so I am just screwed.
__________________ Age: 28
Surgery Performed by: Dr. Rodolfo Arreola
Surgery Date: February 17, 2009
Highest Weight: 388
February 17, 2009: 376
March 6, 2009: 359.5
April 3, 2009: 343
April 15, 2009: 336
April 27, 2009: 330
May 18, 2009: 317.5
June 3, 2009: 310
June 17, 2009: 303 July 25, 2009: 289
August, 6, 2009: 283
September 15, 2009: 272
October 25, 2009: 258.6
November 13, 2009: 254
December 6, 2009: 244
March 27, 2010: 235
May 10, 2010: 235
July 7, 2010 233
Oct. 12, 2010: 241 Feb. 1, 2011: 260  | 
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10-17-2010, 01:16 AM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 520
Weight Statistics Off and on my entire life Start Date:
No longer qualify :) Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
265 lb Start Weight:
175 lb Current Weight:
132 lb Goal Weight:
90 lb Weight Loss:
43 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.9622641509 % % Lost:
sometime 2011 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.0934911243 BMI Start:
29.1183431953 BMI Current:
21.9635502959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodControlled Eating & Exercise
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I'm so sorry that you're feeling so discouraged.
However, I don't want to make you feel worse, but he's probably right. I'm 5'5" and I started out at 265 lbs. I know when I got to 241, I knew that I had lots more to lose. From what I've seen from a lot of sucessful people on the boards, they needed to follow the rules till they got to goal weight, and were there for a bit before they got PS. In one thread I read a quote, that I'll borrow for this circumstance. "Your weight loss is not a race, it's a journey." Take time, celebrate all the amazing work you've done up to this point, get excited about all that is to come. Know too that to a degree, what you're seeing isn't actually fat, it's loose skin, they are two completely different things.
Hoping that things look up for you soon...but do take care of yourself 
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10-17-2010, 01:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Canada
Posts: 578
Weight Statistics July 2009 Start Date:
February 26, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
Height:
307 lb Start Weight:
143 lb Current Weight:
135 lb Goal Weight:
164 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
53.4201954397 % % Lost:
July 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index56.1449011446 BMI Start:
26.1521852237 BMI Current:
24.6891259105 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  At 5 ""2""?
At your height if you are indeed 5"2"..you should be at about 125-145 pounds I would think depending on your build for normal weight. Can you say why you set your goal weight so high? Have you not thought about revising it now that you have seen how well you have lost your current weight. I can see the Dr saying you need to lose more weight before they would consider surgery and if you lost another even 50 pounds then you might have problems with sores and rashes from the overhang...?? They never like to do surgery on people until they have reached and maintained their goal weight for at least 6 months or so my surgeon says...
Just a thought.
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11-01-2010, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New York
Posts: 8
Weight Statistics 7-2006 Start Date:
7-6-2006 Surgery Date:
5' 11"
Height:
360 lb Start Weight:
188 lb Current Weight:
179 lb Goal Weight:
172 lb Weight Loss:
9 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.7777777778 % % Lost:
12-1-10 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.2043245388 BMI Start:
26.2178139258 BMI Current:
24.9627058123 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I have an appt. with Dr. Kang ( Erie) on Tuesday what was he like? What advice can you give about your 1st appt. Did he say anything about BMI and what kind of $ did he qoute ( I know this sounds bad, but I am so excited but worried about the $ aspect
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11-01-2010, 09:06 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Dakota..ya sure, u betcha!
Posts: 1,764
Weight Statistics Which time? Start Date:
July 24, 2009 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
213 lb Start Weight:
128 lb Current Weight:
120 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.9061032864 % % Lost:
Whenever.... Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.0160873312 BMI Start:
25.8500430911 BMI Current:
24.2344153979 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My insurance excluded all plastic surgery unless it's done due to grafting for burns or whatever. So, I'll probably be wearing body shapers forever. But, that's okay, I'm still healthier.
But, I do know that my surgeon won't even make a recommendation to a plastic surgeon until you have been at goal for a year. He says that the body still shifts and may regain some elasticity, depending on your age.
I'm sorry you are so frustrated.
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