2 year update: flying squirrel

[Socaldixiegal]

That is so awesome! Congrats on your fabulous success.

[Lucy61]

AAAAAMENNNN~ Congratulations - your mental attitude towards your success shows here, it's refreshing to see after seeing a couple posts this week where folks only lost 6lb or gained back 60 lbs - we must ALL keep our heads in the game and participate mentally with this process and it WILL work for us. Thank you for your inspiration!

[Its_Me]

Amen indeed. Thank you for sharing your story. And congrats on your success

[laurks21]

AMEN!!!! COngrats to you!!!!

[lapoore]

Amen! Congrats to you! Continue to have great success. Can't wait to be sleeved.

[yankegal]

I give you a big Amen sista!!!! I want this done but have heard its very dangerous. what was the recovery time?

[GA400]

Amen! You rocked that sleeve!

[GoofySpice]

Well we DO kind of go on into the land of the skinny. Its a great place to shop!!!!!

[GoofySpice]

responding to yankegal....
DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!
There will always be risks, just getting in the car can be a risk. Recovery times are so different for everyone and the definitions of "recovery time"vary too.
I personally spent an extra day in the hospital... I was super cautious about being released too soon. This was also knowing I had my sister(aka nurse ratchet) as my only physical support and she is a workaholic. I did fairly well when i first got back home and i believe it was day 6 when it started to go bad... I was in extreme pain for a day and half, my sister's friend who is a nurse was like omg her skin is gray. I had a hard time breathing deep breaths not from a lung aspect, I had fluid on my liver and had to have a drain put in ...NOT FUN!!! I MEAN IT -NOT FUN!!! In the end it was just fluid and no infection. So in my opinion my start clock started over again when i had the drain taken out. Its been 2 yrs now and I can't remember exact dates and such but I know I posted about it. I am guessing my re-start date was 13-14 days post op which would make it the end of April. I went back to school the beginning of May (a couple weeks). I could do stuff but I would just tire easily. Each day I would get a little bit better kind,of like how towards summer you gain just a bit more daylight (very subtle) . I wish I would have done WLS earlier much earlier...I had looked into in 1.5-2 yrs earlier. Things work out for a reason...my insurance at the time would not have approve the sleeve and I didn't want the band nor the bypass. I was going to settle for the bypass but alas I didn't have too!!!!!

[Rose69]

AMEN! Thanks for the inseration!

[MomMaestra]

Amen and Amen!!! Great to hear!

[JouneryStarted03/12/13]

AMEN! What a great post to read as I go into my sixth week! Very inspiring and good to see you are happy!
I have already started saving for skin surgery.
How was the arm skin surgery? Painful? What was your recovery time?

[jennak89]

AMEN, sister. I started at a 24W and now am 10-14 depends on pant size!!!! I am 1.6 months out. We now can be inspirations to other who are just having surgery.!!

[GoofySpice]

journeystarted03/12/13

I am just 3.5 weeks out and well the armlift was a breeze for me...thank goodness something was easy for me. I have been lurking on a few of the forums on armlifts and realize I am so far ahead of the pack!!!! I only needed help getting my bra strap over my shoulders during the 1st 6 days due to having drains. Eh my hair wasn't as clean in the beginning but i did it myself
I will have to post an official thread in the right forum soon...before i forget and start haveing fun in tanks and shorts sleeves again!!!

[HeatherG81]

Amen Sister Great Post! It was inspiring