I'm new, just joined in hopes you guys can help. I was banded 9/02.
Only lost 40 pounds. I need to lose 20 more but just can't. I had
the french mid-band and only one fill 3 cc. Had to get 2 taken out.
Can't eat meat, chicken or fish, or for that matter most anything.
Can't eat at all during the day, everything feels like a bolder in my
esophagus. Vomit lots of thick, mucous. Have severe constipation,
go for more than a week without foing, take stools softners and
laxative every 10 days or so just to have a small BM.

Have come to accept this as my life.

Here's my question. My skin on my inner thighs looks just like an
elephant's. I still have rolls of fat on my back, upper arms jiggle
and wave. Abdomen looks like pizza dough, behind flat as a board,
now it hurts to sit in hard chairs. I need a body lift with lipo and
implants. Can anyone recommend a plastic surgeon that is experienced
in doing this procedure and I'd like to know the costs. I know most
US MDs charge more than $20,000 and I can't afford that.

Anyone know anyone in Mexico and or Costa Rica that does these
procedures? Has anyone had these and are you pleased?

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Darlene