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Officially down over 100 lbs! - When I first decided to try to lose weight, I weighed 348, although by the time I started my surgery journey, I'd gotten to 335 on my own.  I checked my weight the other day for th...

Down to two digit numbers to goal! :) - I checked my weight today (I don't have a scale at home, but I was at my parents' house where there is a scale), hoping I would be under 275, as goal (for now at least) is 175.  I ...

Gym-related NSV - So I haven't weight trained since my surgery on January 8; honestly, it was probably somewhere in December the last time I weight trained.  I saw my surgeon for my three-month chec...

Paging anybody with bipolar disorder or mood issue - I have very severe bipolar disorder that is generally well controlled with medication and therapy.  However, in the last week, I've noticed myself being, for lack of a better word,...

Donating blood - This is probably really a question for my surgeon's office, but does anybody post-op donate blood?  How soon after surgery were you able to donate blood again?  I donated blood qui...

Clothing NSV - Almost all of my long trousers are too loose in the waist/tush area to stay up, so I'm about to go thrift shopping to find a couple of pairs to hold me through until the weather st...

YAY! Salads! - I will be two months post op as of Saturday (8 March), and I was afraid to try to eat a salad because I've heard that raw vegetables can be hard to tolerate in the early post-op st...

NSVs - I drove my own car today for the first time since surgery (I'm three weeks out as of yesterday), and there's about two inches between the steering wheel and my belly.  I still have...

Two weeks out and feeling unwell - Anybody have any idea why I would feel just generally unwell and tired?  I felt fine yesterday, but today I woke up feeling tired and bleh.  There aren't any specific symptoms; ...

Day 2 Post-op - Hey y'all. I had my surgery on Wednesday, and I'm still pretty tired and sore. My doctor gave me good pain medication which is helping, and I keep getting my mom to walk around t...

Getting nervous and grousing a little - So my surgery date is Wednesday, and I'm starting to be really nervous.  I know it's normal to be nervous, but the last time I went under general anesthesia, they had trouble ge...

Got a date! - Hey y'all. I haven't posted in a while but I've been reading. I have a surgery date, January 8, 2014, which is later than I'd originally been told but my insurance company m...

Can't get ticker to update - HALP? I can't get my ticker to update.  I've changed the data but it's not showing up on the ticker.  I've lost 9 lbs, and I'd like it to show up on my ticker.   Tha...

Excited but biting my nails too - So I went for my meeting with the dietician and psychologist and my process review today. It looks like I may have a surgery date in November, rather than December like I'd ...

Initial consultation with my surgeon today - I met my surgeon for the initial consultation today.  He was really nice and he took a lot of time to answer questions and actually read my chart and paid attention to me (I've ...

Very very new newbie - Hey, everybody. I just today met with the insurance people and found out that surgery is a possibility for me, so I'm kind of hopeful and scared at the same time. I'm 37...