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One Year (and slightly more) Surgiversary -  Hello All, It's been way too long since I've posted, but wanted to drop in and say hello.  I tried changing my avatar to no avail, but I did put a new picture in my profile.  I...

Am I really in the Century Club? I believe I am!! - Hello All, After really kicking in and sticking to my gym time after January 1, I am officially below 200 pounds.  I weighed this morning and I am at 198.8.  I did a little happ...

Post-surgery Low Blood Sugar - For those of you who've had low blood sugar episodes after surgery, what do you do to keep it from happening?  I've read about some of you that have this issue, but I'd like to kno...

My WLS and my school project... - I never knew how my beliefs about medical knowledge would impact me before starting this journey.  Six month later, I can really see how it helped me with working through the medic...

My WLS and my school project... - I never knew how my beliefs about medical knowledge would impact me before starting this journey.  Six month later, I can really see how it helped me with working through the medic...

My WLS and my school project... - I never knew how my beliefs about medical knowledge would impact me before starting this journey.  Six month later, I can really see how it helped me with working through the medic...

My WLS and my school project... - I never knew how my beliefs about medical knowledge would impact me before starting this journey.  Six month later, I can really see how it helped me with working through the medic...

My WLS and my school project... - I never knew how my beliefs about medical knowledge would impact me before starting this journey.  Six month later, I can really see how it helped me with working through the medic...

My WLS and my school project... - I never knew how my beliefs about medical knowledge would impact me before starting this journey.  Six month later, I can really see how it helped me with working through the medic...

Five months progress with pics - Hello All, This is my first attempts at posting pics so hopefully it goes okay.  All is going well with me.  Over the holidays, I did gain two pounds but I'm not too horribly worri...

Checking In - Almost Four Months (June 28) - Hello Everyone, Sorry for not being so present on the boards.  Life has been crazy to say the least!  I did have my dissertation proposal accepted and I'm in the process of IRB ...

Your Experience with Plateaus - Early Out (2 month - Hello All, I'm two months out from surgery, and have had really good results.  I had a one month liquid diet prior to surgery and including the pre-op diet and the time after su...

Six Week Follow Up -  Hello All, Life has been really busy and I haven't been on in a while to say hi.  There's no short way to sum up what these past six week have been like.  There have been some ...

Six Week Follow Up - Hello All, Life has been really busy and I haven't been on in a while to say hi.  There's no short way to sum up what these past six week have been like.  There have been some c...

Deciding goal body fat percentage? - Two weeks pos - I had my first post-surgery appointment with my surgeon yesterday and they put me on this scale with metal plates and it printed out this long list of stuff for me to obsess over n...

Deciding goal body fat percentage? - I had my first post-surgery appointment with my surgeon yesterday and they put me on this scale with metal plates and it printed out this long list of stuff for me to obsess over n...

Two-week Post-op Check In - Hello All, I can't believe it's already been two weeks since surgery.  In some ways it seems like it's been forever and at other times it seems like it was just yesterday. Th...

Surgery Went Very Very Well - Hello Everyone, G - Thanks for posting an update.  The dope on a rope was great...a little medication vacation for sure. Since I had a month on the liquid diet, my innards we...

Surgery Tomorrow Morning - 6:30 AM - Hello All, My surgery is tomorrow morning and I have to be there at the hospital at 6:30 a.m.  To say that I'm excited would be an understatement.  I've been waking up at 5:30 e...

Still have H Pylori...Surgery Rescheduled - Well, when reviewing my EGD results at my pre-op checking they see I still have H Pylori. I start a Pylera course tomorrow and surgery is rescheduled for June 28th.  I'm really ups...

Still have H Pylori...Surgery Rescheduled - X Post - Well, when reviewing my EGD results at my pre-op checking they see I still have H Pylori. I start a Pylera course tomorrow and surgery is rescheduled for June 28th.  I'm really ups...

Surgery Tuesday - Last Two Days of Liquid Diet &am - I made it through the liquid diet with much more grace than I guessed.  There are times, albeit brief, that were real tough but for the most part it really hasn't been too bad.  I ...