http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/Lizard7's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,147888/Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:28:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,147888/I went to weigh in today and had lost another 5 lbs.  That makes 35 lbs lost total.  I need to lose 37, so they went ahead and scheduled my surgery with the stipulation that I lose the other 2 lbs.  I'm excited and nervous at the same time, but ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,142329/Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:12:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,142329/I had the angiogram on Tues. morning.  They couldn't find an artery in my groin, so ended up going through my arm, yuck!  Anyway, Dr. Ghani said there was no blockage found!!! Yay.  He said he would send the cardiac clearance to Dr. Broussard right away.  I have a follow-up ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,139798/Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:14:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,139798/My cardiologist, Dr. Ghani, had his office nurse call me just now to tell me that my heart ultrasound was good, however they found an abnormality in the tip of my heart that will require an angiogram to see if there is blockage or if there was a false positive ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,139088/Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:21:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,139088/I went for my second follow-up today.  It's been two weeks since my first follow-up and I've had my cardiac testing done and I've lost another 11 lbs.!  So, I need to lose another 14 lbs.   They said if I'm close enough to my goal at the next visit they ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,135270/Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:35:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,135270/I went for my first follow up visit today.  I received all of my bloodwork tests and met with the nutritionist again.  They changed my diet to no carbs to help my hunger.  I lost 8 lbs in 11 days for a total of 12 lbs off towards my 10% ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,133774/Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:45:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/lizard7/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,133774/This is my first post, I've been reading all of the message boards and finally decided to join!  My name is Liz, live in Piedmont and I'm preparing for the gastric sleeve surgery.  I'm currently going through all of the testing and trying to lose 37 lbs. before I can ...