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comparison of surgeries - Not intending to stir up any controversy here (honest), but does anyone know of any studies looking at weight regain among the different forms of surgery? Of course we all hope not...

ONEderland.... finally....!!!!! -  Wowee.... I'm so stoked... two days in a row now my scale has started with a 1 (OK, 199.6 and today 199.2) but still... a ONE.... I am happy dancing all over the place. Even took ...

onederland... so close... so far away... -  So... for the past 19 months (nine months preop and 10 months surgiversary) I have been really working at this. Down 155 lbs from my highest weight Dec. 1, 2010 and 93 lbs since s...

JAMA article on low-carb to keep weight off -  This was just published today and it's great as a reminder that the rules our surgeons give us about keeping the carbs down not only work for losing weight but will help us keep i...

I think the first article has some cogent arguments in it but the...

JAMA article on wls and alcohol -  This article which appeared today in the Journal of the American Medical Association is another good reason to make sure that we get the counselling and information we need prior ...

jonezing for some fruits and veggies -  Sleeve is great, lost lots of weight and don't get me wrong, I LOVE my meat and fish and chicken... always have been a big old carnivore. But I must admit that with more than a y...

NSVs, chuckles and tears - In the past 10 days I've had several NSVs. The first was at my doc's who has just cut my BP meds in half! That's an NSV that saves me money too as well as making me smile ear-to-e...

attn: BC wls patients... possible news - Tonight, Jan. 24 on Global Network News from 5:30 - 6:00 there will apparently be a discussion about possible changes to BC Medical covering the cost for surgery on the 'flap' from...

important news for all ... possibly -  Tonight, Jan. 24 on Global Network News from 5:30 - 6:00 there will apparently be a discussion about possible changes to BC Medical covering the cost for surgery on the 'flap' fro...

vegetarian vsgers? - Hi, I have a vegetarian frind who is interested in weight loss surgery but worried about all the protein she needs to get. She does eat eggs and milk productrs but doesn't think...

photo help please -  I'm trying to put up a new profile pic now that my face is much thinner but it keeps getting rejected for size. Photoshop tells me it's only 450 byles which is WAY less than the 2...

panniculectomy -  My surgeon has given me a referral to a plastic surgeon to see about panni removal. It's not imminent of course because of the long waiting list and I still need to lose more weig...

do I need to get tougher? -  Am feeling a little discouraged right now with my weight loss being very slow.  I was sleeved in late July and am down nearly 52 lbs. since then (21 weeks) so I really should be ...

this is an NSV???? -  Ok, so I'm delighted to be more than 100 lbs down (60 presugery and 50 postsurgery) in the past year. Don't get me wrong... I am happy. But some of the changes have been, let's sa...

it took them a LONG time - At the beginning of Dec. 2010, I weighed 351 lbs. I started worked hard at losing prior to my VSG and dropped 59 by my July 28/11 surgery date when I weighed 292. I now weigh 247 f...

So this is what 'normal' feels like?!?! - So, I'm just past three months out from my sleeve (healing went super, had no real digestive problems) and I am down 38 lbs.... not setting any records for sure, but still, it's go...

Thanksgiving thoughts needed asap - Happy Thanksgiving sleevers... early for our American friends, I know, but for us Canucks, Thanksgiving is this weekend. As usual my sister is doing dinner and the rest of us sibl...

what kind of VSG moron... - Agrees to be a food judge I had forgotten that I had agreed to be a top chef judge in the local Harvest Fest because I agreed to it long before my surgery date... was not thinking...