Mandee

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My Mind/Body Connection is Busted - I finally feel a bit like myself again.  For the last few days I was a bloated nightmare.  Unable to sleep because of the discomfort last night, I'm pacing the house and whining to...

Thanks! I am so glad to hear that your surgery went well too. Best...

..and a snip snip here... and staple staple there. - It has never felt so good to be back in my own PJs!  Not that my hospital stay wasn't good.  It was, way above my expectations.  But, there is nothing like the creature comforts of...

I'm Home! - I had my surgery on Tuesday and just got home.  I can't tell you how good it feels to be in my own space again.  I feel pretty good, a little sore, a little gassy, but all in all I...

On my way to hospital. - Well today is the day.  I was a nervous wreck yesterday but today I am very calm.  I am heading to the hospital in two minutes.  I will update as soon as I am alert enough.  Thanks...

I've read from a lot of people about the liquid diet. I got to be...

A little frustrated and surgery in 4 days - It seems like most people undergoing RNY had to be on a liquid preop diet two weeks before surgery.  My doctor never had me do this.   So I tried to maintain the loss from the nutr...

Pre-Admissions Day - At 5:00 this morning I awoke to the combination of my attention starved cat meowing at me and the horrid ding-ding-buzz from the cell phone alarm clock.  I wanted to put both of th...

Band vs RNY - First, Hi everyone, I am kinda new here.  So after going back and forth deciding between the band or the bypass, I chose the bypass and saw my surgeon today who was totally sup...

On My Way... - I remember last year I took a road trip to pick up a friend from North Carolina.  On the way home we got stuck in this insane vehicular blood clot that took over an hour to get thr...