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no big deal but weird lol - Nonfat yogurt makes me nauseated and sick to my stomach but nonfat Greek yogurt is fine. Neither has more sugar than the other. In fact, the nonfat yogurt has 20 less calories than...

The bad, the ugly, and the good and happy (part 1) - I have not had the energy to pull my laptop out to type my immediate post op experience until today. :) I have been post-op now for 2 weeks and 1 day. Some did not have a hard tim...

I think I have an infection :( - Pus has been leaking out at the area my jp drain is coming from. I thought it was normal bc the dr never told me to watch out for anything. Today has been the worst day of all with...

:( - I'm post op now of 5 days. The gas pain is unbearable. I took some gas x, miralax , and milk of magnesium today. I never thought I'd be so happy to pass gas. lol What's with the d...

8 hours - 8 hours until surgery.. wow.. so surreal....

Being big sucks. - I read someone say that people avoid looking at us fatties because they are afraid of offending us. But then as we lose, everyone stares because we are fat but not as fat as we onc...

Question about liver shrink diet (my surgery is in - My weight fluctuates really bad but I am not sure why. My last weigh in at the doctor was 404 lbs (I had dropped 26 lbs) but now I am up to 414. I find it hard to believe I have ga...

Bladder Infection? - Yesterday, the Nurse Practitioner from my surgeon's office called. She said that my pre-op testing showed that I have a bladder infection. She called me in an antibiotic. No big de...

Thank you guys!!!!!!!

YEP!!!!!!! :)

9 more days.. - I keep pinching my arm. Is this really happening?? 9 MORE DAYS and I WILL BE FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!  A bit of good news. At the beginning of summer, I bought a swimsuit. A very larg...

RNY in 12 days - I am having RNY on july 22. I weight over 400 lbs. This will work right? As long as I do my part and follow the guidelines and etc my surgeon as given me. 

Surgeon broke her wrist... - For once, I am not here to write about my panics or woes. I am concerned because I was told yesterday that my surgeon broke her wrist. I'm more concerned for my doctor than myself;...

Is it normal to panic this much? - My surgery is 13 days. Is it normal to panic this much? I have everything ready: vitamins, calcium citrate, b12 with folic, vitamin d, and etc. I have read over my massive amounts ...

What IF...?! - This post is inspired from sharing a few of my thoughts to a friend on here in a PM.  I am worried sick. I am panicky, honestly. I did the liver shrink diet for months. Then my do...

I met a DSer last night - I went to hang out with friends last night. I proudly toted along my protein shake mix and someone I had never met knew instantly what I was up to. How? Because she had had the sur...

Was/Is anyone here over 400 lbs? - Are you or were you? Did you have success? Did it work for you? I go from scared to confident to scared and today is one of those scared days. I don't want to fail. But it seems li...

One more Q! - Sorry.. I feel like I am blowing up the boards today. lol! When the surgery is done, will I be on pain meds? That is really a Q I should have asked my doctor but it never crossed ...

I go from scared to confident to scared... - I want to succeed. I am SO afraid of failure. One minute I am completely confident that I will beat the curse of super-duper-over-the-top-crazy-embarrasing morbidly morbid obesity....

Question about blood test..? - I had a blood test months ago to test for hPlyori and etc. But there were blood tests that could not be done any sooner than 30 days before surgery. Mine is scheduled for the 23rd ...

Surgery date set for July 24 - My date has changed several times now because of my boss at work. But now it is settled and I flat out told her that I refuse to change the date again. I know that probably sounds ...

I hate that mean ole scale..! - Today I have an appt with my Nut to get a weigh in. My appt with my surgeon is this coming Monday to pick a date (YAY!!) Anyways, this morning after my shower I got on the scale to...

Thank you so much MrsD68 for your reply! It was hard to get the...

My background - I was the "solid" child. I remember one summer day, while driving around with mom, looking down and thinking "wow my upper legs are big." I was 8. I didn't know what thighs were ye...