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My bags are packed. I'm ready to go.... - Bag is packed. Paperwork is signed. Supper is on for the kids & the parents. I'm ready to go! I can't believe the day is here. Thanks for all the help everyone. I'll see you on t...

Sick while on Optifast - urgent advice required - I've been feeling ill all day.  I had to come home early and when I got home I threw up.  I've only managed one shake today, though I've managed to sip water consistently through t...

Quick Update - Hi Everyone, Just wanted to let you know that I'm doing well. Still arguing with the Vanilla Optifast, but I've got a few combinations that seem to work. I'm 10 days out from sur...

Clothing Swap? - I was cleaning out my drawers today and I was wondering if there was a clothing swap coming up soon? Does anyone know? Thanks. C

Things I have learned about life on Optifast (afte - 1) Vanilla Optifast was created by the Devil, THE DEVIL I TELL YOU!!! 2) If you have to drink vanilla Optifast add flavouring, any flavouring. Do not scrimp on flavouring (current...

Toronto Support Group - Danforth? - Hi again, I seem to remember from when I was on the boards a few months ago hearing about a support group that meets somewhere on the Danforth. I was thinking it might be a good i...

May 29th is the day.... - Hi Everyone, I've been away from the boards for a while. Work and family issues were distracting, but I'm heading into the home stretch and will be starting Optifast on May 8th, a...

First Surgeon Meeting + Hubby.... - Hi Everyone, Thaks for weighing in on the subject of my hubby scaring the BEJESUS out of himself by reading all those articles. He was going to come with me to the appointme...

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! - My 'supportive' honey is looking up all sorts of research papers and is scaring himself. Now he's outlining all the negatives of the surgery and scaring himself! AAAAAAARRRR...

Meeting Dr. Huynh tomorrow.... - It's our first meeting and I think I'm fairly well prepared. I have a few questions but nothing extensive. Stuff I want to ask: 1) Long term, how does the remaining stom...

So, they've changed my date and doctor..... - Hi Everyone, I got a call yesterday telling me that they change my appointment date with the surgeon from October 12 to OCTOBER 1ST!! I also will be consulting with Dr. ...

Holy SMOKES! - Got a phone call from HRRH today and they let me know that my first appointment with a surgeon will be on Oct. 10! I'll be meeting with Dr. Linsay and will be having surgery at ...

Got through orientation, now comes the hard part.. - One of the things that was suggested as part of prepping for the surgery was to start making changes to our diets NOW that would help us post-op. I thought a good first step for...

Filling in the forms.... Trying not to panic.... - My orientation is tomorrow at HRRH (@ 1:00 so if you're in the neighbourhood, come say "HI Crazy Person!" and I'm filling in my forms and I'm ready to burst into tears. I want t...

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First steps.... - Okay, so I got my package from HRRH today - as I've mentioned before, my orientation is on the 23rd. Forwarded my form to my GP, I'm a new patient so I hope that won't be an...

Thanks for the warm welcome... UPDATE! - Hi again everyone. Thanks for the warm welcome. It's much appreciated. So, I called the Bariatric program at Humber River Regional Hospital and talked to one of the rece...

Hi! I'm new... - I found out last week I've been accepted into the bariatric program from my GP and am waiting on baited breath to hear when my first appointment is going to be. Does anyone ...