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Apparently humans are not the only creatures obses - I've noticed over the last few weeks that my cat seems to think that stepping on the scale is some kind of obligatory practice in our household.  Maybe it's because she sees my hus...

Gotta brag on my husband for a minute! - My husband, for those who don't know, had his vsg in December of 2010.  He has lost about 175 pounds... started out at 420, down to 245ish.  Tonight, he went to put on an old s...

Coming off of carbs and getting headaches - I have read several threads here that mention the experiences people have when they are weaning themselves off of carbs.  Apparently, I am extremely dependent on them, because I ha...

Recovery question - So, today at work, I was asked to go to a workshop.  The workshop will be on three days, one of which is nine days after my vsg is scheduled.  Granted, I was planning to try to ret...

Ready to move forward... - It seems like March 29th will never get here... lol! You would think I have plenty to keep me busy until then, so that the time will fly by.  And, while it's true that I am taki...

Nectar drinkers... help please? - I was all excited when I got my Nectar samples in a few days ago... but I can't seem to get the water to protein mix ratio right!  I couldn't drink the fuzzy navel (which I thought...

silly question: compression socks? - I just did a google search for compression socks, and it came back with mostly athletic socks... which, I'm assuming, is not what people here mean when they talk about compression ...

How bored did you get in the hospital? - I'm seriously contemplating getting a kindle so that I can read while I am in the hospital.  I am an avid reader and think I could easily go through 2-3 books in the 3 nights that ...

Rewards for hitting goal? - I know that when I was on Weight Watchers, many of my friends there and I planned out non-food rewards for hitting certain goals.  I know that, generally speaking, people probably ...

Preop diet: what was yours like? - The more time I spend on this forum, the more I see just how different each person's preop diet seems to be.  This confuses me.  Wouldn't it make more sense for there to be a parti...

feeling very much alone tonight... - Ugh! My nerves are getting the better of me... I'm busy with school work, both as a student and a teacher, eager for these next six weeks to go by so I can get sleeved, and tonigh...

Got my Nectar samples today! - Can't wait to try them... just trying to decide which one to try first.  I'm curious... lol

About Nectar... - What are your favorite flavors? I was thinking about ordering some sample packs. I'm not much of a tea drinker (I noticed there was a lemon tea flavor), but I love fruit juice a...

Surgery is six weeks away! Opinions please? - I can't wait to get to Mexicali and get this done!  I feel like these last few weeks have been in slow motion as I count down the time until I get on that plane. Anyways, my hus...

OT: Good news! - Don't know if anyone remembers my post about a week ago about a girl from the county where I teach who had gone missing, but she has been found!  She was missing for almost two wee...

I think I have the flu... - I'm tempted to go to urgent care tonight.  I don't want to miss work tomorrow if I don't need to, since I'll be taking so much time off in March for my sleeve, but if I have the fl...

Focusing on the positives right now... or trying t - For those who didn't see my post Friday afternoon, I had a terrible day Friday.  I found out that my boss at work did something extremely vindictive, and did not bother to tell me ...

I hate to ask, but... - To those of you who have been sleeved, did you prepare a will beforehand, just in case? To those of you who have not been sleeved yet, do you plan to? What's the best way to ...

Got my passport!!! - Super excited!  Dr. Aceves, here I come!

OMG... my husband is catching up to me! - My husband had his sleeve done with Dr. Dennis Smith in Marietta, Ga on December 29, 2010.  On the day before his surgery he weighed 411 pounds.  Before the preop diet, he was 421 ...

Time to work on my emotional eating.... - I know that after being sleeved, emotional binging will be dangerous, if not impossible, especially in the first several weeks/months.  That's why I need to work on this NOW. I ...

OT: Prayers, warm wishes, etc. needed... - This has absolutely nothing to do with this board, and I am sorry for posting it here, but this hit so close to home, and this is the closest thing I have to a large group of frien...

preop birth control? - Ok, this should be my last question for tonight... maybe :) I just stumbled across something via google that implied that my surgeon prefers women to stop birth control pills fo...

drain? - Did you have a drain when you were sleeved?  If so, how long did you have to keep it in?

Question for those of you who are several months t - I had a bit of a freakout moment earlier today, when I realized just how much my monthly payments on my credit card are going to be for this surgery.  I know that doing it this way...