Larissa P.

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Uses for whole wheat low-carb tortillas! - I have been loving my new found recipes I'd made up and wanted to share. You need a toaster oven. First, you start off with the tortilla directly on the rack, placed in the mid...

Check out this source for cheap labs for cash pati - From the DS board: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/4285511/Cheap-lab-work-for-the-uninsured/ This is the website you can use to order them, then go to any LabCorp site to g...

Oh, BTW - about my bathroom issues - Taking calcium citrate without the magnesium has REALLY made a difference. For those not in the know, I was going - all day - since my first surgery - nasty, liquid stuff, cou...

Size 16 - I have no more clothes that fit. None. Zip. Nada. I was forced to go buy some (even though I'm broke) or look really stupid in big baggy clothes. And, I ... I grabbe...

They won't give it a rest... - I CANNOT talk on the boards about ANYTHING to do with my experience - heck, even when I'm talking about something else (like plastic surgery) - without someone jumping on me, telli...

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Let me tell you about Obamacare - Politics aside, I NOW HAVE INSURANCE. That's right, and it covers ALL OF MY PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS including the surgery and complications that I have suffered. Visit this ...

Sorry about long absence - I honestly have crawled into a hidy hole because I was still having issues with recovery and getting a lot of negative posts/feedback (and positive, I can't lie, but the nega...

News follow up on my second surgery - http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-medical-tourism-follow-story,0,3349638.story  

I had my first "real" food today - Two teaspoons of soft scrambled egg. Dr. Provost has advanced me to soft foods, and I'm taking it slowly. Tonight's dinner is some fresh chicken broth with a real piece of c...

Bills bills bills.... - This is not a plea for money (obviously, my life threatening situation is over) but just an insight on how I'm starting to face the music and how I'm working to negotiate, et...

Up, able to take care of myself a bit more - I'm doing less of "can you make me...can you get me..." and more of getting up and doing it myself. Tiring, but liberating. I am feeling more normal. I'm experimenting with ...

Just a quick update - I was released from the hospital on Monday but have been very tired recovering from the second surgery. The good news - I have kept everything down that I sip, be it clear li...

Surgery successful :-) - Just received a call from Larissa's mother and the surgery to remove the stricture has been successful. She is completing recovery and the doctor estimates she will be allowed t...

Surgery scheduled for 2:00 PM today!!! - That's the best news in quite a while. Her mother will be with her, but I worked last night and I am going to hang here at home, way too tired to make the 50 mile trip to Denton...

A light in the tunnel.... - Just got off the phone with Larissa and we finally have some good news. Now that she is in Presbyterian Hospital as opposed to Denton Regional she has been getting fluids, medic...