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Hello All,

I was an active member almost 12 years going and thought I "knew it all". Originally with a band revised to a sleeve in 2011 and then I lost my insurance. Stupidly thinking that I could do it on my own based on my success

Well, my pride and foolishness may have caused the predicament I am in now. For most of my life I have had a battle with weight/over fatness. Now, damn near seven years I am facing possible breast cancer.

I will be 52 this Friday and am sched

Hey Lady - long time to post!! Glad to see you back and already...

Thanksgiving two years later - Happy to finally have the courage to post on my long neglected OH board.  Been ashamed of myself for not losing any weight at all after surgery...well, I will edit that, I did l...

Hello there! This chapter reads from my own book ...except for...

Dandruff?? - Howdy OH family!Have a strange question.....how many of you have developed dandruff since surgery?  My hair really isn't straw dry or even oily, like it once was...but the dandruff...

post op - I am happy that I have lost 15lbs since surgery day!  My surgeon is happy with my progress and has released me to stage 3 mushies...I think it is still too early but it is nice to ...

All this gas!! - Holy Cow! I am officially one week out from surgery and I am so rumbling! I don't know where all this gas is coming from, my belly is thundering, popping, groaning and giving Godzi...

First time.. - So happy that yesterday I was able to get in at least 64 ounces of fluid!  I am 6 days out and finally was able to do it all! Although I only had 40 grams of protein, thanks to Iso...

I did it! - I had my surgery on Wednesday August 10th and I survived!  I had a crew of wonderful nurses, Kevin in pre-op, Sherry, Mary Ann and Connie were assigned to me throughout my stay in ...

Mary you're a total knock-out!!!

vomit after surgery - Morning All!  I had my sleeve operation on August 10th.  I was sent home with quite a few tablets to start taking immediately.  I crush my pepcid and take it with a bit of water. M...

Back home - Well Im back home finally and am on the loser's bench!  I am in pain, but I expected that. The worst part of this all is the drain pulling.  It felt that a good 2 feet of tubing mo...

Going in.... - .....to car for the way to the hospital for early check in!  I'm nervous but not nearly as much as last February. My lorazapam is starting to wane just in time for my versaid drip!...

Well, Dr Mun is willing to operate! He knows how anxious/scared I...

Hospital tour - I had my tour of KP tonight, I was about 5 minutes late and wouldn't you know that the tour was pretty much over.  I made it into the conference room for questions and suggestions,...

23 days left until surgery... - ...I think!  My surgeon "Tenatively" scheduled my VSG for August, but I am afraid that he may delay the surgery date further.  The new policy at KP is to wait one year from LapBand...

Heaviest of family - Well, my Dad loves to boast about what he weighs....he is 144 and so proud of it. He like going around the house telling everybody (severa times) about how is weight registered tod...

Were the VSG studies ever posted? - I remember waiting for a big release regarding the study results for the VSG surgery.  Does anybody have a link to the study results?  I remember using the fact that the long term ...

OT: Anybody getting Spam from Deactivated Member? - Just signed in and received a PM from a "Deactivated Member"....never spoke to this person and now they are professing  "Love" for me......what's up with that?

August dates, anybody? - I am looking for surgery buddies!! My surgery is August 10th , any other August surgeries? Let's keep in touch!

Low Carb here I come! - My legs and feet hurt from moving my stuff from storage to my basement in flip flops.  Flip flops are really not a fat person's friend because they give almost no support.  They're...

Getting real - I have my surgery date....August 10th 2011.  Still don't understand why my surgeon wants me to wait 6 months betweens surgeries since he was willing to reduce my stomach at the sam...