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ObesityHelp Conference in October...registration f - Hello! Did I miss the announcement about how to register for the special session with Dr Sharma? I look and look, and can't seem to find the info... Thanks! :)

Swizzlequeen... - Some of you have been trying to reach me...for some reason I am not able to create PMs...also, there are many things going on in my life at the moment, and I have not been recen...

A drop of kindness, generosity, empathy.... - Hello my OH Friends! Today's events in Boston break my heart. I feel so helpless in the face of such evil. What to do? It seems so overwhelming, so powerful. But it ...

Body Image...I thought that this was interesting a - http://todayhealth.today.com/_news/2013/04/08/17621833-bad-picture-monday-unflattering-photos-spur-online-movement#comments

An April Fool's Day Extravaganza!!! - For me, April Fool's Day is a time to celebrate the fun and healing that humor brings to our lives...so, telling jokes and funny stories is the order of the day, methinks! :) ...

You Asked for It: More Gory Details from Swizzlequ - You are all so kind in your response to my earlier post about my sleeve-getting adventures! A number of you have insisted that I continue to post "the gory details"...well, if y...

Swizzlequeen has a Sleeve! (a bit long...) - Hello My Friends! My surgery was March 11 – one day after my 55th birthday. What a birthday present! Thank G-d, I was not at all nervous in the preop area, or duri...

first week of preop liquids...feeling blah...? - Tomorrow is end of week one of preop liquids -- with protein supplements, other fluids. is it normal to feel kinda washed out, kinda blah? Maybe a bit weak? I can't imag...

Does your sleeve have a name...? - Greetings My Friends!  I am now 11 days away from surgery. I have been noticing a quite charming thing -- some of you have given your sleeve a name, and you refer to you...

Insurance uncertainty -- now resolved!! - I want to share with my Obesity Help family a very good service that I have received. According to the Plan Details booklet sent to my home by my health insurance, I have co...

Protein Soup Options? - Hello Friends!! I've been experimenting with alternatives to sweet protein shakes. Unjury unflavored worked well in my morning coffee. Bariatric advantage makes a li...

My surgeon's stats...what should I be looking for? - Recently Elina said that it is important to have a surgeon with good stats...but exactly what should I be looking for? number of vsgs performed? what number would be desirab...

LIfe after weight loss... - http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/dec/07/life-after-extreme-weight-loss Hello my friends! I stumbled on this today and I thought that it is lovely, and interes...

Coping with pre-surgery anxiety - http://www.healfaster.com/ This is a very lovely thing -- I used it several years ago when I had back surgery. If nothing eise, it helped me to relax and to feel confident. ...

So many band removals! why? - It is so disheartening to see that so very many of our banded colleagues have problems, or are somehow dissatisfied with their band results... Any thoughts about why that is...

Frisco -- I want to understand as much as possible - Frisco, I want to learn as much as I can about your philosophy of "undereating the sleeve". I tried the OH search engine to see if I could find if there is any particular po...