TGIF Everyone,

Hope you have a fantastic weekend planned.    Mine is going to start with a support breakfast tomorrow.    I am so Grateful for the times that I meet with other WLS patients for a support group of anytime.    We ALL need support and encouragement no matter where we are in our WL journeys.    As the holiday season gets into full swing it is usually pretty easy to come up with things in our lives that we are grateful for....but to be truthful....we SHOULD be grateful everyday for the good things in our lives and not just one day a year.    This post is to remind everyone that no matter how bad or bleak that our life seems at times there is alway something to be grateful for.   Just think.....you have use of a computer or you wouldn't be seeing this....that is something to be grateful for.     Simple as that.   Today I am grateful for all the material things in my life that I am blessed with daily.   Grateful for my health, WLS and all choices of different surgeries.    Grateful for my wonderful family and grateful that my husband has allowed me to be a stay at home Mom while all three of my sons were growing up.    Grateful for my Faith and answered prayers.    Grateful for Obesity Help and all the great lifelong friends that I have made here ( some I have actually met face to face and some I have not ).   Grateful for the holiday season coming up and grateful for all the things that are in my life both now and in the future.  PLEASE share with us if you will what you are grateful for today.


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

  Morning Everyone,

Hope everyone is having a great week and looking forward to the upcoming weekend.     I can't believe how very quickly the weeks are flying by.    It will be 2012 before we know it.    We ALL have so very much in our lives to be grateful for.     Today I am grateful for having such a caring bariatric surgeon.    I had my 6 yr. post op checkup yesterday.   It all went great.   I had lost a little weight from last year and all my labs looked great.   I always seem to sweat that every year.   LOL    SO VERY grateful for my WLS and all the other WLS available for us to choose which is best for our lives.    Grateful for the holiday's and the true meaning of them.     Grateful for my family, friends. health and life....Faith and answered prayers.    Grateful for second chances at a better lifestyle since my WLS.   SO grateful for Obestiy Help and ALL the message boards and amazing people on here.    PLEASE share with us if you will what you are grateful for today.   Have a blessed day !!!

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

(1) I experience this only when I get "unstuck". Maybe it's the final stage of the food passing through your band. Kind of like when a sink finally drains. You may want to speak to your Doctor

(2) I experience this a lot since the band (almost 4 years). I know I get this when I have too much protein and not enough: liquid (water); fats; greens. You really need to experiment to see what finally works for you. In the mean time, use a "fiber" supplement to help keep you regular.

 “Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have." ~Norman Vincent Peale

You are correct in thinking the insurance companies will try to make it difficult, but don't give up.

Hopefully this link will help with your question.

www.robertorizzi.com/co-morbidities.htm


Also, if you have a very good bariatric Doctor, they will be able to "refresh" your memory of some of the issues you're having (example sleeping disorder)