i just did my six month labs and they just did the standard CMP and CBC. Did your surgeon look at other tests? My dietitian would like to see the following and I am wondering how common these tests are for bariatric patients, especially around the si
I have been taking the Optisource chewable multivitamin recommended by my program since shortly after surgery. They want us to take it twice a day forever. However, from searching the boards, I know that most stop the chewables within a few months af
When were you able to look in a mirror and see a different body? Was it while you were losing or only after you hit goal?
I know my body is getting smaller because I am fitting into clothes that used to be too small and I am down 95 lbs from m
I was thinking today about how much music has helped me to cope through the different stages of this entire process. I especially remember the night I was in the hospital because I did not sleep well at all and I was so glad that I had a "relaxing" mu
Within the past few months, somebody posted an outstanding article with overall bariatric recommendations. I think it was a literature review published in a journal, but it might have been a best practices (EBP) position statement. I have b
Long story short, my insurance should have paid for my surgery, but they refused and I gave up after appealing once because otherwise I would have had to wait another eight months for surgery to work with my job schedule. I had surgery three months ag
Tomorrow I will hit 12 weeks out and I am confused about a couple of things.
First off, I have been thinking of dense proteins as dead animal/fish only; is that accurate? I was just now searching the boards and a lot of people seemed to also
I will be one month out tomorrow and I have noticed that I am already starting to worry about regain. I am not freaking out, but it does cross my mind multiple times per day. Does this seem helpful or harmful? Did you take more of a one-day-at-a-tim
I have been reading lots of old posts from people who cheated on their pre-op diet and I am one of those, except my cheat is a little different?it was spinach. I was initially told that my pre-op diet would be under 1200 calories and would include vegg
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I am trying to decide if I should order some of the Nectar fruit protein powders for the clear liquids phase that I need to be on for one week post-op. The dietitian wasn't sure if these are allowed because she didn't know if they are see-
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I was mostly looking forward to my education classes until I found out that I will have to announce my weight every week in front of the entire class. Did anyone else have to do this and if so, did you find it helpful and how did it help
i live in a rural area right now and also have a pretty demanding job where I can only take so much time off. I am overwhelmed by everything that is necessary before WLS, especially since I live over an hour away from the hospital where I would be havi
