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2 months out & finding my way - I'm far from perfect on this journey, but I'm happy with my progress so far. I'm learning every day, and what's different now is that one mistake does NOT ruin my whole day/my enti...

If you have flown post-op, c'mere...got a question - So I am headed to Seattle this weekend, and it will be my first time flying post-op. I'm a little nervous because when I had the LapBand, I had a terrible time being able to eat du...

So...nausea = too much to eat? - I am having trouble deciphering my new stomach's signals...I was cleared for solid food yesterday (YAY!) and had an egg and some asparagus. Everything was going fine, when all o...

I messed up today - I have been following plan so carefully, and my surgeon's office has one of the stricter plans compared to what I've seen from others here. Today, I messed up, and I'm feeli...

Shoveling snow 3 weeks post op?? - Is this OK? I just sort of assumed if I was OK to exercise, that shoveling would be OK, but now I'm second guessing myself....I have NO desire to hurt myself... What say you...

No time for OH! - Wahhhhh! I went back to work Monday (post op 12/30) and I have no time for OH!!  :) Just kidding. I'm super happy to be back at work, and as of today feeling pretty much 100...

An update, and a girl question - Went to Urgent Care last night, because my throat was so sore I was sure I had strep - but thank goodness it was negative, so no need for antibiotics. I talked over with the doc...

So frustrated - Yesterday was the biggest waste of hours at the hospital I could imagine. My doctor requested I go to the hospital where I had surgery, an hour from home, so that he could see m...

back to the hospital - After talking with the surgeon's office about the lightheaded/weak feeling, I'm being sent back to the hospital for tests...hoping they figure out what the issue is and I can feel ...

Postop question - I'm only 3 days postop...I was feeling much better today, until I started feeling very lightheaded, and have an sort of rushing sensation in my head, almost like the feeling you...

The stomach bug - Any advice on surviving a stomach bug? The night I came home from the hospital, my son woke up puking....I'm terrified I'll get it. I stayed pretty far from him all day, but you kn...

woken from dead sleep - burning? - I was sleeping and woke up, sat up quickly (no small feat) and could feel burning right in the middlw of my chest...is this heartburn/acid? They didn't give me an PPI at the hosp...

Home from the hospital with my new sleeve :) - Yesterday tested my will....I was told to report to the hospital at 11:30 for 1:30 surgery...but we sat and sat and sat until 4:30! Anxiety was high! I don't remember anythi...

It's my day! - Today is my day! Today I leave behind the CrapBand and begin my new life with a sleeve :) I'm sooooo thirsty, no liquids after midnight & I don't even report to the hospital unti...

Scared I'm making the wrong decision - I have revision surgery scheduled for Dec. 30th, removing my crapband and getting sleeved... I'm so worried I won't do any better with sleeve, that I'll be one of the people...