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Leaving hospital later today -  My PT/ INR is back to normal and they unpacked my nose.  There is still some bleeding but it looks like I will get to go home later today.  I still have a lot of swelling and  I h...

In ER, no news yet -  I have my nose packed with gauze soaked in something to shrink the blood vessels and then clamped (just clamping did not work) and that seems to be working,  saw Dr and had blood ...

OT: headed to ER (and scared) - I take a hefty dose of coumadin daily (have for years).  Yesterday I noticed bruising on the palm of one hand (very odd) and on my leg (common).  This morning I woke up with a real...

broken toe... need advice on how to tape it - Last night, I dropped a VERY heavy fireplace tool and it landed right on the bottom joint of the toe next to my big toe.  It  is now very swollen and the whole toe and part of the ...

OT: Activities for insomniacs? - Thanks to some work stress and an incident that caused a flare-up of my PTSD, I have mot been sleeping more than afte hours any night the past week. Tonight I am still not sleeping...

silly OT question about lack of sleep and fever -  I have not slept well for the past three nights (less than 4 hours per night, and last night it was only 2.5).  I had a brief nap on Sunday, but even after taking Lunesta (which u...

People who stop coming here when they are struggli - This is a support forum and  -- the occasional miscommunication or cranky/snide comment notwithstanding -- IS a pretty supportive place (especially compared to the main forums... B...

OK, I'm going back to work on my dissertation... o - Thanks to everyone who gave me such support a couple of weeks ago when I was really struggling to continue wokring on the dissertation for my Psychology PhD (even though I have com...

You CAN heat protein powder beyond 130 degrees - Some protein powders (Unjury, for example) warn you not to heat it above 130 degrees because it will cause clumping.  You can, however, heat it to a significantly higher temperatur...

Got selenium?!? -  At the risk of stepping on Kelly's toes (JK, of course!), I think it may be useful for people to understand how important selenium is to our bodies and what can happen if you deve...

Zumba DVD? - I have a non-WLS friend who lives in the middle of nowhere but wants to drop some weight and has heard people rave about how much fun Zumba is, so she is looking for a good Zumba D...

Carnie Wilson and stereotypes about obese people -  As many of you know, Carnie Wilson had gastric bypass about 10 years ago, had several plastic surgeries, wrote a book about her experience (and about the mental aspects of WLS), b...

"Just the Cheese" snacks at a reasonable -  I just love these cheese snacks, but they are just ridiculously expensive ($15 for 16 half-ounce packages or $3 for a 1 ounce package are the best prices I have found)!!  Has anyo...

Need a non-weight related pep talk - For those of you who do not know, I am working on a doctoral dissertation in Psychology.  I am ABD (All But Dissertation),  so all of the coursework is complete... which means that...

a funny thing happened at my mammogram - I was a little nervous because this was my first mammogram since I had that Inflammatory Breast Cancer scare a little over a year ago (the biopsy was benign even though the physici...

the facts about collagen protein bullets/shots - Since I took 20 minutes to write this up in response in another post to someone's request that I provide sources to back up my "opinion" on the uselessness of the collagen protein ...

Study says Acetominophen AND Ibuprofen both cause - Just saw a report about a recent study on acetominophen and ibuprofen that shows that even single doses of too much acetominophen (lower than the warning amount, BTW) can cause som...

How quickly regain can happen! - I'm over 4 years out and have been maintaining my weight at 5-7 pounds over my lowest weight for 2.5 of those years (I did not stop losing and hit my goal uitil 20 months out).  I ...

I tried the Unjury protein cheese sauce -  I tried the Unjury protein cheese sauce last night.  I put it on some steamed broccoli and I thought it was pretty good.  It tastes similar to the sauce in Kraft Mac & Cheese.  So...

Passed another kidney stone - Second one in 3 months.  Same deal as before... excruciating pain (that started out mild and escalated to the kind that makes you cry within a half hour), queasy (from the pain, I ...

OT: hot flashes? - I turned 49 this year, and had a hysterectomy (the surgeon left the ovaries) when I was 32.  I lost one of the ovaries 7 years ago.  For the past month or so (just since I had the ...

OT: just when I did NOT need more stress, my Chow - I am already stressed out because of losing my long-time therapist (she retired last month) and not  havoing a suitable substitute, by a dear friend whose heslth is rapdily declini...

Suggestion for newbies: keep at least one piece of - For those of you who are pre-op or new post-ops, I would strongly encourage you to keep at least one piece of your "fat" clothes so that you will have a tangible frame of reference...

Ok, so mowing the lawn (and small hill) wasn't ver - I really needed to mow the lawn and the weather was beautiful and I was feeling pretty good... and I had already had to impose on someone else to do it right after I had surgery......

For those who care, my incision is healing GREAT - A couple fo people have sent me PMs, so I thought I would update everyone.  Yesterday was 2 weeks since my exploratory surgery, and not only is there no necrosis (which I was so wo...