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1 year before and after - Hello my VSG family, One year. It has been wonderful. Down 80% of my excess weight and while I haven't met my goal as fast as I wanted, summer is coming up so my exercise will inc...

Beginning photo 340 lbs. Current at 240 lbs. - Gaw - It's almost embarrassing to see a before photo. The first photo is at 340 lbs. The second is two weeks ago and three months post-op, down to 240 lbs. It's amazing how good you c...

100 pounds lost and it feels so good - This feels so good. I've lost 100 pounds and am 2/3rds of the way to goal. It's been four months since starting the journey and three months since surgery. I am so lucky to ...

NSV or How I saved $1 million dollars with VSG - I am an accountant so I think of everything in terms of money. Has anyone else noticed how little toilet paper you use now compared to before? I made a quick mental calculat...

Interesting article about protein from Shape Mag - Is it true your body can only process so much protein at once? No, it is not true. I have always found the idea that your body can only "use" a certain amount of protein fu...

Day 2 Post-op - Was let out of the hospital in about 24 hours. Glad to be unhooked from all the tubes and monitors and being in my own house is helpful. My sister is going to take out the local...

Day one update - Pain upon waking up. Manageable. Sipping water hurt some in my stomach. Some gas but walked about six laps around the floor and that plus GasX and it hasn't been that big a deal. ...

Sleeved - Done this morning. Pain not too bad. Gas is what hurts but starting to walk to knock that out. Overall a positive experience.

At the hospital. - Weeee. One more hour.

Tomorrow is the DAY - Surgery in the morning. I started my pre-op diet six weeks ago because the surgery was delayed for additional cardio tests and I just kept it up but now it's here. This morn...

Anyone try this? - I read where some anesthetists put a Dramamine patch on you when they put you under to help with the nausea but I know that isn't going to work in the hour or two before you wak...

You ever have banana taffy? - I love banana taffy. I can remember the little squares and when you unwrap it there is the little yellow bite and I remember how it softens as it heats up in your mouth. I would...

Very Weird Question - I have a colonoscopy and EGD scheduled in the morning for my final pre-op test. After drinking 1/2 gallon of antifreeze rapidly for colon prep I got to thinking. How in the worl...

Food Funeral Fail *facepalm* - Last night, my last night of solid food for 8 weeks, I couldn't even bring myself to have a proper food funeral. I've been on a high protein low carb 1200 calorie diet for a mon...

Looking for Gallbladder advice - After reading everything about rapid weight loss leading to gallbladder issues a fair percentage of the time, I have asked my surgeon to remove my gallbladder when he does my VS...

Liquids pre-op - So my pre-op diet is 4-5 protein shakes a day. I'm also supposed to get 64 oz of water. So does that mean I am going to be taking in over 100 oz a day? I'm going to be peeing like ...

Questions about the gallbladder - I've been reading the statistics about the gallbladder going bad at some point after VSG because of the rapid weight loss. So my question is: Should I ask my surgeon to go ahead...

Arghhhhh - Everything going along swimmingly toward my date and screeeech...a halt at the stress test. They see something in my EKG so they tell me I have to go off to a cardiologist. ...

New Member - Hi Everyone, I've been lurking for a while and finally joined. I met with my surgeon, Sherman Yu here in Houston, yesterday and have my sleeve scheduled for March 6th. Nutri...