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hair loss - how do i do a search on here to get information about hair loss/regrowth?  I feel like i'm going to go completely bald and need to know how long it will take for my hair to grow ba...

Why? - Why oh why did I not have the foresight to take "before" pics before my surgery?  I have pictures from through the years, but I really wish I would have take some of those "before"...

Lump - I just discovered a lump/bump under my ribcage in the front.  Sound like anything RNY related?  I don't know if I should seek medical attention tonight or wait until doc office ope...

Has anyone had Silastic Ring Gastric Bypass? - My doctor put a ring on my stomach when he did my gastric bypass.  It is not a lap band, not adjustable.  It's just a ring.  He said that it will help keep me from stretching my st...

Has anyone ever heard of this? - I know they have the adjustable banding surgery, and that is completely different.  Has anyone ever heard of surgeons adding a ring to the stomach of gastric bypass patients at the...

Normal or no? - Had my surgery 4/17, was released Easter Sunday.  I've still been having a lot of pain all across my abdomen.  Right now, my biggest problem is right in front. I have this one inci...

Liquid Diet Woes - I started my liquid diet last Thursday, and I wish I could say that it is easy. I have been cheating, sometimes in small ways, like a small salad at dinnertime to sustain me. Somet...

Liquid Diet - I start my liquid diet Thursday for two weeks pre-op.  My surgery is scheduled for 4/17/14.  Getting excited!  I'm not as nervous as I had been there for awhile.  And now it seems ...

Excited, Anxious, Nervous, Ecstatic! - The date is set....April 10th!!  I'm not sure which one I feel more.....excited, nervous, anxious, ecstatic.  Now I'm just trying to take care of everything....organize, plan, etc....

Trying to get Approval - I am going through the Cleveland Clinic for my surgery.  I have finished the whole program and on to insurance approval.  I called the number I was supposed to call to get the appr...

Haven't had surgery yet - I'll be having my RNY surgery at the Cleveland Clinic and have begun the process.  I see my psychiatrist again 1/9 and the nutritionist 1/10.  If my weight is still going down a...