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MEdic Alert Bracelets? - Do sleevers need to wear a Medic Alert bracelet?

Below 300 lbs and teary about it - I think I had completely given up on EVER being below 300 pounds in my lifetime !!  And after the endoscopy and stricture being stretched, I have felt so much better and being ...

After weeks of nausea the endoscopy fixed me up - Wow, I can NOT believe the difference between the day before yesterday and today.  The endoscopy I had yesterday morning found a really tight stricture at the pyloric valve which D...

change in latitude, change in attitude? But seriously am so proud of...

Anyone else been checked out for bezoar?? - Well, I got the results of the barium swallow and the radiologist not only suspects a pyloric stricture (with possible neoplasm?) but that this has caused a bezoar. I hate not real...

Possible sctricture - Well, after several weeks of vomiting and nausea, I thought I was going this morning for an endoscopy but got there and it was a test for a barium swallow.  This may be the correct...

Barium Swallow now Endoscopy . . - Well, after several weeks of vomiting and nausea, I thought I was going this morning for an endoscopy but got there and it was a test for a barium swallow.  This may be the correct...

EGD scheduled - possible stricture - After several weeks of nausea and vomiting and trying all-liquids for a few days (which did not help), I have been scheduled for an EGD tomorrow.  I kind of hope it IS a stricture ...

I was so bad night before last and I sure did pay -  I was on liquids for a couple of days and then went on a minor binge in the middle of the night (well, morning).  I had a Sargento cheese stick (Reduced Fat - wow, am I a daredevi...

Interesting perpective - I'm fairly new to this so nothing has started to...

Back on all liquids - Well, after several days of severe nausea and vomiting, my doc has put me back on all liquids again to give my stomach a chance to settle down.  Sure hope it helps.

Back to all liquid diet at 6 weeks - Well, my progression to soft foods went so poorly (tons of nausea and vomiting) and despite my attempts at behavior modification (chewing and chewing and chewing, slowly eating, we...

Severe nausea and vomiting at 5 weeks out - Well, I made it through the 3weeks of liquids just fine - no nausea at all.  But when I started real food (soft), it has gone from bad to worse.  It started with fairly severe n...

The purple swimsuit coverup arrived today and it is wonderful . . ....

Well I might have to try this - could never get Click before as am only...

Getting the hang of this, so far . . - Well, after a consultation with my doc's nurse, Sheila, I have realized I am trying to eat too much.  The doc had told me I had a 4 oz pouch and guess what, I can NOT eat 4 oz!!  I...

What a wonderful thing to do - hope I get that cover-up . . .

Would love this and can pay shipping - just had my surgery and I am...

My Favorite NSV - Fewer Medications - Well, just got back from my first appt with my PCP since surgery and am pleased and he took me off of even more medicine. YAY !!  He dropped my blood pressure medicine (my pressure...

Some Progress . . . - Well, I started "real" but soft foods on Monday. . . and it is not going all that well.  I am having hell getting the protein in but mostly getting in the water.   And nausea on an...

Belches make me feel sooo much better - Had the sleeve on 2/23/12 and did great with my 3 weeks of liquids but transitioning to soft foods has not gone well.  I only eat until I am full - usually about 3 oz of food (h...

Big Mistake for fist food post-op - Well, I followed my dietician's advice and had a scrambled egg as my first meal this afternoon.  She told me to use Pam spray instead of any other fat so I dragged mine out of the ...