Ken C.

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Hello, hang in there! It is a mind bending short trip to your weight...

Hope you find true fellowship and encouragement by going back to...

2 Months Postoperative - Hard to believe how smoothly things have gone. I've lost 31 lbs and have few regrets about having WLS My only discomfort has been eating pork and beef, but only in excess of 4 ounc...

I have found a scrambled egg to be the most powerful pyloric stimuli.

Postoperative Week 3 - There is a gradual return to the new normal of 3-4 ounces stomach volume. I've advanced to a soft diet now. No drinking fluids with meals. The abdominal stab incisions are nearly h...

Thanks everyone. Today was much better! IV fluids yesterday did...

IV Fluids Today - Went to my first postoperative appointment and was a little dehydrated. We ran 1000 ml NS over a couple hours and feel a little better. I think this will really help me feel better...

I psyched out the evaluator. Funny. I was in the waiting room for 60...

Encouraged by your bible passage! Yes, I've been on Zofran 4 mg...

I'm having exact same experience now too.

POD #4 - I called in the nausea issue yesterday and was placed on a regular schedule of oral Zorfran. It is better. It is really difficult to keep up with fluid intake tho. I feel distended...

What was the medicine under the tongue?

Postop Day 4 - A little nausea still. More like a sour stomach all the time. No energy, barely can consume 3 oz skim milk. I stopped dilaudid tabs, now just take Tylenol. I'll go for a walk outsi...

Yes I still have my gall bladder.

Sea of Nausea - I've been home 2 days now. Nausea still there. Tried Zofran, Compazine and Phenegran. Nothing seems to help. 

Day 1 Postop - Still in the hospital,  but yesterday had unenthusiastic response to anesthetic medications. Nausea that wouldn't respond to Zofran.  Pain was fine though. Hope to go home this aft...

Surgery This AM - It is 4am so in about 90 minutes we leave for the surgery center. My preop weight is 217 lbs, down from 232 when I started out. I have been following a preop diet for 2 weeks. This...

Thanks Mike. Tomorrow is my day.

Thanks csbsteph and Kimbaleelrg!

Weekend Before - Can't believe it has been nearly 7 months since starting this whole process of looking into the surgery. Little did I know about the different types of procedures and all of the in...

Picture with my wife (married 40 years). Taken about 3 weeks...

A pic with my grandchildren and typical preop appearance. I use...

Taken in March 2012, I lost 40 lbs through eating a very low calorie...