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Yay! Finally in Onederland! - I've been lax about posting on here and haven't posted since before I lost this last 50 lbs., but now here I am in a place I never thought I'd be...onederland!  199!  I started at ...

Leaving for cruise tomorrow! Life finally much, m - Well, it hasn't been an easy 3-1/2 months by any means, but I'm so glad now that I had the surgery, even with some complications.  I can now eat salad--yay!  And it tastes so good,...

Skin rashes around my eyes? Anyone had this? - The past week or so I've been having itching, swelling, and dry patches on my eyelids and very pronounced little "commas" below my eyes as well.  This is new...never had it before....

Not sure if this is a problem or normal - I did really well with foods right after surgery and was congratulating myself on what a nice little pouchy my surgeon gave me, but the last week or so things haven't gone nearly s...

Just out of hospital from post-op complications - Haven't posted in a while because I've been dealing with a fairly serious situation.  I went back to work last Monday half-time but felt worse and worse as the week went on.  On We...

How I got 60 g protein 11 days post op w/o protein - Poet_kelly suggested I explain how I got 60 g protein 11 days post op without protein supplements or shakes, so I am going to list that here in hope it might be of help to someone ...

yay! 60 g protein at 11 days post op - Well, poet kelly's post about protein and what happens if we don't get enough prompted me to exert a little effort and I doubled my protein yesterday to 60 g.  Pretty good since I ...

I am living with a cranky alien - This is my seventh day post op and it has been hard but I finally feel a little better.  I got really nauseated in the hospital and threw up all night the second night after surger...

help! is this normal? - I had surgery Monday and during the night last night had three incidents of black tarry diarhea.  I feel like more may follow.  is this normal?  Debbie

make a little room on that losers bench - Hi!  Came home last night from the hospital.  Surgery was early Monday and went as planned.  The problems began Tuesday.  They had me in a new super-duper bariatric bed but no one ...

Surgery at 6 am tomorrow...finally - Well, this is it, after all these months of doctor visits, tests, insurance paperwork, going to seminars with various surgeons to pick the right one, reading on here every day to l...

Yay! Looks Like Surgery Still On For Monday. Que - Yay!  Doing a happy dance!  My bilirubin was high so the surgeon ordered a CT abdomen scan, which I had Tuesday.  That showed some abnormalities in my lung and also in my kidney, s...

Surgery Monday and needing more tests (and an ange - Hi all.  I am having my surgery (I hope) on Monday first thing in the morning, but my doctor's nurse called Friday because my bilirubin was elevated and scheduled a CT abdomen with...

anybody have bilirubin too high? - WhenI had my EGD Tuesday and all my labs pre-op they showed elevated bilirubin.  My surgeon ordered abdomen CT and hepatitis test.  Anyone experienced this?  Should I be worried?  ...

Day 4 of pre-op diet and tests - Well I ain't gonna lie, this week has been kind of rough.  I started my pre-op diet Monday and had the EGD and education class and lab work/.xray/ekg Tuesday.  All ok on EGD--the t...

Started my pre-op diet today. Yay (I think) - So far I hate the shakes (Nutrimed; the shakes taste like Milk of Magnesia) but this morning I fixed their pancake mix and it wasn't bad.  I also had a protein bar, which wasn't aw...

Calcet chocolate chews? - Hi, all!  I'm gathering all the stuff I want to have post surgery and based on a post I saw here a week or so ago, I ordered the Calcet calcium citrate chocolate chews from Celebra...

Picked up my preop food today... - Well, I guess this is really happening.  I went to my surgeon's office and picked up my two weeks of pre-op diet food.  Very structured, very exact--one "meal substitute" of either...

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Congrats! You should be so proud of yourself. I haven't even had...