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Why I Need This Surgery - I started the pre-op diet this past Monday... I've lost 6lbs in that time, have 11 more to go to meet my surgeon's orders and I don't even have a date set yet.  I'm feeling pretty ...

TMI Warning: Never trust a fart for pre-ops too! - So if you haven't heard me mention it before, my surgeon is pretty fecking thorough with the pre-op tests he wants done.  Today I went in for a urinalysis, 13 vials worth of blood ...

Advice Needed: Band to VSG Revision? (x-posted) - Hi All, A good friend of mine recently found out she has a slipped band.  She's doing the liquid diet now in the hopes that it will move back into place on its own, but if it do...

Advice Needed: Band to VSG Revision? (x-posted) - Hi All, A good friend of mine recently found out she has a slipped band.  She's doing the liquid diet now in the hopes that it will move back into place on its own, but if it do...

Advice Needed: Band to VSG Revision? (x-posted) - Hi All, A good friend of mine recently found out she has a slipped band.  She's doing the liquid diet now in the hopes that it will move back into place on its own, but if it do...

Friend has a slipped band - advice? - Hi All, A good friend of mine recently found out she has a slipped band.  She's doing the liquid diet now in the hopes that it will move back into place on its own, but if it do...

New Blog Post Up - The other night I ran across something that made me feel really good about my VSG decision.  So good, in fact, that I decided to write a blog post about it. If you're the type t...

People Break Down into Two Groups... - Have you ever seen the M. Night Shayamalan movie, Signs?  Not a bad movie.  There's a scene in it where Mel Gibson gives a brilliant solliloquy on the difference between the hope...

Off Topic: It's Like Being Married to (Good) Will - You know why people from Boston love that movie so much (aside from it being a phenomenal movie)?  Because it hits close to home for all of us in relationships with these frustrati...

Long term effect on gastrectomy patients (20 yrs o - Hi Gang, Okay, I know a lot of newbies like myself and some of you who are already sleeved are interested to know the long term effects of the VSG since the fact that data is la...

Initial consult went well (x-posted) - Just when you think you've got it down, that you've uncovered every piece of research out there and you know what's up, you talk to your surgeon and learn SO much more about the mi...

Initial consult went well - Just when you think you've got it down, that you've uncovered every piece of research out there and you know what's up, you talk to your surgeon and learn SO much more about the mi...

Things That Could Have Been Brought To My Attentio - I think my initial consult with my new surgeon went well... Dr. Chebli seems like a great guy, very direct, very honest about the pros, cons, concerns, complications, etc.  I f...

Variances in pain/nausea experience...help the to- - I'm noticing a really wide variance in reports of pain/nausea after the operation... I'm wondering how much of it has to do with which medications are used to manage both. For t...

Band to VSG: Anyone give you flack for changing yo - Hey All, Did anyone else change their minds from LapBand to the sleeve and get some friction over it?  That's what I felt coming from the scheduler at my (almost) surgeon's offi...

Band to VSG: Anyone give you flack for changing yo - Hey All, Did anyone else change their minds from LapBand to the sleeve and get some friction over it?  That's what I felt coming from the scheduler at my (almost) surgeon's offi...

'Twas the Night Before... uh... Consult? - A nurse from my previous WLS office called me today for my over-the-phone pre-op appointment.  I knew this phone call was coming at some point soon because I hadn't yet called them...