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Time to share my journy to being healthy - While I weighed 440 pounds I was very fortunate to not yet be biabetic or be on clood pressure meds.  I was on the verge of it all though.  My goal was to be healthy by 40.  This w...

6 months out -  Today is six months since I had RNY on 3/16.  In those 6 months I have lost 133 pounds and went from around a 70 BMI to a 42!  I dropped an additional 38 pounds pre-op.  Still a w...

Tracking - Going to just post each week in one message. week  1 -  week  2 -  week  3 -    week  4 -   - 34.5

week 4 - 3.5 more one.  28.5 total.  Doing the 60/6/60 pretty well.  Feeling great.  Dr. gave me the ok to start swinging the golf clubs again.  Just cant go John Daly right away.

week 3 - 3rd week out an down 5 more.  25 since surgery.  Seemto be hitting a little stall in week 4.  We'll see how that shakes out.  Not going to sweat it.  Just keep eating right n walki...

2 eeks out - Today is two weeks since surgery.  Im down 20 pounds snce that morning.  Qute pleased with that.   The two weeks of liquid diet has been really easy.   Since coming home from hospi...

Surgery - Had my surgery on March 16th.  Eveything went as planned.  No surprises which was my biggest fear.  I had complete faith in my surgeon or Id never let him work on me.  I was just w...

Cardilogist - Went in Monday (3/12/2010) and had another EKG at the Heart Center.  The Dr. said it was a little abnormal but nothing unusual for some one of my size.  He still wanted an echocard...

Orders - Went in on 3/5 for my order appointment.  Everything went smooth.  Was a little shocked at the medications to take for the surgury.  Some antibiotics, nausea patches, reflux pills,...

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Got a date - Finally setup. March 16 at noon.  Seems odd doing it at noon.  Hope they all eat an early lunch!  Such a relief to have made it this far.  Looking forward to getting this going.  D...

Approved! Is this a record? - It was Dec 6th when I made my mind up to have this surgery.  Its been a wild ride and took much longer than I expected jsut to meet the pre-op requirements.  Just to get my initial...

Headed for insurance approval - Got word all my info was sent for insurance approval on 2/10/10.  Hopefully this goes fast.  Ive heard UHC is very responsive and turns things around quickly.

The wait... - My Dr has everything but my psyc results.  That was 1/25... Im a sane guy so Im sure its fine but why does it take two weeks to submit the results? ughh.. Ive been researching f...

Getting Started - Ive been debating WLS since the summer of 09.  In Sept 09 I attended a seminar and decided at the time it was probably the best choice for me to get healthy.  Im never one to make ...