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I could use some photo donations please! - Hey everyone! I am doing a speech class where I am giving an informative speech on weightloss surgery... I am hoping that I can collect some before and after pictures that I can us...

3 months out and losing slowly... - I havent been on much lately, but with good reason. After I got my sleeve stretched the second time (due to stricture), I finally feel normal-ish! The good thing is I have enough e...

Stricture and another EGD - So its been a while since I posted last... A couple things, I had my last EGD on 6/24 and they dialated my stricture. For about a week the heartburn was worse and I had some mild d...

Stricture and Heartburn - So I posted last week about terrible heartburn and acid reflux... Still happening. What I did find out, my surgeon scheduled an EGD. We found out I had a stricture and where my sle...

Heartburn and Acid Reflux... - Hey everyone! I havent posted in a while, I have been doing pretty good except for some major heartburn and acid reflux issues. I have been seeing my surgeon, the first thing he di...

Weights not going anywhere fast... - So my weight is not moving very rapidly, but I had my 6 week check up with my surgeon and he seemed happy with my progress. He recommended I weigh AND measure weekly, he says as lo...

NSV - I have been so annoyed by my stall of almost 2 whole weeks now, that I almost forgot to notice a couple NSVs! I decided I would measure myself based on what I was seeing from lots ...

I kind of had that sharp pain for a few days, but it did go away after...

Im at a Stall... GRRRRRR - Im at a dang stall and it pisses me off. I know, its nothing to get pissed at and its nothing I wasnt expecting because I did afterall just hit 3 weeks out a few days ago, but its ...

Is this normal? - I am about 10 days out, I have lost 14 pounds, yeah! But, I am feeling pretty run down. I am trying to eat and drink, Im getting all my fluid in which my Dr and Nut said was more i...

Now Sleeved!!! - Its official, I am sleeved and back home. I actually got home yesterday but was too tired to post anything. I was advised by my surgeon that I should not weigh myself as with all t...

post op numbness? - I just got my sleeve on Tuesday and when I woke up from anesthesia I noticed that my entire right arm from elbow down to fingertips on my thumb through ring finger, my pinky is ok....

13 hours... - In approximately 13 hours I will be in surgery! Im feeling oddly calm and ready. My surgeon even called to see if I had any last minute questions, I was surprised by that. Anyways ...

Counting Down! - 53 hours till I am due at the hospital! Im a little nervous though, I had my potassium show so low at my preop appointment that had my surgery been that day they would have cancele...

Potassium?! Help please! - So I had my final preop appointment yesterday, my surgery is on tuesday. They did the blood work and my potassium was low. Like low to the point that they told me if I were schedul...

Caffeine is the only think I have not given up. My dietician said that it...

Getting closer! - My surgery is only two weeks away... Im pretty excited! And scared shitless... Lets be honest this is the biggest thing I have ever done for myself in my whole life. For some reaso...

Thought provoking discussion... - When I talked to the Psychiatrist he was telling me about how people will treat you differently when you lose weight... Im just wondering how everyone feels about this. I think of ...

Pre Op Liquid Diet - I am on day 2 of my preop liquid protein diet... Im going crazy already. I feel like garbage. I have had a terrible headache all day. Not sure if its from not eating enough or lack...

May 3rd... 24 days... - I got my approval call today and my surgery is scheduled!!! Hoooorrraaayyyy! I have never been more excited about anything in my whole life! All I have to do now is make it through...

I HAVE A DATE!!! - I got the call today-- just a little late for a birthday present, but I got a date! My surgery will be on May 3rd! Im so excited I can hardly contain myself!  I could literally dan...

Not sure how to feel... - I went in to meet with the surgeon today after completing all of my insurance requirements... I went in as a hopeful for gastric bypass, and left as a sleeve hopeful. This was at t...

Change... - My appointment today went completely different then I expected... After talking to the surgeon he changed his mind on what surgery is best for me. So now I am no longer doing the G...

Nervous... - I am pretty new to this site and really joined for support and the place to blog where the people reading would understand what I was talking about. So here I am about a week later...