Melanie D.

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Divorce and stress - I had my surgery in Sept 2012... while in the hospital my husband that I have been with for 16 years decided to leave for his girlfriend...it was soooo hard ecspecially since I had...

Infection -  Surgery was sept 6th and I didn't have pain or anything until this past Friday. One of my incisions started to hurt and opened up so I went to the dr. He said it was a very small ...

On to pureed...any recipes? - On to pureed!!! I have sooo been craving turkey chili....I'm going to put it in my blender with some beef broth and a touch of low fat sour cream..... How pureed does it have to...

Weird Cravings?? - Alright, so I'm about a week and a half out from being sleeved....Haven't been hungry a lot but I do get hungry at times but lately I am craving things I never really ate before. I...

Day 5 and sick of liquids! - Ok.... post op day 5.....I'm so wanting mashed potatoes for some reason... have no clue why I am craving them because I rarely ate them before! I hope I am doing ok on plan though....

Sleeved Thursday.... update on Sunday - I had the sleeve Thursday and Thursday and Friday were pretty rough, but Saturday I started feeling a lot better.  I didn't take any pain meds at all Saturday, I would say I am sor...

Sleeved and feeling ok -  Had my sleeve surgery yesterday along with hernia repair and adhesion removal. The first night was awful!!! I was in pain and soooo thirsty! Today is better. Still sore but not ho...

Sleeve with Dr. O? Urbana, IL - Hi! Was wondering if anyone has Dr. Oliphant for a sleeve Dr. ?? He is in Urbana.  I am going to be having the sleeve on Sept 6th and I was wondering how everything went with some ...

Ready to revise and make changes - Had the band put in 2 1/2 years ago and had issue after issue with the band and had to have it removed. I was going to revise to RNY but my stomach was too bruised and scarred so I...

Sleep study postponed... Surgery Thursday - Hello! I have been on the lap band thread for the past couple of years but am supposed to be having lap band removal and possible RNY conversion on Thursday. If everything looks go...

Number of surgeries for Band to RNY - How many that have revised to RNY from band were able to do just one surgery?? My Dr. said that you usually have to wait 3 to 6 months after the surgery to remove the band. He said...

Hernia? - Hi! Six months after my ulcers my Dr. wanted me to have another EGD since I was still having heartburn.  Had it done yesterday and they told me I have a hiatial hernia.  Anyone eve...

Heartburn again..... - Six months ago had horrible heartburn and reflux! Had EGD and found ulcer, gastritis and duodenitis.  Had majority of my fluid taken out and put on meds to heal.... get to go in on...