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Thanks for the support. My psychiatrist is new since I just moved to...

delayed again - So I still haven't had my surgery yet. When I arrived at the hospital on the day of the surgery I waited about 20 minutes before the front desk told me I had a call from bariatrics...

today already? - Surgery today. Feels kinda surreal that today is actually here and that in just  an hour I'll be on my way to the hospital to have my organs manipulated. I'm not taking very much w...

14 hours now - In a little over 2 hours I have to stop eating for my surgery tomorrow. It still hasn't sank in yet that I'm having it tomorrow. Even though I did take my dad to the duck pond in t...

wishy washy - I'm an indecisive wishy-washy person. There. I've said it. There's something that keeps echoing in my brain as I read about surgery. Why can't I do this without surgery? Why can't ...

should I tell my doctor? - OK, so I've been trying to quit smoking for the surgery and I was successful for two months, but I was around some friends recently that smoke and I sorta fell off the wagon. I'm s...

so close and so far... - I really screwed up on my plans to quit smoking. I'd been nicotine free for two weeks and then I go and hang around with my friends that do smoke and end up starting again. First I...

information overload - Today was a full day, in that I was at Miami Valley Hospital from 6:30 in the morning until about 3:00. It was mostly for pre-op testing. I had a full blood panel drawn, an EKG, ...

trials of a food junkie - According to the surgeon's stipulations, I'm trying to give up nicotine once and for all. I was using electronic cigarettes, but I haven't even had any of those for 6 days. Boy, it...

quitting smoking and it's so hard - One of my surgeon's stipulations for surgery was that I quit smoking and using nicotine altogether- that includes electronic cigarettes. I understand that there is an increased ris...

new to this... looking for penpals in Ohio - I'm looking for people who are going through this journey and would like to have someone else to talk to about what they're experiencing. I haven't had my surgery yet... I'm schedu...

intro and pre-op questions - I've been considering gastric bypass for over a year now. I backed out of the first doctor I went to, but recently I just got my surgery date for laparoscopic RNY- April 24th. Ho...

intro and pre-op questions - I've been considering gastric bypass for over a year now. I backed out of the first doctor I went to, but recently I just got my surgery date for laparoscopic RNY- April 24th. Ho...

self-mutilation? - As I've been preparing for surgery lately I've had a lot of emotions and thoughts to deal with. A video I came across on youtube about a friend's death from lap band surgery (not...