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Pain Relief - Hi everyone! I'm wondering if anyone here knows of a good holistic/all natural pain reliever. Or, if it can't be natural, then some kind of pharmaceutical we can have. I know we c...

To my fellow newbies: The week 3(ish) stall is tot - For me it's been more like a week 2 stall. I had surgery June 30th and I was doing great, cruising along, losing about 2 lbs a day for a total of 17 lbs in 12 days, loving life whe...

Liquids and my pouch - Hi everyone.  This is kind of a weird question. I'm 2 weeks out today and I feel really good, no issues so far.  My question is, is it possible to stretch the pouch or stoma with l...

Cirrhosis?!? - I had RNY on June 30th. I woke up a bit sore but otherwise fine. When Dr. Ameri came to tell me how it went, he said it went fine, but that my liver was very large and he took a bi...

Had my RNY on Monday... - They sent me home today and I feel amazingly good. With the exception of the one incision that held the drain in place, I have no pain whatsoever. My blood sugar was 185 when I was...

RNY Monday! - Hi everyone! My insurance finally approved me, I've been liquid dieting since the 16th, and Monday I go in for RNY. I just want to thank everyone here for their support throughout...

Cigna Denied! - Re-Posted from the RNY forum After reading lots and lots of posts on this site, I really can't say I'm surprised. I got the usual "Missing Paperwork" runaround.  It's so...

Cigna Denied! - After reading lots and lots of posts on this site, I really can't say I'm surprised. I got the usual "Missing Paperwork" runaround.  It's so frustrating because my surgery date is ...

Insurance process - Hi everyone. Last Monday my surgeon's office submitted my paperwork to the insurance company for approval. I have Cigna. Today the coordinator called me to say that she spoke to Ci...

Just a thought I had yesterday - I don't have an insurance approval yet, I don't have a surgery date yet, but what I do have is the confidence that yesterday will be the LAST Valentine's Day that I don't have cute...

Here for encouragement and support (like everyone - I decided to post in this forum because when I posted in the general forum about my referral for Roux-en-Y surgery, I got lots of responses about how I should have a DS instead....

Not sure what to do. - Hello everyone, I'm new here.  I'm 41 years old and I've been obese for almost 20 years. I was simply chubby as a teen and young adult (about 175 lbs), but then the "Stop the In...