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Stupid pre op diet!!! - Anyone else doing a 14 day preop diet now? Why does it just have to be just protein shakes?!  Do docs really hate fat people so much? I don't see why you cant just do a couple s...

Those of you that are 10+ years out from Gastric B - Could you please tell me and my fellow pre surgery nail biters  how your life is now? Complications or lack thereof, etc.. Would you do it again?

Having serious second thoughts - I am a couple weeks  from RNY surgery and am having second thoughts on. The more I read of the complications, side effects and long term problems the more afraid I get.  If I am...

How much help after surgery? - My husband is probably not going to be able to take more than a day off work. How much assistance did you all need after going home? I have an 18 year old that is home all day a...

OVERSEAS TRAVEL 5 months post op? - My husband wants to take me on a trip to Europe In April when the kids are on spring break. I will be just a bit over 5 months post op at that point. Do you guys think I will be...

Got my Surgery Date + a few questions -   Well folks, my A1c is down to 7.3 from 8.1 so I got my surgery date, October 18. Still nervouse and a bit scared. I hope I am doing the right thing.  I was wondering a...

Portsmouth Naval Medical Center - I'm not sure if there is another spot to post this, a "where did you have your surgery" board or something, but I could find no such board. I would love to talk to anyone that h...

Freaking out a little. Anybody NOT have a bunch of - I have been reading around the boards about peoples experiences with RNY. It seems like every other post I read is about somebody having awful side effects and multiple surgerie...

A1C question - Some of you may disapprove of this, but I need to know if donating blood before the test will artificially lower my A1C. When I started the Gastric bypass program my A1C was 7.9...

Premier Protein shakes - Since everyone just raved about these shakes I bought some at Costco They taste pretty good. However, when I looked at the ingredients I noticed it wasn't just whey protein isol...

A few ?'s from a pre-op -   I'm confused. Are we supposed to worry about total carbs or is the grams of sugar what we should focus on? Also, my NUT said to cut out all carbonation because it stretche...

Regarding fonts - I have seen a number of posts here that use a cursive style font. I don't know about anyone else but I find it absolutely unreadable. I usually end up skipping the post, even if...

Best sugar free syrups? - I have been looking into buying some sugar free syrups . I read that DaVinci was good but when I looked it up on Amazon there was a brand called Torani that has a great deal 5 b...

Clothes shopping when pre-op - My son is graduating high  school this Sunday so I needed a nice outfit Everything I had in my closet doesn't fit right since I started insulin and grew my "fat baby" ( seriousl...

Portsmouth Naval Hospital experiences - Hi, I'm new to the board. I am in the process of getting my referral to Portsmouth Naval Hospital for Gastric Bypass. I need to be seen by cardiology first for some heart palpit...