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So, I just crossed the 15 month mark, and have been holding steady at 165 - just under 140 lbs from my high weight.  I've been holding steady since about May, and not worrying about logging my food...

Looking back at this year, and it's been interesting!

This time last year, I had to cancel my revision surgery due to Covid.  On one hand, I was able to enjoy holiday festivities, but it did...

Well, after almost 3 years, a pandemic, a covid postponal and cancellation, band removal surgery and my RNY (and a total of 7 weeks' pre-op fasts over the 3 surgeries), I'm HERE!  4 weeks gone sinc...

Well, it turned out that I had a lot of scar tissue when they removed my band (not surprising after 14 years), so I was only able to have the removal.  

On the bright side, they sent me home...

I'm rescheduled for the 15th - hooray!!  

United Healthcare accepted my paperwork from my previous approval in a week, no less, and I was able to schedule right away (which is great,...

Welp, it turned out that my pre-op covid test was positive, so what I thought was the sniffles was a breakthrough omicron case.  Even though I was already recovered, my test was positive, so surger...

Ah, life. You do know how to make things interesting!

I was plugging away at my pre-op diet and isolating to stay healthy before surgery, but my niece returned from a work conference in Miam...

So, here I am again.  14 years after my first bariatric surgery, 40 years since my mom put me on my first diet as a teenager.

I realized 2 years ago (pre-pandemic) that I wasn't abl...

Hi Everyone,

I'm hoping to connect with some of you that had a revision from Band to RNY (the majority of the posts that match are several years old).

I was banded in 2007 and have yoyo'ed and am now at my pre-surgi