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Lost 7 pounds on my first day of my pre op liquid - Yesterday I weighed 372 and today I weigh 365.  Taken at the same time of the day.  All factors accounted for.  Okay now I am not stupid, I know that it wasn't 7 real pounds of ...

Anyone mind sharing their Vitamin regimen? - So surgery is on March 12th. Yay me!  I am starting my 2 week liquid diet on tuesday!  Already bought my Premier Protein shakes.  I need to buy my vitamins this week and I was w...

I can't remember...How do I change my weight ticke - I cannot remember how to change my weight ticker.  Anyone help me??

RNY will force me to cooperate and I now realize t - 2 week pre op liquid diet starts on Tuesday and I am so excited but at the same time I am acting like a dumb ass.  I have been eating more in the last 4 days than I should.  Whe...

For how much and how long do you have a lifting re - I'm just wondering what you all were told about what the lifting restriction is after surgery?  Also, how long did you have this lifting restriction?  I havent heard anything fr...

OT: I'm not usually a drinker but..... - I am going to a party with the girls that I work with.  We are calling it our Pinterest party!  We all absolutely love Pinterest so everybody has to make a recipe from Pinterest...

2 week pre op liquid diet... I'm going to be such - I start my 2 week pre op liquid diet on February 26th.  I'm excited because this means that I will be closer to surgery but I am also nervous because i don't want to give in and...

Got a date! MARCH 12TH!!! Anybody else out there - So happy!  March 12th is my date for surgery.  The funny thing about it is that its on a Tuesday and my wife and I ALWAYS have date night on Tuesdays.  Should be an interesting ...

FINALLY APPROVED!!!!! :) - Approved!!!  OMG!  I am so excited!!  I get to schedule my surgery hopefully tmw.  I'm looking at about 3-4 weeks from now.  SO EXCITED!!!!!!!  :)   I just had to share with all...

OT: Long rant. Frustrated and thinking way too muc - I have often heard people make this comment.... "How did so and so let themselves get so big?"  No one has ever really said this to me directly but I have heard people say it ab...

Feeling of suffocation with CPAP. Normal???? - Well, I had to get the CPAP after all. Good news is that I am renting it at $20 a month. YAY!  Anyways, I have the nasal pillows and I tried wearing it the first night and I fel...

Does anyone know of a website where u can enter yo - Does anybody know of a website where you can choose the kind of surgery that you want to have and then you enter your weight and then it tells you how much surgery that you can ...

My wife and I are having the surgery together...An - So both my wife and I are having RNY.  Her last appt is tomorrow and then all of her info will be submitted to the insurance.  My info was just submitted to insurance.  I am so ...

Anyone here not concerned about trying to get preg - Just looking for any PCOS people who are not trying to get pregnant. I don't want kids but still have all those fun PCOS symptoms.  SARCASTIC!! 

Looking at a March date! YAY!!! - Psych cleared me!  I was worried for nothing. :)  It will know be submitted for insurance approval and then when they officially get the ok from insurance I will be scheduled.  ...

I am looking forward to my patients NOT making fun - So I work on a busy inpatient Neuro unit at the hospital.  Sometimes I cannot believe the things that come out of my patients mouths.  Now granted, some are confused and agitate...

Need help....Will they hold me for psych with thes - So the only thing left that I have before I can schedule surgery is my psych appt on Monday.  I am super nervous because I don't want anything to hold me up.  I have a huge hist...

Okay.. What's up with this hair loss thing? And wh - SO I hear about lots of people experiencing hair loss.  In all the info that they have given me about possible side effects, I have only seen this listed once as a side effect o...

Thanks!!

Cleared by 3 docs and all that's left is psych! : - Just wanted to share how excited I am that the last appt that I have left is psych and that is next Monday!  Then submitted for insurance which should take 48 hr...then I can sc...

Need opinions: Do I really need to buy the CPAP ma - Okay so, about a month ago I got my results back from my sleep study.  They diagnosed me with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.  I did NOT have any apneic episodes (where I stopped breat...

Anyone out there have a "last meal" righ - I know that I am horrible but I am already thinking about what I am going to have for my "last meal".  I do not have a surgery date yet but I know that I have to do a 2 week pre...

I chose pain because I was humiliated. Will that - So this morning I had to attend a certification class for work.  I got to class before everyone else as usual... I am an early bird. I was in a pretty good mood but all that was...

OT- I'm a big movie buff! Best Picture nominees... - I LOVE movies....I am that annoying person who can recite movie lines all day!  LOL!!  I have decided that this year I am going to watch each movie that has been nominated for B...

Pre op and Post op liquid diet. What did you all - Just trying to get some info from everyone.  What did you mainly consume for your pre op and post op liquid diet.  Just trying to get a variety of options!  Thanks everyone!!  :...