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I will be seeing my doctor but wanted to see if anyone here had ideas or experienced something similar.

I started with upper/middle back discomfort. After eating some Brussel sprouts I had strong mid back pain and discomfort all the

I'm new to getting iron infusions but I know they are very common around here.

how fast does your ferritin level typically fall after an infusion? How frequently do you get tested or have infusions?

My ferritin was

Hi, everyone -

I'm working with a nutritionist in our bariatric program to lose some weight I've regained. (VSG surgery was in 2011) Doing great so far, the pounds are slowly but surely slipping away once again. (Emphasis on the "slowly", but

Hi, everyone -

I have iron deficiency anemia and PCP sent me to a GI doctor. I guess this is sort of SOP. So I had a colonoscopy and EGD (wee!!!) to seek out source of suspected bleeding - both looked fine. Next they want me to do a pill cam

Hi, everyone!

I started feeling very fatigued and weak in about November or December and it got progressively worse.  I recentl

Let me start by saying that I am 40 years old, I have zero social media accounts (except for this OH account, not sure if that counts, and I've never been a huge follower of Hollywood or current pop culture.  I say all of that to say that this idea of

An article was just posted about Aspire Assist : http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/aspireassist-a-low-risk-path-to-weight-loss

The article touts it as low risk and high patient satisfaction. You eat, chew very well, then after a sho

An article was just posted about Aspire Assist : http://www.obesityhelp.com/articles/aspireassist-a-low-ris...

Hi, everyone -

I've just started trying to re-lose my 40 pound regain.  I'm really back to basics here with protein shakes and raw veggies as my main food.  Calories are 800-1000 a day typically.   The first completed week (a little over a week

Hi, everyone -

For the past two weeks I've been waking up at night with intense knee pain in my right knee.  Only the one knee and only at night.  I'm fat (I regained 40 lbs unfortunately - but still down 100 from top weight), I'm forty, is thi

Hi, everyone -

I took a step today at getting my heath back in order.  I e-mailed my surgeon (or, rather, my surgeon's weight loss center) and said I needed help.  I kind of feels like outing myself.  I was coasting along these past 3 or 4 year