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Hibernation Mode (Advice for newbies) - Not much is mentioned about this, so I thought I would toss it out here for all the recent post-ops.  You've made it out of surgery and you're starting to feel better. You've fo...

Hibernation Mode (Advice for newbies) - Since we have a bunch of newbies, I thought this would be a good time to revisit this post I put up some time ago. Not much is mentioned about this, so I thought I would toss it o...

Would 10 more pounds really make a difference? Ste - Lately I have been struggling with the I need to lose 10 more pounds thing. The truth is that I'm trying to get back down to 160 again, mostly because I cannot afford to go out and...

Pumpkin Pie protein drink - This is my variation on Major Mom's Pumpkin Latte'.  I LOVE pumpkin pie and love the taste of the batter before it even gets cooked. This was about as close to it as I could get, b...

I'm not sure where I fit in anymore - I started out as an RNY, then revised to a DS.  Had a year and a half of complications followed by another surgery to correct said complications. I ended up with a near complete ga...

Photo whoring, because I can - Some pictures from faire that were taken last week by various people. My co worker photo bombed us...the twit, but I love her!  My bodices are too big for me, but I'm sort of in th...

It's Faire Season! - Totally off topic, but I'm managing the shop I have worked in at the Renaissance Faire this year. Sunday was cold and rainy, but we were having fun anyway. It was so wet my shoes w...

What a ride - Today is my two year surgeriversary and what a ride it's been. It started out rough with lots of post op complication that I dealt with for a year and a half, however, in December ...

Weight bounce back - So after hitting my lowest ever weight of 156 my weight has (unhappily) increased to between 170-180.  I am not happy with this and want to get down to 160-165, because all the clo...

Even at 2 years post op, I'm still having wows. - Today I braved the heat and my self image issues and went to the pool. I fretted the whole way there and even after I got there I fretted about how awful my legs look, but I looked...

Heavenly Fluff - My version - Last time I made fluff I was only a couple months post op and found that though it was tasty I didn't much like the texture. So yesterday I make whipped cream and today I'm thinkin...

Soy Protein Question - Of late I have been enjoying Boca Vegan burgers. I like that the carb count for 2 burgers is 3 grams and that the protein count is 19 grams PER burger, yet I have heard some dissen...

RNY to DS revison and complications - I didn't know about this forum until tonight. I've copied and pasted this from a previous post I had made. I have also added my now and before picture. I have been asked a lot wh...

I am *this* close to goal (with pics) - In 1999 I weighed 430 pounds and had a BMI of 74 (I think) and lost to 210 pounds after having RNY gastric bypass.  I wore a size 34/36 and got down to a 16/18, but I never lost an...

Now and before. - So I put this on Facebook, but for those of you not on FB this is for you.  I had a revision and pre RNY I started at 430. Upon my revision I weighed 302 pounds and wore a size 26....

I'm a believer (sing it with me!) - Since my surgery in August of 09 I pretty much ate nothing and what I did eat generally came back up in a violent way. In January after my surgery to fix my chronic gastric leak an...

Most recent photo - I have not lost anything since January. Here I am at 160 pounds, down from 302. My highest weight pre RNY was 430 pounds. I'd love to lose 30 more pounds just so I could say I have...

Totally off topic - Visit with my father - The day before yesterday I went to visit my father at a timeshare condo he is at this week that is only an hour from our house. Our relationship is tolerable. I don't often speak t...

Why I decided to revise from RNY to DS and what ha - I have been asked a lot why I decided to revise from RNY to DS. Truthfully, it was because I was gaining weight. When I had my RNY in 1999 I weighed in at 430 pounds. I really didn...

Fistula stuff - CT Scan - I went on vacation last week. It's the first time in seven years that I have known my husband that I have been on vacation without him. I must admit, I rather liked it. Of course i...

So close - So far - Over the last several weeks of doing TPN and eating/drinking I had gained three pounds. Now, that might not seem much in the long run, but a pound a week is pretty significant for ...

Gastric leak / fistula and fistula plug procedure - Well, the fistula plug that I had put in last month was a failure. About two and a half weeks after it was put in it started leaking again only it was leaking whenever I drank anyt...