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5 weeks and working - I made an entry into my blog because I had a few emotional milestones this weekend. If you care to give it a pass, click the link on the bottom. I hit the jackpot for complications...

5-weeks and working - This is a brief update. It's also my favorite one so far. I think I may finally be getting the hang of this. Tomorrow marks five weeks for me since getting my VSG done, but it's...

Different type of NSV - Before my VSG, I took my wife, daughter and her little friend to California for a vacation. We flew into San Diego, rented a 4-door Wrangler and drove up the PCH stopping everywher...

don't feel bad - if I didn't want people to laugh I wouldn't blog about...

I'm a "Monther" - here's an excerpt from my blog with some of the goodies in it: "I am 4 weeks out and had my one month post-op visit today.  Let me start off with some stats. So far, I have lost...

thank you... nicest thing said to me on this forum. I am working on...

I'm not trying to scare anyone, just share my experience and kind of...

I'm a Monther - 4 week update - I am 4 weeks out and had my one month post-op visit today.  Let me start off with some stats. So far, I have lost 42.6 lbs, more than 6" in my waist (I'm a guy, so I never measures...

Well, I still don't know what went wrong. If you read my post...

Sunday's adventure (OT but cool) -  I'm going 100 miles offshore to catch some yellowfin tuna, swordfish and mahi mahi and maybe some fresh calamari. Trip is Sunday-Monday and my 4-week post-op is Tuesday morning. I...

what's with the pain? - So... two - two and a half  weeks post op everything's going great. I'm losing, the carb deprivation syndrome is behind me, I've had my follow-up with my surgeon and nut, my incisi...

super awesome protein rich smoothie - Lifeway Kefir drinkable yogurt blueberry 12 active cultures helps crohn's, diverticulitis, graves, etc... probiotics for digestion only 140 calories 11g protein 8oz serving...

oops.... -  I had my first digression... I ate 140 calories worth of gummy bears. No nutritional value whatsoever, just sugar. They were so chewy and delicious. I'm not even sorry. F*ck it - ...

Update on *post-op abdominal pain* - So, for a week I have put up with an increasing and progressive amount of abdominal pain. This morning, I just couldn't take it and started towards my doctor's office and the hospi...

sleeve vocab -  what's an NSV?

post-op abdominal pain - I'm 3 weeks out and despite complications, have had a pretty smooth ride so far. The last couple days, however, I have periods of intense pain around the largest incision (the one ...

too fat to enjoy a $300,000 car. Try that on for size.

290, at the BBQ (at a Buffett concert, no I don't wear a pirate outfit...

Me with my daughter, Easter 2012. 295lbs

Friday August 24th? Nope. - I wasn't there that day. I guess I was in a recovery suite in the ICU with a breathing tube in my throat and my arms and legs still lashed to the board. I had been drowned with sal...

Surgery at UMC Princeton -  University Medical Center at Princeton rivals some of the better hotels I've stayed in. The facility is amazing, a 5-star hotel. The staff was awesome, from registration through e...

Final approval and last couple weeks pre-op -  So, I got through the 90-day diet, easily flew through a psych eval (I actually sold the doc a security camera system during the appointment) worked with the sleep center and busi...

90 days in purgatory - I haven't reached my goal yet, but I feel like being fit and trim and active has to be the polar opposite of fat and miserable, so the 90-day supervised diet must be kind of like p...