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Almost Three Months Gone! - Well, it's been three months almost.  I am down to 198 lbs.  I'm in a 14-16 right now.  It continues to be very exciting.  I have a lot of energy but continue to have a difficult t...

Moving Right Along - Okay, so now I'm almost 9 weeks out.  I have lost a lot of weight!  I'm 6 pounds from the 100's.  I'm excited about that. I joined the gym on April 27th.  I lost six pounds sinc...

Six Weeks - I have had a really easy time until now.  I've been having pain in my pouch area every time I eat or drink.  It has gotten worse over the week.  I have an appt with Dr. Suh this af...

Almost Five Weeks Out - Well, so far so good. I have lost 21 pounds since surgery and 39 pounds total. I was wearing a size 3x tops and now I'm in a Misses Large.  I was wearing a size 24 pants and ...

Three Weeks Out - Three weeks out and I'm doing well.  I'm still following the instructions to the T.  My DH says he has never seen me follow dr instructions so well. I'm down to 223 now.  I'm re...

Almost a Week Out - I'm six days out and have lost 7 pounds since my surgery.  Today's weight: 230. My mid-day BP was 99/65.  I hoping I will be off the BP meds by the end of the month. I though...

Home and Sipping - I've been home for 2 days now.  I slept in my own bed last night.  What comfort!!!  All have been pretty good. A small amount of nausea right after surgery but they took care of...

Approved!! - Everything has happened so fast!  I received the call that I have been approved on Feb 24th.  They also gave me a date of 3/10/10.  FAST!  I really wasn't expecting to be so fast. ...

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Waiting for Insurance Approval - Finally got everything together for the doctors and they sent in the request to my insurance company on Monday.  It seems that my medical group gets things done pretty fast so I'm ...

Psych Eval - Had my psych eval today.  It took 12 minutes.  I still am not sure how this woman can make an informed recommendation in 12 minutes.  Even so, that is the last of my pre-ops.  I he...

Surgical Consult - Had my consult with Dr. Suh on Thursday.  He said that I am definately a candidate for WLS.  Now I have to do all of my pre-op stuff.  He told me no potatoes, rice, pasta or bread....

Giving Thanksgiving - Well, we made it through the Thanksgiving trip to visit my parents in Georgia. While we where there, I told them about my impending surgery plans.  The both said the same thing ...

Moving Right Along - I finished my Nut class on the 12th.  PCP called me on 13th that they had received the info and where going to submitt for the Med Group. PCP called me today (the 18th) and said t...