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Lifting small children = major setback in healing! - I have two small children  - 3 and 1 1/2.    I also have a medical condition that makes me a slow healer.   Anyway, I was doing pretty good until I had a few days without any help ...

Eating first pureed meal! (eek!) Also question on - Hi, everyone - Right now I am nursing my very first puree meal.  (I was on clear liquids for a week, full for two more weeks.)  If feel so so nervous about this, I but I know it...

Really, scale? REALLY?!?! VENT TIME! - I'm two weeks out from surgery with a starting weight of over 300 lbs.  I'm still on full liquids after doing clear liquids for a week.  Guess how much I've lost?  THREE POUNDS. ...

And THIS is why I need help... - Nothing like a wake up call from a 3 year old. I was picking up my son at playschool yesterday, and one of the little boys walked up to me and said "do you have a baby?"  I smil...

anyone know about anemia? (bloodwork included) - Of course, I'll be speaking to my doctor about this... but, I wanted to know if anyone here had experience with anemia and could give me advice on what I might be doing wrong.  My ...

Surgeon Stats - Is there any oversight/regulation? - When a surgeon says (for example) his leak rate is x%, is there any way that I can verify it is true?  Also, are they standardized in any way? In other words, if I am comparing one...

NPR Story on Bariatric Surgery - DS patient feat - I was really happy to see they featured a DS patient! :D http://www.npr.org/2011/10/01/140803898/surgery-not-a-magic-pill-for-obese-patients (cut and paste below) -----...

90% stomach removed = too small of a sleeve? - One surgeon I am considering says  in his literature that he removes 90% of the stomach.  I don't know what size bougie he uses. Could this be too small?  I though 80-85% was more ...

How "real"/accurate do you think most th - I was just looking at one particular surgeon and noticed many of his reviews would be posted on the same day (like 5 on one day, and then nothing for a month... then another four o...

Local Surgeons Lack Experience - should I travel? - I met with one surgeon, that I loved.  He is a rare expert in my hormonal condition (cushing's) so that is a huge huge plus.  But his staff was only so-so and didn't seem to helpfu...

"DS Twice as Dangerous as the RNY" - I hate to drive traffic to this woman's blog, so I did a copy/paste below.  This woman is clearly just anti-WLS, so naturally she is anti-DS.  To suggest that DS is twice as danger...

One study shows VSG does NOT have lower risk of po - I posted this on the VSG board and thought it may be worth posting here where there are a lot of pre-ops comparing their surgery choices... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/...

VSG not "safer" than RNY or DS (at leas - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21803660 Comparative early outcomes of three laparoscopic bariatric procedures: sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and biliopan...

Willpower and the Sleeve - give it to me straight. - Tonight I am really fighting a craving for ice cream.  I'm literally counting the minutes until I can go to bed and hopefully "sleep off" this craving.  As a wannabe sleever, it go...

Fingers crossed, please! If test results look goo - Hi, everyone! Tomorrow I am supposed to get a bunch of test results to tell me whether or not my pituitary surgery was a success and cushing's disease is in remission.  I'm feel...

Can anyone recommend a good bariatric treadmill? - I love to exercise on a treadmill, and where I live it is a necessity to keep up my walking routine in the winter months.  My treadmill is literally about to die, and part of the p...

Anyone try a juice fast? (pre-op!) - The hubs recently purchased a pretty nice juicer after seeing the moving "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead."  I wondered if anyone here tried a juice fast, or just juicing a couple meals...

Can I "test drive" a sleeve experience? - I'm still dealing with getting some medical issues sorted out before my doctor will give me the blessing to pursue weight loss surgery.  In the meantime, I wondered if I could ...

Anyone opt to self pay even though they had insura - Insurance is a giant PITA.   I have a friend who is fighting and fighting to get her WLS approved and jumping through a lot of hoops - including doing a 6 months supervised diet, D...