Had my VSG March 4th, which was suppose to be a RNY (doc had complications in surgery). i have lost a total of 73+lbs since the process started rolling ...
Hi, my name is Debbie and I am from Maryland. I went in for a banding on February 5th,08 but during some exploratory lookies, the surgeon found that I have...
Welcome Deb. Wow, you have lost a lot of weight on ur own, thats great. It will make getting the VSG much easier.. How are they treating ur Cirrhosis? I wish u...
Awesome DEB!!! The more weight you lose and the more healthfully you eat, the better the cirrosis will get (or so I have heard). Good Luck to you and keep us...
Right now the only thing that we are doing is keeping an eye on my liver enzymes. I have them checked every month and this past month they were fine. I am...
Hi everyone, I just joined the group a few days ago and thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Jen, I'm 35 and live in FL with my hubby of 5 and 1/2 years, 3...
LOL I guess ya'll are wondering what that means huh... well for the last few weeks... Ive lost 6 lbs a week...well I weighed again today...and 6 popped up...
Hi Jen...welcome! Life really sux being overweight. Its been so awesome for me since my surgery last month. Losing 42 lbs now, I feel like a new person...
thanks Jen! me too.....so sick of being sick still coughing some...but feel alot better...ready to get out and do something..been stuck in the house for a...
I know we've been quiet here lately. I've been in and out of town this past month and attempting to play catch up at work. But we've had an influx of new...
My name is Cindy. I have a BMI of 71.7. I will be starting a preop diet soon...so it should be down before my actual surgery. I am very excited as I embark...
Hi Cindy!! Welcome! The only blog I have is the one on my profile at obesityhelp.com. It starts under my story and goes down until my surgery date... Then ...
Welcome new members =) Im Lisa.. Had my VSG on March 17 and Ive lost a total of 53 lbs so far....Im happy with it so far, I just never thot it would be the...
I am having the sleeve. What have been your struggles? What can I do to prepare? Did you go on a pre-op diet? I guess thats all the questioning for now... ...
I was sposed to go on a 2 wk preop, liquid diet....well i did, to a certain extent..but I cheated everyday... I did manage to lose 11 lbs during that time...
Thanks a lot for your info..and honesty. Do you know how big of a sleeve the surg left? I have read that some Drs leave them too large. I have been a diabetic...
I dont think I can tell u the exact size of my tummy, altho there is a simple test to figure that out, I just havent done it. I know that my surgeon uses a 32F...
32 is the smallest bougie that is safe. Some surgeons use a 34, and ive seen a few that use higher, but the latest research shows that you lose more weight...
Well everyone, I'm counting down my last week before surgery. I had an enormous food funeral that lasted a month and a half. I was doing well but I freaked and...
Way to go for taking control of things! Us post-op's remember what the pre-op days were just before surgery. Stay with it... Keep us posted!!! You're gonna...
Hi, EbonyAngel, I have my surgery 6/26 and I start my liquid diet tomorrow morning. I am not sure how it will go, but I do know it will be hard and it will...
Good luck on your diet. I know its so hard, I was so horrible at mine and I paid for it in the OR...stick to it and do the very best that u can and Im sure u...
Good luck to u too Becky. I hope u get over ur cold soon...but better have it now than at surgery time.. I think it will help u get started on that pre-op diet...
YEA!!!!! I am so happy for you. My surg is 1 month from today! You will do great! I have been on a pre-op diet since June 1. It has been difficult at times,...
Thank you, Lisa. I was thinking the same thing; better now than at surgery time! And you are right; it HAS helped me get started on my...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
