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    Coming up on my two year anniversary and I still feel inferior to everyone!

    Hi everyone I'm having the issue of a large "apron" also after losing 185 lbs.I suppose at around the two year mark(10 months from now)I'll look into the surgery.Our support group speaker 2 months ago was a plastic surgeon from our medical group who explained everything pretty well and I got to...
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    How Many Calories?

    Hi MJ I'm 14 months post op and my son is out about 6 weeks-My long term goal is 1200/80.1200 calories and 80 grams of protien per day-My sons targets are 800/80.I've had a good run in the last 14 months and sort of stopped losing @ about 178.Then summer hit and I started working outside more...
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    Not a happy camper...

    Hi Ibreonka In my first weeks I went thru a phase lkie you're going thru-I didn't tolerate cream anything as it sent me directly to the white throne !-I somehow found out that cottage cheese and ice popcicles were going to be my staple foods for a little while-After a while I did add tuna and I...
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    York Area Weight Loss Support Group

    Our support group meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM in the York Vo-Tech High School Cafeteria-The meetings are open to anyone that is interested in bariatric weight loss solutions,information,or just simply curious.Patients,family and friends are always welcome to attend and...
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    Omg, anxiety!!

    Hi YankeeGirl All of us are with you for your big day tomorrow-You did all the things your program required and now you're going to be able to start your new healthier life-I know you're nervious but it will be over before you know it-it's a whirlwind of a few days but we all got thru it and you...
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    I thought this would be faster!:(

    Hi Desertgirl Just keep going and doing what you're doing-we all get stuck sometimes-your body thinks you're trying to starve it and it's trying to protect itself-soon you'll start dropping pounds again and then you'll get stuck again sometime down the road-I did it 5 or 6 times in the 55 weeks...
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    New to the site, new to posting in a forum

    Congratulations Valentine0047-You're off to a great start and taking all the right steps to continue your success-Go get um' Ron
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    3 months diet and excercise

    Hi GCooper Most bariatric programs incorporate classes with regular meetings usually one or sometimes two per month pre op.These classes serve as the supervised diet and nutrition program that most insurance companies require and are really important to your long term success as a post op...
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    New and Scared!

    Hi cbrusso & ascooke Tom has given you a great summary of the what and why-I don't know of anything to add other than that I've never regretted doing this for one minute,in fact it's the best thing I've ever done for my long term health.Everyone has fears and doubts and that's pretty natural...
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    Newbie Here!

    Hi Lori At least they are starting you out ok-the instructions for the liquids right after your surgery are in line with everyone else-the next step is blender foods and that lasts a few weeks,then most likely the solid foods after that stage.I had my second post op doctor appointment at about 5...
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    Water Comsumption

    Hi Pat99 Down 40 already !Cool !You go girl ! Ron:cool:
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    Newbie Here!

    Reading these posts is incredable to me-Pat99 has it right-post op procedures should be detailed and written as there is no way any patient can know or remember all the stages of eating and what foods go with what stage as foods are introduced back into your system-We were given detailed written...
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    Hair Loss after Weight Loss Surgery

    Some hair loss is quite normal in post-op patients due to the bodys stress response-it does grow back-it usually shows up a few months after surgery.
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    Pain with solid food 2nd week post op and upper quardant pain

    The pain area you describe is in the area of your pouch.If it continues I would cosult your Doctors' office without delay-you should still be on post op blood thinners also-the are a lot of unpleasant possibilities here and I would urge you to be very careful and to stop any solid foods now!-I...
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    Pain with solid food 2nd week post op and upper quardant pain

    The solid food thing has got to be off program this early post-op.Revisit your discharge instructions and your pre-op material too.Somewhere it should give you guidlines for reintroduction of foods and a timetable for those things.At 2 weeks it's unlikely that you would be on anything but...
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    Diabetic

    Sleeve vs Bypass My decision to get the RNY was bsed on my type II diabetes-My research and the my doctor were saying the same thing,that the gastric bypass was the way to go for best results with my diabetes and that was the driving consideration in my decision. I am being interviewed by our...
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    Diabetic

    Hi ascooke63 I was on 5 oral meds/day-2 of one-2 of another and 1 of a third type-my A1c was in the low7s @ my surgery time-The Doctor said he would keep me off all meds for 6 months and then resume them if my numbers were above 200 consistantly-In the 6 months after my RNY I saw 200 twice...
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    Friday is coming fast!

    Hi Eleanor I'm a male 61 years old-my surgery was a RNY also and was done on 4/08/2011-I weighed 357 and now am 178-I was diabetic with HBP and elevated cholestrol levels-I also used a c-pap machine-I now take only a pill for gout that I picked up by eating a high protien diet,a great trade off...
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    Hi, I am new here.

    Welcome Moonladee What you're feeling now is pretty natural-I was so confused a few days before my surgery I didn't know what to ask,much less what to expect-follow your program-sounds like you're oon your way-Good Luck and stay here with us-Someone is always here to help and encourage you.If...
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    toofat

    Hi again The liquid diet it a tool to shrink your liver so that your doctor can more easily construct your new pouch-the protien you will get will be more than you nornally would eat and it's low fat and reduced calorie too-very healthy.As with everything you will do for the rest of your life...
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