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Hi Step at a time, cool motto, I like it. :cool: Tom

Hi GC, like Pat said just follow the rules given you and you will be fine. You will find that some things you ate before will cause dumping in any amount, your taste buds will start to like things that are healthier that you may not have liked before, it was fish for me, I didn't care much for...

Hi KDub, keep sipping your fluids and getting your protien in, it also helps in the healing prosses, your doing great 28 lbs is wonderful, it took me a while to notice I was losing weght and I still look in the mirror and think I look fat and I grab cloths that are to large for me and what I...

Hi Linda A, Be very careful if you go to Mexico, I understand that some people go there because it is less expensive and they don't have insurance but it can be very difficult to get the proper follow up needed once you are back in the states so please do your home work and be careful. There are...

Hi Babby sitter, Welcome. It is normal to have a rush of different emotions, I had regrets and remorse for a couple weeks and felt like it wasn't going to work, but the emotional rollercoaster is part of most of our journey, just do your best and if you need to cry just do it, I did. You can...

Hi UpNorthMom, don't beat yourself up over your weight loss, it is common for folks who have the band switched over to a bypass or sleeve to not lose weight as fats as they would like because your body has already become accustomed to a redused meal size so just keep that in mind. Make sure you...

Hi Patti, It is great to hear from you:D I have been away from the forum for a couple of weeks taking care of my sobriety and hitting lots of meetings, I even went to my Bariatric support group lkast week because I have been missing the forum and needed to talk with some folks on the same...

Hi Gina, I hope you don't mind but I took your survey. Please let us know when and where the results will be published and how they will be used. Thanks. :cool: Tom

Hi Lisa, Welcome. This is a great place for support, there are pleanty of folks here to share their experience with you. Write down questions that you think of to ask during you appointments becaus eif you are anything like me you will forget once you are sitting there with the doc or...

Hi Fk, Welcome. Congratulations on the pre surgery weight loss, weight to go:D! You are not the only one to have that happent so you are not alone in that respect. It is more than likely water weight put on by the IV fluids you were on in the hospital, try not to worry about it. It is normal to...

Hi Linda, Welcome. Blue Cross must be different every where, that was my insurance carrier and the prosses was simple and I was able to have my surgery 3 to 4 months from the day I went to the seminar. Keep trying, you may just need to meet all the co morbidity weight requirements. I was able to...

Hi Sky, It gets much easier to get motivated for exersice after surgery than it did before. You will be tired for a couple of months just because you are healing up from surgery and getting used to your new meal plan but slowly you will start to like and want to get out and exersice. I used to...

Hi Glenny, Welcome. I like crystal light and hawiian punch surgar free flavor packs, mixed with water, I also liked lots of surgar free jello, I think I went through a case of that:rolleyes: LOL and bullion was also good but I drnk so much of that pre op I didn't really drink much except when I...

Hi Sandie, EAS does come in a powder, have gotten the vanilla ans chocolate flavors, I didn't think they were as good as the pre made, they just didn't thicken up very well but they have the protien we need tasted alright so that's all that matters. I have heard Hair Skin and Nails is a good...

Hi Penelope. The liquid diet phase was the hardest part for me, and yeas I even thought about calling it off, I was irratable and every commercial on tv was about food, and every where I went everyone was eating:mad: well maybe not that bad but it was difficult and I didn't start craving salt...

Hi Donna, Welcome. I am sure your doctor means all starches but realistically it is very difficult to cut out all starches pre surgery post surgery it is very easy. In my opinion, and that is all it is my opinion, stick with healthy alternatives like bakes whole wheats and corn products, no...

I know exactly how you feel, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. You will do fine, the surgeons all do a great job, let us know how you are doing when you get home. :cool: Tom

Great job Ellen, keep it up!!! :cool: Tom

Hi Jamie, You will do just fine. I had all the same things going through my mind also and yes even the nightmares:eek: You have a good plan lined out so just keep doing what your doing. Let us know how you are doing when you get home. :cool: Tom

Hi Pjb, Welcome. It is ok to be scared of all the possabilities, I know I was:eek: I was afraid it wasn't going to work, I was afraid I couldn't enjoy food any more, I was just plain scared:( That is normal for most of us, But I was even more afraid of having a stroke or heart attack and not...