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Hi Mergatriod, That remenids me of the old joke- Question, "Do you want your doctor drinking alcohol before surgery" Answer "Only if it keeps his hands from shaking" BadUmpAh Chahhhh LOL Bad humor I know but I just had to say it:o Tom

Hi, Q I had a long weekend out and about just catching up on the forum lots of chatter this columbus day weekend! My surgery was done on Monday and I was out by wednesday morning, My surgeon has an on call doc on the weekends but I never used it, lucjkily I had very few complications and I...

Hi Patintrio, My first week was ok, I had some mild depression with some remorse like "what did I do to myself!" and I was sleepy and took a lot of naps, slowly though I started feeling better and the depression went away when I started losing weigh. I actually felt like I was going to be the...

Hi DP Angel, most of the time the RnY by pass is done lapriscopicaly but like Pat said sometimes they are done open. With my RnY I had 4 small incisions and on incision that was slightly larger than the others, it still shows a litlle and the other 4 are barely noticable. So have him clarify...

Hi Scrapwithash, please call your doctor to make sure you incision is not infected, it is more than likely your skin is very sensative but it is better to be safe right now. Let us know how you are doing. :cool: Tom

Hi Patintrio, Welcome. Keep on with the pressure to yopur insuranc ecompany and enlist the help of your bariatric team, they can be instrurmental in helping with approval. :cool: Tom

Hi Kaylen, Welcome. When you talk with your docter ask for a referal to a weight loss surgery seminar and that is where you can get all your questions answered and get the ball rolling, then you will have a lot more questions once the prosses gets started. Good luck on your journey and let us...

Hi Elle. I have to agree with everyone else, the itching feet are a symptom of an allergic reaction to something, it has been a couple of days so hopefully you have taken care of this. As for your sleep pattern that probably has to do with your body healing up. I was taking naps all day and...

Hi Jodie, Welcome. Your almost there, I don't have much to add to what Pat said, so just keep doing your best and remember you only have a couple more days left, we have both gone through what you are going through and we know you can do it:D Hang in there. :cool: Tom

Hi Annie, Welcome. I took Jammies and sweatpants with me and some t shirt tops. :cool: Tom

Hi Lindsay, Welcome. Keep up the god work on the liquid diet, and make sure to let us know how you are doing, that was the hardest part for me. :cool: Tom

Hi Saramos, Welcome. Congratulations on your weight loss. Plateaus are all part of the journey, you have been doing a greatjob. The pouch test will give a a good jumpstart to your meal plan if you need it. First thing you need to do is to either journal or write down what you are eating...

Hi Lindsay, Welcome. Congratulations on your decision to have WLS. Let us know how your appointments are going. :cool: Tom

Hi Dee, Welcome, Congradulations, I am glad to hear you are doing well after some complications. :cool: Tom

Hi 1StepAtATime, Welcome. You have a wonderful attatude, you will do great. It is fantastic that you like to walk because that will be good exercise and you don't have to join a gym to do it, but you can if you want, I find it helps to be around others who are also on the same mission we are, to...

Hi Pat will this work with Teddy, he has a long coat, he's part chow and part rott, he deffinately has a chow hairdoo:cool:

hi Jamie-Sue, It is good to vent at times like this, being so close yet so not knowing when:confused: it must be really frustrating, you can rest assured that the bariatric coordinator is doing their best to get the approval from your insurance company, your surgery day will be here before you...

I am up for it, I am usually home in the evenings after 9pm pacific time, I really don't have much of a life besides hanging out at AA meetings and talking to my dog when I get boared, he sure likes to listen:D Weekend I am usally around and checking in on the forum from time to time and I have...

Hi Sandie. With few exceptions I have been able to sit down and eat with famill and/or friends at work or home. Like Pat said it helps to plan things out in advance or go to the type of restaraunt that serves quality foods that we can tolerate, ther are many like that, the one exception was when...

Hi Sandie, I always went on different diets in the past and I would lose weight initially but I would always gain the weight back and a little more because I could never stay with it, they always requred me to stay on really small portions of food and/or liquid meal replacements and 2 hours of...