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  1. Its easier in the first year but you will still have to work at it... as they all say... its a TOOL not a magic wand. I changed my whole perspective... I eat less but I eat MUCH healthier choices. Gotta get rid of the CARBs as much as possible. My sister and niece both had the surgery but neither met their goal weight. They just eat less but didnt really change what they ate. Just get educated on what has carbs in it and and what has protein in it... You will need to be an expert on that to be successful long term. Are you going to the monthly meetings? If I were you, I would go every time I could as it will give you insight on how others were successful...There may be one tomorrow?? I need to check the schedule. I usually go quarterly. Its fun going back and being one of the slimiest folks in the room instead of one of the biggest... Good luck... Don't put it off... go for it!
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    I am using the same group for my sleeve surgery. Have not set a date yet.. but hopeing for February.. :-)

    T
  3. WOW! 94 pounds... grrrrreat job!
    I have lost 46 pounds... I am wearing a size 6 petit pants... can you believe that? Its sounds so crazy... My doc says I need to lose another 20 pounds... I carry most of my weight around my torso... I'm losing weight VERY slowly now... but I am still losing. I went to my endocrinologist today... My blood sugars are doing very good and I am not on any meds now for them... YEAH ME!
    Yeah YOU!!!
    Take care...
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    Hey there, sorry I have not been on the site in a few months but wanted to check on you and see how everything is going. Are you still loving you sleeve have you had any problems? I have been doing pretty good I'm down about 68lbs, I still have a issue with some foods but for the most part I do ok. I'm trying to reach the 94lb average by 6 months don't know if I will make it, but no matter what this was the best decision of my life.

    TTYS
  5. I stumbled over this today... I dont seem to know when I have a private message?
    I am doing very well sleeve wise... I had a couple of other odd ball health issues... Issues with my neck right now... grrrrrrr! Went to a neurosurgeon today and trying to avoid neck surgery... Its making me less active and I really need to be exercising a whole lot now to burn off more of this weight... I think my previous issue was not my gall bladder hurting me but stomach surgery recovery. Even though my gall bladder function is 9%, I dont think it is bothering me. No more pain. If I can get this neck back in line... I will be good to go... How are you doing?
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    Just wanted to check on you and see how you are doing. Hope everything is well!
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    Glad to hear no gallbladder surgery! How did the upper GI turn out?

    Praying that they can resolve whatever it is quickly! Good to hear you still love the sleeve.

    BTW, RTR!
  8. Got a gall bladder ultrasound.... Negative!
    Got a Hida scan today (injected dye to check function of Gallbladder)... Although a bit sluggish... Negative!
    They are now setting me up for an upper GI test for next week... Most likely a stomach ulcer... :-(

    Good thing... no gall bladder surgery!...
    Bad thing... it would be bad to have an ulcer since I have already been on Prevacid for the past 20 years.
    Not sure what they would do differently??

    Thanks for asking...
    Still love my sleeve...
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    How are you doing? Are they going to be able to save your gallbladder or remove it? Praying for your speedy recovery!
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    Hey wanted to see how u were doing? How is the weight loss. Good I hope!!
  11. Yes... ROOOOOOOOOLLL TIDE!!! What a grrrrreat game!!
    One more... :-)
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    Rtr!
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    You were busy talking to others. I immediately knew who you were when you said that you went to the beach a few days post op.

    You did and are doing great! Like you said, it's nice to hear from sleevers too. (I'm the one that asked about the drain.) It's encouraging to have newbies talk about their experiences while it's fresh on their minds. I got more out of yours and the other lady who had surgery in October.
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    Thanks for your testimony this afternoon in the meeting!
  15. Hey N2DVN,

    My insurance didn't cover and I got to pay Schmitt $14,000 cash. OUCH!!
    I did consider Mexico but since I have been deemed a "difficult intubation patient", I opted to pay the 14K and stay here at home to get the procedure. It all went real well.

    As for the beach... I own 2 condos down there and needed to get caught up on some maintenance work. I felt so much better than I thought I would, so I got lots of work done while there. If I had felt bad, I would have just laid around.

    Did you get the sleeve yet?
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I have had a gastric sleeve.
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2011-10-27

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