Anytime! Pick away!! I think we can "friend" each other and have a private conversation, I'll try that! Good luck!

Good luck! But you need to make decisions for you. While I know your mother loves you and you her you need to make yourself happy. If her wanting you to get healthy is different than yours, you...

So, I'm 18 months out from surgery. I have lost 120 pounds and 60 inches off of my body. That's a whole person!!!! I had my picture taken this morning before I left for church, I've posted that to...

I can eat pizza, I eat about 1/2 of a piece, crust and all. You can enjoy but it's a learning curve. With all of the bread, be careful you don't over stuff!!

I do not take liquid or chewable but One a Day Women's has a petite. It's a 2 dose vitamin, one smaller pill twice a day. I have only found them in CVS or Shoprite. Just a thought.

What are the concerns exactly? You said Bipolar and her medications. I am Bipolar as well, my understanding is that if the person is unstable (or was in the recent past) then it's an issue and I...

My understanding is that 80% of bypass patients and 20% of sleeve patients dump....I guess I get the prize. Thanks for the input!! Don't get me wrong, I am not planning on eating my weight in...

I'm very happy with my decision, having the sleeve but the one side effect I don't like is that I have dumping syndrome. I guess it's a great deterrent, if I'm sick from the sugar I won't eat the...

That's great! I am a school nurse as well and having lost the 101 pounds feels great. I have more to lose, but I was feeling like a hypocrite, telling children about healthy eating...that was...

As far as extra skin, my thighs do look like a shar-pei, but that's really the worst. My abdomen has extra skin, but you can only tell if you pull on it. It's not saggy, just seems empty, does that...

Welcome and good luck ladies!! I had surgery June 2011 at 340 pounds and am currently 239 pounds. I was terrified before surgery, mostly worried about it being unsuccessful. Well, that's not a...

Welcome!!! You've made a great decision (in my opinion) and this is a great resource!! Good luck!

I take medications that I need to live that only come in capsule, I have no problem and no one ever told me I couldn't take them. Hope this helps! Good luck!!

I am a school nurse...does that count? I too, wanted to be an example to my students. How can I give lessons on healthy eating and exercise when I weigh 340 pounds??

I too, take biotin every day. Low iron is also a possibility. I agree, have blood drawn and check those things. My iron level was so low the saturation was undetectable. My hair fell out in the...

Great Job!!!!! Congratulations!!

Hello!! This is a great place to gather information. I had the Lap-band in 2006 and lost a bunch of weight, it slipped and then I regained everything plus some (well plus a lot). I had the same...

I had the sleeve done in June 2011. In February (my highest weight ever) I weighed in at 340, surgery day I was 311. Today, I can report I am at 249 and lost 47 inches off of my body. I went from...

Ya' know I was thinking. My Dr said that it is normal to see physical changes (ie clothes fit differently or lost inches) well before you see it on the scale.

Not a single regret! I had the band done in 2006, that was a mistake. I have actually referred several people who talk about WLS to my Dr and we talk about the sleeve in detail.

I will say,...

Ok, this week I had been going through my attic, getting rid of everything that is too big. I have a habit of keeping the "fat" stuff...just in case. Well, I decided that's not an option anymore. ...

I agree with the "vanity sizing" theory. When I had surgery in June I was a tight 24/26 (Lane Bryant) now I can wear an 18 (that I need to have the waist altered by my mother, I'm a bit...

I have the same problem, I thought it was my computer!!! Can anyone help??

So...I survived my first holiday season! Every year I host a Christmas Cookie party, have been for 9 years. I was worried but it went well. I made it through Christmas parties, Christmas Eve and...

I did! I had my lap band removed 4 weeks earlier and they used the same incision to do the sleeve as they did to remove the band. It got pretty big and hard, not extremely painful unless I moved in...