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Well, next Thursday will make 6 months post op!  The time has truly flown by.  I am so grateful that I went through this surgery.  My tool has helped me in more ways than I can describe.  My energy level has approved so m

I am going on 5 months post-op and of all things EGGS make me feel so bad after eating them.  It took me a while to figure out that they were the culprit.  I don't seem to have issues with any other foods, thankfully.  Pr

I just had my 3 month follow up and with that they drew labs.  Blood work came back and I was told my iron was low and I needed to take a iron pill with vitamin C.  I was taking the Opurity multivitamin which includes Iro

Hello All,

I am 3 months post-op and doing well.  I am so grateful that I decided to have this surgery.  I am down 66 lbs and I feel better daily.  I am running out of clothes that I fit but if that is the worse of my troubles, I'll t

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I have a question.  It seems like since the surgery I have been getting really bad charlie horse type pains in the back of both legs.  The pain seems to get worse at

Hey everyone!  I got up this a.m. and my daily weigh in showed a 50 lb weight loss.  I am so excited right now.  My goal is still to lose another 80+ lbs so I have a way to go but that definitely put a smile on my face.  

Hello All!  I just wanted to share a NSV.  This past week I attended a week long convocation and wore suits each evening.  Well before the convocation started, I knew I needed to try on some clothes (which in times past w

Today was such a struggle for me! Tuesday made 6 weeks post op so I was able to start eating a soft diet.  It seems up to that point, I really wasn't craving any of the junk that got me in this predicament in the first pl

How in the world is it possible to NOT lose weight and I am eating less than 600 calories a day!!!  I know it is the dreaded stall

Pre-surgery, in my mind, there was absolutely NO WAY 2 oz was supposed to fill me, a grown woman up!  But my, what a difference a VSG can make 

Well I am 4 days post-op and happy to be home.  I had to spend an extra day in the hospital due to nausea and not being able to keep anything down.  Thank GOD that is over.  Now I am home, taking it easy and trying to get all these protein shakes in.  

Well I am excited, nervous, happy, anxious, ready...etc...lol!  Please send up prayers for me .  My doctor has been suggesting bariatric surgery

I am the proud mom of 3 year old twins!  However, I know I will not be able to pick them up, hold them, have them climb all over me...etc...lol for at least a month.  Any ideas on how to explain that to them since they are so use to being able to do th

After surgery I am supposed to be on a liquid diet for 2 weeks and then a puree diet for 4 weeks.  The MD keeps ensuring me that it will be a struggle just to get the 2 oz down at a time, but it is sooooo hard for me to imagine that 2 oz of food will t

Hey All,

I started my process to have VSG at the beginning of June and I am scheduled to have surgery next Tuesday on the 9th!  Let me just say, I scheduled all my appointments quickly becasue I was working in a time frame BUT now that the date