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Am I burning a whole in my stomach? - So I'm 2 1/2 years out of the surgery (11/10) and seem to be doing OK. I'm up about 20 pounds from my lowest point, but am still down over 110 pounds from my very highest, so I ...

Economic Costs and benefits of Weight Loss surgery -   Hi guys,  I've been a member of this board since shortly after my RNY surgery in Nov. 2010, during which I've lost 130 pounds and gained back 20, which ain't bad I guess....

Economic benefits/disadvantages of WLS? (magazine - Hi guys, I've been a member of this board since shortly after my RNY surgery in Nov. 2010, during which I've lost 130 pounds and gained back 20, which ain't bad I guess. ...

Honeymoon Period: When Does it End? - So it's now been almost 14 months since my surgery, and I'm starting to be concerned that maybe the famous "honeymoon period" is coming to an end for me. I monitor my weight closel...

One year anniversary! Eleven observations. - So I'm one year (and four days) post-op, and have had time to reflect: 1) I'm 126 pounds lighter than I was at my all-time record high of approximately 293. 2) My before and ...

Iron recommendations? - So  I have about a week's left of Vitron C and need to stock up again. I recall that a while back I received some Iron suggestions, but unfortunately I can't find it in my past mes...

Calcium suggestions?` - Early in my post-op experience I opted to take calcium in powdered form, which I add to my twice-daily protein shake (i.e., four ounces twice a day). I did that because the calcium...

Loose wedding ring- recommendations appreciated - One of the problems I've had in recent months is that my wedding ring is getting looser and looser, to the point that I'm afraid it will fall off! It has on a couple of occasions w...

Spine... thing? - OK, I know people are going to think I'm a hypochondriac, but here it is: Since my weight loss I've noticed that it's harder to sit than it used to be. I just don't have enough ...

Apple Pie - I got this off the Internet, and I love it! Mind you, I don't dump (or at least I don't think I ever have), so I have no idea if others might if they eat this. But it works for me ...

From high to low blood pressure! - This is one of the weirdest things to happen to me since the surgery: For many years, back to my teen years, I've had high blood pressure most of the time. For some years before...

Can't keep anything down - So the consequences of my eating two ounces of tough chicken at 10 last night are continuing into the 14th hour. Have a call in to the doctor, as I can't seem to keep anything down...

Bad vomiting since last night - So, just when you think everything is getting back to normal.... last night at about 10 I had some bad chicken, bad in the sense of being too tough. I should have known better. Aft...

What's the end game? - I reached my goal weight around July 4th and since then I've kept dropping, down another seven pounds to 176. Sure, that's great, particularly since I'm eating pretty much all t...

Loss of strength? - So everything is going well in my weight loss. I'm down about 110 pounds from my all-time high, have few side effects, everything pretty good. But then yesterday I tried manueve...

Occasional pain - So occasionally for the past few weeks I get a sticking pain in the lower left side of my gut. What could that be? Nothing for the past 24 hrs except for maybe five seconds. Odd.

New study on RNYs for men - Just out today in JAMA: http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/early/2011/06/07/jama.2011.817.full.pdf?papetoc= Not encouraging! But somehow it just doesn't seem right to me. I mean, ...

Loose skin - does it ever tighten up? - I'm down about 90 lbs, 100 from my heaviest - maybe more; haven't weighed myself in a week. I've been in denial about this for a while and I have to admit that I've got loose skin ...

Would this recipe cause problems? - So as I mentioned a while back, I get a ton of rhubarb every year, and the question now is, what do I do with it? At rhubarbinfo.com I found a very interesting no-sugar recipe for ...

Swallowed Centrum whole - help! - So I made a really dumb mistake this morning. I was in a hurry, so instead of splitting my Centrum I swallowed it whole. Took it with the usual glass of diluted apple juice. Also t...

A night of hell - I haven't had much of a problem recently with vomiting - except for the night before last. Sheer hell! I must have eaten too fast or something, because I got a stomach pain. Went t...

Suppositories for constipation? - So I'm doing very well in the weight loss department, down about 100 pounds from my all-time high! But the major lingering problem that I have is chronic constipation. I'm seein...

I hate constipation!!! - I mean, I hate it. I love being 200 for the first time in Lord knows how long, but I can't stand being constantly constipated. When I last saw my doc, which I think was in February...

200 pounds! - Just achieved a milestone today. I got this operation in the first place because I was pushing 300. Today I hit the 200-pound mark!  This really is the payoff, justifying everyt...

Any thoughts on this recipe? - I just stumbled upon a recipe I used to prepare during my fat days for a salmon casserole. See http://www.thedietdiary.com/diet/recipes/SalmonCasserole.html I was wondering what...