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aesposito posted a discussion topic 8 years, 6 months ago

My 4th surgiversary was yesterday. I wasn't online yesterday. I was with my kids and my boyfriend at the local Morton Pumpkin Chuckin festival, enjoying the outdoors, cheering my daughter as she got second place in the "Hand Toss" contest.

An

aesposito posted a discussion topic 8 years, 6 months ago

A few thoughts going through my head this week as I approach my 4th surgiversary on Oct. 24. So I have been tossing them out there the past few days. Your mileage may vary:

Thought for today:

When I first started this journey, at 340 po

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aesposito posted a discussion topic 8 years, 6 months ago

A few thoughts going through my head this week as I approach my 4th surgiversary on Oct. 24. So I thought I'd toss them out there. Your mileage may vary, and you don't have to agree... but as I have so far done OK, I figure my words are of some worth (

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aesposito posted a discussion topic 8 years, 6 months ago

A few thoughts going through my head this week as I approach my 4th surgiversary on Oct. 24. So I thought I'd toss them out there. Your mileage may vary, but as I have so far done OK, I figure my words are of some worth (although believe me, I know I

aesposito posted a discussion topic 8 years, 7 months ago

As I approach my fourth surgiversary... 53 miles at the Apple Cider Century bike ride in Michigan today!

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aesposito posted a discussion topic 8 years, 8 months ago

I was at a water park yesterday with my sister and our partners and kids.  Every so often I would look at a person and just know that they had once had bariatric surgery or otherwise used to weight a lot more than they did now.  You know the look... "n

aesposito posted a discussion topic 8 years, 9 months ago

I hiked up a mountain in Albuquerque Friday, La Luz trail.  I have to repeat that... I Hiked Up a Mountain.  A real mountain, 10 miles, 6 hours, with a 4000 foot elevation gain. 

 

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aesposito posted a discussion topic 8 years, 11 months ago

Got the little sucker out yesterday after almost 2 years of misery.  Laparoscopic, zip zip, done.

Was given Dilaudid IV at the hospital which was grand. 

Was given Norco to take home for pain.  I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but i

aesposito posted a discussion topic 9 years ago

Gall bladder is finally coming out May 18.  Laparoscopic outpatient, unless they find something hinky in there.

My question: if you have had it out, what was your downtime after gall bladder surgery?  I purposefully scheduled it for after the e

aesposito posted a discussion topic 9 years, 3 months ago
Gall bladder ejection fraction of 4 (yes, you read - Like a lot of RNY-ers, I've been having gall bladder-y issues for a year or so now, with the doctor mixed on what I should do about it.  The latest HIDA scan with CCK showed an eje...
aesposito posted a discussion topic 9 years, 6 months ago
Continuing my 3rd surgiversary celebration with an - As I continue my 3rd surgiversary celebration, I am posting this because I can.  So there.    It's me in July in Europe. We took two weeks, hiked mountains, biked rivers, sipped w...
aesposito posted a discussion topic 9 years, 6 months ago
3-year surgiversary... go me! - Three years ago last week, I had RNY.  I would do it again in a heartbeat. Before: After: (gotta love padded bike shorts, LOL!) Complications?  Nothing huge... some gallbla...
aesposito posted a discussion topic 9 years, 6 months ago
Realization that so many of us are "fixers&qu - Without getting into great detail, I am a professor in a facility that also houses a nursing school.  As I was walking to my class the other day, I was watching the nursing student...
aesposito posted a discussion topic 9 years, 7 months ago
Nearly three years... a picture is worth a thousan - It took a while, but I am not sure I could be much happier at this point in my life... I'll post more next month on my official 3-year anniversary, but I was just in the mood thi...
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And the gallbladder rollercoaster ride begins.... - My first ER visit for (incredibly painful) biliary colic over the weekend.  I had suspected some developing issues in the past few months due to changes in bowel habits and intermi...
aesposito posted a discussion topic 9 years, 9 months ago
France/Europe trip... RNY style! - At nearly three years out, I have stopped losing weight and am maintaining around where I want to be (155-160ish).  I was curious to see how I would do in France... since when we w...
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