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Articles on WLS and obesity in Ontario - Ottawa Citizen - Doctors warn "15-minutes-a-day" report misleading http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Doctors+federal+report+saying+obesity+easy+avoid/4978259/story.html Hamil...

The Star doing a good job on obesity articles - Kudos to Monica M. for catching these early on - I'm just catching up on the weekend articles now. For those who don't know - the Toronto Star is doing a series on Ontario's fig...

Two bariatric surgery articles (Nat'l Post & O - Both articles deal with the use of bariatric surgery for extremely obese young people. First from National Post http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/11/war-on-obesity-hospital-...

Sudbury - new bariatric surgery offering? - I just read a headline from a news service, that the Sudbury Star has an article entitled something like "New Bariatric Centre to offer hope" The item would be on page A2 accordin...

Do the Foamies ever stop? - I am still (6 weeks post-op) having trouble if I ingest too fast or just one bite too much. I suffer from the Foamies, which is going to be difficult to manage discreetly when I g...

Mississauga group - St Joe's (Hamilton) OP - do yo - Wendy has about 10 six-packs of the Diabetic Boost left over (her husband kinda went overboard getting stocked up) and is looking to anyone having their surgery at St Joe's in Hami...

Wendy - update - She's doing fine at home. Still a little sore, but off the pain meds and the Gravol. Reports that her hubby is taking excellent care of her (he's taken time off work) and that s...

Mississauga group - Wendy update - not so great - They haven't let her leave St Joe's (Hamilton) yet because three days post-op no gas is passing and she's vomiting constantly. There's no food intake at all - everything is coming...

Help - 6th day post-op. Is this Dumping or the Foa - I'm fresh on the bench, and so I need to establish definitions for my own body's reactions. I'd appreciate your input. Last night, after an uneventful Full Fluids day, I tried van...

Mississauga crowd - update on Wendy - Wendy's surgery yesterday went well. There was an initial problem at St. Joe's in Hamilton, that they suddenly didn't have a bed for her, but then it worked out last minute. Appa...

Third day post-op ... just got home - I'm fairly weak, and and lethargic and slow, and of course my tummy feels like somebody used it as a punching bag - but other than that I'm doing okay. Hard to remember the inta...

Bad mood pre-op - Today's not a great day. It's day 10 of OptiFast, and I've lost 10 lbs. Actually a reason to be happy. Had a great Mississauga Cawfee last night - lot of people turned out, and...

For our daughters? York U recruiting obese GIRLS f - Overweight girls needed for pioneering research at York University http://www.insidetoronto.com/community/health/article/965144--overweight-girls-needed-for-pioneering-research-at...