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Stage Two Skin Removal - Healing!!! - Well!!! The healing is coming along fantastically for this second phase of skin removal.  I have a nurse come in at home every day to clean and dress the surgical wounds, and a ba...

Thank you all so much for your words of encouragement. I have...

SAD/Loop DS? Can someone please point me to the l - I saw someone on the board who ahd a SAD/Loop DS asking for advice on the board today. Anyone on the board who's a WLS geek like me, can you give me some links to literature on th...

X-Post - More skin coming off 5/19/2014! - Tomorrow, 5/19/2014, will be Stage Two of my excess skin removal.  The work is still on the thighs, to get the side and back skin reduced, and to remove a lipoma (fatty tumor) on m...

Surgery Date changed - New Day, same time. - Tomorrow, 5/19/2014, will be Stage Two of my excess skin removal.  The work is still on the thighs, to get the side and back skin reduced, and to remove a lipoma (fatty tumor) on m...

X-Post - More skin coming off 5/19/2014! - Tomorrow, 5/19/2014, will be Stage Two of my excess skin removal.  The work is still on the thighs, to get the side and back skin reduced, and to remove a lipoma (fatty tumor) on m...

Phase Two Skin Reduction - OK'd! - I will be having Phase Two of my excess skin reduction surgery Monday, May 19,2014. I hope this is the last surgery! Phase One took place December 27th, and did not set off a fla...

Not A Good Day. - If you've been reading my blog, you know that I'm usually upbeat and singing the praises of the life-changing Duodenal Switch, and looking forward to what has become possible with ...

Phase Two of Skin Reduction - May 16th! - I have a surgery date of May 16th for the next phase of my skin reduction...this time the posterior thigh area, and a lipoma (fatty tumor) that sits at the top of my right calf.  ...

DS Lab Rats: Question about these tests - These tests are usually used in the diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma, a bone marrow/blood cancer.  My dad died from it in 1990, but from reading about them it seems they might be usef...

New protein choice for DSer's... - I'm not sure if they're available everywhere or just in certain places for test marketing...but I think this is a great idea!  I'm going to look for them next time I'm at the store...

Found a new product great for DSer's, or anyone wh - These come in four different varieties, in the lunchmeat section. I'll have to cost it out to see if making up my own would be cheaper...but...great to know there's emergency food ...

Osteopenia's Dream Come True!!! - We DSer's really do look out for each other! I have been struggling with my calcium intake since I was 6 months out, been scanned for a parathyroid tumor twice, and nothing found....

Skin Reduction Incision closed...and...SHOWERrrrrr - I have had my first shower in more than a month, and it was a good *LONG* shower...with extra body wash! The incision is closed now, and my home nurse visits end   but last week, ...

Happy Surgiversary to me! - On February 25th, 2009 my life changed in a way I never dreamed it would...I got my Duodenal Switch, which I have nicknamed "The Freight Train". As of today, I have maintained a 2...

Skin Reduction Had Me For Dinner....almost! - I had Phase One of my skin reduction surgery on December 27th, 2013...just two days after Christmas. There were a few hiccups, though. First, I had to be taken into surgery a sec...

5th Surgiversary coming soon! - On February 25th, I will celebrate my 5th year as a DSer. I'm still awe-struck at the power of the DS! Not sure what I'm going to do to celebrate this milestone...but I'm so grat...

Dehisc and slough...Any tips or tricks? - Summary:  After losing 247 pounds, I began the task of medically necessary skin reduction on 12/27/2013. I was set to address all areas of the lower body, but my surgeon dec...

X-Post: Dehisc on the skin reduction - Just got back home from leg skin reduction on December 29th...surgery was on the 27th.  Guess who's got wound dehisc....ME! Not a joking matter, because I've got a hole ...

X-Post: Dehisc on the skin reduction - Just got back home from leg skin reduction on December 29th...surgery was on the 27th.  Guess who's got wound dehisc....ME! Not a joking matter, because I've got a hole ...

X-Post: Mission Accomplished!!! - I have completed Phase One of  thigh skin reduction!   After getting me into surgery, and looking at the extent of work that needs to be done, my surgeon has dec...

X-Post: Mission Accomplished!!! - I have completed Phase One of  thigh skin reduction!   After getting me into surgery, and looking at the extent of work that needs to be done, my surgeon has decided to ...

Jingle Bells and jangled nerves! - Last-minute switch-up by my transport service have my nerves jangled tonight...Christmas Eve. Got a call this morning that my surgery had been moved up to 8 AM, from the ori...

Huperzine A - ever hear of it? - I was sitting down to order some liquid cal/mag/D, when I saw a recommendation for this Huperzine A supplement.  It's supposed to help with memory and learning - right up my all...

X-Post - I've got a date with plastic surgeon!!!! - After nearly losing my mind.... I've got a surgery date!!!! My plastics will take place December 27th at 10:00 AM  at St. Vincent's Hospital, Indianapolis!   I got ...