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OMG, you look amazing! wowie. great job!

To overcome the negativity after WLS.... - Hi everyone! Haven't been on quite a long time, so I thought I put my 2 cents in for the day. Five months postop, gone from 222 pounds to 160 pounds and feeling pretty damn sexy at...

3-1/2 months postop results..... :) - I am about 3-1/2 months postop now. I am pleasantly surprised that the weight seems to be melting off without me really doing anything to contribute to that. i stopped getting on t...

TMI question (stool color) sorry to ask! - Okay, so i have a TMI question, but I need to know. 2-1/2 months postop and my stool has turned white (yes, Im talking about poop).  Completely white. I have no pain at all. is thi...

could eat anything before, but now it hurts! - 2 months postop and it hurts to eat most things, where I DID NOT have this problem until now. Like a heartburn-type feeling, pain in the upper chest just below the neck, above the ...

Almost like I didn't have RNY, anyone else? - I would like to know if there is anybody out there who really did not get any side effects from having RNY surgery, meaning no real food problems. I hear so many stories about peop...

I hit Onderland today!! - After almost 4 weeks of nothing lost, the scale finally moved again. For the first time in years, I have hit the under 200 pound mark! 199 pounds, and I won't get back on that scal...

Can you stop a stall? - Good morning all my OH friends! Quick question for you all; when it seems you are hitting a stall, do you do anything different to get your body out of that mode? I have heard this...

calcium and multivites; when can you switch to pil - Is there a general rule out how far after an RNY that you can switch from chewable calcium and multivites to the pill form? I had to take medications in pill form from day 1 after ...

3-1/2 weeks postop and pissed! - I stopped getting on the scale about a week ago because the scale never moved a bit since 1 week postop. Lost 21 pounds in that time, now nothing from 1 week to 3-1/2 weeks. I got ...

stall from 1-1/2 to 3-1/2 weeks postop?? - I am 3-1/2 weeks postop. I lost 21 pounds the first week after surgery and have not lost a thing since then for the last 2 weeks. I got on the scale today and actually GAINED 3 pou...

Hi Sbsweets! I had the RNY on 4/11/12. I wasn't even given an...

Getting my protein in, but still always exhausted! - I am about 3 weeks out from surgery, having good days and bad days. I am completely exhausted all the time! I thought at first it was because I wasn't getting my protein in, so now...

16 days postop - Hey all, I saw my surgeon yesterday for my first postop appointment. Down 21 pounds in 15 days. Unfortunately, it is my lean muscle mass that I am losing at this point. I need ...

how long do I need to be on liquids? - Ok, so I know that every surgeon is different with their postop orders, but here are mine: Postop day 1-4 clear liquids, postop day 5-21 thicker liquids which would include yogurt ...

one week postop - So I am one week postop now and can actually say that today (for the first time), I don't even feel like I had the surgery. My incisions have almost completely healed, just a few s...

RNY on 4/11; still in pain; no pain meds left! - Had RNY on 4/11. I came home on Friday. They gave me enough liquid vicodin for Friday night and Saturday, and I only took it during the night saturday night knowing that I would ru...

how do I change my profile, help please! - My profile says "hoping to have surgery". I now have had the RNY, so what do I do to change this? I can't find it in my profile or my OH. Any help would be greatly appreciated, tha...

Surgery done, home now. - Had surgery on Wed, came home friday; it is now Saturday. Thursday and Friday I had to really question what I had done to myself. actually thought, "being fat is better than how I ...

big day tomorrow, mag citrate not working! - I have RNY scheduled for 8:30 tomorrow morning. I took the mag citrate at 7:00 tonight, it is now 9:30 and still nothing. I am worried this is not working and they won't be able to...

I'm eating Doritos right now - OMG, I am having a meltdown. 8 days until surgery and I couldn't resist nacho cheez doritos. I swore I wasn't going to be the person that had the "last hurrah" before surgery, but ...

what to bring to the hospital?? - What do I need to bring to the hospital? Anybody have any ideas of things they might have forgotten or something you thought of later that would have been a big help?

which chewable vitamins to take? Please help me de - hello all. I am preparing for my RNY in 2 weeks, and so I needed to get my vitamins. I was told to take 2 calcium vitamins a day because the calcium does not absorb correctly after...

plsstic surgery after WLS - Does everyone need plastic surgery after WLS? I am currently 220 lbs, 5 feet 2 inches, WLS scheduled fo 4/11/12. Is there something that I can do to prevent having to have plastic ...

UMR insurance, approval!! - Got approved by UMR insurance, exactly 2 months after my 6-month preop appointments with dietary and physical therapy. Originally I was told that if I didn't have a BMI of 40, it w...