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Do you remember? - Sitting in Kelsey's with debralight discussing the confessions of the formerly fat. Our treasured memories of being super mordibly obese. Please feel free to add any we might have ...

Life Goes ON.... - Last night I met with a group of friends who joined together to celebrate a mutual friend's 25th Wedding Anniversary. The couple are very active in the Greater Toronto WLS Surge...

2.5 Years Out and ? Another Leak??? - Saw my GI Guy yesterday, it was a scheduled F/U as I see him every 3 months with "significant GERD" and "malabsorption secondary to Short Bowel Syndrome" (pre-existing to VSG).  I ...

Home from Humber Hilton. . .some reflections about - Thanks to all who wished me well regarding my recent knee surgery, I was so uptight going in that they had to treat me for blood pressure (190/116) pre-op.  My steady state is 106/...

OT OMG Nerves Really? Are you kidding me - I leave for Humber in 30 minutes for my knee surgery. . .stomach is so full of butterflies. . .I have gone through WLS, ankle replacement, subtotal colectomies and a number of othe...

Protein Shots - A bit off topic, I am booked for knee surgery Tuesday and the rules for some procedures have changed, such that patients can have "clear fluids" up to 2 hours before surgery. Ri...

OT-Sorry for the Drama but soemone needs to tell m - Sorry guys, so far 2012 has been a really bad year, and it doesn't look like its going to get much better. I had a bilateral mastectomy over seven years ago only to find out las...

You Can Now Buy it @ Costco - I know, I know I said I was no longer going to post to the forum with information regarding iron supplements but this information is just too important not to share.  You can now b...

Congrats to LizR - It's her second surgiversary!!!

Things you find when your not looking. - Imagine my surprise when I opened my newly minted Canadian Nurse Magazine and saw this inside its front cover. Canadian Nurse, February 2012: Volume 108 Number 2 “Bio-Oil...

Heads UP!! - I have made no secret of my credentials, I am a registered nurse, and work in the field of assessment and treatment of anemia. I have posted publically to this forum, on the subjec...

OH Man Reality Check - So I met up with a group of fellow WLS ladies today, It was nice to be considered a "vet" as I still feel very much a "newbie" but I guess being over two years out, at goal and mai...

So here it is again for your reading pleasure - There seems to be a number of questions about iron and B12 sprouting up and some "misquoting" of information from some who feel themselves an expert in the field.  I am not exactly...

In pursuit of plastics - Well I spent the day at Sunnybrook dealing with the speed bump I encountered. . .I qualify for a "redo" of my mastectomy except that this time, since I have no active disease it wi...

NSV looking Back - Christmas 2009, 2 months post-op my Christmas Jammies were a roomy 4X.  2010 they were a snug 2X.  My sister asked what size for this year, I like my PJ's loose so asked for a 1X, ...

In Pursuit of Plastics - In April I had my first Plastics appointment I went with the guy who did my original mastectomy/reconstruction in 2004.  The bilateral Mastectomy was done to treat a thickening in ...

In a FUNK - Ask those close to me and they will tell you "funk" is an understatement. Heck a bear with a thrombosed haemorrhoid is an understatement at some moments. I am not sure if its...

Why Can't They Understand - I was at a Wedding Reception yesterday, when I order my choices I asked for half servings.  The appetizer was fine, my request was respected but the entree was a full order.  When ...

Two Years Ago Today - Today is my second surgiversary and I am proud to say I am happy with the OKNEE I am today.  I may not be as light a weight I was in High School and University but I am wearing a s...

Split Photo Software - Does anyone have a link that you can use to edit photos to split views. . .I want to post a before Optifast and two years later pic

How Would You Feel? What Would You Say? - I had a bit of a wow moment last week, which evolved into a whoa moment and then finally culminated in a woe moment.  Although hurt, I can finally speak about it. Last week I wa...

UH Not too Sure How I should REACT. . . - Wow. . .at 182 pounds I am getting way more attention. . .and I am really not sure how I should react.  Men flirting and telling me how attractive I am. Me preening in front...

I think I Like Me - In the last couple of weeks I have come to a rather shocking revelation. . .I actually like who I am.  I am worthy of primping and preening.  When I was approaching 400 pounds ...

Wait a Minute. . .I do know you - I have been at my job for just over 3 years, and have finally found a "champion" for my program in the "ortho" division.  This doc has been treating me as golden as he realizes my ...

Anyone hear from Maggs aka Sweatpeame? - She was booked for a test Tuesday to find out if she had a stricture. . .are we to assume no news is good news? If anyone knows please let us know I for one am concerned.