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For heavens sake Steve! Get yourself an XL Tshirt for the Gym! Perhaps they might even give you one if they sell logo shirts... you have lost so much weight it would be good advertising for them. Or get one from a thrift store. You will look SO good in the right size shirt. Your baggy 6x could get caught in a weight machine and chew you up! :^(

Wow! Thats amaizing! Congraturlations on your fantastic loss. How has it been for you so far?

My Nut said to expect 10 lbs a month average.

Congratulations on your great weight loss! Im sure things aren't done shifting around yet.

You should ask your Dr. Keep your mind out of the "diet" mentality, and just let your sleeve do its job along with good eating habbits and exercise. I would be a little afraid of adding in diet junk chemicals on top of the surgery....Just my 2Cents...

Best of luck! Take care. Check back in when you feel up to it.

Pre surgery I tested low on D and B12...( I use sun screen, and I'm a vegetarian... ) I eat a large variety of fruits, veg and grains, so sometimes food is not enough. I was a little deprressed, and the D really snapped me out of it.

WooHoo girl!!!!

Welcome! I had an upper endoscopy as part of my preop testing and the drugs they gave me kind of made the experience sort of pleasant! I slightly remember them putting in and taking out the camera/breathing tube... but it was sort of dreamy and not bad at all. Just had a little sore throat afterwards.

There is sewing/stitches involved... wouldnt want to bust my stitches ether...Perferations can occure in any surgery..... read this thread.. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/9280-just-had-plication-surgery-and-need-urgent-help-with-pain/page__pid__84704__st__40#entry84704

got it, thanks!

Longhorn , I see by your ticker you have lost all the weight... hows the food going? Eating squash? Or back to mini normal...?

You guys are killing me! I have to agree. I think I will probably blab to everyone. Im also sure I will have to come up with some coping mechanism for the idiots too. I know there are so many people who have been helped by this surgery, who are hiding out there... and I totally support them in their decision to hide out. Its not anyones business. However, I see so many people who are suffering from the fat...and the predigous and don't really know the truth about WLS...I guess Ill do what I do...hopefully I won't regret speeking up to much!

Thanks!...that web address doesn't work....I will call...

I have been using stevia packets from Trader Joes and it seems a lot less bitter than I remember in the past. I like it. Mild and clean.

Sounds like I have the same thing 4 days in. its heading to my chest...and still get a great snotty blow now and then, yuck! I have tryed to sleep on and off all 4 days, hoping it would cut short the nasty thing...hate to blow my whole weekend..so much to do! I tryed some "natural" imune syrup-... then went in for some of the hard stuff.. Robatussin cherry cough syrup....extra vitaminC too. Ricola cough drops. piles of snot rags....blah! I had to get a excuse letter from my Dr for missing work...she thanked me for not spreading it far and wide. Get better soon.

Ive kind of hinted to some at work, and told others... told my mom and dad who supported the idea...they told my brother...who seems to aprove and is overweight...may even like the idea of doing it himself sometime. I told two out of three friends...funny, the last friend is a Dr. who is over weight... I kind of think she might argue a bit with me... but maybe not too... She might even go for it herself when she sees how it goes for me. Im sure I will tell her soon. I am in the public eye a little bit, so taking my time to see how it goes....I tend to think I will tell whoever asks, but we shall see. I have not had surgery yet...three months.

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