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Did you check out the DS forum on Bariatric Pal. A lot of contributions there.2 active ones are glamgirl and findingnemo. Also hope4momof4 Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

@luvabull2 welcome, glad to meet you. This is a busy night, a lot of new friends showing up. This is obviously a gangbusters month in Bariatrics, the surgeons have been busy. How are you recovering from your March 7th surgery? Have you got rid of your water weight? How are you doing with the fluids? Are you getting in 64 oz like the doctors usually want you to?Tell us where you live, where did you have your surgery? Did you like your surgeon, would you recommend it to another?I know I'm asking a lot of things but we sure would like to know you better. And we,hope youll hang with us a while. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Good news my friends. I received a call from OSU Bariatrics this afternoon. I have a firm 2 hour appointment with their staff psychologist Dr Kramer Wednesday April 28th. I am tearful as I write this for my dreams may not be in vain, my hopes will not be trampled underfoot. underfoot. My journey may still have A bright brilliant culmination. And from the ashes I will rise victorious! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I respect you for this information, if I do need to,post on this subject it is good to know we still have a home on General Surgery Forum. In advance, good luck Alex with your surgery next week. I will remember you in my thoughts on that day. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Amazing to see but even more gratifying for you to live it. So proud for you to make such a change! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Yeah you're still too young for the middle age spread and besides it sounds like you are doing all the right things. Enjoy you little ones,take them for walks in the fresh air, it will do all of you good! And give them each a hug from the Bariatric Godmother ME Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Like I told her-- at 72 --I am old as dirt. Strange though my former bariatric practice aka "the dirty dogs " did require those of all their patients. They did not require life style trainers, exercise physiologist or extensive nutrition consult which I noticed several people have had to do. It must have something to do with how they want to prepare you.l still find Bariatric Pal helpful[emoji7] I've learned things here nobody else thought to tell me. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And the canari will sing a sweet sweet song. Let us know when and if you get your surgery day! So very happy for you. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And the Apple's story is very app-pealing, sorry I just couldn't resist the pun! So happy for the very good news, you're getting your walking in and you are an inspiration to me to keep on keeping on. I had some good news myself today, I'll tell you later. Don't want anything to interfere with your Days of Glory! Happy happy joy joy! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hey May Baripals, I just heard from OSU Bariatrics, I have a firm appt with their psychologist April 28th, Maybe oh just maybe I'll get to join YOU in May. Pray, light candles, call a witch doctor, I'll take all the help I can get! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I hope everything,is going well for you May-ers. Are you getting all your prerequirements done and preparing for the big journey ahead? Have you lost any weight as you get ready? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hope you are having a better day today, the first day must have been a bear for you. Are you up for sipping and walking? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

What % go for B12 shots versus oral medication? Seems like you are the first,one I've seen recently getting shots. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Anybody else on here have a definite surgery date or had your surgery already? I miss hearing from you all. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Are you planning a sleeve, bypass or something else I haven't mentioned? My birthday twin Carol Priest liver somewhere in your state. I remember it is on the shores of that lake with the,impossibly long name of Indian origin.Are you excited to start out? I remember I was, I just switched to a new program and went to their seminar last Friday. I am hoping for I'll hear from them so I can get started and get my surgery. I will be a RnY, it will work best for my own health conditions. I hope I can help you with your journey, just ask if you have any questions, okay? Until,then welcome and please hang around with us for a while. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Ashley you look like I will soon(yeah I look like her enough to be a first cousin, Proud Grammy, if not a sister) It is going to be all right. I will look like that because I'll be afraid they will dump me off the Gurney before I get into the operating room. That's how bumpy my own WLS journey has been! It's gotten to he a common knowledge on Baratric Pal how I've struggled. Even threatened half jokingly ---give me a box cutter and some 30 weight fishing line and I'll do my own. I hope,by the time you read this your little nap will be over and you'll be ready to start your new and improved life. Please let us know how you are doing, even the most mundane things may be a ray of hope for me or even one of the newbies. Good luck and good healing! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Now it behooves you in his memory to make a success of your weight loss. I believe if there is a Heaven v somehow he knows and would approve. Go forward in confidence, my friend. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And a top of the morning to you both! I'm red headed , Irish enough that my sons were Kevin and Bryan. But mostly I'm a garden variety American mutt, loveable but a little of several breeds. I guess I've got hybrid vigor, I've made it to 72, alas I think I'm built like a loaf of soda bread, working at getting leaner and fitter. I didn't put all this weight,on in one day and it isn't melting off as fast as I desired. But slowly slowly it will go. I think if you have more than 1 drop of Irish blood you'd like to see it for yourself. Ah --'Maybe someday I will! And Galway and Donegal ,i'm sure lovely lovely places. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I am already a veteran of. 1 open abdominal incision, I have my Bari Bear just waiting, I bought him off Valentine Clearance at Wally World for $1.25 because I knew he had the right dimensions. No I didn't try him out in public on my belly, I just eye-balled him. Now to get my surgery, no further developements as yet. I arise every morning and then get more and more disappointed as the day goes on. I am impatient, it hasn't even been a full week yet. Yeah Rome wasn't built in a day but it would have been had I been in charge of the project! I go around singing " do they love me? I've got to know, if they don't please tell me so!" Yes I'm a tired old 60s song! I hope-a , I wanna I need it so! Yep there I go again, hope I don't go into my second childhood before I get to finish my current adulthood. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Don't be scared, you are in good hands. If they weren't trustworthy you wouldn't have trusted them this far. You are going to get that scary little so- and -so out, convert to something better and long lasting. If your innards have to be rearranged -so be it. You will only benefit in the end, there will be a little pain with your gain, well that's how life happens. In my own family we phrase it as "that's how the mop flops", means the same thing. Relax -many other people have gone through this, they came out healthy and happy and you will too. Smile and Relax now---good things are ahead for you! p.s. I am 72, so it's not some wet behind the ears upstart dishing out advice![emoji28][emoji28][emoji28] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

VanessaKaye if you have to sneeze or cough hold your pillow against your tummy, that's called splinting and it is an unbelievable help! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

James and Matt, Columbus Ohio gets their Water from surface water, rivers and dams, it is both chlorinated and artifically fluorinated, has been known to leave bleached out spots on laundry. Maybe I'll take bottled water with me, I'm spoiled, my small city draws from an artesian aquifer underground, it tastes very nice in comparison. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi Mike I'm just evesdripping on here this AM, the nearest Center of Excellence to me is 50+ miles, the one I'm now strongly considering is 54.1 miles, if necessary I'll bring that up to both Medicare and Medicaid. Power to all my Bariatric Pals! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

There is a poster on here,I forget his name but he works for an insurance provider. He said something similar to asking that they consider your case on an individual basis, although you are out of network you are a special circumstance and the restriction should be waived for you. Perhaps he'll see this post and weigh in with the correct terms. If you speak their language you just might get farther. [emoji307] You, stay strong. I'm fighting a battle also, if that's any consolation. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Moving forward Moving fine Look forward to tomorrow It's finally time! Lay back, relax, you're in good and competent hands, when you wake up your future starts. Good wishes, good healing! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app