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Looking to find another woman going through the same process as I am ;) i am 29 yr old and a girl too

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GET OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!! that's my doc!

i'm super amp'd!!!! have you met him? he is super cool! I didn't spend a lot of time with him but he was soooo personable and down to earth! i liked him better than tami. LOL

my date is 7/18/12! i'm excited but not nervous yet but i know its coming because i don't have long. what part of the process are you at? i've searched for some people in STL but i think i only found 1.

welcome, you can find some much great information on his site!

best wishes!

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Who is your surgeon? Mine is Dr. Varela at wash-u!!

I'm scheduled for 8.29 whooo hooo! So you are in STL?

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Im in Saint Louis my Dr is Matthew Ricks with My NewSelf.My surgery is July 11 at Des Peres Hospital.

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Yayy!! So happy to fine people in stl ;)

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I'm from St. Louis! Got sleeved june 27th (: I went with Dr. Morales at the weight loss institute at DePaul

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yes! dr. varela...have you met him? he's way cool! i thought he was foreign just from the name but from what i can tell he's american. yes mine is at wash u and i work there as well. i was a little discouraged with the process they have in place but time flew by. i love angela britt, she's an angel. have you gone to any pre-op meetings? 1 is required but i've been to 2. i visit their Facebook page sometimes but its pretty dead on there...not a lot of activity, not sure why. when did you start the process? i started in march. sorry if i'm all over the place....multi-tasking lol

nice to meet you!

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OMG...there are some st. louisians on here! lol

*waving*

@lowe...you're on deck up next to bat...are you excited? nervous? good luck to you!

@pkehrer...you're fresh out the hospital. how are you holding up? what's your journey been like? taste buds? any tips?

so happy to know i have local family on here!

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Prisytomboy I'm doing well thanks :) compared to a lot of people mine went extremely smooth, no vomiting or anything. Was off pain meds my 2nd day home. And 10 days out i have virtually no pain and am doing everything I would normally (except the eating of course). Not going to lie, I miss my old food desperately, but my will to get healthier still outweighs that (:

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I'm from St. Louis! Got sleeved june 27th (: I went with Dr. Morales at the weight loss institute at DePaul

Wish I had you as a sleeve buddy. You're a cutie!

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So manu threads to reply too hopefully i can keep up ;) please take no offense if i skip you!

Prisstimboy OMG I am so happy to have found someone with the same dr. Yes everything has been great with the

process. Angela is a blessing and motivation. I too am a fan on their page ;) i dont want to share my name on here but i can send you a message with my name and we can follow on fb with pics if you want!! I get on this app from my phone not sure if i can load a photo that way or not. I'm so excited!!!!

@lowe - i will be thinking of you next week! You'll have to give us updates!

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@pkehrer how are you doing? Feeling good? What pain meds did they give you? How long did u have to wear the drainage port?

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@mr_worm umm thanks..I think? lol

@cantw82bme I'm doing great :) 20.2 pounds down since my liquid preop so i'm feeling pretty good. They gave me a liquid loritab and I only used it once. And I actually didn't have a port..so I'm actually kind of clueless to what that is exactly..

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I'm in the St. Louis area-working with Dr. Darin Minkin at My New Self in Des Peres Hospital.....no surgery date yet. Still working all my steps first...

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I too am working with Dr. Minkin, just pre op right now, surgery is this Thursday!

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