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I went to the cardiologist the other day for a 6 month follow-up. the doctor was amazed when I told him that I lost 50 lbs from Feb. and also off all my medication. He was very happy about this info. But he also wants to see me in 6 months,not to check out my heart but to see how much weight I can lose. I just waned to share this with everyone. This info kept a smile on my face the rest of the day.

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Well done! I hope my next check-up brings a surprised grin to my PCP's face! She was a bit leery about banding and said "Why don't you just do the bypass?" when I told her. Ha. What a great weight loss success you have achieved!

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Before I had the LB, I went to my GP to tell him what I had decided to do. He looked at me, and I think he had a disgusted look on his face that I just couldn't lose the weight on my own (even though I am completely synthetic thyroid dependent and I still haven't found the magic combination). Being thin all his life (he's known me for 20 years), he went into this big speech about how the LB was not a magic bullet (yadda yadda yadda), and said, "We'll I've known you for 20 years and nothing else has worked (I even did 12 weeks of Optifast--lost 65 pounds and then gained it all back) so you really don't have anything to lose. (interesting pun, huh?) He sent me to the cardiologist for a stress test to make sure the ole ticker was in good shape before the surgery (the cardiologist, by the way, was very supportive), and said that he wanted to see me in 6 weeks. Well, that is going to be next week, and I am really looking forward to seeing the look on his face when he sees that I've lost 30 pounds since May 27th!

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Thanks for all the congrats . I now have other Doc's where I work giving out my surgeons name. I should be getting my fills at a discount!

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