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Success Rates - so the article on the main page of OH is talking how pre surgery many have expectations of losing far more than bariatric surgery will give them. For example, I am 310lbs, and i...

WLS Fashion Show - My bariatric center does a fashion show every August. I went to last night's show and it was SO inspiring. They put an old pic up on the big screen, and then the patient/model c...

Woot! I was WRONG - So the past couple of days I've been stressed thinking my future surgeon has not preformed a lot of VSGs. Um, HE HAS!!! Just not at this hospital. He's actually preformed hundre...

ANOTHER WWYD -   Not to drive you guys nuts buuuuuut. ..   Okay, so my surgeon here, if you read my other post, has tons of experience and great references for rny and lap band and has...

How many surgeries - would you want your surgeon to have done to feel confident in him? Mine has done tons of other bariatric surgeries but only 20 VSGs.   Sorry if this spin off post is not...

WWYD - I am obsessing about something I don't even have the information for yet. . .   Anyway, my surgeon (1st appt 9/4) is considered the top guy around here. He is supposedly...

Seems like forever - waiting and waiting for my date. Probably won't be until Dec. or even Jan.  I'm READY to go!

How to KNOW you have a good surgeon - I have finished my weightloss trial, and it is time to have appt with surgeon. This will cost me $525 so I don't want to shop around, I want to know I am going to the best befor...

Any Regrets? - I hear so much positive about VGS so I want to hear if there are any regrets before I make my decision.

I had no idea - how much weight you could lose so quickly with the sleeve! Some of you are shocking me! It is amazing!   I was previously planning to do the Lap Band and then after read...

I'm finally off the soda! I'm pre-op - I am five months into my 6 month weight loss trial and FINALLY found something that rocks just as much as Diet Coke. Diet Snapple Half n Half. It is half tea, half lemonade. Is ...

Protein Shakes - After you have the sleeve, do these always have to be made with water? Or can you make them thick? Currently I like to drink a shake made with greek yogurt, blueberries, protein...

Newbie here - Hi!  I don't have a date yet, my appointment with my surgeon is not until Sept. 4th. But I am 5 months through my WL trial and starting to get nervous/excited. Hoping to have su...