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2-Year Old Has Weight Loss Surgery -   Forgive me if this has already been posted and discussed.  I'm not sure how I feel about this given all of the possible complications that he could/can face as a result of...

OT. Whew! - I survived round II - Just got home from the hospital about an hour ago.  I had my 2nd total knee replacement. Done on Tuesday.  The 1st was done on July 9th.  The doc also  had to manipulate the 1st...

One-Year Surgerversary! -   Today is my one year surgerversary.  It's hard to believe that a year has passed already.  Overall it's been a pretty good year and I really don't have any complaints.  As...

Finally - Onederland - Just one day before my one year surgeversary, I got on the scale this morning  and I have finally broke through the 200s. I couldn't believe when I saw 194lbs.   I hit 200 in ea...

Home from surgery! - Home from my first knee replacement surgery.  I will be on Coumadin for a while to prevent developing blood clots.  Found out today that I'll have to stay away from all green le...

OT: Knee Replacement Surgery in the Morning! -   Like many of you, I have been overweight most of my adult life.  Over the years I have been able to lose significant amounts of weight, only to gain it all back and more! ...

11 Months post-op with pics. - The before pics were taken when I entered the GB program at Kaiser in August 2011.  The after pics were taken yesterday.  I still have a ways to go, but I'm so pleased with my p...

Question about calcium supplements - I know that we can't take calcium carbonate, but does it have to be calcium citrate?  I purchased some chewable calcium from Costco's yesterday.  The the brand is Vitafusion and...

NSV - Don't be discouraged by the scale! - When I compare my weight loss to many on this board, it seems to fall on the lower end of the scale of the average weight lost .  In fact, last week at my 6 months post-op visit...

What a way to start the year! I'm no longer morbi - Happy New Year Everyone!   I never thought that I would be this excited to be classified as obese.  But after having been "super morbidly obese (52.8), this is cause fo...

3 1/2 months post-op pics - I've tried on both my iPad and my brand new Windows 8 PC and I can't get my pics to post directly in my post.  If you feel like it, check out my first before & after pics in my ...

30+minute wait vs. taking meds with food? -  I would love to hear how some of you handle having to wait 30+ minutes before drinking after eating along with needing to take your meds with food.  I try to take as small a sip a...

Less than 100 lbs. to go! -  Saturday is my official weekly weigh-in day, but today is my 2 month surgiversary, so I got on the scale.  And as of today, I have less than 100 lbs. to reach my goal.  Yay me!

NSV -    I can tie my shoes!  For the last couple of years I've avoided wearing shoes that required me bending over to tie them up.  Especially if I knew I might have to take my shoes on...