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Oh Brenda! I smiled and cried reading your post. I too had a...

When your family disagrees with surgery... - Edited email from my Dad...(I deleted names)   I have no idea how to respond.  Why so opposed to this surgery?? Hi, I have been thinking a lot about you and your surger...

Insults - Does anyone else on here bear with insults about your weight from family?    My mother called me a walrus today and usually I can get thru the lashouts but today I broke down.  Doe...

PCOS skin problems? -  I know RNY can help with PCOS but what about skin problems associated with it?  I'm diabetic and have PCOS due to weight.  I am frustrated because my neck in some places looks lik...

less than a month to go! - Hope everyone is having a wonderfful Thanksgiving!   I've got less than a month to go- surgery will be Dec 20th, 2011!   Any other Decmber surgeries out there?  So many thoughts!  ...

Decmber 20th if Insurance approves!!! - Getting excited but nervous too

Why did you pick the sleeve over RNY? - I still have time to change my decision and right now it's RNY so I am interested in hearing from people who have had the sleeve, why they picked it and your thoughts... Thanks!

pre-op liquid diet? -  I don't have a surgery date yet but I'm getting closer- late November or December!   What did your surgeon have you eat the month prior to surgery?   I'll be having my surger...

Diabetic diet -  I am pre-op (3 mths) and last week got a call from my Drs office with my blood lab results- I'm now a diabetic.  I don't see my Dr again until the 20th, and in the meantime I have...

3 more weigh-ins to go and losing! Whoo hoo! -  So a couple days earlier I posted that I thought I had gained and should I skip the drs appoinment with my pcp.  Well, it's a good thing I went- I actually lost!  I don't know how...

Pre-surgery diet questions -  Hi all, I haven't posted in here for awhile but I have  my 3 month presurgery check-up tomorrow and I am pretty sure  that I have gained like 4-5lbs.  No excuses here, I got of...

cost of plastic surgery? -  What is the general cost of plastic surgery for your arms or belly after wls?  I went to post this on the plastic surgery forum but I can't find a message board on it.  

WLS Articles...Memory boost?, Aretha Franklin? - I read a few interesting artciles online on WLS and wanted to share.  One is on a new study that suggests that the weight loss from the surgery boosts your memory!  (Anyone noticed...

1800 calorie diet for busy gal -  I had my first pre-op weigh in with my PCP and it went well.  He was encouraging about the surgery.  He told me that he had many patients who had had it done and that most were su...

Anyone in Pittsburgh? - Anyone here in Pittsburgh? Anyone had Anita Coucoulas as a surgeon? Or had/will have their surgery at Magee? I just got the "approval" call by Magee Bariatrics last week and a...

Stats on 20-30 years post surgery -  A question a loved one has raised is what the statistics are for life expectancy following RNY- like 20, 30, 40, or maybe even 50 years down the road.  I think that this surgery w...

Going with the RNY - Thanks to everyone who answered my questions (and for the directing me to the revisions board which I had somehow overlooked.)  I changed my mind about the band and am going with t...

Blog moved :) -   I figured that if I am going to blog, I'm going to do it up "big" :)  So I began a blog on wordpress to continue to chronicle the process and journey.  http//: www.starlits...

RNY or lapband? -  i all!  Ok, I'm not new to the website but I am new to this forum.  Recently I posted on the main boards that I planned to get the lap band procedure and I was told to check out t...

Should I choose RNY? -  Hi all!  Ok, I'm not new to the website but I am new to this forum.  Recently I posted on the main boards that I planned to get the lap band procedure and I was told to check out ...

Unsolicited Advice - Ok, so I accidentally posted this on the main forum mssg board under the title "unsolicited advice" and boy did I get it.  The majority of the posters there said things like "the l...

Blog moved :) -   Since I cannot even read what is below, I am reposting this!  I figured that if I am going to blog, I'm going to do it up "big" :)  So I began a blog on wordpress to con...

Blog moved :) -  I figured that if I am going to blog, I'm going to do it up "big" :)  So I began a blog on wordpress to continue to chronicle the process and journey. http//: www.banderella.org