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talkingmountain's RNY blog

A blog by talking mountain in General

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talkingmountain's RNY blog, a weight loss surgery blog by talking mountain on BariatricPal. 3 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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THE PRE-OP PROCESS

At my pre-op visit they made me do an upper GI. I suppose it's because I have a history of GERD. Anyway, that has got to be the nastiest, foulest, weirdest test in the world! It's as bad as a colonoscopy prep!   Other than that, though, it was a pretty unremarkable day. Just a long one!   Today marks my 4th day of the liquid diet. On day 1, I lost it around 5 pm and ate a bunch of cookies. On day 2, I planned well but was not able to execute due to the craziness of the day. I ended up eat

THE STATE OF THE UNION

ince health is my goal and it's easy to get caught up how much weight I am (or am not) losing, I thought it would be a good idea to write down all the health & QOL issues I currently have, even the nitpicky ones. Then, hopefully, I will be able to tick them off as "no longer relevant" as the weight loss progresses!   Health Issues Asthma Allergies & chronic sinus problems. Hypothyroid Hypercholesteremia Hypertension (managed to 140s/80s w/medication) Pre-diabetes. 1 point a

Starting Out

My surgery date is December 28, 2015. I'm having RNY gastric bypass.   The nearest WLS center is 2 hrs away but my GP is very supportive and has other WLS patients, so I am not worried about the distance. The WLS is a "Center of excellence" which made researching the doctors easy.   I've toyed with the idea of WLS for more than 10 years. Each time I started thinking seriously about it, I'd give healthy eating one more try-- usually with minimal results. About 6 years ago, though, I adopted a

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