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Read more about Some light reading

Some light reading

I think I wrote in my first post that I was considering having surgery in Mexico. Dr. Ortiz is on the top of my list right now. I've had a few conversations with some of his people, and now I've got to sit down and write the questions I want to ask, so I don't forget everything.   Seems like I have to lose some weight before surgery. To get to an acceptable BMI, I need to pare down 35 or so pounds. Gulp.   My husband asked me what would happen if I got to the OCC on the day before surgery, a

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• JoanneD
• August 3, 201015 yr

Read more about Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice

Thank you for your lovely welcome messages! More and more I realize that part of the success of this journey will depend on those who I choose to have surround me. And I think that this group of people, at this forum, is one of the keys to my future success.   *****   Last night I flew home from my latest business trip. I'd been in Northern BC for a few days. From Prince George to Vancouver, we had a great vantage point from which to see the forest fires burning in the Okanagan and the Frase

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• JoanneD
• July 29, 201016 yr

Read more about The preface... or is it prologue?

The preface... or is it prologue?

Well, with these words begins my Lap Band weight loss journey.   I promised myself to start journalling, to help me with this big task ahead of me (no pun intended, I think). And despite being a pretty private person, what better way to be accountable, than to cast the words out there in cybespace? So my journal won't belong just to me. It'll be living out there.   So who am I? My name is Joanne. I live in Canada, in Vancouver (or close enough that it doesn't matter), with my husband, our 1

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• JoanneD
• July 29, 201016 yr