kellyw74

CONGRATS!!! Isn't is grand to write a number with a one instead of a two??? I made it there yesterday also!! Good job!! Kelly

It is soooo funny that you say that! I watch that show and literally CAN NOT breathe! I watched one last night that I dvr'd and this lady had lots of dolls and the other lady was old and would poop in diapers and thow them in the floor. She had bottles with urine in them and no running Water or heat!!!! Are you kidding me??? There was trash 4 feet high on her floor!!! I was so sick watching that!! I feel bad for some, but just don't understand how people live like that! SICK! Kelly

I have 5 and they are all pretty small with the exception of one. The biggest one is to the right of my belly button and is about a little bit bigger than my thumbnail in length. That is where they took my stomach out. The rest of them are about the size of my pinky nail....so, pretty small. One is all the way to the left almost below my ribs, one right above my biggest incision, one to the left of my belly button and down a little and one right in the middle of my belly. Kelly

Welcome and congrats to you and your wife! How wonderful. Kelly

I had surgery on Monday and went back the following Monday! I was tired, but that was all. I was fine otherwise! It can be done if you want to do it and don't have any complications! I was sore, but that was the only issue other than anemia that I had. You can do it if you want to! Good luck! Kelly

Vitamin E oil is the best for scars if you can start on them while they are fresh and pink! I have been putting it on my 5 since the steri-strips fell off on week three. They are smaller and smoother. I seen my surgeon last week and he said they look great! I learned this from when I was a kid and split my forehead open. The ER dr. that stitched my forehead told my mom to put the oil on my head twice a day and keep me out of the sun. You can barely see my scar today and I was 7 then! Kelly

WALK, WALK, WALK!!! That will help too!! I think also that they just want to freak you out to make you do well on the pre-op diet! My A1C's were really high and my surgeon, not my PCP told me that if my levels didn't come down, he would cancel my surgery! I worked hard on my pre-op diet and lost 55lbs because my surgeon is a no nonsense kinda guy and I figured he meant business!! He never even checked my levels again!! Maybe because I had lost so much weight, he knew they were better, but I was kinda p-o'd that he didn't!! LOL Seriously tho, walk. That is the best thing you can do besides your diet right now! Good luck to you and keep us posted!! Kelly

I am hoping that one day I will, but probably will not! For now, I just ignore it. It is so hard to do, but that is what I have always had to do, so I guess I should be use to it! Kelly

woowww!! GOOD JOB Kelly

GOOD JOB!! Kelly

Congrats on being overweight!! LOL Kelly

That is strange!! Mine were high and I had surgery! I would only think that they would improve with surgery! What the heck? I mean my diabetes is in remission and I no longer have high blood pressure, so why wouldn't that? Some dr.'s just don't think right!!! I am sorry. Can't you try and talk to him/her and see why they are thinking this way? Kelly

The pre-op diet DOES WORK!! I lost 55 lbs on it in about 5 1/2 months. I was only required to lose 20lbs by my surgeon, he about fell over when he seen me! Kelly

Yes, I do take Nexium twice a day. I spoke with my Dr. about this issue. He said that there isn't any scientific evidence to support this theory. Kelly

That is AWESOME!! Kelly

I had hoped to lose my hunger with my sleeve. Welp, that hasn't happened!!! I was sleeved 5/9 and still am hungry. I notice that it doesn't seem to be that ravenous hunger like before, but I do still get hungry. I read a lot of you say that you were hungry in the beginning and then it slowly went away. I am wondering how long it was before you lost your hunger issues. I am not talking head hunger because I do not have that issue, I am talking stomach growling "real" hunger! When did you notice that you were not hungry any more. Is there still hope that it will cease??????? Thanks, Kelly

GOOD JOB!! You look like a totally different person! Kelly

I took my pills the night I was in the hospital without issue. Kelly

Kaiser N. Cal doesn't require the 12 weeks of Options classes. Kelly

Congrats! I was sleeved 5/9 at Kaiser Richmond. They are AWESOME!! The Heparin shot is really no big deal! Good luck to you and let us know when your date is! Kelly

Thanks! LOL!! I was so excited that I forgot to update my ticker! How on earth could I forget to do that??? I just did it, so now it reflects my true weight! YAY! It is so fun to type 199 instead of 200 something!! Kelly

I was sleeved 5/9/11 and from 6/6 thru 6/16 lost NOTHING!! I was bummed! I had my first follow-up appointment with my surgeon on 6/16 and he advised me that losts of paitents stop losing when transitioning to solids. I stopped losing the minute that I started eating solid foods! How weird. He told me that it would be o.k. and that my body would adjust and I would start losing again and to just follow my guidelines and I would be fine. It also was TOM and maybe that had something to do with it, who knows, but I am to not eat "soft calories" any longer and focus more on solid foods like meat. I have been doing so since last Thursday and have lost 4lbs!! This morning when I weighed I hit ONEDERLAND!!! 199.1 I have not had my weight start with a one in 10 years. How awesome is that? I feel great, look better than I have in I can't remember and Saturday, bought size 12's! Go Me! Kelly

I just measured one of the pills and it is a little over 1/2 inch long. They are really easy to swallow as they are coated and they have a line in them for splitting if you needed to cut them in half. Hope this helps! Kelly

Mine is a lot smaller.....not much going in, so not much coming out!! LOL Kelly

The bariatric Vitamins made me sick about 4 weeks out. They never bothered me before that and one day, I just felt awful and did every day after. I told my nut when she called to advance my food stage and she said since I was cleared for solid foods, I could now swallow pills bigger than an M&M. She recommended Centrum. Said it is the best multi out there and it has everything you need. I have been taking it ever since. Walmart brand is just fine and compares label to label and is $10 cheaper! And the best part is, it doesn't make me sick!! Kelly