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I'd check with your insurance as well it's really up to them when it comes down to it! I am also in Columbus area and had my surgery at OSU! I am diabetic with other comorbidities like you! Off all meds right out of the hospital! My A1C went from 8.8 in january to 6.6 as of friday!!!! I am six weeks post op today:) good luck!

Just stared jogging..s-l-o-w-l-y...hoping to become a runner! Thanks for the inspiration:)

Congrats and welcome:)

my first fill will be friday under fluro...hope it goes as smooth as yours:)

only! only! that weight loss is great! stop the only business! i do that too:)

i was put on a diet and my hubby wasn't...we have the same surgeon...go figure! we are both doing great...congrats on your journey and good luck tomorrow...

i am floored! such an inspiration:) great job!

This is great! I'm in:)

That is terrific!

I took One-A-Day gummies pre-op, flinstone chewables until about two weeks post-op and now I'm back to the one-a-day vitamins...that's all I was told I needed...

I've been weighing everyday too! It's quite addictive! This week I'm trying something new...once a week weight check!

Woohoo!!! That's wonderful...

The day after surgery I was allowed to have mushies and at my two week check up I was told I could eat soft meat, cooked veggies, and less fibrous fruits...

I can also feel my port...not specific portions but a hard lump...

Amazing!

I told myself the same negative things about the surgery when others around me were having it...look at me now:) I still haven't told my mom because I know she would have come at me like that...:/

I was banded on 2-15 and am also waiting for my first fill (come on Friday)! Don't be mad at yourself this is the early stages of our journey and it will get better...I too have a sweet tooth and have found a nice little protein shake that tastes like strawberry quick when I'm feeling weak...I have also been taking in more fluids to tame that head hunger and stepping up the exercise...the weight loss will happen:)

sending good vibes your way...please let us know how you're doing...

thanks all for your encouraging responses...journey4me you can totally do it...just don't think about how you look and enjoy the feeling!! i was riding yesterday and thought i must look ridiculous but i still feel giddy when riding!! i also almost wiped out rounding corner!!!

sounds like great loss and progress to me! keep up the good work:)

just follow the instructions that your dr. gave you and you should be ok...i too had to do a pre-op diet for liver shrinkage...i teetered between a 9-10lb loss and there was never any mention of my liver post-op...i was eating 4 shakes a day, veggies at lunch, and a 250 lean cuisine for dinner...i also struggled to get my water down...listen to your doc...if you are concerned give their office a call...

banded on 2-15-12 and was 233 on surgery day...today I am 219...

Nice NSV!! but you know you are dead wrong for having those from 10 years ago!! just kidding!

well today makes five weeks for me and i still can't believe that i am on this journey:) i guess it became really real for me when i went back to work this week for the first time since having surgery and everyone seemed to notice my weight loss...i was very shocked by this and a little uncomfortable i must say. when i look in the mirror it all looks the same and i really think it is. i started this journey wanting to lose 80 pounds and i am only down 27 pounds---14 pounds since surgery...not a real huge difference...but they noticed... i am happy this week because i am finally in the 2teens which was the first goal i set for myself! i am 219, but a 2teen none-the-less:) i have been alternating my eating with the pre-op diet this week because i felt that i was stuck, meaning that i hadn't lost weight in two weeks...so M-W-F of this week are pre-op diet type days for me...my next goal is to be in the single digit 2's and then under 200 of course! i don't have dates set to meet these goals...so no pressure...right?! i have still been eating soft meats, cooked veggies, and soft fruits and don't feel any restriction. i actually heard my stomach growling today, but i didn't feel ravished with hunger. i am still focusing on the difference between head and physical hunger...i have caught myself eating when i'm not really hungry and feel horribly guilty...i did this yesterday and was really upset with myself for finishing a whole salad when i was full after eating half:/ overeating a salad...wow! my first fill will be coming up next friday and i am nervous and ready! i am still managing some type of cardio exercise daily and my weight regimen every other day...i have been alternating walking on the treadmill and taking the dog for a walk. there have been quite a few times before i went back to work t hat i would do both. i walk at least 3 miles a day and my best day i walked a little over 8!!! that included a slow walk with the hubby, a walk with the dog, and getting on the treadmill...this weekend i began a mission to buy bikes for me and the hubby and have been on craigslist like crazy...well we hit the jackpot today and got brand new beach cruiser type bikes for a steal. they were in perfect condition and we went riding this evening for 45 minutes and i truly felt like a kid again! it has been over 18 years since i have been on a bike and while i was a little wobbly in the beginning it all came back to me and i was soaring through my neighborhood zipping and zooming down streets that Miles (my dog) and i normally walk! i am so proud of myself (pat-pat) because last summer i barely left the house... life is getting greater and i am feeling fine!! btw way hubby is 8 days post-op and doing wonderful! he walked three miles today and rode bikes with me for 45 minutes:)

This is great! A very huge accomplishment! Congrats:)