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Lol, did u really named ur Sleeve? That's awesome..

I has the same craving and what I ended up doing 3 weeks out was to lick all the cheese of of 3 Doritos. I haven't had a craving since and really don't have a desire to eat them anymore. I didn't want to take the chance with the corn since I was getting sick every other day. I thought this was a place of no judgements and respect, everyone's journey is different and is to each their own.. Good luck JR

Congrats..have a speedy safe recovery.

Hey Joe you look great man, you a inspiration for big guys like myself. Im in the 400's right now and pray for the day I'm in the 200's and healthy again.

I'm August 1st too and haven't slept a wink...nerves I guess. Good luck Lilli11781

Ok, Thank you...I think I'm also going to try to put something together fror folks here in SF....Sacramento is a bit of a drive.

CONGRATS!! That's great news and perfect way to start the week. Did you get a date yet?

Hi All, Im curently looking for a support group in San Francisco or in the peninsula. I am getting my surgery at Good Sam down in San Jose, they offer a support group twice a month the only issue is its a 2 hour drive round-trip. I would love to do the meeting but with a 9 month old and full time school it just doesnt work. Does anyone know where I can find a group? Thanks, Carlos

So as most of you big guys know from experience that it is a pain in the butt to find an office chair (any chair) with armrest that don't pinch your sides. Now im a big guy, 498 to be exact and the biggest issue I always find going out to eat or to the movies is will I fit in the seats they have. But I never thought I would feel like that at home. So before I got my "Fat Man Chair sent from the Gods" I had a very nice La-Z-Boy office chair with arm rest given to use by my mother-in-law. It was a bit snug and as I got bigger it just started pinching the heck out of my sides and leaving marks. Mind you I didnt spend to much time in the chair because I had been injured and used my laptop in bed mostly. So finally I was like ok let me take of the armrest and oh how it was comfortable. Only problem is because of my weight I had bent the plastic legs that connect to the casters and basically the bottom center of the char hit the floor and scrarched it up. I started up at college full time online from home and I was using the desk for all my studies so I was spending 3-4 hours a day on it. So I got rid of the old chair and started using a folding chair, big mistake, I have severe back issues and the hard chair just killed it. I was looking around on livingxl for chair that would work and wow they were expensive, im a stay at home dad and a full time student, so spending a minimum of $400 on a office shair was not going to happen. So i started taking summer school classes and oh man, my days are long. For those of you who have taken a Summer semester of college know how intense and long those 4-5 weeks are. So after the first week I calculated I had spent over 50 hours at my desk and since one of my classes is a computer science Unix class I was hacking away for hours. I finally broke downa dn was like "OK, I need this chair no matter what. your back is killing you and yoou deserve some comfort" So I started looking on livingxl again and found a $399 chair on clearance for $250, oh yeah what a steal...But wait, can I find a Promo code..YUP good ole Independence Day, I ended getting an additional 10% off plus only $4 shipping for a 58lb. chair...Score, I ended up paying less that $240 shipped. Now 4 days into using my chair I am so happy and my back and sides love me for it. Hope you guys enjoyed my little story.... -Carlos

My favorites have been Syntrax Nectar strawberry mousse, I tried the kiwi strawberry and twisted cherry nectar but didn't like them as much. I also use the Unjury chicked soup it tastes great and has 20 g of protein, it actually gets me full and I'm 498. First 3 days of the liquid diet was rough for me but once I got past the carb and sugar withdrawals I was fine. Another good thing to do is make some broths, chicken or beef. It taste much better and you can control the amount of salt, I just let it simmer for hours strain it and let it cool to skim off the fat on top ( if any, I used lean cuts or trimmed ) plus you can always freeze anything leftover for post-op.

Yup, I'm August 1st....the liquid diet sucks but it works...it's so exciting, I fin myself up at night on here just reading through threads to try to relax my nerves.

Thanks for sharing.. I hope you have a speedy recovery.

So my date got changed to the following week August 1st, the surgeon is going on vacation. This sucks, I fell off my diet for a day got kinda pissed and ate some solids but I just ordered so pre-op food and I'm back on my liquid diet.