chitowngirl

It sounds cool to me. I would totally do that id it was avail in Chicago.

Good luck to both of you..

Ahhh... I love this forum. You guys are great. It's Awsome to know that we are not alone in our struggles.

Yes, my surgeon and anesthesiologist said I had to be off the phentermine for at least 30 days, because of the whole heart rate thing. I would say to avoid it just to be on the safe side.

Practice eating slow and chewing ASAP. I didn't realize how much of a challenge this would be postop. I wish I would have made the adjustment pre op.

I don't wait. I don't know if that's right or wrong.

Great job. Keep up the good work.

You are doing great. 21 pounds in a month is amazing. I've never felt the significance of pre and post op weight, a pounds is a pound.

That's great to hear. Congrats.

Congrats. I hope your wife is ok with you choices sooner rather than later.

That's pretty cool. Congrats on the weight loss

I also felt the need to always hold my stomach when I just has my procedure. I felt better immediately after I stopped taking pain meds, they made me to loopy and grogy. Once I stopped taking them I was able to focus on task like walking. The walking did really seem to help. I'm sorry your feeling this way and I hope you feel better soon.

Congrats...

Wow I have no idea, however I do wish you the best and hope you feel better really soon.

I'm praying and hoping that you feel better soon.

Yes, that's pretty similar to the diet that I had pre-op. it did help me loose, and as you may think your starving, trust me it would be aot harder if you were on a liquid only diet.

I think they say that because of the fear of transfer of addictions. Alcohol is very high in calories, so you can drnk but just tread lightly.

How far post op are you??

Yes, I was. I hated every second of it.

Well yesterday I tried on my non plus size pants and they fit, granted I had a massive muffin top, but hey I got them on and zipped, I say 15 more pounds and I should be able to wear them. So to clarify now I'm wearing size 18's from lane Bryant and Ashley Stewart, and I'm trying to get into my size 18's from NY and Co, Anne Taylor, and Old Navy. I am down 50 #'s and still wearing the same size. Damn I never realized how ill fitting (small) clothes were. It feels cool for clothes to actually be too big

6 weeks.

Diane NY... You are awesome...

Wow that's great. Keep up the good work.

Some doctors are just @ssholes, and your doctor seems like one of them.

The reason your doctor has 2 separate tax id numbers is because he doesn't want to contract with your insurance. The benefit of your doctor being out of network is that the surgeon does not have to accept aetna's rates. So Aetna will have to pay the surgeons fee and thus your insurance passes the expense to you. My suggestion check if there are any other contracted providers who could perform the procedure in your area.