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Hi jessicanelson89. Hope your week is going good. When I started looking into weight loss surgery, I was interested in the sleeve. But, due to the fact I'm on Medicare now, my surgery choices were limited to the lap band or RNY. I didn't relish the idea of putting something foreign in my body (lap band) and then have to constantly return to the hospital to have a saline solution put into the band for adjustments. I'm going for the RNY surgery on Tuesday, Aug. 14th., 2012. Just a few more days away and I'm really looking forward to it. Been on a no/low carb diet along with lots of liquids for the past two weeks. When I initially began my weight loss journey back in January (2012), my initial weigh-in was 304-lbs. I'm currently at 277-lbs. One of the biggest reasons I'm pursuing the surgery is that my Type-II diabetes may be cured (so I've been told). I'm keeping my hopes up, but won't be totally disappointed if that doesn't happen, but perhaps the medications will be far less. Anyway, please stay in touch and keep posting your progress/journey.

Good luck to you Repoman. You & your family will be in my prayers. Keep us tuned in as to your journey.

With respect to men supposedly not being able to express themselves, think genetics. We are different in many respects. And "norm" is subjective.

The only way to filter out muddy water is to filter it out then determine what's causing the mud. Communications is kind of like that.

Good luck and God speed. Prayers & best wishes coming your way. Please keep us posted post-op.

Hope all is going well for you. Keep posting your journey. God bless & best wishes.

Good luck on your journey. Sorry you have no one to travel with you as it's always comforting to have a partner. God will watch over you and best wishes & vibes coming your way.

Only 25-30 grams of fat per day I eat more than that just at Breakfast. Will have to try harder. Haven't got to trying only 3-ounce portions at each meal yet.

You know the old saying, "Patience is a virtue & none of us are virtuous." LOL Can't control the things you can't control so don't beat yourself up. Get on line and start reading about pre-op & post-op diets. Go to YouTube and watch some of the people that have posted videos. Lots of great information. Good luck on your journey. Sending you best wishes & good vibes from WA.

Stay positive and keep up the exercising. Your goals are just a few steps away. Good vibes coming your way from WA.

Sorry Courtney333, can't help much right now. I'm about a month pre-surgery so I've been dieting on my own (no guidelines yet from nutritionist). I keep hearing that Phase-2 is a liquid diet and I've attempted to mimic that on a couple of days & can't seem to catch on or I'm doing something wrong. Felt like I was starving. I'll wait and see what other people say so I can get some ideas too. Congratulations on your surgery and best of luck on your journey.

What did you think of Dr. McMahon and his team? I'm meeting with them Aug. 1st. to initiate surgery orders & see the nutritionist. Scheduled for surgery Aug. 14th.

Great news & congratulations on your surgery. Blood pressure medications is just one of the health issues I'm looking at either reducing or curing all together. I also have Type-ll diabetes and it's been suggested that weight loss surgery helps with that disease also. I go in on Aug. 1st. to meet once more with the doctor, his team in order to sign off on surgery orders and get my pre-op diet. Looking forward to it. Good luck on your journey and keep us posted.

At my psychological evaluation I told the 'shrink' I had been a police officer & he said that I was 'nuts'. The moral to the story is don't take yourself to seriously & be honest (be yourself). Don't try & read anything into the questions. Good luck to you on your journey & keep us posted.

I really like your attitude; upbeat & positive. Keep it up & keep posting your progress. Congratulations.