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Thank you, SFOTraveler! That's encouraging to know!

Tntransplant06....I feel ya! I will pray it passes quickly for the both of us!

Quality surgeon for half to a fourth of the cost. For some of us, it is our only choice.

I also just want to say, I don't wish to get in any arguemnet on here with a coordinator. I really don't think they should be allowed on here to stalk our posts. They are like car salesmen, getting paid huge fees if you decide to go through them. It is our PERSONAL experiences that we speak about on here and should be allowed to express them to other potential sleeve patients without dealing with a coordinators comments. I don't think its very perfessional on the coordinators part. Dr. Kelly is amazing and my only intentions of posting my experience is to HELP potential sleeve patients have the BEST experience they can have! I'm sharing information I wish I would of known in advance. However, whatever route one choses to go is your choice and your experience will be all yours. I have nothing more to say on this topic.

Yes, I agree it will eventually come off and I'm so thankfulf for that. I'm torn about how often to weigh. It has been my experience in the past that If I avoid the scale then I don't know when I'm getting out of line and may need to make changes in my diet due to things I might be overlooking. However, if you weigh too much that is definitely not good either. I think I just have too much down time right now to think about it! I took off alot from work because I wanted to make sure I was not sick and had the eating down pat and not tired before I started back to my normal routine. However, I think staying busy would have helped more. I can't wait til March 14, I will be working more and in school at the same time and I think it will go alot faster then and not consumed my thoughts. LOL

And yes, you do ride in a professional medical van if you go directly through Dr. Kelly's personal assistant and coordinator Trish. That is fact. Dr. Kelly pays for this. If you go through an outside company, this will not be your means of transportation because your outside company is responsible for this and other details. Also, if you go through an outside company, Dr. Kelly gets CONSIDERABLY less for performing your surgery. To each there own. I would rather more money go to my doctor who saved my life and truly earned it than to an outside company who couldn't keep my information straight and who I had to constantly call them for the follow-up. Like I said, to each their own. As far as I'm concerned, THE SURGEON is the deserving one not an outside company that charges ridiculous fees selling surgery to the doctor. However, the decision is all yours!

Sandy, If you are gonna post something, please tell it like it is. This is bogus! Trish works for ONE doctor. She is a coordinator also who works for ONE doctor. Doctor Kelly is the only one she works for! These outside companies, like yourself, alot of times work for 6 or more doctors which is why they can't keep your information straight!

One thing you could check is your sodium. Make sure you are not taking in an excessive amount. Daily intake is not to exceed 2,380 fir anybody...surgery or no surgery

The odds were against me without having surgery. Now, I still have to do the work but I stacked the odds in my favor. Now, it's not a matter of will I lose all the weight and keep it off.... it's just a matter of when.

Nope! None! I tried everything on my own! I lost 50 pounds a 100 times! I have realized since having my surgery that I was doing my part prior to surgery it was just my huge stomach and the grhelin hormone working against me. Now I have a body that will work with me and not against me. And one that will reward me for my efforts now. I finally feel safe inside somebody else's wonderful body!

Im not hungry. I never hardly think of food now which is so different for me. I only eat because I know I have too. However, 3 bites into the meal and I'm full.

I'm freezing all the time too now. I was wondering what was up with that!

LOL

My period seemed different too. I would like to know the same as you .

Yes, sodium is a bitch. When I was dieting prior to surgery , anytime I stalled, sodium was always the culprit ! I daily intake should not exceed 2380.

In other words, when you suck through a straw, you first draw a column of air followed by the liquid you will ingest. So you would be putting large amounts of air in your new stomach first and could cause alot of pain and discomfort.

Because you swallow air first when drinking from a straw! You can use a sports bottle to avoid swallowing air. They are made so you don't swallow air first.

I mean Dark Chocolate....not Dr. Chocolate

Omg...I crave my Protein drink. It is so yummy! I buy Atkins Dr. chocolate. I dump the premade drink in the blender and put in a scoop of Amplfy Protein Powder and a squirt of hersheys sugar free syrup. This drink equals 35 grams of protein . I drink one in the morning and one in the evening.

I've never heard of that. That can't be right. I would get clarification. I couldn't do that either if I had to.

I prayed for you! You're gonna do great!

Congrats! I'm gonna weigh later this week. It's tough but I stopped weighing everyday!

I'm jealous. 2moro is my birthday and today my boyfriend bought me' a little baby cake. I am only 2 1/2 weeks out so I felt it was much too risky for me to take a bite. However, my finger did accidentally touch the icing on the side so I licked my finger. LOL You are far enough out tho. Describe every bite to me. I luv cake , especially a gourmet wedding cake!

Whey non flavored protein. I put it in my milk and anything else I eat or drink. I dint even know it's in there! 26 grams of protein per scoop.

I ordered French onion soup at Panera. I ordered without the cheese and croutons and just drank broth. It was awesome. Panera is so good.