Reality Strikes

I got my pre-op blood works in yesterday -- everything good except B12, its stuck at 150 when the reference range is 211 - 946 pg/ml. Its been almost a year, i felt extremely tired and couldnot concentrate on things & blamed everything on being fat ...this is when i am 5'4 and 94kgs... Now i know why it was so So, how will the B12 rise, i am having sugery on Monday so what after the surgery?

17th Jan 2013,it is ..a 3day pre-op diet & 5days of hospital stay (including one day prior to surgery) ...taking a total of 10days off. Super Excited !!!!!!!!

Guys...I am back & this time,with some very good news After having my surgery cancelled last minute & then scouting for new surgeons & even packages offered, i have finally found the right fit...So here i am,back from visiting the surgeon - procedure date stamped & armed with list of pre-op investigations. 17th Jan 2013,it is ..a 3day pre-op diet & 5days of hospital stay (including one day prior to surgery) ...taking a total of 10days off. Super Excited !!!!!!!!

Thank you for the wishes Neil. I had asked because i thought you must have got it done at Wockhardt Hospital,Rajkot. I work with them in a corporate role. My Sleeved Tummy - Super Thanks...please keep me in your prayers folks

Hi Neil,,Welcome to the Gang,,5 weeks and 52 pounds is a very good number, gr8 going. I am per-op for now,might have it done on 13th Dec in Mumbai. Which hospital in Rajkot did you get your surgery done from?

Greek is just the concentrated form,, so when you strain home made yogurt the concentrated protein will be left in the cloth after the watery part is strained away, hence more protein. My Nut said,home made yogurt is as good -- infact better, because we can make plain yogurt & mix whatever we wish to have with it at that very moment - wether its vanilla; fruit extract or just pepper.

I am a Vegetarian & i have the same question -- getting sleeved on 14th Dec

You have made a grand choice - Be Proud !!! To know, that one, is morbidly obese,needs to do something & to accept,that we need help:its time -- are two different sides of the spectrum, so you have crossed the most difficult barrier,, so get that surgery, work with your sleeve & get ready to welcome a new you !!!!! The forums here will tell you all you need to know,more than your doctor & then you being a nurse yourself will be the topping on the cake. So All the Very Best !!!! All the Very Best

Hi Michelle, I have only one word for u -- go get it done, you will have to work with the sleeve, but work your life out for a year & believe you me, your life will change. My sister has hypothyroidism,225lbs 13months ago,got the surgery ,ate only Proteins,worked out for 2hours a day +cycled atleat an hour a day + did 400crunches every day -- today she is at 121pounds. Its changed her life so drastically,that i too am going in for the surgery in Dec

HI, I am getting a sleeve on 13th dec, i weigh 209lbs,5'5inches tall and 25yrs of age -- i have no help on the gyming front, thus i shall be grateful if you could help me. Me and my parents stay in different cities and i plan to go home to them on 16th Dec, 3days after the surgery and shall be back to my city of work on 31st dec so i will have access to a gym only from 1st Jan 2013. What should be my game plan immediately after the surgery, should i go for long walks twice a day while im back home, my dad goes walking so i will have company too. I also plan to start cycling,how soon will you recommend that, what else should i do in the 3weeks that follow surgery,when i will not have access to a gym.

HI,,I have been through it, infact, just daybefore, when i went to the gym to talk about about my post op detoxing to help surgery recuperation, its the best fitness center in the city & the manager with the counceller made me sit down for good 1.5hrs telling me that i could do it all, 90 pounds insnt too much too loose and i will be out healthy in a year ..who will tell them that i have spent 10 out of my 25yrs on earth trying all that & only when the realization has hit that "I Need an Intervention" , that im going out & getting my stomach cut. They do it because they think we are lazy, afraid of working out & taking an easy way out.....so it is for us to stick to our guts,quash away such thoughts, for comeone, it has already taken us long enough to "accept" that we need it. So worry not, go get it done & then excercise your way to "healthy you"

Dec 13th

Hello.. 13th dec it is for me ,,, so we are all on the journey together !!!

I am on on 13th too -- self paid so no approvals required -- except for getting the loan through -- shall start that process on 12th

Another Indian here, from Mumbai & brand new into the sleeving world,just consulted for surgery, shall need tonns of advice from you folks. Im 24, weigh 95kgs & am 5'5inches tall