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Thousands of people die every year from the flu; nobody dies from the flu shot. It's a no-brainer for me.

I've not heard that before. Did your dietician say why?

Any thoughts?

Few facts; I am at 183 lbs with a goal of 140. I recently discovered that my insurance will cover a panni (looked it up on a whim less than a week after my 6 month check up, so no planned time to talk to my surgeon for 3 months). However, I am not sure that I would be satisfied with just a panni and would hate to pursue a TT down the line after having a panni. And of course I have a ways to go until goal.

Here's my big question. I didn't think there was any possibility of my insurance covering the panni, so I haven't done any documentation or complaining. Should I schedule an appointment soon to start the process, realizing I may not follow through if my heart is set on a TT which would be completely out of pocket, or go ahead and proceed as if I plan to have the panni near goal?

Obviously the panni would be better than nothing and I'm incredibly grateful to learn that it's a covered benefit, but I hate to waste time and energy if I'll end up proceeding with the TT anyway. Thoughts?

Would especially love to hear from post op panni patients and if they were satisfied or would have preferred to go full on with the TT. My DOS weight was 238.4, currently 183.4 with a goal of 140 at 5'7".

Parents blatantly said his size was a result of overeating/over feeding' date=' not PW. And as I said, the hospital and surgeon should be punished because WLS on a 2 year old is highly unethical.[/quote']

Two separate kids. One P-W, one without (appears to be simply over feeding and noncompliance). I was simply pointing out that, heart wrenching as the decision may be, I could understand it more in the P-W case. As far as I am aware, there is no better management for P-W hyperphagia.

I agree with the previous poster; I hope you are much kinder to your BIL in real life than you were in this post. I'm glad things are going well for you, but you're a month post op! Most people don't start down the pizza and hamburger path a month out when food is still fairly repulsive.

You will face many challenges along your weight loss journey, and I hope you continue to face them with the same determination you have today. But if you don't, if you make a bad choice, I hope you are kinder and more forgiving of yourself than you have been of your BIL.

During my morning ritual Facebook scroll' date=' I see on CNN that parents had Bariatric surgery performed on their child. Their TWO YEAR OLD! Can we talk about how this is absolutely not ok?![/quote']

I wholeheartedly agree with you. However the same article mentioned that doctors in India did the operation on a 4 year old with Prader-Willi syndrome and that one I actually think is more of a grey area. It's a genetic syndrome whose primary manifestation is hyperphagia (the patients are ALWAYS hungry, they are developmentally disabled so they don't understand the consequences of non- stop eating and will go to any lengths to keep putting food in their mouths). In that case, they may have saved that child's life, though of course he will have to continue to be monitored round the clock to ensure he's able to stick with the diet. In the first one though they were completely open about it just being a case of over feeding and they had never tried putting him in a hospital setting to monitor his intake. That's just cruel

Saving to read later.

So I was on 200 mg of seroquel for over a year as a mood stabilizer and sleep aid and I put on over 60 lbs and was not able to take it off. I've been off it for over a year now' date=' and take trazdone 150 mg to fall asleep at night. I ran out of my meds so the last 2 nights I've taken my husbands 50 mg of seroquel to help me fall asleep. 2 nights ago I thought I dreamed I ate 2 Oreo Cookies, but in the morning there was nothing out so I thought I was just dreaming. Then last night, I made a glass of chochlate milk and ate two of the small reeses Peanut Butter cups. When I woke up this morning, there was the cup and the wrappers by my bedside. I swear I don't really remember doing it, but OBVIOUSLY I did... Anyone else have this problem? I won't be taking the seroquel again, and I did have problems sleep walking when I was taking it previously.... So weird!!! [/quote']

I'm a psychiatrist; this is a common problem with Seroquel. I would stick to the Trazodone if that works for you!

You would definitely be able to have kids, but it would basically undo your TT and you would need to do it again. I definitely recommend waiting until you're done with kids to have any plastics that involves your belly or boobs. Arm/leg stuff shouldn't matter.

I'm almost six months out and have yet to have a day that I wasn't obsessed with the scale/carbs/protein/water. So I can only speak for myself, but for me it looks like this is the "new normal" :-/

Yeah, the surgery makes your hormones go crazy. As long as you're sure you're not preggers, nothing to worry about.

Only you know if you tried hard enough. I certainly wish I'd tried harder. It's not that I'm not happy with the results from my sleeve, but I am six months out and still struggling with the finality of my decision and will always wonder what if I had given it one more real try.

You're going to hear a lot of people disagree with me and say it was the best thing they ever did and they wish they'd done it sooner, etc. I'm not saying any of them are wrong but please remember they're looking at it from the perspective of having already made the choice; they can't go back and make a different decision. Bottom line: you can always get the surgery later if you're unsure; you can never undo what's been done.

What you're doing is stealing, plain and simple. I don't call that a helpful money saving tip. If you can't afford new clothes, don't buy them! There are thrift stores everywhere that will tide you over through the in between sizes. If you need to recoup a little money from your new clothes, sell them somewhere where you can identify them as USED. I'm not usually one to judge, but what you're doing is wrong.

Are you sure on your calorie and carb counts? (ie are you tracking with MFP or something like that?). Are you drinking enough Water? Getting enough Protein? If so, it sounds like everyone just needs to be patient while your body adjusts. The weight will come off eventually!

Almost 6 months out and 800-1000 a day. I would have to really go out of my way to eat a number of calories that would worry me, so instead I focus on Water, Protein, and carbs in that order. If I'm getting enough water and protein carbs will almost never be an issue, and if I'm keeping my carbs in check too, I couldn't care less about calories; the weight WILL come off.

I did it and had a great time. Didn't lose any weight that week, but first cruise ever I didn't gain so I considered it a win!

My surgeon is charging me two program fees that I'm just not sure of. The first was a 75 fee to cover the seminar and various other stuff. The second is 1000 due one week before surgery. The part that concerns me is that these fees will not be submitted to insurance. That seems a little curious. Also; I had to pay 95 for my Nutritional Evaluation and Psychological Evaluation which also was not submitted to insurance. They say that there will be no other fees. Anyone else think this seems odd?

Mine did the same thing, though not as pricey. He charged $300 for unlimited nutrition and exercise classes with the argument that they're not covered by insurance and people weren't using them and thus weren't being as successful due to financial concerns so being the helpful guy that he is, he wanted to make sure money didn't keep us from getting follow up care. Sounds like a scam to me.

In my case, yes.

That's when you say one thing but mean your mother.

As a shrink I endorse this definition

I was going to blog about this on my blog: disfloridian.blogspot.com . I decided to post my feelings here' date=' too. I was giving a speech this morning to about 50-70 people on my sleeve experience. One of the speakers was a lady, who was very pushy about her views on her experience. She felt that everyone should go to a live support group meeting. I disagree, but I will never disagree with anyone in front of an audience. In my view, I believe that a virtual support group like VST is actual better than a live support group. Here are the reasons why:

1. In a live support group, there are some people, who think they know everything and can't wait to make everything into a) a story about themselves, a better story than yours or c) flood you with an hour long talk of advice and they are 3 weeks post-op or even 3 years. This type of approach unmotivates many people.

2. Some people talk way toooooooo long or has a really lonnnnnng sob story. In a forum, like VST or YouTube, you can skip to the next post, stop the video or move on to someone's else. I'm a live support group, you have to sit and listen. I have looked around and many other people are unmotivated.

3. In a virtual forum, like VST, you can find people like you to help guide you through and support you. I found teachers and men were very relatable to me. I am not saying I did not value others, but those groups made me feel it s ok to have this surgery. The best supporters I had we're 50 year old women on VST, but they were encouraging and very supportive.

I am not saying a virtual forum is better than a live support group. In the same breath, do not feel that a live support group is needed. Actually, I found mine unmotivating. Do what makes you happy and comfortable. I love motivating people and being motivated through VST, MyFitnessPal & Fitbit. We each comment how awesome each of us are doing. You are going to do awesome!

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I agree. I went to my live support group this week for the first time after several months of skipping out (mostly out of guilt). It was a solid reminder of why I don't go. The same people craving the same applause and attention for their weight loss every single week. It's just plain rude if you ask me to monopolize the discussion at a support group. Maybe other groups are different with a stronger leader, but mine will never work as well for me as my online support!

I am a big fan of Premier Protein shakes and Quest Protein Bars to keep my Protein up. The shakes are 30g each and the bars are 20g. You can get the shakes at Sam's Club and the bars from Amazon. HTH!

How was your 1st day at work? I'm havibg my surgery on a Tuesday and going back to work the following Monday. I sit at a desk all day so Dr. Kirk didn't think it would be a problem.

I had surgery with Dr. B at WeightWise and had to go back to a desk job on Friday after surgery on Tuesday. While I don't recommend it if you can take the time off, I was fine doing that. By Monday you should really have no problems with the weekend to recuperate.

Apparently women become very fertile - or at least I did... My six month post-op appt is next thursday and I have to tell him that I'm pregnant! Whooops!!!

I think he is going to be mad - I'm scared.

I'm sorry this was shocking :-/ if your surgeon didn't tell you this ahead of time, he has no right to be mad! I was warned about it several times before I ever had surgery. I hope this is a positive thing for you and your family.

Why are there so many nurses in need of this surgery?

I feel a little guilty, I think doctors are partially to blame. I know I was always advised if the nurses were giving you a hard time or paging you all night, the solution was bringing a box of donuts or cupcakes to the nurses' station!