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A year post-op in Columbus, Ohio here.

A year post-op in Columbus, Ohio here.

Here's mine, took a little longer to hit my goal than you haha. Started at 410, down to 230 now.

Here's mine, took a little longer to hit my goal than you haha. Started at 410, down to 230 now.

Here's mine, took a little longer to hit my goal than you haha. Started at 410, down to 230 now.

Here's mine, took a little longer to hit my goal than you haha. Started at 410, down to 230 now.

Here's mine, took a little longer to hit my goal than you haha. Started at 410, down to 230 now.

Here's mine, took a little longer to hit my goal than you haha. Started at 410, down to 230 now.

Here's mine, took a little longer to hit my goal than you haha. Started at 410, down to 230 now.

I've lost 175 so far, and see no reason why 200 wouldn't be possible. Took about a year.

Here's mine, took a little longer to hit my goal than you haha. Started at 410, down to 230 now.

Surgery weight 405, at 329 in the second photo below, still got about 80-110 to go.
Surgery was 10/15/2013.

Yes!!!! Can we make our beds into bunk beds so we can have more room for activities???

So I finally got out there...man was it rough. The ball striking seemed to be decent yet highly inconsistent, but putting was a whole new problem. I'm just so used to resting my arms against my stomach for support that now it feels weird with a lot of my gut gone. My arms feel like they're floating and I have no consistency in my stroke. On the plus side, I walked 18 without feeling like I wanted to die....so I got that going for me. I guess I just need to practice...but I feel like Allen Iverson about practice. Practice?

LADIES!!! PLEASE, THIS IS THE MEN'S ROOM. UNLESS YOU ARE MALE, WHICH ENCOMPASSES HAVING A PENIS, PLEASE DO NOT POST HERE. THIS IS A PLACE FOR THE MEN TO BE ABLE TO POST CONCERNS SPECIFIC TO THEM. IF THEY WANT FEMALE INPUT, THEN THEY WILL POST IN ONE OF THE OTHER FORUMS, OR THE LOUNGE.
THANK YOU!

Females are NOT allowed in here so get your opinions outta here. It's a forum rule

It's a legitimate male concern, he posted in the men's room, and you added exactly 0 value to this thread - congrats.

So then why post?

Today marks my one week surgeversary and I have lost 14 pounds! I feel great.

I'm ok, I had a follow up CT Thursday, there was some debate as to if the leak is closed or not so I drank blue dye and waited 24 hours to see if it showed in my drain. It never did! I've been able to start Clear liquids but as of today we still aren't 100% sure I'm healed so I'm only drinking brightly colored crystal light to see if anything shows up. If by tomorrow all is still good I will switch to oral pain meds and get Protein shakes! The hope is to go home without my PICC.
Also as of today my white blood cell count is normal for the first time since the leak was found.

82 lbs is a BFD, just keep heading in the right direction.

My first step was to know this document forwards and backwards.
Cigna Bariatric Surgery requirements
mm_0051_coveragepositioncriteria_bariatric_surgery.pdf

Thanks for sharing. This seemed a little bloodier than other surgeries I've watching online. Obviously not an issue since you haven't had any complications, just curious if that jumped out at anyone else.

82 lbs is a BFD, just keep heading in the right direction.