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Anyone from Houston having surgery? Love to hear from you.

Dtadoyle, I had my gastric bypass with Dr Primomo 8 wks ago. He removed my galbladder, got rid of one the biggest hernias he'd ever repaired and created the pouch out of the remainder. I could not have asked for a better outcome! The 2 day hospital stay, Memorial Herman, was excellent, nursing staff, aides and cleaning crew were terriic. I had pain but nothing unbearable that the pain med. didn't help with. The food was, well........can't screw up Jello too much. My one suggestion is to find out when nursing shift changes are and don't ask for a nurse at those times if you can avoid it. They are busy handing over patient care and sometimes can't get there when you want. I'm almost 40 lbs lighter and wish that I had been prepared to do this 10 yrs ago. Everything I eat is recorded. Small(really small!) plates and bowls help with Portion Control and chewing food thoroughly slows me down so that I feel the fullness and stop. You know those clear plastic food cups that restaurants use for things like Salad Dressing on the, ect? I bought a slew of those from Amazon in 1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons to use for measuring everything in order to learn what those amounts of food look like on a plate. Oh, and a scale. I spread those cups all over the kitchen-no excuse for not using them! When going to restaurants, Mexican especially, I can if I want fill a 1 cup cover cup with some lettuce leaves, cucumber, cauliflower all of which works well with salsa. A la carte menus are great. These seem to be the behaviors that keep me honest and on my toes. Even when my mouth wants more, chewing and slowing down allow me to feel the Full and stop. I so hope that all goes well for you!!

Dtadoyle-- it is outrageous to think that you might have to GAIN weight in order to LOSE weight permanently!! I have seen this issue come up on other areas of this forum and suggest that you write about your situation in various places on Bariatric Pal. You might get some helpful tips, advice, ideas about handling this. My advice is to push everyone. Get your doc to write a letter to Aetna about your particular health situation. How's your heart? Maybe a visit to a cardiologist for a work up might help. My cardiologist was thrilled when I decided to do this! Keep me, all of us posted

Im going to be 70 in July. This is the best thing that every happened to me. I am off 8 medications. I can tie my shoes, sit in the recliner with my feet in the chair. Not big on exercise because of bad back. My skin is loose right now, but it has only been 5 1/2 months and I have high hope for some toning. Even if not, this is fantastic. I weigh less than what my drivers license says (lol). I am running out of clothes from my skinny days (30+ years ago). Someone said to me the other day, "what hapened to the other half of you." This is so wonderful. Be positive and know you can do it. Be positive about your Protein shakes because they will be with you the rest of your life. The rewards are beyond imagination. I am healthy!!!

I, too, hope you will post whatever you can about such research. So exciting! And necessary for informing the naysayers.

Thanks so much DL for this encouraging post. I'm 65 and in the process of satisfying insurance(aetna) and my MDs requirements. At 5ft and 265 my BMI is in the 50s. Regardless of what the insurance decision is (tho I expect a "yes"), I will continue to lose weight in preparation for surgery and to keep positive outlook. It is so good to hear that a person of my age group is having such success!

What great ideas! Thanks. I'm preop waiting for insurance ok and losing weight in anticipation. All of these suggestions sound good to use now.
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Kudos' Gov Christie! 100 lbs lost is just great. Criticisms, doubts even questioning the the (obvious) success of his procedure so far is all politics.

Kudos' Gov Christie! 100 lbs lost is just great. Criticisms, doubts even questioning the the (obvious) success of his procedure so far is all politics.

Kudos' Gov Christie! 100 lbs lost is just great. Criticisms, doubts even questioning the the (obvious) success of his procedure so far is all politics.