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@@kitcamper78 one day at a time! Good luck on this journey!!!

COngrat's David

Awesome!!!!

Awesome and congratulations

My only regret is not doing the surgery earlier.

@@SpeakerSpeaking I was a 1 or 2 52 ounce diet coke, coke zero or diet mountain dew before surgery. I tried going cold turkey and within a day I was having terrible head aches, ones that Tylenol or ibuprofen wouldn't touch. I felt defeated. I was still drinking at least a 2 liter bottle of my diet sodas a day, even on my pre op diet. I had a diet coke, the night before my surgery, one final farewell. I had my surgery, I never had a head ache or any other withdrawal symptoms. I have not had a diet soft drink since... I do enjoy some unsweetened tea and I do have an occasional cup of coffee, but never have I gone to the extreme I was before surgery.

Since my insurance specifically did not cover Bariatric surgery, I was a private pay and did not have to jump through the hoops like the supervised diet, the cardiac stress test, psych eval... that has been required by other people with insurance. Good luck @@SpeakerSpeaking

@@BigTone78 WOW!!! Great!!!

Awesome non weight loss victory!!!

Good luck on your journey!

@@kyle.odom good luck on your journey! We all look forward to hearing about your successes

@@OKCPirate I wait for you photo of you modeling your pair of underwear!!! LOL Nice joke about the potato!!!

@@Tommy Joe I went to Mexico, through a different group. My husband went with me and there was no problems and felt equally treated. Good luck

Awesome results @@Mike4132

@@godzgotmyback That is great news... I am hoping to do a 5K since the only 1 I ran in 1988.

@@BigViffer, I didn't even notice. Thought it was just matted hair. Great results!

@@PdxMan That is something Pavlov taught his dogs! LOL

PPI's tend to have an indication for the treatment of reflux, where H2 blockers (Zantac, Pepcid) do not.

My me, the long term health issues and malabsorption issues with the full bypass, turned me away from it. I am a year out and happy with my choice,

I have used Omeprazole since surgery (March 2015). I have since had my followup with my PCP and he wrote me a prescription for it (it ends up being cheaper than buying it over the counter).

Hey Phill.... Hope everything went OKAY!!!

Well...I'm nervous to say, but in a very determined way my surgery date is March 22 at 11am!!! My bday is the 6th so I turn 30 then 2 days later start my journey. I start my 2 week liquid diet which I really need a buddy to keep sane or buddies!!!! I'm starting off nearly 390 lbs and about a 56 waist in polo jeans I'm border line diabetic and high cholesterol with bad legs lets cross our fingers and pray that after following my meals and good exercise as a dad of 2 super awesome kids my boy 4 and my girl at 7 months at 31 my next birthday I will be a bit healthier and here to stay a lot longer for these kidos!!!! And I wanna be ridiculously good looking again lol #bluesteel

Good luck Kyle on your journey!!! You have friends here!!

First of all, I wish I had done it earlier. Secondly, I had heard about how your tastes change after surgery, am it is odd, things that I grew up hating ALL MY LIFE, I know enjoy, dare I say like eating. WLS has more affects on you than just your body changing. The obvious, my clothes have changed, my meds have changed and most importantly, I feel better, more motivated, a bit more confident, and my endurance and enjoying exercise/physical activity. Good luck on your journey.

@@txsleeve624 looking good there, my friend!!!

@jgeldmacher Congrat's You wont regret it and your journey is just beginning!!! I look forward to hearing how this progress!!! Good luck on your weight loss journey!