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Way to go! I'm hoping to be there in the next few days!

For the first time in probably about five years I am under 200 pounds! That is a good feeling for sure!
The strange thing is that I know my clothes don't fit anymore and everything is loose on me. I have to keep going down in sizes.
When I look at myself, I can see it a little, but looking at my stomach, it almost looks the same. I know it isn't...it can't be!
My face is back to looking thin, and that is nice for sure!!!

Awesome!!

For the first time in probably about five years I am under 200 pounds! That is a good feeling for sure!
The strange thing is that I know my clothes don't fit anymore and everything is loose on me. I have to keep going down in sizes.
When I look at myself, I can see it a little, but looking at my stomach, it almost looks the same. I know it isn't...it can't be!
My face is back to looking thin, and that is nice for sure!!!

For the first time in probably about five years I am under 200 pounds! That is a good feeling for sure!
The strange thing is that I know my clothes don't fit anymore and everything is loose on me. I have to keep going down in sizes.
When I look at myself, I can see it a little, but looking at my stomach, it almost looks the same. I know it isn't...it can't be!
My face is back to looking thin, and that is nice for sure!!!

@@pik, Great job

For the first time in probably about five years I am under 200 pounds! That is a good feeling for sure!
The strange thing is that I know my clothes don't fit anymore and everything is loose on me. I have to keep going down in sizes.
When I look at myself, I can see it a little, but looking at my stomach, it almost looks the same. I know it isn't...it can't be!
My face is back to looking thin, and that is nice for sure!!!

For the first time in probably about five years I am under 200 pounds! That is a good feeling for sure!
The strange thing is that I know my clothes don't fit anymore and everything is loose on me. I have to keep going down in sizes.
When I look at myself, I can see it a little, but looking at my stomach, it almost looks the same. I know it isn't...it can't be!
My face is back to looking thin, and that is nice for sure!!!

It is normal for people to lose up to a hundred hairs a day. I think that is insane, but is what I have always read.
I will say that if you have long hair, it is much more noticeable. Mine is long and dark and you can spot a lost hair from a million miles away! Oh wait, I meant a million lost hairs! =/

We'll get to go wig shopping! YAY!

If you are Vit D deficient, you exp more pain. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and when my levels are below normal, I cantell it. I take 100,000 iu per week to stay where I need to be.
I am having a lot of Hair loss. Handfuls after showers.
You and I can be a couple of baldies together and just rock it!

Does the Vit D help with joint pain?
And my hair just started coming out in clumps in the shower and when I comb/pik it. It's depressing. I thought it wasn't going to and I got lucky but nope.

I have RA also. I did have the bypass surgery. I stopped taking any IBU probably a month before my surgery. I had never been told I could not use steroids.
I would be more concerned with the GERD that can occur with the Sleeve, I think.
I am glad the polyps were benign. Did they say it would be normal for you to have them return? The reason I ask is because 4 years ago my GI dr found colon polyps which were pre cancerous (2 of them) and he removed them. Then 2 years later he found 4 more. Also pre cancerous. My father had colon cancer so I have to stay on top of it.
If you have the surgery I wonder if they would have to allow for more room in the case that they return. I don't know if that makes sense or sounds weird. I just know that there is not much room in the stomach after surgery for food and if there are polyps which grow back, well you get what I am saying.

Nope. I still have my gallbladder. I had a hernia, maybe that's what you were thinking of.
At any rate, I think I will probably never eat pizza again. That is the only sad part about it! ;0)

Thank goodness to know that I won't have a burger though I'm gonna start my Protein Drinks on Wednesday & I have my endoscopy on Thursday please pray for me please

I have an allergy to the adhesive used in the bandages. They used some type of glue to close my incisions, and I did just fine with that. My problem was with the IV, all of the blood draws, etc.
Sometimes they did them in the middle of the night and did not pay attention to my chart and put things on me they should not have.
Both of my forearms are discolored and took forever for the rash and raised skin to go away.

It is one thing to ask but another that all staff follow through. That was my big problem.

While I know that isn't huge, it felt soooo good. I am not getting as winded uphill and I have not had to stop. I have been picking up my pace and it actually feels really good!!
I am getting excited because I feel like pretty soon I may be able to start with riding my bike again. There used to be a time where I either walked or rode my bike everyday and it really felt good.
Then my Rheumatoid Arthritis got really bad and I was not able to exercise and I ended up putting on the weight that I had lost with diet and exercise. I guess I lost about 125 lbs back then. I will say I did not put it all back on, but as much as I lost and gained, lost and gained, I probably put it all and then some back on.
At any rate, I never thought a walk could feel so good! Woot woot!

That is great news and your right we do not miss things until we can no longer do them and with this surgery it affords everyone the opportunity to re-established all the pleasures in life, congrats every new adventure is an accomplishment and a mile stone. Keep up the good job.

While I know that isn't huge, it felt soooo good. I am not getting as winded uphill and I have not had to stop. I have been picking up my pace and it actually feels really good!!
I am getting excited because I feel like pretty soon I may be able to start with riding my bike again. There used to be a time where I either walked or rode my bike everyday and it really felt good.
Then my Rheumatoid Arthritis got really bad and I was not able to exercise and I ended up putting on the weight that I had lost with diet and exercise. I guess I lost about 125 lbs back then. I will say I did not put it all back on, but as much as I lost and gained, lost and gained, I probably put it all and then some back on.
At any rate, I never thought a walk could feel so good! Woot woot!

I do! I'm nauseated all the time, but sometimes I feel hungry. When I go to eat, I realize I'm not hungry after all. It just doesn't make sense!

Wearing clothes that you haven't worn in years!

You wear a belt for the first time......in your life!

You pooped in a litterbox??

The bathing suit shorts that just fit you a few months ago were falling off in the pool yesterday.
I wore a bathing suit and didn't feel huge around other people.