iKarma1408

I have not had my surgery yet... I'm done with all my appointments but I have not gotten a date as of yet. I find myself on this site looking at you all pictures and reading your stories for the same reasons. Know that you are someone else's motivation as well.... you are looking great! Keep it up, one day at a time
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Having a bad night! Can't keep the food down. 9 months out. Looking at pix remind we why I had the surgery...
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So you are 12 days post-op and you've ONLY lost 12 lbs? That's a pound a day!!! I hope you don't set yourself up for failure with unrealistic expectations. Also, you lost 12 lbs on the pre-op diet. You've lost 24 lbs in less than a month. What are you expecting? This is great weight loss!!!
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You go boy!!!
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This is a weight loss journey, not a race.
Keep up the great work.

CHRISTMAS DAY (10 days post opp) ⬇️9lbs down !!! Sleeve Date: 12/15/16 Hospital Guarujá in Tijuana MX w/ MexicoBariatrics.com
& Miguel On & Luis Cervantes & Luis Pasten I FEEL GREAT!!!!
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For surgery it may be necessary, for a dental visit it is never acceptable.

They made me strip and gave me a gown, but I must've seemed a bit apprehensive because they offered me some tear away panties, and I gladly accepted.

Yes. And, FYI: If you've got an "inny" navel, do yourself a favor and clean it out with Q-tips before your surgery. Dip them in alcohol or something. Then use dry ones to dry the navel. Get the crud out so no one in the OR comments or glances askew. The nurses and staff will be so impressed.

Hahaha I would've never thought of that! Had two laparoscopies and can't shake the thought now (lap band insertion and removal).
I will clean the hell out of it this time
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Just a little transformation.. 9 months out.. sleeved
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As far as the app it doesn't really give me an option to edit or anything... but maybe it's just something I'm not doing. I just figured out how to like a post and all today as well. Thanks for responding !
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I don't have the boobs but I have another "lady love" piercing... I didn't take it out for any of my appointments and I honestly didn't even think about it for my surgery. I have not gotten a date yet so I have time. I have a labret piercing too but I'm sure I have a retainer for it. Good topic!!!
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Yes finally a little something to shut me up! lol I was told yesterday that my surgery will more than likely take place January 25th!!!! If you guys could have seen my face when I was given that date!!!! Priceless
Like you have no clue this surgery is like a new beginning to me.... I just can't wait to put all my worries behind when it comes to my weight! Serious when I lay down at night I think of my fat ( Gosh my man has his hand right in my fat roll) and when I wake up I think about my fat.... Like ( Gosh he's watching me put my panties on he sees all my rolls....) Or when I go out places and we take pictures or video (Lord please don't get my full body) I just really need this help I'm telling you once I get down I'm NOT coming up!!!!
Okay I'm done : ) Good morning BP's

I don't have my tatas pierced but if they were I could avoid any xray trouble by throwing them up over my shoulders.
I do have ten ear piercings, a few of which I have NO IDEA how to remove. EEEEEK!

They maybe on vacation but once everything is submitted and your insurance approve you they'll give you at date. I'm pretty new as well my first visit was nov.17th. And I have everything on this app filled out except my surgery date ???? I hope this helps a lil....
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Been there did that for a year, had great success until it stopped working...which it eventually will. When it does your clinic will start coming up with new "cocktails" to try to achieve similar results. My experience with those "cocktails"
Jittery
Nervousness
Irregular menstrual cycle
Cranky
Suicidal thoughts
Other self-destructive patterns including bulimia
My advice would be to avoid taking them. Phentermine was the mildest of what they gave me, but it still affected me in ways I didn't realize. I lost 60lbs, but when it stopped working I started gaining again. The "cocktails" helped me maintain the loss, but I simply got tired of taking so many pills everyday and wondered what the long term side effects would be, especially with the side effects I was already getting from them. Long story short, when I stopped pill popping I gained those 60 pounds back and they brought along 22 of their friends. Who wants to take pills for the rest of their lives? Not me! Heck, I take liquid Vitamins now because they are more like a treat for me with the band more than anything else. The only benefit I got out of the whole experience is that I wasn't required to do a supervised weight loss program before getting my band since I had gone through that ordeal. Good luck, but RUN!

I posted last year about how much fun it was to take some of my old shirts and letting the girl freind know, it was OK to just rip this off me if she wanted to. It turns out, that is something she has always wanted to do. So let the buttons fly on those you don't want to alter

I have 5 pairs of workout pants (three are Champion brand and two are Lane Bryant) in need of a good new home. Size 2x on four of them, XL on one; all of them are black. Message me here or DM me--depending on how many people respond, I can parse out one at a time or mail them all to one person.
Edited to add: Smoke free home but not pet free home. You may find a few stray dog hairs on them.
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... so I'm returning to this app after giving up on trying to add my birthday and age which I noticed from clicking random profiles... seem to be empty for a lot of people...
I don't really know if I have a "story yet".... I have a collection of completed appointments, more miles on my car, less cash than what I started with but tons of priceless knowledge and endless determination to press forward. In about 30 minutes it will be Christmas Eve and on Monday of this week I completed my last appointment and have not been able to reach the scheduler since. Perhaps she took off for the holidays. Would have been nice to get a date or just to know something. I left so many messages this week first waiting to hear back from her then from anyone... needless to say, there has not neither. That's the part I don't like... the not knowing... considering this was something she could have provided a date for.
My church will be fasting starting January 1st -21, so I am not concerned about the liquids part. But it would be great to get a date within or around that time. Would it happen that quickly? Considering today is The 23rd? Maybe I'm just looking for direction when I need to wait it out... huff puff... it's been a journey... I will make it, this I know.
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Started this journey in April but finally jumped through all the hoops for insurance approval. I am "vertically challenged" at only 4'10, and have struggled with my weight most of my adult life. I'm determined to make this work!
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Next week I should hear back from insurance for their "approval" and then find out the date for my surgery!!!!! Super stoked!!!!!
Went out to eat at one of my fave restaurants in New Orleans...it was so yummy! So happy I got that out my system before the new year.
All the January sleepers are gonna be like "new year, new me" hahahah that will shamelessly be me! Hahahah
And that's what I'll do....I'll laugh and laugh and laugh about losing weight while actually doing it!
Can't wait to get back into Crossfit! 2017 will be a good year for everyone!

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Fabulous job! I hit my 100 pound loss this morning. I think I will get more and more excited about it as the day goes on. Not sure how I'm feeling right this moment.

Today I reached 100lbs lost from my highest weight! I lost a two month old horse. I still have a ways to go but I am off all meds, no longer diabetic, no longer depressed. I no longer hurt and I can play with my niece and nephew. Overall more active and more engaged in life.



I thank God everyday for Dr. Sadek and his team.



HW 336

SW on 7/7/16

Gallbladder surgery 8/20/16

CW 236

GW ideally 136

Height 5'2

Seeing this in black and white really hits hard. I want to cry right now knowing that I have PCOS....but I'm staying strong because I know my lord and savior Jesus Christ is a healer and he's making a way for me to lose this weight once and for all and to get rid of my diabetes and my cysts.
I know one day I'll be completely healed in Jesus' name!
I'm remaining confident in his word over my life that I will be a Godly wife and mother!
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