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I was watching some episodes of Weight Loss Ward (UK, youtube) and the weight loss centre wouldn't even recommend people for surgery unless they had loss a set amount of weight in a set period of time. They wanted to see commitment and compliance.

Did you start on the lowest dose?

Looks like it's been a while since the Australian sub-forum was posted in. Thought it would be interesting to see how many Australians are out there and what state/territory you live, where you are from, and whatever else you are happy to share. I come from a large family, and of the immediate family I am pretty much the only who is overweight.

Good idea, giving the preop diet a good go will give you good standing for the post op.

Look at you go! And your dress is absolutely lovely.

That's great, I bet you are excited. I am not in Sydney I am in Tasmania, but I will be coming to Sydney for my procedure (ESG) which won't be June but October (I hope). Who is your surgeon and what procedure are you having? Well done on the loss so far, that's a long preop hope it goes well for you.

Thank you for sharing, that was a wonderful read.

I gather what is being requested is for more Group Support Leaders? May I ask what the role or expectation of a Group Support Leader is? I have my own thoughts about what they are but in terms of bariaricpal forums I may be wrong. I volunteer (moderator) on a fairly popular forum. It's hard work and can a lot of time but I gather the role of group support leader would be much harder. It would require a greater time commitment along with the abiiity to be able to engage positively and with empathy with a diverse member base.

I spent three hours at the pathology lab on Saturday morning doing my oral gluose/insulin test, only to get a phone call today saying I needed to redo as they didn't collect enough timed samples....aargh. My surgeon asked for a urea breath test and the lab is now going back and forth with the surgeon to confirm he wants a breath test not a fecal test. The surgeon asked for a breath test, I'm pretty sure he knows what he wants. But anyways, I continue to make small changes eating better, eating less, walking more. Feeling better for it.

Great achievement, you are looking wonderful!

I work with someone who had a sleeve about 15 months ago, she is 40 and has lost about 35kilos (77lb), she is out dating, she has mentioned that her partner(s) in that time have never mentioned her excess skin or scars. If someone genuinely cares for you they won't care about some excess skin or scars, and if they sex on their mind I doubt they would even notice.

Well done!

Fantastic and very well done!

Dlturn do you live in Thailand or was your surgery medical tourism? If medical tourism are you able to link up with a WLS dietician or nutritionist in your home country?

Thanks!

I'm no expert, but I would have thought that would depend on your type of surgery, for instance if a gastric bypass I believe processed foods that contain sugar (or perhaps high in sugar) are a no no as they are likely to cause dumping.

Hope all went well for you!

That's great, thanks for sharing.

I had my phone consult with Dr Sartoretto yesterday, it was a good consult I thought. He asked a lot of questions based on my personal/history, allowed plenty of time for me to ask my questions. I like his approach to weight/fat loss with the focus more on body fat percentage / body composition than scale weight. Dr Sartoretto has done approx 160 ESG which is quite a good number given its a relatively new procedure in Australia. While I had already done a range of blood tests, I now have a referral for a breath test and oral glucose test. I was pleased to see that there wasn't a change in the Australian government budget with regards to early release of super for WLS (unless its still hidden in the fine print somewhere).

I enjoyed the Fat Doctor and was disappointed there wasn't a fifth (?) season. Dr Shaw Somers came across as the most caring doctor. I don't have access to 600lb life.

Not Geelong, but across the strait in Tasmania.

lol...Nope you're not the only one...

Today is my appointment day with the surgeon, my alloted time is 4.15pm but was told the doctor would likely call sometime in the evening. it's going to b a long wait

Do you mean just talking in general about the surgery or specifically about delaying the surgery?