derbygirl

That's great, Lindsay! Congratulations! Thank you, and everyone else, for your stories and thoughts. I feel better now.

Was anyone else here diagnosed pre-op?? Is this going to slow things down? I'm worried they are going to demand I'm medicated for a few months before they'll do the surgery. Should I worry? :think

I don't really care about taste. Surgeon, hospital and laboratory fees, $15,000 food processor, $45 Liquid Vitamin, $47 Keeping your hair, priceless :love:

I just wanted to apologize because I am blind and didn't see the other Vitamin thread...lol. But thank you all so much for all of your help! It's so great to have friends who've been through this! Derbygirl Slated to be banded end of 2006

My doc said to always take a chewable children's vitamin every day, but I'm more interested in the GNC Women's Ultra Mega Liquid Vitamin, which has almost the same characteristics as a prenatal. Is there any reason why chewable would be better? Anyone here take a liquid? I also want to take my calcium supplement as a liquid.

Buying for immediate post-op. Please advise.

My doc's post-op instructions including drinking warm liquids every morning (forever). I'm wondering who else does this because I haven't heard it mentioned by other bandsters. He said this is to clear out mucus. I'm not a coffee drinker, so I'm thinking sugar-free hot chocolate. Does this sound okay or would that promote mucus?

I am super-size...and still waiting to be banded. I've been checking this board here and there, and I'm glad to see that this is a friendly and helpful place...because I'm going to need a lot of support. But I actually came here with GREAT NEWS!!!! Today I finally secured the funds to pay for my surgery! I went to orientation 2 weeks ago and my first appt. with the surgeon is next Wednesday.

I'm single but for the last couple of years I've been cooking dinner for myself at night. I'm lost on how to create a meal of 6 ounces of food. Certainly I can eat a piece of prepackaged meat or cottage cheese or whatever...but how do I COOK for myself without wasting a ton of food??

Hey, and what is NSV? Or whatever that abbreviation is I keep seeing?

I know that when I was smaller, I felt better about myself...I felt sexy and cute and I was more outgoing. Probably because I wasn't so damn tired. Let's face it, it's no easy task toting all that extra weight...and in the summer...omg, we have it 3X as hard as skinny people. Most of the time, we aren't even comfortable enough with ourselves to wear appropriate attire--jeans instead of shorts and no tank top for me, thanks anyway. So whether or not it's people treating me differently because I'm smaller or because I'm more outgoing is a tough call. It's probably a little of both.

PhotoNut, that's amazing! You're an inspiration. I haven't posted a lot on these boards, but I've been lurking a few months. I remember your other picture and you look a lot different already!

Oh, I'm angry for all of us...probably most of us are going to have to deal with this. I've decided that I'm going to start therapy immediately following the surgery. I'm sure there are going to be all kinds of issues like this that pop up and I want to learn how to properly deal with them so that I don't sabotage myself unknowingly.

So is taking prenatal vitamins okay? Because we have to take a multi- anyway. Or would they be too big to swallow? I've always wanted better nails.

What are the vitamins and/or products that help with hair loss when losing weight?

Absolutely....put yourself first. For several years, I shrugged off weight-loss surgery because I was scared of dying. But I've come to realize that life as a morbidly-obese person is no life at all.

See? This is why I wish I didn't have to tell anyone! But I'm single and I need someone to take care of my dog and my house and possibly me when I have this surgery later this year. So I have been forced to tell my worst critic--my mother! My mother, who is happy for the first, oh 60 pounds or so, and then turns very jealous. She knows several people who have had the RnY and is expecting some giant turn-around within a year, and I keep telling her it's going to be sloooooow progress. Let me tell you a little story about the LAST time I lost a significant amount of weight on Jenny Craig (over 140 pounds). She out-of-the-blue asks me "What are you going to do about your extra skin?" and telling me how awful I'm going to look after I lose all my weight. My best friend of over 15 years also abandoned me completely and only made up with me after I had regained it all. I had coworkers who wouldn't ALLOW me a piece of cake at office birthday parties (despite the fact I had allowed for the extra calories). Everyone, be STRONG! You are doing this FOR YOU. For a better life for YOU. Dang it, I'm so angry right now.

Yes, I am dreading it. I've lived it when I've lost on other diets. I got tired of people being nosey because, like someone else said, it's not like these folks had a weight problem--they were just nosey. So, just to entertain myself, when someone asked me "How did you lose so much weight?" I would look them dead in the face, with no smile and say, "Starvation." Then, after looking at their bewildered face (they didn't know whether or not I was telling the truth), I would flee the scene. Most would never bring it up again.

Scott, I'm curious as to why you are bad about getting fills regularly. Is it a cost factor...is it uncomfortable for you?

I'm just starting this journey. I have already been told that my insurance will not pay, and CareCredit doesn't want to finance the entire procedure, but I will find a way to do this anyway. In the meantime, I'm trying to get into the mindset. From what I've read, everyone is one a rather low-carb diet? (Correct me if I'm wrong.) I would love to get the low-down on your diet specifications. But even moreso, I'd like to know what your favorite products are post-surgery. If there's already a thread about this, I apologize. I didn't see one.