Hello everyone,

I just wanted to first say Hi, I have been Lurking here for a month now gaining a little knowledge here and there. I was turned on to affordable wls by a miracle. I have been to some seminars and battled both blue cross blue sheild and cigna. Both businesses I have worked for put wls exempt. So I am paying out of pocket. Being so, I am willing to put my life on the line in the care of GOD.

I am a USCG captain. I run a big Crewboat in the gulf of Mexico. I weigh an average of 315 year round. I get hounded everytime I turn in a piece of paperwork on sleep apnea and my weight countering my physical ability to do my job. In the past 2 years I have spent over 3500 bucks on just sleep apnea tests not to account for all the travel time to get sign offs on agility tests. I do have thyroid issues which is controlled and has been for 4 years now. It was discovered by a dietician so I now on 175mcg of T4 synthroid ED.

You look amazing! Be careful with the gallbladder. Putting off my surgery landed me in the hospital with pancreatitis

Good to know imma research that. Thanks for the heads up.

You look amazing! Be careful with the gallbladder. Putting off my surgery landed me in the hospital with pancreatitis

Me too

Well this is as close as I can get to my 6 month surgeraversary because I go back to work in 2 days. 216.8 lbs. We are figuring as of right now I am carrying +\- 20lbs of excess skin but I am going to allow some time before I take the next step of removal.

Oh I did start taking B12 injections. Appetite increased not mentally but rather physically. I noticed that the knot in my stomach after each meal went away faster allowing me to eat more meals per day. Verifying that B12 stimulates appetite like I already knew before.

Fats...1 Avacado almost brought me to the emergency room. It Triggered a gallbladder attack making it number 3. They still only last 4 hours but its a horriffic 4 hours lol. I will continue to keep an eye on its activity. Hopefully I can keep it at bay until next year when I remove my excess skin.

Thats it for now. Have a good one

Ahhh yes.... reminds me of my $125 piece of pizza in "ought two." (EMG room visit. They give you GREAT drugs for a gall bladder attack Take care of yourself.

Today I tried to do an enima. Well guess what. I am not gay at all. I threw it in the trash.

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HAHAHAHA thanks for that.

Yesterday I was officially 6 months out...

A happier younger looking tiny looking me

At 213lbs. 13 more pounds to go before I hit goal number 2 then its off to goal 3 of 180lbs. Lets see what it does!!!

Capt. Derel, you've done so well. You're an inspiration to the rest of us big guys.

Today is Sept 11, 2012

Its almost my 7th month post op. Currently 205.2lbs. I am very satisfied with this venture. I have pretty good genetics under all this fat as you might be able to tell lmao. Very content cause I know I will reach my goal of 12% bf

Well I went to the Doctor because I thought I was having gall bladder issues. I was correct. They found 3 small stones and they want to operate. I told them that I want to hold off until after the new year if I can. But if I have an infection and I need emergency surgery I will go through with it.

Sucks, but I dont think that I will have to much more rapid weightloss so I hope they wont grow anymore so I can wait until I go back and do my tuck. I will just play it by ear.

What kind of symptoms did you have to make you go back to the doctor?

I had a pain that originated 2" above my belly button and moved directly to the right side about 2" away from the rib cage . Coincidently that is right by your gallbladder which is located directly underneath the ribcage. I had 4 "attacks" total, 3 of which happened within days of each other. My doc said it was a flair up. I notice that it does happen when I break plateaus and eat a little too much fats like an avacado.

Pain was exactly the same each time. 2 alieve and 2-3 gas x strips subdue the pain. I have been trying to trigger an attack but I cannot. I am trying to figure out what exactly triggers it so that I can steer clear of it.

Small price to pay for what I done in the past.

I had a pain that originated 2" above my belly button and moved directly to the right side about 2" away from the rib cage . Coincidently that is right by your gallbladder which is located directly underneath the ribcage. I had 4 "attacks" total, 3 of which happened within days of each other. My doc said it was a flair up. I notice that it does happen when I break plateaus and eat a little too much fats like an avacado.

Pain was exactly the same each time. 2 alieve and 2-3 gas x strips subdue the pain. I have been trying to trigger an attack but I cannot. I am trying to figure out what exactly triggers it so that I can steer clear of it.

Small price to pay for what I done in the past.

Fat always triggered mine. Not every time at first. The attacks were spread out by months, then at the end, they happened every time I ate so much as a gram of fat. (or so it seemed). It felt like I was being stabbed below the sternum with a very large dagger and said dagger was being twisted continuously. It is a pain that FAR surpasses childbirth. ("IMO") Throwing up usually stopped it, but again....not near the end. NOTHING helped then. Just surgery. I hope yours don't speed up!!

I do Appreciate it. Just trying to hold off for as long as I can. I know that theres other options than just straight up removal. My name isnt patch adams lol

I posted earlier about a dumping episode I had last week. Until I read this thread, gallbladder hadn't even crossed my mind. I have appt with my doctor tomorrow to find out if it's gallbladder pain. I'm so glad you posted about it!!!

I am reading about a liver gall bladder clense with B3, lemon juice, olive oil taken orally and coffee taken as a suppository.

B3 dialates the bile ducts, olive oil and lemons make the bile ducts hyperactive and coffee is a laxitive that helps pass the stones.

Thinking about trying this wednesday morning. Just hating the suppository part.