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This is a hectic week for me as some bigwigs are visiting and I need to host the dinner for them tomorrow and give a presentation Friday. We had the dry run of our presentations yesterday so I just need to do some fine-tuning today. I'm hoping I get a chance to take a breath and relax a bit at work. This evening is also the only evening this week I will be home so I'm looking forward to that too!

I did lose a bit of weight this week. It's good to see it inching down. Someone in my band finally said something about my weight last night. So that was good. :)

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Saw my GP today.I am tired and wobbly cos I am severely Iron deficient and it looks as though my arthritis is becoming rheumatoid or lupus.So no issues with my trusty sleeve or calorie intake-thanks again for all your support and sensible advice.

My GP said I had the sleeve done in the nick of time.No-one would operate on me now.

22kg down and only able to walk cos of the weight loss.Latest NSV: my knickers fell down inside my work slacks yesterday.Lol! Absolutely love my sleeve :)

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Lissa VaVaVooooooom!!!!

Birdie' date=' might be a bit of a delay but will come around soon enough <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> We will all be waiting for your progress on the other side <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Dons 2.0 way to keep strong, you are doing awesome, eating out was the hardest part when on the Opti.

An update from me, I am now 20 days post my plastics surgery. Things are finally starting to settle down and thought I would take some progress shots. Still have some Fluid accumulating under my right arms and my butt cheeks (not a place I was expecting, was expecting hips but not to get a weird looking bubble butt), the doctor will likely drain these or some of these when I see her for a progress update tomorrow.

Here are some progress photos:http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/gallery/image/23156-me-20-days-post/

wow! You look fantastic! You can really see the difference and that is still with the Fluid.< /p>

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Saw my GP today.I am tired and wobbly cos I am severely Iron deficient and it looks as though my arthritis is becoming rheumatoid or lupus.So no issues with my trusty sleeve or calorie intake-thanks again for all your support and sensible advice.

My GP said I had the sleeve done in the nick of time.No-one would operate on me now.

22kg down and only able to walk cos of the weight loss.Latest NSV: my knickers fell down inside my work slacks yesterday.Lol! Absolutely love my sleeve <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

At least u know what is wrong now and hopefully ur dr can come up with a plan to treat it. Losing the weight will only help with the arthritis. Good luck and keep us posted! Hope u r feeling better soon xx

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Saw my GP today.I am tired and wobbly cos I am severely Iron deficient and it looks as though my arthritis is becoming rheumatoid or lupus.So no issues with my trusty sleeve or calorie intake-thanks again for all your support and sensible advice.

My GP said I had the sleeve done in the nick of time.No-one would operate on me now.

22kg down and only able to walk cos of the weight loss.Latest NSV: my knickers fell down inside my work slacks yesterday.Lol! Absolutely love my sleeve :)

Great that you have a diagnosis. I also have Iron deficiency anaemia and have just started back on iron tablets, but it's not related to my diet or sleeve. Our health issues will definitely be less as we lose the weight which is a real benefit.

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Great that you have a diagnosis. I also have Iron deficiency anaemia and have just started back on Iron tablets' date=' but it's not related to my diet or sleeve. Our health issues will definitely be less as we lose the weight which is a real benefit.[/quote']

Which iron tablets do you take Kelli? I tried liquid iron and lets just say it didn't stay very long in my tummy.

How is your friend recovering from her surgery?

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Which Iron tablets do you take Kelli? I tried liquid Iron and lets just say it didn't stay very long in my tummy.

How is your friend recovering from her surgery?

I am taking Ferro-Grad C which is iron & Vitamin C combined. one per day with food. It takes at least three months for this TP potentially have any effect.

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Which Iron tablets do you take Kelli? I tried liquid Iron and lets just say it didn't stay very long in my tummy.

How is your friend recovering from her surgery?

My friend's surgery went well although she reacted badly to the drugs. She has the leak test today and will go home tomorrow. She already feels a lot better. Asked me to visit her today to play canasta for a while so she must be getting back to normal.

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Hi everyone,

Glade to hear how everyone has been doing. Anyway I would like to get the names of everyones surgeons that work on the northside of Brisbane. My step niece is looking at getting sleeved and doesn't know any on that side. Thanks sooo much

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Hi everyone' date='

Glade to hear how everyone has been doing. Anyway I would like to get the names of everyones surgeons that work on the northside of Brisbane. My step niece is looking at getting sleeved and doesn't know any on that side. Thanks sooo much[/quote']

My friend was just done by George Hopkins at Holy Spirit Northside and she was very happy.

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My friend was just done by George Hopkins at Holy Spirit Northside and she was very happy.

Thanks Kellie

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Where does he operate? I haven't heard of him personally.

Hi Kelli he operates at North West Private Hospital

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Reza Adib at the Wesley.

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Hi everyone,

Glade to hear how everyone has been doing. Anyway I would like to get the names of everyones surgeons that work on the northside of Brisbane. My step niece is looking at getting sleeved and doesn't know any on that side. Thanks sooo much

My guy was George Hopkins at Chermside. I've had 3 family and friends go to him now and the feedback has been nothing but excellent. I have a cousin who's a Neurosurgeon in Brisbane and He describes George as 'the go to guy' for WLS.

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Thanks Dean. I've passed on his name to her

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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