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WHO DO i CALL TO START GOINGTO THESE SUPPORT GROUPS? I AM NEW TO THIS SITE SO ANY HELPFUL TIPS WOULD BE AWESOME. i HAD MY SURGERY NOV 19TH AND LOST 35 LBS SO FAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE TO LOSE

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WHO DO i CALL TO START GOINGTO THESE SUPPORT GROUPS? I AM NEW TO THIS SITE SO ANY HELPFUL TIPS WOULD BE AWESOME. i HAD MY SURGERY NOV 19TH AND LOST 35 LBS SO FAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE TO LOSE

Hi Madelyn! Call your surgeon's office first and see if they have meetings. If they don't, your welcome to attend the meetings at Buffalo General Hospital that meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month, 5:30-7:30-7pm, 1st floor, "Doctors Dining Room" in the cafeteria on the 1st floor. Congratulations on your progress:)

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Hi Madelyn! Call your surgeon's office first and see if they have meetings. If they don't, your welcome to attend the meetings at Buffalo General Hospital that meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month, 5:30-7:30-7pm, 1st floor, "Doctors Dining Room" in the cafeteria on the 1st floor. Congratulations on your progress:)

Thank you i will attend a meeting.

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to my Buffalo and WNY fellow sleevers♥♥♥

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Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas!!

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Wishing everyone a successful and healthy 2014

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Wishing everyone a successful and healthy 2014

Happy new years to you too :)

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As 2013 comes to a close, what a year it has been! Although I have not met any of you face to face, I share a special bond with each and every one of you. WE ARE CHAMPIONS!!!! WE MADE IT TO THE LOSER'S BENCH!!!! Through the up and downs, the good and not so good, it's been one heck of a ride! My pray for all as we enter the New Year, is that we continue to pursue and achieve our goals snd dreams that we, maybe thought were impossible, we enjoy more NSV's, better health, and we continue to rock those new outfits in smaller sizes (lol!). I thank all of you for the support, encouragement, and concern shown to me and one another!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! YOU GUYS ROCK♥

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Hey I'm 3 months out from surgery down 56 pounds and lately I have been having bad lower abdominal cramping and nausea and vomiting and light headed and dizzy and I had a colonoscopy recently and it came back normal and I'm getting frustrated cause I have no clue what's causing it and I'm getting my Protein in and my fluids in and eating my small meals and I'm 28 yrs old and I don't think I should be having this many problems went to the ER twice and cat scans came back normal and blood work is normal also just a low vitiam d level and have been very tired any ideas

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Hey I'm 3 months out from surgery down 56 pounds and lately I have been having bad lower abdominal cramping and nausea and vomiting and light headed and dizzy and I had a colonoscopy recently and it came back normal and I'm getting frustrated cause I have no clue what's causing it and I'm getting my Protein in and my fluids in and eating my small meals and I'm 28 yrs old and I don't think I should be having this many problems went to the ER twice and cat scans came back normal and blood work is normal also just a low vitiam d level and have been very tired any ideas

Hello nice to meet u sorry u having so many problems.. have u been having regular bowel movements?

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My surgery was nov 19 th and only time i felt like that was when i had issue with Constipation

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Hey I'm 3 months out from surgery down 56 pounds and lately I have been having bad lower abdominal cramping and nausea and vomiting and light headed and dizzy and I had a colonoscopy recently and it came back normal and I'm getting frustrated cause I have no clue what's causing it and I'm getting my Protein in and my fluids in and eating my small meals and I'm 28 yrs old and I don't think I should be having this many problems went to the ER twice and cat scans came back normal and blood work is normal also just a low vitiam d level and have been very tired any ideas

Could it be your gall bladder? If you do gave one, it's been known for bariatric patients to have issues and may have to have it removed. Feel better and stay warm in this blizzard.

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Could it be your gall bladder? If you do gave one, it's been known for bariatric patients to have issues and may have to have it removed. Feel better and stay warm in this blizzard.

that's what I was thinking since I still have my gallbladder when I see my surgon agree syngery I will ask about that and stay safe with the blizzard

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      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. LeighaTR

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      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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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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