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I changed surgeons last month and even though he told me that he would 'like' me to be less for the operation he didn't say that I 'Had' to lose a certain amount before surgery. I found that out today when I talked to the nutritionist.

I'm like....'again' another set back. I mean missed a monthly weigh in due to them scheduling me an appt. on a day that the doctor was not in. Had labs that were low in Iron & albumin (which takes a month to bump up). Find out that I had a stomach infection that no one treated in July so took two weeks to treat that. Still have to redo labs for everything and to top everything off I have PCIP insurance which is discontinuing Dec. 31 13 and I have to roll over into another insurance....with No guarantee that they have wls surgery as a ryder. So 'stressed' is an understatement of what I have to do.

I'm on a low carb/high Protein diet and my goal is to get these 25lbs off in 4-6 weeks. I don't have anymore time beyond that to get it done.

Time to tighten up the belt and get to work.

Wish me luck!

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Did you know you had a stomach infection? How did they treat it? They just made me go back and redo the blood test for the infection as well.. Hang in there, you will do it!!

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I had no clue that I had H. Polyri. It came up in my labwork. What's sad is that the first surgeon didn't tell me about it back it July, I found out a few weeks ago with the new surgeon. They treated it with Prevpac, its a three combo treatment that you take twice a day for two weeks. Makes your mouth taste metallic the whole time, but the taste goes away once its over. I haven't been retested yet to see if it worked, but hopefully it did.

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