I know there are people out there from MA. Just wanted to start thread here to consolidate our discussions.

I'm from Sterling and getting sleeved at UMass in Worcester on Sept 4th.

Hello Everybody, I'm from Cambridge, MA. I start my pre-op on Sept 15, 2014, my sleeve done on Sept 15, 2014.

I'm looking for some buddies, for both pre-op & after I get the sleeve. I'm having mine done at Hallmark Health in Medford by

Dr Lane.

Have a great day & good luck to all, Mychef

Welcome and good luck ! Are u excited or nervous??

I'm a little of both excited & nervous. But I am looking forward to it.

Hi All, Hope you don't mind a NH person chiming in. I am currently living in Salem, NH but grew up and spent most of my life in Newburyport, MA. I had band surgery on 4/16/12 in Lowell MA.

Hello and good luck. I have the band and don't know much about the sleeve or by pass as to pre op and post op diets. I wish you a lot of luck. I had the band 2 years ago at the BI/Boston. I love my band. I live in Randolph and go to BI/Milton for all my follow-ups. My surgeon is now at both hospitals.

The WLS is the best thing I ever did for my health. I hope your surgery will be also.

Arlene

Hi all. Lisa here from brockton. I'm preop. Doing ok but def hard for me to get the exercise in. I have chronic back pain after an injury at work. In fact just had my second back surgery in June. Anyone out there from my area?

Amazon. How are you doing? I had my surgery on 7/28 @ lahey in Burlington. I had Dr Brams. No problems

Feeling good now.

Amazon. How are you doing? I had my surgery on 7/28 @ lahey in Burlington. I had Dr Brams. No problems

Feeling good now.

@@MaureenS I'm going great! Thanks for asking

I have an appt. today with Heather (nut).

Not exactly losing much, but I know it will come. It's only two weeks tomorrow.

Dr. Brams is so nice. Have been very happy with his care, and the entire team. Glad you're doing well too!

Hi all. Lisa here from brockton. I'm preop. Doing ok but def hard for me to get the exercise in. I have chronic back pain after an injury at work. In fact just had my second back surgery in June. Anyone out there from my area?

Hello. I live in Randolph and have the band for 2 years. My doctor is at the BI/Boston and BI/Milton. Sorry to hear about your back but you can do exercises in a pool. I have a bad back and knees and did PT in a pool for a few years until the pool closed. Just got lazy and never went to another place.

When is your surgery and what type of WLS are you doing?

Good luck with everything.

Arlene

Hi all,

From North Reading. Had gastric bypass at Lahey Hospital in Burlington on Aug 6th. Doing great!

Hi all,

From North Reading. Had gastric bypass at Lahey Hospital in Burlington on Aug 6th. Doing great!

Hi Paula

Glad to see you're still doing well!!

Lisa

Hi

I am from Holden(Central Ma) and I have no clue when I will have surgery but I hope to get some answers tomorrow from my appts. I started in July 7th for my intial appt. at Umass.

Leapyear you can fill me in on your journey. You just had the surgery recently and how are you doing? We are practically neighbors

Lisa

Hi Lisa.

We are neighbors. Small world huh?!

I'm doing really good. So good I can't believe I had surgery a week ago. The only tuff thing is I do get hungry sometimes and I can only have liquids for another week. I'm definitely sick of drinking so much! But I've lost 12 lbs in a week. So that's great. My goal is to loose 100 total.

My journey started in Feb this year. My insurance required 6 month supervised program. I basically went once a month to UMass to see all the specialists. Plus I had a sleep study done which showed I have sleep apnea. Plus I attended 4 weekly group forums. Then I was able to meet surgeon; Dr. Czerniach. He is awesome!! I liked everyone I had in the program. They are so nice to you. You picked a great place to go.

If you have any more questions please feel free to ask. I'm happy to answer anything. Who are u seeing on Friday? Good luck to you!!!!

Hi Lisa.

We are neighbors. Small world huh?!

I'm doing really good. So good I can't believe I had surgery a week ago. The only tuff thing is I do get hungry sometimes and I can only have liquids for another week. I'm definitely sick of drinking so much! But I've lost 12 lbs in a week. So that's great. My goal is to loose 100 total.

My journey started in Feb this year. My insurance required 6 month supervised program. I basically went once a month to UMass to see all the specialists. Plus I had a sleep study done which showed I have sleep apnea. Plus I attended 4 weekly group forums. Then I was able to meet surgeon; Dr. Czerniach. He is awesome!! I liked everyone I had in the program. They are so nice to you. You picked a great place to go.

If you have any more questions please feel free to ask. I'm happy to answer anything. Who are u seeing on Friday? Good luck to you!!!!

Hi it's good to hear you are doing great and 12 lbs is impressive! After reading other people's comments the first couple of weeks is the hardest. Each day always gets better. Hang in there!

I am meeting with Anna the Nut( hehe) and Dr. Lauretti. I made my first initial appt was July7. I have seen Janet Huels twice, Anna tomorrow will the second time and Lauretti the first. When do you think surgery will happen with this time frame? I need to squeeze in my knee replacement before next Spring. I have been on extended short term from work and then going on long term. So I am pressed for time and anxious to know when this thing is going to happen. I have Harvard Pilgrim and there is no 6 month requirement.

Ok I am still learning how to navigate this huge forum.

It's really informative to see everyone's concerns and fun to read ????