tmccoy723

Hi Cindy! Good for you for trying to get involved in the community. I hope that you find it as beneficial as I have. There are great people on this site. =) I have a FitBit and really like it! It's great to see the progress I'm making physically and it actually motivates me to do a bit more when I see that I'm really close…

relentless212 - I'm so sorry to hear about your experience as well. Mine seems like nothing compared to what you had to go through. I know that complications can happen and that if they do, it doesn't mean they will happen every time, so I'm happy to hear that your other surgery went very well. I'm definitely taking all of…

Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts and words, whether you've been through something like this or not. Having the support of other people who have had the surgery is so wonderful and helps me keep my spirits up. Luckily I'm not in too much pain at this point, more like discomfort, and will just keep looking…

I just had mine done on Thursday! I wore the clothes that I planned on going home in so I didn't bring anything other than my chapstick, phone and charger. It was fine because I hurt for the first couple of days and didn't want to do much other than walk and sleep. The gas pain was the worst for me. It settled in my chest…

I am also going to be 40 this year and just got approved to go through the bariatric weight loss program at Kaiser. I'm lucky because if I decide to have surgery, my insurance will cover it. I am going to my first class tomorrow morning and and am nervous and excited to learn more about the surgery. I'm also looking in to…