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Surgery date set!!!
I went in for my last pre surgery appointment today. It started with a weight and BP check, where they recorded me as down 74 pounds since the orientation class on April 15. Then I had about 45 minutes with a surgical resident and a med-student, where we talked about the surgery, confirmed my history and understanding of…
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Protein (or other) Sample Packs and Sales
I figure it might be useful to have a Topic for people to post special pricing or sample packs they have run across or ordered. I'll start: About Time protein has a $4.99 delivered (to the US) price for two flavors of their protein powders. Not the best price in the world, but a chance to taste some different flavors…
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Surgical Consultation Today
Busy day today! More hurdles cleared! I met my surgeon today and made it through another couple of steps prior to surgery. I didn’t get my date yet, but everything went well. I believe I get my surgery date when i see the surgeon next on July 18th. I could have gotten the date this Friday, but the appointment didn’t fit my…
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Posting Pictures in a Forum Post
Folks, posting pictures inside of a forum post is relatively easy, but not intuitively obvious. The hardest part is that you have to have the pictures hosted at an outside site. I use Photbucket (www.photobucket.com). It's free and easy to sign up and upload pictures. Once you have a picture in your library (preferably…
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Golf NSV!!
Big day for me today. One of the things that helped me to convince myself that WLS was the right answer for me was when my hips continued to get worse and I had to give up walking the golf course, drastically reduce the amount of basketball I played and even run less with the kids that I coach in basketball. Well, for the…
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Surgical Consultation Completed Today
Busy day today! More hurdles cleared! I met my surgeon today and made it through another couple of steps prior to surgery. I didn’t get my date yet, but everything went well. I believe I get my surgery date when i see the surgeon next on July 18th. I could have gotten the date this Friday, but the appointment didn’t fit my…
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NSV!!!
Big day for me today. One of the things that helped me to convince myself that WLS was the right answer for me was when my hips continued to get worse and I had to give up walking the golf course, drastically reduce the amount of basketball I played and even run less with the kids that I coach in basketball. Well, for the…
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Posting Pictures in a Forum Post
This came up in the other WLS group and I figure it might be helpful here as well. Folks, posting pictures inside of a forum post is relatively easy, but not intuitively obvious. The hardest part is that you have to have the pictures hosted at an outside site. I use Photbucket (www.photobucket.com). It's free and easy to…
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Protein (or other) Sample Packs and Sales
I figure it might be useful to have a Topic for people to post special pricing or sample packs they have run across or ordered. I'll start: About Time protein has a $4.99 delivered (to the US) price for two flavors of their protein powders. Not the best price in the world, but a chance to taste some different flavors…
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WLS Pre-work - Exercise and Nutritionist
Yesterday was the three hour exercise and nutritionist class that is part of the Henry Ford Hospital Program. The appointment was: 1) about 30 minutes of getting everyone's weight/BP/quick talk with the exercise guy who did those measurements. 2) Then the exercise guy presented about a 45 minute Powerpoint presentation on…
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NSV/SV
Finally back down to a weight where I can use the scale in my basement!
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Starting the next Phase of My Life
Greetings! I've been playing with the idea of WLS for a number of years, and finally have 'flipped the switch' to get going on changing my life. I have been fat since childhood, but at least since college an athletic fat guy. I hovered in the 300's for most of my adult life, diving down to my lowest adult weight of 260 in…
