once you feel up to it you should start strength
exercizes as soon as possible. It will help your skin
shrink with you so your not left witht he saggie wrinkly
skin that most of us have. Water is a major help also,
its responsible for skins elasticity. Dont overdo it,
Start slow and build your muscles. It also helps to
burn fat faster.
Thanks!! Im going to go shower and put on my new size 24 shorts!!<br><br>LOL
I went for my 3 week check yesterday. I have lost
34 pounds and one dress size! Woohoo!! It’s nice to
shop for a size that ISNT the biggest! <br><br>I had
flounder for dinner last night. The few bites I DID get
were pretty good. I made it in the oven w/margarine
and some lemon juice and just a tiny bit of bread
crumbs over it. My husband loved it and he had salmon,
too. <br><br>I am now walking a mile (not this
am…darn rain! I need a treadmill….lol) every day now. I
will keep that up until Monday and then start 1 1/2
miles. It feels good. Yesterday morning I found a boxer
turtle in the road. I picked him up and put him in the
grass so he didnt get run over. The other morning I was
walking and I looked up and two scared squirrels were
running at me with a white cat chasing
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Just wanted to share this. I had set aside a
bunch of clothes that were way too tight for me when I
had my surgery. I was waiting until they would fit.
This morning I pulled a nice purple shirt out hoping I
would be able to wear it by now and guess what? Its a
night shirt now. It hags on me so bad I couldt possibly
wear it. Im mad I missed the opportunity to wear all
these clothes, but Im glad Im alot smaller then I
thought. I went through everything and only 1 pair of
pants were wearable.<br>Its only been 7 months since
surgery. I didnt think these items would fit for another
few months. This purple shirt at one time was my
favorite. Oh well. Its a good reason to go shopping
I’m back after open-rny on 11-23-99 and 6 months
of pure hell severe
pancreatitis,malnutrition,<br>three emergency ambulance rides 250 miles one way
between four different hospitals in two different
cities,countless tests,x-rays,cat-scans,scopes,upper-gi with
follow through,on and on and on……. to top it all off
a second open-rny redo so as you can see I’ve been
there done that and don’t want to go back.<br>but I
finally found a Dr. who is truly a god sent his name is
Dr.Chris Eagon at Barnes-jewish located in St.louis,Mo. I
just can’t say enough about UNBELIEVABLE doctor and as
great as Dr.Eagon was in my case there is a Dr. that is
at the other end of the scale this Dr. that
performed the first op. was NO HELP and just gave up it
seemed to me.I had a great expreience with Dr. Eagon and
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Just wanted to share this experience with
everyone. My husband and I went out to dinner at a local
All-You-Can eat buffet for Father’s Day. I was done eating
long before my husband so I was just sitting there
enjoying the restaurant and senery. I looked over at this
guy that was in the dessert line and would you
believe it!!! He winked at me!!! I was in total shock. I
finally had to chuckle and tell my husband, "Hey, that
guy just winked at me." He said, "Do you want me to
go over and have it out with him?" I told him not to
bother…."With my luck it would turn out to just be a facial
tick." I haven’t been winked at in 20+ years……quite
an experience and cute to say the least.<br><br>Take
care…Helen (Surgery 8-14-1997)
for the birth control advice everyone. I
know now that I have to get an alternate method of
birth control. I knew something was funny
here.<br>Anyway, my surgeon left our group and no one in my HMO
knows much about the surgery or its effects. Im just
glad i have you guys
Spoke to my doctor, he said there should be no
problem with absorption. However, if your cycles are
changing you should talk to your gyn. Obese people don’t
have normal cycles sometimes and the weight loss may
change that.<br><br>Phyliss
I have gained 5 lbs. over the last 10 days. I don’t feel like I’m retaining
water, so I don’t know what it could be. I had surgery 3/10/00. Has this
happened to anyone else? I’m so frustraded!
Everyone Please post your pre surgery and surgery stories. It helps me in my
research. I am very interested in what i am to expect. I would deeply
appreciate you sharing your stories. Thanks Elka