Gastric Bypass Truth

Did you know that there is a higher suicide rate about 2-3 years after weight loss surgery? I saw a news story on it recently and really liked what it had to say. Unfortunately, too many people think that bariatric surgery is going to solve all their problems. If I were only skinny, we think, [...]

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I feel almost as if I’ve just had my gastric bypass. Last night I had shrimp and broccoli from my local Chinese restaurant. I ate slowly – mostly just the shrimp. And it wasn’t near as much as I have been able to eat recently. But my pouch has definitely regained some of it’s post-op [...]

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The 5 Day Pouch Test is working. But it still isn’t easy or fun. Yesterday was day 3. Soft protein like scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, canned tuna or salmon. Pretty much the only thing on that list that I like was the eggs. I had a quiche at my favorite coffee shop (didn’t eat the [...]

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Well, on Day 3 of my 5 Day Pouch Test,  it’s getting easier. Yesterday was still tough. No solid food. By the end of the day I was tired and had a headache. I had drama practice in the evening and I could tell my brain wasn’t really in it. Today I’m up to scrambled [...]

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Wow yesterday was tough. It was Day 1 of my 5 Day Pouch Test. I was crabby and hungry. I ate a LOT of sugar free pudding and cream of chicken soup. I had 2 protein shakes. I think I definitely got my protein quota in for the day. I drank Fuze’s.. not exactly the [...]

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Well, I’m closing in on the third anniversary of my gastric bypass surgery. And I have to say I am very proud of myself. As of this morning, I weighed 145 pounds. Which is what I weighed six months ago. Which is what I want to continue to weigh until I can have the plastic [...]

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Well, once again, it’s been a while. Sorry for that. When I started this blog I was working from home as a freelance writer. That business kinda dried up in the bad economy, and so in July I started a new job.

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I found the following story by a local TV station in Tulsa, OK. I thought it was more balanced than most, so I wanted to share it here. They mention the incredible benefits of weight loss surgery, and then spend a good bit of the segment with a man who’s had some significant problems as [...]

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Weight loss surgery changes more than just your appearance and your eating habits. No matter where you are in the process, you probably already have a basic knowledge of this fact. But it’s hard to overstate the mental impact losing so much weight so quickly has on you. Once you get to the other side [...]

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It’s now been just over 3 weeks since the intense abdominal pain sent me to the ER in the middle of the night and my gastric bypass surgery complication saga began. Since then, a case of badly twisted bowels turned into a nasty infection in my incision site. At first I had daily visits from [...]

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