Gastric Bypass Surgery Support Group
Gastric bypass (GBP) is any of a group of similar operative procedures used to treat morbid obesity, a condition which arises from severe accumulation of excess weight in the form of fatty tissue, and the health problems ("co-morbidities") which result. If you are considering gastric bypass or have had it, join the community where we share our experiences and find support.
This is my last week of condensed summer classes, and the time is flying by! Classes are going well, busy busy, but well. :) I have 2 presentations to give this week, big paper due Thursday, and a comprehensive final in my trauma class that is due Friday as well as a couplel paper responses to write! It is a lot, but I am on top of it all and feel good about the outcomes.
I also am in the midst of taking a GRE prep course that meets Saturdays (this last Sat being the first one).
I have 9 days left till surgery :) I am having butterfly's!! But am excited to be on my way...
I am suppose to start my preop diet Wednesday. I have started today to help me 'recover' from the food funeral I have been going thru.
I am lucky in that my preop diet allows for a small meal at dinner with two protein shakes during the day. Tonight is Tilapia and zucchini, with an orange for desert.
Anyways.... I am thankful I have a busy week ahead of me to help the time pass and to keep my mind from wandering and thinking too much about surgery.
I also am in the midst of taking a GRE prep course that meets Saturdays (this last Sat being the first one).
I have 9 days left till surgery :) I am having butterfly's!! But am excited to be on my way...
I am suppose to start my preop diet Wednesday. I have started today to help me 'recover' from the food funeral I have been going thru.
I am lucky in that my preop diet allows for a small meal at dinner with two protein shakes during the day. Tonight is Tilapia and zucchini, with an orange for desert.
Anyways.... I am thankful I have a busy week ahead of me to help the time pass and to keep my mind from wandering and thinking too much about surgery.
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Good day to all.So let me explain why we're discussing this today. The problem is, if your system gets too many (as in produces too many) it's a non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) called Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, and my husband was diagnosed in early 2018.Every monocloncal antibody or protein in your blood is essentially a blank, a slug, as they call coins that have been minted but not...
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
I am so excited for you. I'm leaving for vacation on the 17th. I hope to be back in time to bid you a good surgery day. If not, I will be thinking of you and saying a prayer.
:)
JJ
Keep us posted we are all rooting for you and got a spot on the bench with your name on it!
Thinking of you everyday and excited for you! You are going to one of the best hospitals around and I already know WE have the BEST surgeon money can buy!!!
=)
Linda
I have appreciated your posts and comments so much. I hope to be as encouraging and supportive to you as you begin the next leg of your journey!
Maria
You're going to do great on all of your school and classes! That pre-op diet will go fast, and like they said...You'll all of a sudden be going to the hospital, to continue your journey!
i'm very proud of all the work you've done ,and know you will do wonderfully with the surgery! I will probably be having mine a month behind you, so i'm getting closer too!
Hugs,
Betsy