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Four Gastric Bypasses, Three Near Successes, Two Major Complications, And A Lap Band In A...
My sister in law informed me yesterday that she's going to have Lap-Band surgery. I am not surprised, as she has been considering weight loss surgery for years, but she has been scared of the process. She's watched four of us go through the proce...
Revising: Two phone calls down.
Called Beth Israel Medical Center with my query: Could I have a consult regarding issues and perhaps revising surgery? Bottom line: $500 to "join the program." :/ I asked if the surgeons use DS as a form of revisal, "they know how to, ye...
Risk of blood clots after surgery higher than thought
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of blood clots following surgery is probably higher - overall, more than one clot per 50 surgeries -- than previously thought, data from the UK's Million Women... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi...
\'The surgery might have saved my life, but I wish I\'d never had it done.\'
I share this, not because of the article, because seriously: "Britain's Fattest Teen," uh, what? It's a bit over the top and this is obviously a tabloid, and I bet this girl got serious CASH to pose.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
MM walks into a surgeon\'s office and asks for a revision.
It's like a joke, you see? What happens next? I was thinking today about the constant blood sugar roller coaster I have been riding since 2005, and the fact that it isn't going away. This simply... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website...
Vitamin Recommendation List For Gastric Bypass Patients
"But my surgeon said to take a couple of Flintstones vitamins and I'll be okay!" Are you a toddler? Apparently I thought they were good enough. Not so, not so. Disclaimer, do not listen to the girl who took children's vitamins. Listen to your FREAKIN...
Varicose Veins -- I feel so, elderly!
I have had a problem with varicose veins since I was pregnant with my first baby at age 18. I know, right? A teenager with varicose veins? I have, incompetent valves. My valves, they are incompetent.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we...
Deep Thoughts About My Job.
I am still thinking about it. I think the Claritin is effecting my brain, which is currently falling out of my nostrils. Getting to goal and weight maintenance as a job. I slept on it. Figuratively.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web...
Evaluation of Short-term Nutritional Regimens Following Bariatric Surgery
From the National Anemia Action Council, September 15, 2009: Evaluation of Short-term Nutritional Regimens Following Bariatric Surgery NAAC Review Published: September 15, 2009 The two types of bariatric procedures most often performed in Europe are...
That makes it (not) clearer.
Yeah, right. As if anything could be simple. My blood work from yesterday is back, I asked the nurse on the phone if anything was out of range. Nope. It's all good. The Dilantin level is .1 lower than the range, 9.9 instead of 10-20. Shit. I was hop...
