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It's really weird when you realize that your hormones can absolutely take you hostage! Like, you KNOW everything is fine, life is blessed, blah blah blah, but you just want to cry and hide and melt into a puddle. Hijacked!

That surgery is "cheating" garbage, is just that - garbage. When someone had the nerve to tell me that once upon a time, I told him to stuff it because this was the hardest thing I'd ever done in my life. It was just the VSG at that time but it was still a healing process, a hormonal...

Hello! Yes, I had the VSG 12ish years ago, and lost a good amount, but the weight crept back on most significantly during/after my pregnancy. I had acid reflux growing up, but these last few years my GERD was excruciating and unavoidable. When Dr. Rabkin fixed my sleeve as part of my DS...

I’m going to blame my brain-fart there on a serious lack of caffeine ;)

This one: http://bariatricfacts.org/threads/my-insurance-ordeal-for-the-ds.6129/

I did! There’s another thread around here which was my entire experience up to my surgery date... like December 1: this happened. I had my DS revision with Dr. Rabkin on February 8th and I’m feeling awesome :)

Wait, what? Or am I reading that super-pants wrong..?

No objections from me! michelle vasey i concur with Larra that you should get to talking with her and Diana C. asap. I’m happy regaling my experience with you but Larra and Diana are the experts and they’re quite familiar with the lessons learned from my experience as well as countless others...

I’d love to! My mother in laws birthday is today so we’re going out to dinner but I can message you when we’re home :)

Google says: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs (pronounced en-saids), are the most prescribed medications for treating conditions such as arthritis. Most people are familiar with over-the-counter, nonprescription NSAIDs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen. So it matters if you HAVE to...

Hahaha! I'm STILL blown away at how brazen they are with lies and deception and saying whatever it takes to dissuade you from appropriate care and how you've identified you would like to treat your issue. I have several swear words I've typed out and then erased... omg. I was going to post that...

Enhance!

Unfortunately, I am not able to go, because it's a several hour drive and I have a Board Meeting first thing in the morning... but I believe it starts around 6 or 7pm... galaxygrrl, can you clarify for Michelle?

Meanwhile, on my dad’s side of the family, my grandmother was one of eight kids. So family reunions get a bit crowded and confusing. “I’m great auntie Janette’s grandchild... are you great uncle Denny’s? Yeah, Terry’s daughter... Diana... nice to meet you!”

That’s an incredible amount of family diversity! Well, legal grandparents or bio-grandparents doesn’t matter to the heart (or socially, to be less poetic). In the Danish side of my family, we’ve just made up names. My MIL is YaYa because it’s an easy sign name (her MIL was Deaf and her aunt is...

That’s awesome :D I sometimes wonder if these are terms of endearment that people make up and tell you “oh no, that’s totally German!” because I never ever heard them anywhere else. Happy to feel validated, and warm & fuzzy because it’s a small world. And yeah, never ever cross MorMor. Danish...

Oh, what a giant pile of bull-hockey! It's a much more complicated procedure that requires a knowledgeable and experienced hand, and there just aren't that many surgeons that meet the bar. It's a lower percentage of bariatric surgeries because NO ONE talks about it, and everyone gets bullied...

Also, I am deathly curious about how your phone call goes, so please update if you are inclined! :)

Can confirm. I also strongly believe that I dropped the DS card too soon in my case, and should have probably waited until I was approved for surgery to specify which kind I wanted and was best for me. Unless your BMI is over 50 (or over 60 in the example of my so-and-so Kaiser bariatric...

He actually came to see me in the hospital. I love him to the moon and back! He’s sent me a bunch of hiking and vacation pics and he looks like he’s having a blast. He super-pants deserves it. What a through-and-through amazing man. A couple months later he was at one of Dr. Rabkin’s support...