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  1. Joanne

    The Never-Ending Mind Game

    Mind games here for sure. I weigh myself every day. I can rationalize it, and say I dont let it dictate my emotion - and for the most part that's true - but I've been thinking a lot lately about why I do it. Fear. I think it's fear of regain. But the fear isn't simple regain. It's the...
  2. Joanne

    Intermittinent bowel obstruction?

    I remember a few years ago Melody E, back on OH, was complaining about the same thing. It turned out she had a Peterson's (sp?) hermia. I also think Julie may have had the same thing, IIRC.
  3. Joanne

    anyone do this without a support system?

    My husband works long hours, and I was home alone most of the day and evening. It was manageable. I agree with the suggestions to keep lots of things handy. I think the dogs would be too much for you - you'll be tired. I would also have an emergency stand-by person to be available to come...
  4. Joanne

    Dr. Roslin brings DS to Saudi Arabia

    ' THAT name makes me laugh :)
  5. Joanne

    Dr. Roslin brings DS to Saudi Arabia

    I just hung up with him. He said he did a variety of procedures there- VSG, DS, and Loop DS. He said that he was brought in to teach the Saudi doctors, and that he didn't choose the patients or the procedures. His role was to be in the OR to teach his surgical techniques to the surgeons there...
  6. Joanne

    Dr. Roslin brings DS to Saudi Arabia

    No worries, Larra.I think it's a valid question. I interpreted it one way, because I've sat through so many of his seminars where I hear him refer to his DS as "modified", meaning not the standard 100cm CC. But that being said, we have talked before about his interest in the SADI so who...
  7. Joanne

    Dr. Roslin brings DS to Saudi Arabia

    I just emailed him and asked him what he meant by "modified' version of the DS. Without knowing his response, I will note that I have heard him use the term "modified" before when talking about a standard DS, but meaning he uses a longer CC of 125-150CM. When I read the article that is what I...
  8. Joanne

    Please Help: Bougie Chart & Comparison to Pens

    That's the one ^^I had it from a post on the OtHer site. I'll have to check. Here's an article that talks about the French unit of catheter measurement, and it gives a measurement in inches for each unit of Fr. This particular scale doesn't go up as big as most of our bougie sizes, but you...
  9. Joanne

    Realistic Goals and Personal Responsibility

    Thanks for digging this up. This is a great post. I wish people in the first few years from surgery would better understand there are no guarantees. I read a post somewhere else from someone who is less than 6 months out who said he had the DS so he could eat whatever he wanted. That is so...
  10. Joanne

    Airplane Row 23, She is Me

    I've always known about it, but I remember vividly the night my light bulb clicked. My BMI was in the high 40's and I was miserable. I had given up on dieting as a choice. I knew intellectually that dieting was making me fatter in the long run. I had actually made a conscious choice to not...
  11. Joanne

    Airplane Row 23, She is Me

    I agree, Liz. I often think about how I would have felt if someone approached me. Surely people know WLS is an option. It took me a while to get to the decision point myself.
  12. Joanne

    Airplane Row 23, She is Me

    As I sit here in my aisle seat of Row 23, she is cramped into the window seat of the same row. No one dared take the seat between us, as her arm rest won't fit down, and she is encroaching a few inches of the middle seat. Leaning into the window, arms folded tightly in front of her, chin tucked...
  13. Joanne

    Surgery Soon!

    There would be something wrong if you WERENT nervous about surgery. Just keep reminding yourself of all the reasons why you're doing it. Nothing in life is without risk. Crossing the street has risk, having surgery has risk, and remaining morbidly obese has more risk. The risk of remaining...
  14. Joanne

    Another reason to focus on NSVs, not scale numbers...

    Great post, Paula. It's a good reminder that the number on the scale doesnt mean much. So many of us struggled most of our lives with every day things the normal sized world takes for granted. For me, feeling normal has been a life changing, freeing thing.
  15. Joanne

    Some food questions. . .

    Oh yes to popcorn. I love going to the movies and eating a ton of it, guilt free. I did that probably starting around month 6. I also like to make it at home with parmesan cheese and white truffle oil. I still dont eat taco shells, just the insides. At 6 months out just the fillings from...
  16. Joanne

    Ten Years Ago - Pictures

    Any idea why it's not working? I have them on Photobucket, I have the IMG code. But when I click the picture icon here, and put it in, I don't see the picture, just something that says URL=IMG
  17. Joanne

    Ten Years Ago - Pictures

    Nope, I did the old cut and paste. I can see them but I guess no one else can. I'll see what I can figure out.
  18. Joanne

    When did you hit goal?

    Yup, what is goal? There are as many answers as there are people here. If you're talking about weight, the number on the scale, I think many people set goal at a normal BMI. It's important to understand that is not realistic for everyone. Average weight loss with a DS is about 80-85% of...
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    Ten Years Ago - Pictures

    I saw on the Today show yesterday that Facebook is 10 years old. They had pictures of the anchors from ten years ago, and challenged people to post on FB what they looked like 10 years ago. That got me thinking. Ten years ago (it was 5 years before my DS), this is me. I was 39 years old and...
  20. Joanne

    DS related or not?

    Sounds like orthostatic hypotension which is caused by dehydration.
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