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  1. Brandy

    Another Recycle...

    I am another person back, after being expertly shepherded through my surgery and recovery by this group. My surgery was about eight years ago, and I remember there were always a lot of veterans coming back to the group at about that distance. If I remember correctly, common entries included...
  2. Brandy

    Hello and checking in!

    I had a DS about 5/6 years ago and found my old account information and wanted to log in before I lost it again! I couldn't have done it without this group. I owe you all. Thank you. Physically, I'm very healthy. My woes have been small, and have mostly come from 1) not being able to take...
  3. About 4 years

    About 4 years

    spiffed up and polished, for me.
  4. 2017 peak.PNG

    2017 peak.PNG

    Spiffed up for a wedding like never before (and probably never after!)
  5. Brandy

    Dr. Gilberto Ungson and Dr.Esquerra Mexicali MX

    Maybe he is charging extra for the gallbladder surgery to discourage people, or at least get them to think about it. As somebody who went through the gallbladder surgery ~10 years before my DS, I tell people that I would not do these at the same time. After the gallbladder surgery, it took...
  6. Brandy

    The untangable bennefits...

    I stumbled upon the reddit wls group and there was a bunch of pre and just-post surgery people all discussing how to eat slower. They were using shame and timers for the most part. And I realized that all that external shame about being a fat person was GONE. What a relief. If I want an ice...
  7. Brandy

    Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase homozygous A1298C variant

    Update: Worst two weeks of my life for unrelated issues. One lesson -- do not ignore mild bladder infections because if you have one at the same time you get kidney stones, you have a big problem. Lazering the stones can cause a reverse flow, so that even a very mild bladder infection can...
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    Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase homozygous A1298C variant

    Thorn Research Methyl-Guard Plus Reviews on Amazon are positive and agree with my doc to start these puppies slow. The real dose is 3 pills but because they will be flushing stuff, she said to start with one and even skip to every other day if you want. She said most of her patients take...
  9. Brandy

    Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase homozygous A1298C variant

    This was especially helpful to me since I was freaked about it all and you helped me to realize that it will just mean a different pill or two. Thank you. What type / brand of folic acid do you take? Thanks!
  10. Brandy

    Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase homozygous A1298C variant

    Thank you all! I still haven't dug into the details of this mutation too much, but I did drill down into the details of changing from 4 doses Centrum to one dose of DFH Complete Multi and it will be OK. I did have to change a few other pills and add their DFH OsteoForce Supreme Bone Support...
  11. Brandy

    Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase homozygous A1298C variant

    Thank you guys!! You are the best! I need a degree in biochemistry to understand this. I just don't have the background. 23andMe verified this along with quest labs. I think I'm going to just going to go study the MTHFB stuff for a while, until I can understand Diana's post! :-) In my 2...
  12. Brandy

    Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase homozygous A1298C variant

    I know I haven't been a good forum member for the last year; only popping in asking my questions and leaving. :-) Sorry. At this stage in my surgery, I feel like I know nothing and have no business answering anybody's questions, but I can't resist myself when I'm here. I'm three months away...
  13. Brandy

    Veterans: do you get misdiagnosed often?

    Twice this year I've been horribly misdiagnosed. Once in the ER when they xrayed my spine they told me that I had moderate spinal disk disease and that I should stop doing about half of what I do because my spine was ready to crumble. I followed up with a spine specialist and he said...
  14. Brandy

    DS research in Washington state

    Hey, I'm from Seattle, although I went to Mexico for my surgery cuz I didn't really feel the love for Srikanth. Have you noticed that he brags about how HIS patients are top of the statistics for diet and compliance measurements. Personally, I felt like if I would have to fight him to get the...
  15. Brandy

    Feeling cold, so very cold...

    These are great ideas. Somebody at the gym recommended neoprene clothes, either the light weight wet suits or the sauna sweaters. They guarantee I will sweat underneath them. We will see, but closed cell foam should warm me up! :-) I will let you guys know after I test them, unless anybody...
  16. Brandy

    Feeling cold, so very cold...

    I just found something that is kind-of working for me. I put a normal heating pad on every chair or bed I sit on. In the morning, this is only and OK solution, but later in the day ... My theory is that it heats up the contents of my colon and then that works like a hot water bottle slowly...
  17. Brandy

    Balloon Pill...

    Again, I don't think that this is going to replace diet surgery for the morbidly obese plus. I agree with you that it would probably be too uncomfortable to lose, say, 172 lbs that way. But I am not sure that I agree with you about yo-yo dieting and this being the same thing. When you...
  18. Brandy

    just how painful is being SMO?

    I could have my people confused, but I believe that @DuodenalSwitchaRoo has a specific medical condition that was true before the weight loss and feels worse now, but it a diagnosable different thing than just obesity. Aren't her nerves improperly shielded? In which case, losing weight would...
  19. Brandy

    Balloon Pill...

    It is just a pill now, smaller than a lot of the calcium pills we take. But the real difference is that it actually works for everybody because it works with your body's own mechanisms for managing itself. All patients feel full and lose weight like crazy until the balloon is gone, 100%...
  20. Brandy

    just how painful is being SMO?

    My math was wrong. I lost 172 lbs, I don't know when I started to round up that much! So that is 68.8 lbs of pressure. It doesn't change my point, but when I realized I was too embarrassed just to let it lie.
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