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  1. MamaShelia

    Switched 7 days ago...can't wait for the bacon!

    Hey Y’all! I was switched one week ago today, so I am seven days out! Doing very well! Did too much today, but I know I needed to check in before y’all sent out the posse. So, last Wednesday at 9:45 I was wheeled into surgery for a revision from RNY (2000) to a DS. I came out of surgery at...
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    Pre-op tomorrow, 6/16 at Dr. Ayoola's Denton office

    Well, Y'all, we have made it to the hotel in Frisco! I will be in the pre-op orientation tomorrow, Tuesday@ 8am, at Dr. Ayoloa's Denton office! If anyone else from here will be there, please say hello! I will be wearing khaki capris and an orange tank top...and I have really big hair and...
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    3 more days! Anything you wish you had done before having the DS?

    DBmom, You've got this, sister! I will be watching your posts with interests as we are (almost) surgery sisters! Go forth and be well!!
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    3 more days! Anything you wish you had done before having the DS?

    I bought some in beautiful colors, just in case!!!!
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    On our way home!

    Great news! So glad that y'all are able to leave so soon! Dr. K. just seems to continue to show us what a great man, an excellent caregiver, and a skillful cutter he is! So happy for your Aunt, too!
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    Bowel perforations are real and serious

    So sorry, Rob! Your family continues to be in our thoughts and prayers!
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    MamaShelia Revision Surgery [TX | Jun 17, 2015]

    Thanks, girl....almost there--DS DAY!!!
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    MamaShelia Revision Surgery [TX | Jun 17, 2015]

    Let's do it, sister! I hope to forge a good path for you to follow! :)
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    how much exercise do you need?

    HAHAH! That's ONE way to "see" me, I have been described in several others! :laugh::giggle::laugh: Thanks, Rob---let's do this, brother!
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    Frustrated with myself

    No one is happier than me about this surgery, but my rheumatologist and my cardiologist, are just as glad! I don't know what your profession is, but I feel that just as some of us choose our professions and it turns out to be a true calling for us, and some of us choose something that we never...
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    Frustrated with myself

    Larra, this is so true. As a revision, in my head I hear the stinking thinking creeping in to ask, "what if you fail this, too?" But then I remember that I worked every minute of that mediocre mini gastric bypass that he was selling as a full RNY and I know that with the right tools, my...
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    Frustrated with myself

    Thank you for your candor!
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    how much exercise do you need?

    @robs477, I think you are so right on the hydration, nutrition, AND weight-bearing and aerobic exercise, we need all of that! Sometimes, I think that we feel losing the weight will cure all of our ills---we will be instantly healthy, confident, loved, respected, AND win the lottery, without...
  14. MamaShelia

    Dr. Jayaraj Salimath

    Scott! I am literally in tears reading this for your daddy's heart and your precious son! I know, I know, "Monday is the day" now, but I wanted to get some background on what was going on with Cameron, and this post about sent me through the roof! Except, I know as much as you want to kick this...
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    MamaShelia Revision Surgery [TX | Jun 17, 2015]

    @Barbara....I wonder what my world will look like in 3 weeks? For sure I will be on the road to a healthier and a leaner body! Hooray for you....! I know the waiting is the worse part! Hang in there, it will be here before either of us knows it! :)
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    One of our own, Graham DS

    HAhAH...distracted by the candy....sorry! Congratulations, Graham!
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    One of our own, Graham DS

    Congratulations, Garth! maybe alien M&Ms magically made his pounds vanish...? :giggle:
  18. MamaShelia

    Saying Hello

    @srober20...Welcome, my TN sister..and soon to be our DS sister! My surgery is next week, next Wednesday in fact. I am going to TX because the DS is my second WLS and as a revision, I need a more highly skilled surgeon. Read, Read, and read some more...DSFacts.com is a great place to start...
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    Saying Hello

    WOW....! Brooklyngirl--hard to stay on topic with those results in your face! You look amazing and I believe you fee that way, too!
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