Introduce yourself

[Kate]

Welcome @Buddypatrick !

 

[southernlady]

Welcome @Buddypatrick. Many of your questions have been answered...the search on this site is pretty good (unless the word is 3 letters or less and to get around that use the * to make it a total of 4 characters. Example, if you are searching for the word DS, it won't but if you use DS** it will pick it up and find anything using those letters as the first two).

Example of one such informational thread: http://bariatricfacts.org/threads/never-had-surgery-heres-what-to-expect.40/

 

[Terri]

Welcome @Buddypatrick

 

[2xacharm]

Well at least now I know where you all ran off to...

Hi I'm 2xacharm,

Many moons ago I used to frequent another board from which I was able to become familiar with a lot of the names I now see. Anyway, I had my d/s May 2009 but never was able to make use of its potential.

I'm going to make a long story short, a few months after having my d/s I was diagnosed with stage 4 liver failure due to having a very rare genetic disorder called Alpha 1/Antitrypsin disorder which came as shock to everyone since Alpha 1 isnt typically found in my ethnic group/African Americans, black folks.

My liver balked against the d/s diet and many of the vit supplements, especially vit A and it literally hated vit D. In 2 months time my liver went from relatively normal to cirrhotic. I had to change my diet and omit the offending vits, yet, still, I was already to far gone.

June 04, 2013 something unimaginable happened, I call it a miracle! I was was blessed with the most precious gift of life. I had a liver transplant. I never planned to have one I was going to ride my journey to the end but apparently God had other plans.

So, now here I stand with a brand new liver, that has had zero complications. I'm on minimal anti rejection meds and a real quest to live my life and have some adventure. However, before I can get to the adventure, I have to deal with the fallout from the diseased liver and so I will be asking for your assistance.

I ask that you all bare with me as I'm sometimes slow in processing information and have memory issues etc. which we are working on.

Thanks for hearing me out...

Charmed

 

[southernlady]

Welcome @2xacharm! Wow, that is a heck of a ride you've had. Glad you are here to tell your story.

 

[Terri]

@2xacharm glad you found your way here and Welcome. I thought when you got here you may recognize some people. Glad you're here.

 

[JackieOnLine]

wow, you have been through a lot Charmed! glad you found us

 

[Amber]

Hi. My name is Amber. I am on a couple different forums, but haven't been extremely active. I am scheduled for my DS on May 8 with Dr. Kemmeter in MI. I am on my pre op 2 week diet right now. I am on day 3, so it's more like 16 days instead of 14. I am so excited for my surgery, so the diet hasn't been too hard yet. I look forward to the advice and stories that I can get on this site. The other sites that I have been on haven't been very active lately. I saw someone recommend this one, thought I should give it a try!

 

[Kate]

Hi Amber! Welcome!

 

[southernlady]

Welcome, Amber...

 

[Terri]

Welcome Amber!

 

[JackieOnLine]

hello, Amber!!

 

[Vanessa Lucero]

Hi Everyone!

My name is Vanessa Lucero. I'm from northern Ca. I had my DS 7 days ago with Dr. Rabkin in SF. So far, so good;-) I went in at 236lbs with a BMI of 44. At this moment...I'm walking and sipping and walking and sipping;-)

 

[Kate]

Hi Vanessa, welcome!

 

[Vanessa Lucero]

Hi Vanessa, welcome!

Thanks!!;-)