Mdthun posted a comment 13 years, 7 months ago
You can make this happen! You made a huge decision to have this...

Mdthun wrote a blog post 13 years, 7 months ago
100 lbs gone!!! - It's been about seven months since I began my pre-op diet for WLS and I have officially lost 101.2 lbs!!!!  I can't believe how quickly the weight has come off and how good I feel....

Mdthun wrote a blog post 14 years ago
2 months post-op - It's been a while since my last post, but things have been going very well.  Tomorrow it will be 2 months since my surgery and 2 1/2 months since I started my pre-op diet.  Since s...

Mdthun posted a discussion topic 14 years ago
Elevated liver function tests 6-weeks post-op - I'm 6 weeks post-op Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and had to go to Urgent Care today following a 5 day bout of fevers & nausea related to a viral infection.  I became dehydrated and had...

Mdthun posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
One month post-op -  I have hit the one month mark!!!  I'm feeling really good at this point.  I have lost a total of 25 lbs since my surgery and 38.8 lbs since I began my pre-op diet!  I have lost in...

Mdthun wrote a blog post 14 years, 1 month ago
One Month Post-Op for Gastric Bypass - I have hit the one month mark!!!  I'm feeling really good at this point.  I have lost a total of 25 lbs since my surgery and 38.8 lbs since I began my pre-op diet!  I have lost inc...

Mdthun posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
2 1/2 weeks post-op & no weight loss for 6 day -  I had my surgery on 3/27 and lost 20 lbs within the first 16 days, but since that time, I haven't lost another pound.  Is this typical?  Is there something I should be doing to ki...

Mdthun posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
Muscle cramps 3 days post-op - I had Gastric Bypass on 3/27/12 and now I am fighting muscle cramps in my calves.  Every time I take a step I feel a slight twinge and am just waiting for the mother of all muscle ...

Mdthun wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
2 Days until Gastric Bypass Surgery!!! - Well, I've been on my pre-op diet for 12 days and have lost 16 lbs!!!  I have all my vitamins, my post-op nutrition (such as it is!), and think I'm ready to go.  It really is hard ...

Mdthun wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
3/11/12 - A few days before pre-op diet begins -      I'm sitting here in bed trying to figure out what it really means to have most of my stomach portioned off and my intestines re-routed.  To never eat whatever I want whenever ...

Mdthun wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Gastric Bypass Surgery Timeline - March 2012 -  3/5/12 - Attended Bariatric Surgery Support Group (required by surgeon pre-op and every month post-op for at leat a year). 3/8/12 - Additional required pre-op labs drawn. 3/9/12...

Mdthun wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Gastric Bypass Surgery Timeline - February 2012 - 2/1/12 - Received letter stating that mammogram results are normal (yippee). 2/3/12 - Recieved authorization letter from medical group for surgeon, Roux En Y Gastric Bypass, and h...

Mdthun wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Gastric Bypass Surgery Timeline - January 2012 - 1/12/12 - Pre-Op physical with Primary MD completed. 1/17/12 - Labs, EKG, and chest x-ray done. 1/26/12 - Mammogram done. 1/27/12 - Phone call to Primary MD to remind her to sen...

Mdthun wrote a blog post 14 years, 2 months ago
Gastric Bypass Surgery Timeline - I have been keeping track of the dates since starting my journey and thought this might be helpful to those just starting out on this journey or those thinking about starting this ...

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Mdthun added a goal 14 years, 3 months ago
To reach 145 lbs or less for "normal" BMI
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