Today was a new record for me! 14 tubes of blood, a urine sample, and the h-pylori test? I had to blow in a bag, drink some stuff, wait 15 minutes, and blow in a different bag.

Summary:  I’m sure I hit my deductible today.

oh, and it was fasting blood work.

Jeez, oh man. My last highest tube-count was 11.

The life of a WLS patient. One of…[Read more]

I’m Kathy. I had VSG on 5/13/13. I was living in PA at the time. I currently live in MA, near Providence, RI.

I’m originally from the Cleveland, OH area. I’m single.

I’ve changed jobs and moved multiple times since my surgery (obviously). I’m your go-to person if you’ve got questions about relocating, because not every surgeon will take on…[Read more]

I attended my first support call on Sunday. I then did my “one thing” and went to the local support group. Sadly, for me, the topic was NSV. I had a lot of them, as I journeyed down 125 lbs. But now I’m back up 100 of those. So I felt like a failure. It was a tough meeting.

Nikki had some good advice for me during the call, and I’m working to…[Read more]