The word "seroma" derives from the Medieval Latin word serosus (meaning serum) and from the Greek word –oma (meaning tumor). For your recovery, it is important for you to know about seromas after plastic surgery. What Is A Seroma? A seroma is a localized collection of serous fluid. Serous fluid
Why I Decided To Have WLS I was 11 years old and all my friends got taller, I got wider. At the early age of 11, I found food wasn’t just fuel, but a comfort. Celebrate? Let’s eat! Sad? Eat, it will make you feel better. Bored? Have a Ding Dong
What I Know About Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery Weight regain is not inevitable. Weight regain happens because you are eating more calories than your body requires to maintain its current weight. Weight regain is highly emotionally charged. To deal with regain successfully, you need to move past the emotion
Ahh vacation season, a time to kick back, relax, have fun, and explore! The word "vacation" is like music to my ears. While traveling somewhere new is exciting, thinking about trying to eat and stay healthy with food & exercise on vacation after WLS can be challenging and even evoke
Why I Decided to Have WLS From the time I can remember, food has been a focal point of my life. I love food, adore it actually, but I had an unhealthy relationship with it. It served so many purposes: a comfort when I was sad or lonely, a high
This Meatloaf Meatballs Recipe is my take on the traditional meatloaf flavor but making it into an easy-to-manage portion of protein. As weight loss surgery patients, all of us know how important it is to eat our protein! Protein is the necessary building block of many tissues in our body, it
Why I decided to have WLS As far back as I can remember, I had always been on the stocky side. I remember attending meetings with my mom (whom to me was always thin) when I was in 6th and 7th grade. Like other diets I had been on prior to this,
With the quick prep time of only five minutes for this Salsa & Cheese Baked Egg Cup Recipe, you can go about your morning routine while it is cooking. This dish is filling for high satiety and helps with your energy throughout the morning. Salsa & Cheese Baked Egg Cup
For many years, I asked myself the same question, “How did I get here?” It was as though I turned around one day and did not recognize the person in the photo. That is me? How? Why? We are all different and each of us has our own stories. For
One thing that I was always lucky enough to do when I was growing up was going on vacations every year with my family. Gratefully, I have adventure-seeking parents who brought my brother and me along for the amazing adventures. Family vacations and friend-cations are still a very common occurrence
