Well my last visit to hawaii I had to bring my cpap machine what a hassel at the airport, but I had my test done two days ago, and I am "Normal:"  lol....lol...what is normal............lol....anyway when we come to hawaii for the month of November I wil not have to bring it...........yeh..................looking foward to meeting some of your guys at the first meeting in Nov. on sat....will any of you be there...I will be getting the buspass for The=Bus....for the month, anyone know how I get to the meeting by bus?  I will be staying near the Alamona Shopping center..... thank you...........Lois

Don't let a premature loss of focus get in the way of your weight loss. Sometimes when you're 6 months or more out of surgery, you might find yourself able to tolerate more foods and might start veering away from the proper food choices. Even though those crackers and cookies go down fine, does not mean they should be eaten on a regular basis. Just because the ice cream didn't cause dumping does not mean it should be consumed every night. These foods offer little to no nutritional value, only extra and unwanted calories.

Take this time to evaluate your daily intake. Are you letting chips, crackers and sweets creep in? Keeping that focus and making the right choices will get you to that goal weight!

I hope everyone is well! Aloha,

Amy Ingols, RD

jona! wow....look at you girl! thanks for the update....keep us posted!! and take more pics, lol...

A new Weight loss support group has been formed via Facebook....it is the :

NJ WLS Group

We would like to welcome All members of OH - regardless of what type of surgery you have had or state you call home.

This is a secret facebook group - it will not show up in your Facebook profile and only Admins can invite members.

If you are interested please PM me with your FB info and I will send a FB friends request to you - once you accept it I will send the invite to you - we look forward to meeting everyone!


Stacey

I believe that is still true. He only performs his surgery in a Center of Excellence and unfortunately, we don't have one here on Maui. Not sure if any of the other islands gained the status within the past year or not.

He comes to Maui for consultations, follow-up appointments, seminars and discussion groups.

My feeling at the time was if he wasn't comfortable with our facilities here, neither was I! I still feel that way, too! I hated leaving Maui for a week, but it was totally worth the reassurance of having my surgery in a place that was capable of handling complications should they arise. Dr. C is fantastic and my surgery/recovery was SOOOOO easy!