Thank you for the words of kindness. Welcome to the ND board and back to the cold cold weather LOL

It is a good site (OH) and full of information, all available at your finger tips.
Any questions you have ask away. I am sure someone will try and help you find some answers if they don't know the answer.

This board is on a slow move. It will pick up in time. I do not think it is well traveled.

Best of luck on kicking into restart for your weight. Have you heard of the 5 day pouch test? Might be worth a look at
Kelly/tink

I havn't been in this forum before as I am fairly new to the site...but Lady...you look great...hope you feel 1/2 as good as your looking!!!  Congratulations!!!  Linda

Hi Kelly,
   More B12... I do 2 shots a week .... yes my sisters tell me you dont have to, but I feel so much better when I do, my job has me walking the halls of So university hospital, that I am told I walk 10 miles a day... so i need the B12...
  Anyway, my husband had the surgery first, in Minneapolis in 2000, then my sister  in Conn, then my nephew by marrige, summer of 04, he had his done at Meritcare, all the following had it done in Park Rapids, Mn with Dr. Smith,
my brother Bob in Nov, 05, then me in July, 06,then my BIL, Dale, in Sept,06 then my sister Mary and her daughter{same day} Oct. 06 then my sister  Kathi { had to fight BCBS of ILL, 5 times}
in March 07, then my neice {Mary's  other daughter} in Aug 08, Kathi's daughter in law, OCT. 08, we are all healthy and have had absolutly no problems. The problem with my husband and the nephew is that there were absolutly no follow up and no education. They were told they could drink pop, never a vitimen routine, no exercise.... but they have learned. from us thats not the case.
  We have also doen a tv show on channel 6 for surgery, 'ask the dr' with Michelle Turnburg, that was interesting.
   I am the only one that doesnt like to eat meat, so I use tofu,all other ways and am very happy with that. I am the only one that lost my hair, it all came back, but now I am the proud owner of 23 wigs and hairpieces, I still wear  all of them, {I used to be a beautician}.
    well today is my day off and tomorrow too, I work every other weekend, so I best get busy, blizzard conditions, so what else is new?   tired of his weather.... talk to you soon, Peggysue
     

Hello Kelly,
   yes that was us.... the gal from the Fargo Forum.,Tammy Swift, that wrote the article, also has had Gastric Bypass, she did a wonderful job, it was a very positive item.
   We have one meeting  at Innovis health on South University Dr on the 4th Thursday of the month from 4;30 to 5:30 and the other one, I will have my sister Kathi, post it on here. We dont care where you have  had surgery done, everyone needs support, from the beginning to the after care.I have attended the meritcare meetings and was so dissapointed... what a waste of time and I work for Meritcare.I felt that the Dietiticans were not understanding and seemed not to care about bypass issues, At the meeting i attended all they did was laugh and talk to each other, 50 of us sat there and watched them giggle.
   you sound like your doing very good... good for you!
 Peggysue

hi Sandy,
   you can read about us, just go up and click on the OH maga zine and it should come up as a free article, I think. If it doesnt work, email me and Ill send you a email copy. QWe are pretty proud of us.
    I had my RNY in July '06 and have lost 125 pounds and have kept it off. we all had our surgery done in Park Rapids, Mn with DR. Smith. He and his staff are great... Fargo Dr's/hospitals here didn't have "center of excellence" that our insurance required. We are all in excellent health now and one of my sisters started a new support group besides the one that Innovis offers.It has been very well attended, there is so much interest here. My husband had his RNY surgery  in Minneapolis in 2000 and he was not offered much in education, now the education that is offered is a must, to stay successful.
   I have read your posts and you sound so positive, good luck to you on your journey and if there is anything i can answer please email me....
Peggysue/Fargo