Topics of interest? Info?

Hey Guys Starting out on the Board
And Don’t know if you’ve asked Enough questions?
What are things that you may have missed
On the Board over the last few weeks?

Sometimes people don’t ask questions
Because they are not sure what to ask about.

Here’s a list of some of the Topics
And points of discussion
Over the last year from the “Boards.” Miss any of them?

Curious?

Then pick out something here
That you’d like to know about
And throw out a question.

Some of these are just
"WLS Urban Legend" discussion points
But, I think they are still useful
For generating discussion.

The hope here is to get -
More questions asked about more items
In order to further inform yet more folks.
Yes?

OK, Here Goes-
COMMON TOPICS INCLUDE…But haven’t been limited to…

3 Meals a Day or More, Smaller Meals?
Abdominoplasty?
Acid Reflux-GERD?
Adhesions?
Alcohol after WLS?
Anticoagulant Shots after surgery?
Amino Acids?
Anemia?
Appeal Letters?
Atkins?
No Belly Button?
Being Cold after losing weight?
Benefits / Trouble with Support Groups?
Biotin?
Blood Clots?
Blood Tests?
BMI?
Bod Pod?
Body Fat %?
New Bowel Movement Issues?
Bowel Obstruction?
Bowel Prep?
Calcium deficiency?
Calcium Citrate vs Carbonate?
Carbs vs Calories?
Carbonated Beverages?
Cardiac Clearance for Surgery?
Catheter in the Hospital? (big one for the guys)
Centers of Excellence?
Changes in sense of Taste?
Changes in sense of Smell?
Chewing Food well enough?
No Chewing Gum?
Clothes?
Coffee/Caffeine?
Complications?
Constipation?
C-Pap use?
DaVinci SF Syrups?
Dehydration?
Devrom or Innermints?
Diabetes/blood sugars after WLS
Diarrhea?
Diet stages- Clear/Full Liquid, Pureed, Soft Mechanical, etc?
Different Doctor’s Protocols?
Distal vs Proximal?
Dizziness?
Drink with Meals?
Drains?
DS?
Dumping?
“Easy Way Out?”
Endoscopy?
Enough Water?
Enteric coated pills?
Exercise- Cardio and Weight Training?
Excess Skin?
Fear / Nervous about Surgery?
Feeling Faint / light headed when standing? Fiber- Soluble and Insoluble?
Fills?
FitDay.com?
Fitting in Airplane seat?
Fitting in Roller Coaster?
Foamies?
Gallbladder and WLS?
Gas?
General Vitamin supplements after surgery?
Genetics and Obesity?
GenSoy Protein Powder?
Getting “Scoped?”
Glycemic index?
Goal weight?
Good Fats vs Bad Fats?
Grazing?
Gym Memberships?
Hair Loss?
Head Hunger?
Hernias?
Hiccups from eating? How much Protein to get in?
H-Pylori?
Honeymoon Period/Phase?
Hygiene? (Butt Wiping After Surgery?)
Horrible Breath?
Increased Stamina?
Increased Sex Drive?
Incision sites?
Ideal Weight?
Infections?
Insomnia?
Insurance?
Iron deficiency?
Sugar Free Jell-O Products?
Journal?
Ketosis?
Kidney Stones?
Lactose intolerance?
LAP-BAND?
Laproscopic Surgery?
Leg Cramps?
Malabsorption?
Matrix Protein Supplement?
Meat Tenderizer?
Medical Alert Bracelet?
Nausea?
Nectar Protein Supplement?
Neuropathy?
No Drinking Straws?
NSAIDS/Asprin After WLS?
Nutritionists?
Obesity Discrimination?
Pain Meds?
Panniculectomy?
Papaya Enzymes?
Plastic Surgery?
Plateaus?
Popcorn after Surgery?
Post-Op and “Diet Pills?”
Post-Op Depression / Moods?
Post-Op Pain?
Potassium and muscle aches?
Pouch Rules?
Pouch size?
Power Crunch Bars?
Pre-Op Diet?
Protein Shakes- Flavor? Availability?
Protein Absorption?
Psyche Evaluation?
Quitting Smoking Pre-Op?
Recipes?
Restaurant cards?
Revisions?
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass?
Runny Nose when eating? Self-Pay Financing?
Seromas?
Sex After WLS? (for Men- The Penis Length Question)
Sipping Hot Tea to “relax” the Pouch?
Site Help with Photos or Profile?
Sleep Apnea Test?
Sneeze or Runny Nose when full?
South Beach Meals / Products?
Spirulina, Algae Protein?
Splenda vs Aspartame?
Stomach noises?
Strictures?
Sugar Alcohols?
Surgery in Mexico / South America?
Take to Hospital?
Tailbone hurt?
Textured Vegetable Protein?
Thyroid problems and Soy Protein?
Tracking Food?
UnJury Protein Powder?
Unsupportive Family / Spouse?
Vagus Nerve?
VBG?
Vena Cava Interruption (Green field) Filter?
Vitamin B-1 deficiency?
Vitamin B-12 deficiency?
Vomiting?
Walking?
When Can I Eat_____?
When Can I Work Out?
Where to get good Home Scales?
Whey Protein?
Which Type of Procedure?
Workout Routines?
Xenical?
YoYo Dieting?



Anything on this list strike you as "WHA?!?!"
Then Start a Post,
And someone here will more than likely
Have some info, or at least an opinion.

I hope this is of use to some.
If not,
Skip on and Have a Great Tuesday Night!

Best Wishes-
Dx

The Dx is in.  Good to see your post.  Hope you are doing well. I've been hanging out on the VA and Exercise & Fitness boards mostly as of late but still stick my head in to keep tabs on friends. How is the shoulder holding out?

Hey Joe. My shoulder is doing fine these days. It’s not “Fixed,” but as long as I don’t “Challenge it” I’m mostly pain free. It flairs up every 3 months or so And that’s tolerable for me. Eventually one day I’ll have the surgery, But for now, it’s not enough of a problem To push me to get it done. VA Board? Colonial Heights? Did those recent tornadoe**** close to you? I’m headed to Norfolk for a show at Virginia Opera Middle of Next week. I’ll be there about 6 days. I don’t know how far from there to Col-Heights. You near Richmond?  Or closer to DC? Good to see you dropping by! Best Wishes- Dx

Yep tornado**** about a mile south of myhouse at the local shooping mall.  Bestwe can figure, there is a mobile home park buried under the shopping center.  They had two hit within 20 minutes of each other and we had bigger one hit there in almost the same spot about 6 years ago. I am 30 minutes south of Richmond off I-95, adjacent to the northside of Petersburg.  We are 1-1.5 hrs from Norfolk.  I'd love to meet up with you if you have a free evening or slot that works for you.  I can tour you around here or meet you there or anywhere between here and there, let me know what works for you and your schedule.  Maybe I (or me and my wife; if she is interested) can come down and catch your show. Thanks for letting me know you'd be so close by.

I’ll send out a PM or a thread when I know what my schedule is…. It would be great to get to meet with some of you Virginia folk… Maybe a trip up to Righmond may be in the works.. Best Wishes- Dx