Re: newbie to the group

[Guest guest]

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The effects on the blood sugar and blood pressure were immediate. They stopped

all my meds the night before surgery and told me that they would give them back

as needed. I never needed them except for arthritis, and muscle relaxer that I

take for fibromyalgia and the pill I take for irregular heart beat of which I

now only take a half of one. I went to the doctor last week and my blood sugar

was 87 and my bp 108/78.

A. B.

[Guest guest]

welcome to the group, nancy. yep, i'm approaching my 2nd anniversary,

though i don't consider myself a veteran of any sort;-) i'm satisfied

w/ the moment in time i had wls, i remember being 7 or 8 months

post-op & listening to a surgeon lecture regarding brand new wls

technologies. he was raving about some new staples & staple guns that

had just come out in the weeks prior to his presentation. so

apparently the wls is evolving quite a bit.

i've met longer term posties @ in-person support meetings, one keeps

in line by weighing herself each & every monday.

keep postin'!

lori h.

> I would like to introduce myself, my name is . I have been

> lingering around your group for about a week, reading and trying to

> understand more about this surgery. Im 43, 260lbs, diabetic and have

> high blood pressure.

> I do have a few questions though, I have noticed that most are

> pretty recent post op people. Are there any out there that had the

> surgery done a long time ago? Meaning at least 5 years preferably

> longer? Longest I seen posted was almost 2 yrs. Think it was Lori

> at 23 months?? and is there many that you know that absolutely failed

> at this? And do you go to support groups in your area, or

> just the online ones?

> rambling on, hope to hear some answers soon. Thanks in advance and

> you all seem like a great group!