Tag Archives: Gastric Bypass

BBC’s Horizon – The Truth About Fat

Last night a few friends messaged me to let me know about a program that was going to be on BBC.  All I knew was that they were discussing obesity and gastric bypass, so I knew it was something I’d have to check out. I’m so glad I did!  My husband came in and watched it with me and we …

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My Gastric Bypass: Weeks Two and Three

The catch-up continues! Here goes! WEEK TWO The Food Week two brought on a lot of changes, all of which were definitely for the better.   I was no longer stuck to thin liquids and I suddenly had a whole new variety of food opened up to me.  I was able to eat pudding, protein shakes (I also was able to …

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My Gastric Bypass: The First Week

I think the thing most people are curious about, other than the surgery itself when they are thinking about it, is what happens afterwards.  What are those first few days and weeks like?   Well, I’ve heard every story under the sun from the woman who claims to have gone back to work only two days later, to people who were …

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My Gastric Bypass: The Hospital Stay

First, can I just say again how the time seems to be flying by?  Really? A MONTH?!  An entire month since my surgery?? Shocking!!  I KNOW, I really need to get with it and catch up with these updates. Now, where did I leave off?  I believe I had just gotten out of surgery and was about to head into …

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My Gastric Bypass: The Surgery

Well here I am, three weeks out from surgery and still amazed by how quickly the time is going by.  I kept meaning to do a big update here on my blog but I think Facebook is getting in my way.  I blab so much on there about everything that is going on and when it comes time to blog …

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Dr. Oz on Gastric Bypass

Well, in case you were wondering I’ve now had my surgery and am now home.  I’m doing very well and plan to sit down this weekend and write about my experience at the hospital and my first week home. For now, I just want to share some videos that I found really interesting.  Everyone seems to rave about this Dr. …

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