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    Getting the fat lecture after WLS

    As some of you may know, I have pulmonary Sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease that can attack any area of the body but in my case, attacks my lungs, causing fibrotic lesions as well as fatigue and joint pain. Prior to my WLS and subsequent 140 pound loss in 2005, I had a very hard time getting...
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    Skin fold irritation prevention -- a new product (new to me anyway)

    Hi all, I was at work yesterday and our wound nurse came by and showed us a product that is used to prevent breakdown in skin folds. We have a lot of mamas with large pannus's and if they have a cesarean, there's often an incision there and it can compromise the incision's integrity. We've...
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    Georgia's new anti-obesity campaign aimed toward kids

    Is shame really the right approach with this? I caught a few minutes of the discussion on the Today show yesterday and was appalled by some of the things in the campaign. It really seems like a huge step backward in terms of helping kids find healthy ways of eating and encouraging them to...
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    Alaska's Dog Races. How do people outside Alaska see them?

    Hi folks, So as you all know, I live in Alaska, but unlike Sarah Palin, I don't participate in any Alaskan "sports". I don't hunt, fish, ski, snowboard, or dog race, so I'm pretty much considered a "bad Alaskan" by most of my friends. This is the time of the year that we celebrate Fur...
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    The headache that doesn't go away

    Hi all, I thought I'd share with you a challenge I've been going through, just in case my experience can help someone, and they can seek early treatment. On January 7, while adjusting phototherapy lights at work, I got a headache. Figuring it to be a migraine triggered by staring at the...
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    Online info aggregators?

    Hi guys, Burtimus shared with me a site that searches the internet and culls personal information about people and posts it on their site. I found my address, a picture of my home, with my car out front when I searched for my name. I always thought I was careful about what I shared but...
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    Music Aficionado's -- I have a question.

    There are so many ways to buy -- not steal -- music these days. Go to a store. Buy it in CD form at Amazon. Download it on iTunes. When you want to buy a CD, the entire CD, what's your preferred way of getting it into your hot little hands? Do you like the instant gratification of getting the...
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    Tabletop roasters

    Tell me your experiences, please. We have a teensy tiny convection oven which (barely) holds a roasting pan and nothing else, making it interesting to try to cook turkey dinners. So... I'm thinking about picking one up. Have you guys used them? Are they all created equal? Worth the expense...
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    Anyone check out the Today Show today?

    They had a brief, but mostly positive, discussion about fat acceptance. There was the usual "isn't it just a cop out" schtick but there was also a lot of very positive things said about being bigger than a size two. Surprisingly, their medical correspondent was very outspoken about how doctors...
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    "Being Human" on BBC. Anyone seen it?

    There's a new vampire show on the BBC and Burtimus and I have watched the first three episodes. It's actually quite good! The premise is that a werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost are roommates in Bristol and while it started out perhaps a little trite, it's getting a lot more nitty gritty as the...
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    Medscape article on weight gain with Depo

    Many of us have experienced weight gain with Depo Provera, an injectable birth control that you take every three months. While it's effectiveness is not in question, many women have reported weight gain, but were told by our doctors that it was "all in our heads". This study seems to dispel...
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    Probiotics May Improve Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass Surgery

    I got this article sent to me the other day. Interesting that both the B12 levels and level of weight loss were higher in people who ingest probiotics after WLS.
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    Profanity Bleeps Physical Pain

    I knew it! I f'ing knew it! The link, for your edification.
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    Rebound acid secretion after discontinuing PPI's

    (PPI's are proton pump inhibitors like Prilosec. They work by suppressing the pumps that create stomach acid in the stomach, unlike antacids which just change the pH of the stomach.) For those of you on long term PPI therapy, this may have some significance for you. It seems that a large...
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    Women's cancer risk cut after WLS

    Here's an article about cancer risk after WLS, which decreases 42 percent in women. Also interesting was the weight gain in the diet and exercise group. This confirms what many of us have experienced over the years -- that diet and exercise don't work.
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    ACOG Guidelines for Pregnancy After WLS

    It's about time. :rolleyes: You'll need to register to see the article, but it's free. There's a bulleted list of things to consider before and during pregnancy after WLS. It's pretty thorough, and even though it's based on limited experience and data, it seems like a good start. I...
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    "Are You a Size-Friendly Midwife?"

    I had this article posted to me at Facebook. It's excellent. Check it out. Here's just a little sample of the article, which I highly recommend reading. Fat women are tired of being marginalized by the medical community. They tell stories of egregious bias, of being treated as less than...
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    Invisalign, anyone?

    Anyone??? Anyone??? Okay so it's no big secret that I hate the gap between my two front teeth, coupled with my overbite, about as much as a person can hate their smile. To this point, I've been too busy/chicken/poor or all of the above to pursue braces. But now I'm thinking about it because...
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    Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh! New Red Dwarf!!

    Completely by accident, I found out that they're creating a new Red Dwarf Series, called Back to Earth! I've missed those crazy space travelers, and am excited that at least the UK, and hopefully eventually the US, will get to see new RD. Any other geeks out there as excited as I am??
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    Cell phones popping popcorn???

    Is this even possible? And if it is possible, then what are our cell phones doing to our brains? Do you think this is for real? Or is it some sort of trick? I can't imagine the physics of this. Generic Geek?? Other scientifically minded folks? You wanna weigh in on this? It's a trick, right?
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