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Back home, time for a nap

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Rest up, Ferdie

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Glad you're doing well. :tu Enjoy your nap

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I'm glad to hear everything went smoothly, and wish you a speed and easy recovery. It was such a pleasure to meet you during your stay in Florida, looking forward to our next chance to smoke some more great cigars. :tu

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time for a cigar :D

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Doctor's orders!...Glad to see you home and on the road to recovery!

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Ferdie!

I'm so glad to hear that you are on the mend! :tu

Both Sue and I send you best wishes for your complete recovery!

Charlie

:dance:

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That's my brother!

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Ferdie, Glad to hear everything went well and that you are home recovering. Can't wait to herf with ya again!

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today was a bad day, lots of pain on my left side of my belly. Couldn't sleep, couldn't walk, couldn't sit without pain. Pain seems to be gone now, hopefully it stays that way.

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Damn Ferdie! Hope the pain takes a back seat and stays there. Hoping for a quick recovery Brother. All the best.

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bump for this.. congrats on getting your surgery.. im interested on how this worked out for you?

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Good luck, Ferdie.

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Get well soon man

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you guys should look at the date of the posts right before me.lol.. thats why i bumped it from the dead

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Blast from the past. Old topic. I lost 71 kilo/156lbs so far, I'm in better shape then ever before. I can even choose the women I date nowadays ;)

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:banger :tu Keep Up The Good Work, Brother! :)

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you will see the difference Greg, in comparison with EPIC 2010 I have lost another 65lbs, hope to loose some more before EPIC2011

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Awesome, Brother! :D :tu

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That's awesome man. Reason I bumped this is because I'm going in tomorrow morning for my RNY bypass. Was just looking for info, and figured I'd see how you were making out,hehe. I have actually lost 40lbs pre-op in 3 months, and my goal is to lose another 80. 365SW/323.8CW/240GW

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Thoughts & Prayers Sent For You, Ron! :tu :)

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good luck on that. My surgery can't be compared though, different technique. With a bypass there are much more difficulties and complications, diet wise. You will always have to avoid certain food while I can eat anything, just small portions. And I can't eat fat fastfood 3 days in a row as I will get the runs, but I never liked fastfood 3 days in a row anyway.

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And what exactly did you have?

BTW, i rather not be "able to eat anything", like you say you can.. At that stage, whats the point?

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I had a Duodenal Switch.

the point is that I eat way way less, and that everything I eat is filtered due to the surgery. The point? I can eat anything I like and still lose weight. It doesn't have any negative effects on my social life, as I am able to go out to dinner with friends and dates (just skip the appetiser, eat the small steak, leave the site dishes and skip desert instead of eating everything). Friends who had the gastric bypass are more limited in their options than I am, that's why I went for the Duodenal Switch, even though it included 2 surgeries instead of one.

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i dont want my social life to be based around food and dinner parties anymore..

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my social life isn't based on it, but it is nice to be able to go to a dinner party every now and then, or have a business lunch/dinner on occassion. Or take a date out to dinner and not have her be uncomfortable because you can't eat anything.

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Health just hit a bump this weekend. I fainted sunday, without a warning whatsoever. Went to see the doc, my blood pressure is low and he wanted me to see a cardiologist. The cardiologist noticed a low heart rate after doing an ecg, so I'm scheduled for more tests.

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I hope everything turns out alright brother. I will be thinking of you.

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Hoping the best on the test Ferdi.

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In my thoughts, brother.

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Prayers sent Ferdie.

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In my thoughts, Ferd.

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Prayers (and good thoughts) sent!

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The fainting and low heart rate is common for those who lose tremendous amounts of weight. You lose heart muscle mass and that's not good. You'll probably find yourself on a high protein regimen soon.

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the whole thing about these diets following these surguries are to have 80-100 grams of protein a day.. thats alot!.. Unless somebody has been slipping

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Just read read this thread from front to back since I didn't the 1st time I posted and man this has been an incredibe journey for you Ferdie, I hope all is ok after visiting the doc. Good luck brother!

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just came back from the cariologist, they monitored my heartrate for 24 hours last week and it is just fine. No explenation why it was low the week before though, that's a mystery but I am fine now.

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:xxx Great news brother!

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update. Since the faiting in september I fainted once again in february. They did some extended testing (14 days of monitoring, heart echo etc etc), my heart is fine, it is just low blood pressure and I'm gonna have to learn to live with that.

On the bright side, today I stood on the scale and it said 100 kilo (220lbs) which is a big deal to me, so close to a 2 digit weight which has been a dream for a long time :wo

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Good to hear your heart is fine brother, congrats on the weight loss!

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Wow, that's some serious weight loss. Congratulations buddy! Now all you have to do is get back here to Vegas. :tu

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I should shouldn't I?. I'm planning on Florida again this year, next year I might do the west coast (or Asia, haven't been there in years and want to revisit that beautiful continent too)

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Nice weight drop Ferd

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220? Damn bro, your getting down close to my size. That's just crazy compared to the first time I met you. Congratulations and here's to your continued good health. :tu

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and to think that I was already down 90lbs from my 'all time record' when we met Ritchie.

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got tested in the hospital yesterday and my blood pressure is back to normal again.

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good to hear brother!

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:wo

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Good news sir! Keep up the fight! :)

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Great news, Ferdie! Hardly seems possible. Way to go!