Recent content by Cassie111

Haven't posted in a long time.....need to change my info.

Hi, my name is Cassie and I joined this group in Jan. 2016. June 8th will be my 1 year anniversary. I had the gastric sleeve with a starting weight of 287, and I am now at 175. Aside from the common problems that we all (or most of us shared) during the 1st few months, life was really good...

Hello Sue....we wrote back in January and I just wanted to know if you got the approval for the surgery and if you've had it yet. I hope so. Take care.

PS....my hubby is a native of Long Island and lived in several cities. He's from Bayville (Oyster Bay) but has lived in Smithtown, Hicksville, Huntington and a few more I can't remember! He has taken me to visit and I like it very much. He moved here to Florida to be with me in 2002 but I...

Thank you Hello Ralph, thank you for the reply and what you said. The struggle is so very real and I'm trying to take it one day at a time. I did some investigating and found that a medication I am taking can cause weight gain (which I concluded meant increased hunger)..I stopped that right...

Sue, I am so grateful to know someone on here who relies on more than ourselves to succeed. I would not be here without Him. I will keep in touch, and I hope you do too. I know you're still going through the long pre-op requirements and I hope it goes fast and that you are approved. It was a...

Thank You I wanted to write to sincerely thank you for responding to my post. You're so right, this is so much of a mental thing. But I'm struggling to understand the physical cravings. I do have a trusted and supportive psychiatrist that I saw long prior to surgery for my bi-polar/anxiety...

My name is Cassie and I hope to get some help and support from these forums. I am in a very bad place right now and totally freaking out. I am 7 months post-op and have lost a miraculous 96 lbs. The road has not been an easy one but the weight loss has kept me strong and also with great...

Hi Bill, same thing happened to me about 2 months post-op. I tried everything you can imagine (and then some, I won't go into details). The only thing I thought I was doing wrong was not getting my 64oz. of water/fluid per day. That has been a constant problem for me in the whole 7 months. I...