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Hi Karlos - not been on here for ages and just read your awful news. My thoughts are with you and your family. Please however take some consolation that my friend who was diagnosed with the same condition (and secondary in her liver) was given a year to 18 months but she is still as she puts...

Hi everyone - I have not been on here for a while so just having a quick catch up. I went for a check up today as I am now eight months post op and I am lucky as I have already almost reached target bar a couple of pounds. However - I can definitely eat and drink more and realise it would be...

Amazon was where I got mine. Hard work but very good so far! Jillian Michaels - 30 Day Shred [DVD] [2007]: Amazon.co.uk: DVD

Thirty day shred . . . . phewwwwwww! This is the new workout DVD from the Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels. If you want a workout in less than 30 minutes ladies and gents you just have to try this. I have found muscles in places I never knew existed. :D Still trying to find my abs tho...

Well I am off to get one of those tops! I already look like I have no chest now so what the heck!!! They look quite good and if they do your skin good I will give them a try. To be honest I have been very lucky with my skin, little bit on the tummy (looks like a deflated balloon but no worse...

If I could turn back time I would have had the surgery much earlier as I am so much happier and healthier since my op last year. I would love to say that if I turned back the clock I would never have got fat but as a useless individual with a total lack of willpower that would be a vain hope...

Mixxy what are compression garments? Please do let me know! The only ones I have are a trinny and suzanna suit that once I am in it anything excess oozes out of the top and the legs!! I look like everything from stomach up rises up (mu chest inflates by three sizes!!) and then my bum and...

Hi Brad - glad you are doing so well so soon out after your op. You will eat and drink relatively 'normal' things afterwards but just everything in serious moderation. I am now 6 months out (in two days) and can honestly say I have never felt better and fitter since I was in my twenties...

I can imagine I would find it easy to slip into the same habits - so your post is honest and from the heart. Agree with Jac, do the five day pouch test perhaps to get back some serious restriction and then (easier said than done perhaps) stop the rubbish and go back to post op diet - mainly...

I had slipped into grabbing the odd thing that I shouldnt (I dont like crisps but hey ho they would probably have been something I would have if I did!) and none of it is stuff I have been told to eat!! A flapjack, few maltesers, a jaffa cake . . we all do it in certain situations and it is not...

I love a curry still . . . . oh, and Chinese . . . oh and I forgot Thai too - and did I mention my Sunday Roasts!?? Not to mention the fact that I still have a vino or two . . Kevin your worries are EXACTLY the same as mine were. I was worried I would become a social outcast as I could no...

I have an emergency snack supply in my fridge - although I am not a crisp lover thank goodness!! My snacks are: Sliced ham rolled up with lite philly Melba toast (Waitrose wholegrain one is by far the nicest I have found) with a really thin layer of squeezy cheese...

Well done Ruth on taking the first step on your journey. I was like you, decided on the band, surgeon told me to go for a bypass - I chickened out to be honest but then via this site made the decision to go ahead. I am so pleased I did. Six months and six stone lighter I am over the moon...

Will go and find the details and pm you back! Mel

I went to Thailand for a two week holiday less than 8 weeks after my op. My consultant told me just to make sure I took a stroll round the plane frequently (dvt risk) and be careful with what I ate while away to try and avoid tummy upsets if at all possible. I took out insurance with a really...

Hi again - I know when to stop as I have a built in alarm system called 'two hiccups!' for some unknown reason as I begin to reach capacity I get this warning!! However I now just know when I am getting to that stage and stop before I feel uncomfortable. Its almost like I physically cant eat...

Hi - I have lost 80lb in my first six months:D:D:D:D xx

Congrats on reaching the losers bench. Good luck with the rest of your journey xxx

Hi - you will be fine. I wobbled all the way from taking the decision to the operating table but I am so so pleased I went ahead. Just done a new thread on the diary page as I am six months out and I could not be more pleased with my life. Grasp this opportunity with both hands and...

Good luck with your dates ladies - keep us updated. I now blend in so well no one knows I used to be the one causing the tidal wave at the swimming pool!! It is a fab feeling just being 'normal'. xxx