Decisions Made

A new video update for you! Password: healthupdate

Decisions Made from Christie Stearns on Vimeo.

Sorry it's kind of LONG!! I don't know what they added up to in the 3 videos last time... this one is 18 minutes. Oops.

Related Info...

About the Sleeve procedure

Denver Bariatrics (where I plan to have my surgery)

Vertical Sleeve Talk (forums where I've been learning a lot)

A couple of points...

•  Unlike gastric banding surgeries, no foreign objects are left in the body during the procedure. With gastric banding, the band may slip, erode or become infected.

• Unlike gastric bypass or duodenal switch, there is no bypass of the small intestines with the gastric sleeve, so all nutrients are absorbed and very little chance exists of malabsorption issues.

VIDEO Updates!

I started writing a huge post a couple of weeks ago, but with  my limited ability to sit lately, I haven't managed to finish it. Today I decided to do some 'vlogging' (video blogging) so I could catch everybody up on recent events. I divided it into 3 parts.

The videos are password protected, so you will have to enter the password to view them. The password is "healthupdate" without the quotes. Same password for all 3. Enjoy, and I look forward to your feedback. :) The video chooses a random middle point as the still frame for the video preview... love how I am making a stupid face in all of them. LOL.

PART 1:

Health Video Update #1 from Christie Stearns on Vimeo.

PART 2:

Health Video Update #2 from Christie Stearns on Vimeo.

PART 3:

Health Video Update #3 from Christie Stearns on Vimeo.