Ok so the day I went in for my very first appt in June I was approached by a research group doing a study through the weightlose surgery clinic I was at.
After reading thru everything that they were researching I had decided to be apart of the study.
I had my first visit with them in September because I had to go in about a month pre-op so they could get the base line data they needed.
The study is studying the brains reaction to food before and after a weightlose intervention. I am in the lapband group, there is the gastric by pass group and all a diet shake group.
I then had a DEXA scan on Sep 19th. This scan shows you the amount of fat in your body and how much your bones weigh and how each individual part of your body (head, neck, leg, hand) weighs.
This same day I was given a machine similiar to a pedometor to wear for a week and also a PDA to answer questions about food and exercise (it was measuring a week of my daily life as is now)
On October 19th I was given a 3-day diet of food that the research Kitchen prepared. It had breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack. I was to eat only the food they gave me and nothing else but water.
On Oct 22, 2012 which is tomorrow I will undergo what they call a FMRI which just means First MRI, because I am going to be having about 4 MRI's during this study. I have to go into the office fasted and they put a caterder into my vein so they can draw as much blood as they need to without poking me a million different time, they I have to answer a couple od questions and then spend an hour in the MRI and then get a liquid breakfast, then another hour and then some questions and then they feed me lunch. During this whole process they are drawling blood every 15 mins.
After this visit I don't go back to them until 3 weeks post op or 30lbs weightlose which ever is first.
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