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sorry your worried about looking 60. you will have saggy skin. cant say i have any on face so not sure what to say about that. i was more worried about living to 60 not looking 60 looking old and living to be old are a fair trade off for me sorry you do not seem to agree.

60 is only the new 40 if you plan to retire at 85. LOL. People are living longer, but weight loss is harder after menopause. Be consistent and work hard... but be realistic, too. Don't feel like you're doing something wrong if the younger people lose a little faster...just stay the course:) Best wishes on your upcoming procedure!

Yaaaaay!

I hadn't had surgery since I had my tonsils out at 5 either I understand you're nervous, but your odds of dying are actually higher if you don't have weight loss surgery.

I am curious as to what do you eat now if you’re such a picky eater?

I have to say we dislike many of the same foods. i enjoy salsa - mild to medium- so that helps me a bit. I have never minded eating the same foods and now that i am this far out from surgery i find i can eat anything i used to eat but just in very small amounts. I dont eat certain things because of the issues i have with them-bread - but the meats i liked before i still like now and eat them now. The protein drink is just a part of life now. The real difference and this is huge - The food is not important - I know this is difficult to grasp. Post op food is just not the center of my life anymore. I eat to to stay healthy - not to self medicate. Please dont worry about food pre op. You will look and feel different about food after surgery. Post surgery is 95% mental. From Head hunger to emotional reactions to certain foods and smells it is all a head game after surgery. The surgery will do the work for your body. You have to do the work in your head and that is the actual hard part long term. good luck

60 is the new 40? Isn't that like Menopause is like,a Monthly Cycle? Some similarities but not quite the same!😭

Gosh, let me tell you what the VA did to my hubby. For 5 years they kept telling my hubby was fine and didnt have cancer on his kidne. Well, he did and he finally got a few gahonnas with me there looking at him to push forward unless he wanted me to step up!! Finally, we went to a URolgist local he stated he want him to go to a Specialest in Eugene. (we live in Oregon) Come to find out he had full blown cancer in his kidney!! So the VA in Portland realized it was a BULL S*** thing and they did the eblasion and thought they got it all!! THOUGHT!!NOT but they seem not to concerned with what is left on his kidney, now he has something on his liver and something on the other kidney. I have almost come to my end with these duffist DR. I tld my hubby they were not concerned for 5 years and look were this has put you. The only thing is I have Champ VA for the rest of my life. Even the Adovate said that we should sue the Goverment for all of this...but do u think we can find a Lawyer to take the case!! HHMM I can't believe how all of this has come down the pike. I am going to insist he makes a trip to Portland, which is a 4 hour trip but they are scaring me! Sorry I just need to vent I guess. Good luck for your WLS. Thank you for listening as if you have a choice right. LOL

I've been looking for where to enter a status update for days! Finally found it!!! So yay me! Now to think of something funny or profound to say.

Well I have completed all my classes, had all my tests done and I have been referred to the surgeon, saw the surgeon, and now just waiting on Kaiser to ok the surgery so I can have a date! But the surgeon started me on the 2 week pre op last week while I was leaving his office on Thursday. So I hope that means that I will have a surgery date soon.