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Florinda, get to a gastroenterologist. That acid is nothing to fool around with . You're right. It develops into Barretts. It's important that you see a specialist! I am bummed . I can't seem to lose an ounce. I did well all week and I am sure I gained it all back over the weekend. Went out dancing, and had a few drinks which I'm not supposed to do because of my liver, but good grief, I am 63 now. So drinks are full of calories and I snacked right along with my friends. So glad to hear you got the drain out, Sheryl. Onward and Upward. Soon you'll have a new boob. I'm sure it can't come soon enough. You're probably not happy being lop sided. Can you use one of those pads you can buy in a fabric store? They put them in swim suits and fill out a bra nicely. Hope everyone has a good week. I am going to try to eat right and I have physical therapy 3x a week.

Florinda, I hope you are able to get some answers on why you feel so ill. I understand completely your feeling the need to have love in your life. I feel the same way, and while I may find it temporarily, they always end up to be dysfunctional people. The world is full of dysfunctional people. Sheryl I hope you're feeling better too , from your surgery. I think your outlook is great! Kim, you are always so uplifting! I'm trying to lose some regain and forcing myself to not snack which is my biggest problem. I really want to get into some of my old clothes and I think starting to find my willpower now is better than what I usually do, which is wait until after the holidays when I have gained more. I'm sort of doing 5:2 in that I won't let myself eat past 9pm. I don't get to bed til 1 am so that time between 9-1 is when I graze the most. I would really like to meet someone but it seems so hopeless unless I move to Portland or Eugene. I am really sorry for not mentioning everyone's posts. I have such a bad memory but I do read every single post. I need to put up 2 windows so I can refer back and comment but I'm usually in such a hurry.

Kelly, I hope your recovery goes well and you're feeling great soon! Globe I know what you mean about taking a parent on vacation. I took my dad to the Grand Canyon and the first thing he did was fall down and hurt himself. I'm glad to hear you did enjoy some parts of the trip. I also know what you mean about cooking. I never cook unless there is someone to eat with. Kim you are so brave! I wouldn't dare try a motorcycle. I love to ride on the back of one, but driving one would scare me to death. Congratulations on taking the plunge and learning something new! Sheryl Congratulations on getting back to goal! I don't know how you did it, cause you're still socializing which is death for me and my eating. You have so many big changes lately and more coming up. You're right, it's not fair that you should have to go through this whole implant ordeal. Cathy and Coops I am so glad you're both still checking in here and staying part of this group. I am so glad there is still a core of us left to share everything together. My eating sucks and I can't seem to change it. I eat cr@p every day. (it bugs me when it **** out the letters) and then I am bummed when I get on the scale. I am considering the pouch 5 day thing cause I know if I could get through 2 days of liquids, it would get me over the worst of it and start heading down the scale and not up. The medium I went to see was ok. She described how my husband died and said that he said he didn't feel a thing. ( He had an accident at work at 36 and would now be 65) She told me a lot of things I already knew, and for the most part, I thought it was pointless. She really wasn't one to predict the future, it was more like confirming things that had happened. I was disappointed. She asked if I had any questions and I asked her if I would ever find someone who I could share my life with and she told me my husband and mom and dad were all looking for someone for me. She said I would find someone within a year. I should have asked her where I'd find him. I wouldn't go back to her. I have been to physics who predicted things that came true and they gave amazing details.

I'm sorry about your dog, Sheryl. It was extremely depressing for my when my dog died. It was so depressing, I decided I wouldn't get another dog. glad your remodel is going well. I hated remodeling. Things were a mess for such a long time. I'm going to Portland tomorrow. I know you will all think I am crazy. My friend has gone to this medium/psychic 4 times and has been amazed every single time. I don't know if any of you have seen that show on tv "Long Island Medium" Anyway, I am going with an open mind and I'm wondering what she will have to tell me. It's a great idea to get out of town, and see my granddaughter. My dil is pregnant with another girl, and I am sad for my son. He never had a dad, now he will never get to be a dad to a son. I have my first phsical therapy tomorrow and I am glad to be finding out what I am allowed to do in the gym. These lazy mornings have got to go. I need some endorphins. I wonder why Globe has not checked in. I hope everyone is not going to fall away. Kim usually checks in too.

My biggest problem is grazing. I don't really like the feeling of solid Protein in my stomach. Solid protein hurts pretty quickly. I hate that too full feeling which happens almost immediately. Then I end up grazing all the time. I eat yogurt, Protein shakes, cheese, etc. It's very easy to fall away from all the rules. The trick is remembering what they are and forcing yourself to get back on track.

What is carb cycling? I'd like to do the pouch test but I can't while I am trying to get my bone to graft.

Ladies, we could go in the chat room and live chat. We would have to set a time because we are all in different time zones. I used to chat a lot in bariatric pal. It was a lot of fun. Across the top click where it says patients, and then click on chat. Like I said, I am in Pacific time, so I am probably later than most everyone else. Chatting really is fun. The problem is at 6pm here, it's already 9 pm for someone on the east coast. I am not sure how many people stay up in the evenings or go to bed early.

Sheryl, I know what you mean and I have been trying in therapy to understand why I hate being alone and why I feel like I HAVE to have a man in my life. It makes no sense to me, because I had a good childhood, although my dad wasn't home much. We owned a grocery store and he was there, all the time. When I got older I worked with him. I get really depressed some days, because I start thinking that I will be alone forever.

Now that VST has been around awhile, there are a lot of us at goal who are learning to maintain. I would like to discuss maintenance. Is it easy for you? It is not easy for me. I fight it every day. I can eat so much more than I could when I first had surgery. I don't feel really full all the time the way I did a year ago. I used to be able to eat a meal and feel so full for hours that I had no desire to eat again until it was meal time again. I would say that Head hunger is more than 75% of hunger for me. I can eat a meal and thoughts of junk food enter my mind an hour later. I am so thankful that I do have this tool to help me maintain, but it will always be a battle for me to not eat chips, candy and all the rest of the stuff that could easily pack on 20 lbs in a short time if I gave into my head hunger. How are the rest of you at goal doing? Is eating healthy such a habit now that you have no desire to snack?

Look at the top where it says general weight loss story forum, under patients and weight loss story magazine. right next to general weight loss its says veterans. Under that it should say start a new topic

I will find out from Alex if the chat room is up and running . We could set a time to all meet in there and live chat. Right now I am going to try to get into a physical therapist and I'm trying to do better with not eating junk. One day at a time!

I would call it maintaining if I were not constantly trying to lose my regain. If I were not trying to lose my regain, I am sure I would have regained more than I have. Maintenance is a struggle for me, that's all I can say. More of my hunger is returning and it's depressing.

I believe it's called the Maintenance Forum now. Not many people are very happy about it. We all agree that being a vet does not necessarily mean that you are maintaining. I am 6 years out so that would definitely make me a vet but I am not maintaining. I am trying very hard, but what I am doing is dieting and trying to lose. Is that maintenance?

I'm really struggling. I had another back surgery and they told me not to eat a high Protein diet which is the way I have been eating for 9 years. They told me not to diet while I am trying to get the bone to graft. It's maddening. I called the physical therapist I wanted to go to and they have had a death in the family and are really short handed. I need to go back to the gym but I'm not sure what I'm allowed to do. I'm still supposed to wear my back brace for another month. It's really hard not to graze when I am stuck in the house so much. I have to get a handle on this before I have nothing to wear. I am at my highest weight since being sleeved, because I have gained back the 15 lbs I regained and lost last summer. I am depressed.

The main dairy that I love is cheese and Greek Yogurt. those would be hard to give up. It would be nice if produce lasted longer. In order for me to eat a lot of veggies, it means going to the store often. I hate grocery shopping. I could eat frozen but they taste icky to me. I don't understand Amazon. I need to figure it out because I am paying for amazon prime and I never see anything on there. I watched one season of Girls on there, when I was still going to Bill's house, but it made me mad that they didn't have more seasons. Are all Amazon shows like that, where they only show the first season. I have it on my smart tv but I am not sure if I have to do something else to get the full benefits. I haven't read that thread, but someone must have made her way too big of a sleeve. There is no way I could have eaten that much when I was first out. Dr. Pompa is known to make her sleeves way too big.

Sheryl, I am not a vegetarian. I never have been one. My friend practically had to force me to go to this discussion on plant based eating. They said there that many illnesses will go away with this type of eating. I know I could never eat this way. I love dairy way too much. Sheryl, did you say that show In Treatment was on Netflix? I can't find it. Netflix says it's unavailable. I am disappointed. Did you watch it on Amazon? I'm trying to eat better and cut out the cr@p. I can't stand the way my clothes fit. Kellly, I'm sorry to hear about your knee. Just think though, it will heal and you will be so much better off. That's my hope for my back.

Try googling your own name. You would be surprised at what might come up. People are always asking me why there are no before and after pictures of me. There are people who know my real first name on here, but I am really careful. I am surprised too, that everyone does not know that anything you say on the internet anywhere, can show up through a search engine.

That sucks Sheryl. I am so sick of paying doctor bills. Every time I turn around there is a new one coming in from various places I had no idea were even used. I hope you can get this resolved so you don't owe that money. The paperwork they sent me home from the hospital with said not to eat a high Protein diet. It said high protein diets are known to retard bone growth. It said to eat plenty of vegetables. I bought some veggies and dip and I swear it's all going to end up in the garbage. I am not good about eating veggies. Florinda, I hope you have a fabulous time in Italy! That is really special that you're going with your mom. I hope you have the time of you life, and are able to relax about losing weight on vacation.

Yeah, I haven't heard from him at all this week, and I have no intention of contacting him. I gave him all the reasons why we would not work as a couple the last time I saw him. I also told him it was pretty obvious that we couldn't even be friends anymore, since he takes that as "me teasing" him. It's too bad because we worked as just friends fro a long time. He didn't know me when I was heavy. He knows I've had surgery, but it's been 9 years since I first got my lap bad and I've only known him a couple of years.

You are all so lucky when you live in a big metro area that offers all sorts of dance classes and dances. . I would love to attend one of the dance competitions that some of my teachers have gone to. Dancing opens up a whole new world of men. If you're a good dancer, the men will notice and want to dance with you. It's the lead and follow thing. If you have a good lead, he can really make the follow look fancy. They like women who are good follows. There is this one really nice woman who used to teach dance, and now teaches at the community college. When she shows up to one of the dances, the men line up to dance with her. I can't wait to get the go ahead from physical therapy to find out which dances I am released to do!

I 2nd the metamucil. I put it in crystal light and drink it fast. It gets thick if you don't drink it fast. It's the only thing safe long term. In the beginning when I couldn't drink very much, I would have to use a fleets enema before it got too bad. You can take stool softners too, when you're early out, if you can't drink enough metamucil.

I am afraid to eat low carb while I am supposed to be growing bone. I am not sure what I am supposed to eat. A few lbs makes a huge difference. I am only 12 over goal (which is a lot to me) but my clothes are like 2 or 3 sizes bigger. some of my tops are XL and I was in a small before. It's discouraging. Florinda, i am sure you're done all the reading you're supposed to read in order to eat right for your MS. That's all you can do. I know when I went to that discussion about plant based eating, they talked about diet making a huge difference in MS. I hear you Sheryl on the biker guy. It seems like 3/4 of the online profiles have guys on bikes looking for someone to ride on the back. I am not big on tattoos either. I wish I could just have bunch of male friends that want to do what I want to do and not have to put up with their stuff. ok I am selfish but I don't want to be a biker chick or go to football games or hunt and fish. No wonder I don't have a BF , just one who wants friends with benefits and I am not into that.

Remodeling is stressful! I remodeled this house after I bought it and it was a nightmare for awhile. Sheryl what happened to the guy you were dating who has the Harley? I thought you liked him, and did see possibilities with him. It's nice that you still have your ex to talk to and are still able to find comfort with him Sara I am so excited to hear your news about your dad. I really hope he continues to get good news after the pathology report. I got good news today too. My fusion is coming along nicely and I don't have to wear my back brace unless I leave the house. The best news is my liver doctor feels that my Hep C is not affecting me. He said my body has learned to live with it. The treatment for it is 90,000.00 and my ins would never pay for it because I don't fall under the guidelines for who gets treatment and who doesn't. But the main thing he told me is as long as I don't drink alcohol, not ever, I will die from something else, and not liver cancer. Now I go to physical therapy and I can go back to the gym as long as I am careful . I guess the PT will tell me what exercises would not be good for my back. I can do cardio though, and go back to exercising my thighs, where I have gained most of my weight. I really want to be able to wear my clothes. 15 lbs makes a huge difference in my pants. Floridna, I went to a talk on plant based diets and they talked about MS. They said diet makes a huge difference, but I am sure you have all the right books and are doing what is best for yourself.They talked a lot about eating tons of leafy greens. Please stop judging yourself because you have gained weight. You've had a lot of stress since you came back to the US and your MS is messing up your weight loss, not YOU!

Sarah, I am honored that you feel close enough to us to share your feelings during such a difficult time. Sheryl, I can't believe you have to have it removed. They are going to replace it though, right? I just went to a talk this evening given by a nutritionist/dietitian who talked about plant based eating. She says it's not the same thing as being vegan. Anyway, she gave all these different illnesses and claimed they can all be improved by plant based eating. She especially mentioned MS .

okay then continue to be mean to each other, and realize at the same time, it's against the terms of service here.