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Sheryl hang in there. I'm glad you're reaching out and letting others on the board know you're having a hard time. I don't know the right words to say but please know I'm thinking about you.

Oh Kim, I am so very sorry. I wish I could be there to give you a shoulder to cry on and a big hug. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this tough time. Stay strong my friend. Enjoy these last few moments with your mom.

I was cracking up when I read this bc I had my LBL to lose my booty!! I'll post pics when my drains are out. Now that the skin is gone I'm excited to tone my booty up!

Me too! Not working out is driving me crazy. I love to exercise and it's my stress relief so not being able to do so is hard. I also can't start light exercise until 6 weeks. Every day I feel myself losing muscle tone but I know it will come back quickly.

Me too, and I just had a tummy tuck! Ouch!

Wait I think I may have got it to work. Check your pm's.

Denise, I'm going to pm you when I get on my laptop later. I can't figure out how to get it to work on my phone.

Sue. She looks absolutely beautiful! Her dress is so pretty, I love it! Oh. My. Goodness. I would die for your legs and butt!!!! Seriously, you could model those legs. Amazing! How in the world did you get muscles like that in your calves?

Anyone keeping up with the crazy thread going on in the Mexico section?? Whoa, if you're bored and looking for an "interesting" read head over there!

This is an excellent post Cgj! You can research till the cows come home but eventually it just comes down to what works for you. I honestly believe this is true for those of us that have been successful this far. Try something and see if it works, if it does, keep at it. If it stops working change things up a little bit and see what happens. For me, carbs aren't something I have to keep really low. If I do I feel horrible. I eat more carbs and I have more energy. I also workout a lot so that probably is part of the reason I can get away with eating more carbs. Then again, maybe not. I'm recovering from plastics right now so my workouts are on hold for another month or so while continuing my regular diet (minus the 5:2 which I had been doing for almost a year). It'll be interesting to see if I'll end up having to watch my carb intake more or not. I am keeping protein between 80-100 grams during recovery. Normally I have around 60 or so a day.

Florinda, what terrible news!!! I'll be thinking about you. Update when you get a chance and let us know how you are. I hope they won't be treating you bad, this just doesn't seem right. How can they get away with all of this? Sheryl, I'm sorry you are hurting. Hugs to you. Kelly, the article you posted was beautiful. I'm so thankful I had a husband that loved me no matter what I looked like. I was skinny when we married, got fat, and now I'm skinny again. Never once has he said a mean thing to me about how I looked. He has always been supportive and has loved me through thick and thin...literally! So thankful for the good men out there! Hope you can find some less stressful work. It sounds like that's just what you need! Wanda!!!!! You go girl! Great job on the carbs! One step at a time to figure out what works for you.

I'm in WI about 1.5 hours away. My husbands parents live outside of Chicago so we are there a lot. I think we should be able to work something out in the 10 days you'll be there! I'll send you a pm with my cell number. Do you text? What are the exact dates you will be there? I'm going to try driving today. Will you have a car to use?

Yes, you are petite! Your results will be great I'm sure!

July 1st. I hope I didn't come across snobbish when I said my jeans were too big. I had a LBL along with my TT and most of what was removed between the skin and lipo was from my butt, hips and thighs. My tummy had loose skin but not nearly as bad as the back half of me! I'm pear shaped. I am pretty sure this is why my jeans are big on me now.

I forgot to say that I bought it at a local health food store.

This is what I am taking. I started taking it about a week before surgery. I take 4 tablets under my tongue 3-4 times a day. I don't think it would hurt to start taking it now and see if it works for you. I've read some people use it for any kind of bump or sprain and they start as soon as they get hurt. I'm not sure if it helped with my pain. I have a high pain tolerance so I only took the pain pills for a few days then switched over to Tylenol. Who knows, maybe the Arnica helped with the pain too. I tried some jeans on a couple days ago and they were actually too big so I know my swelling is minimal although I can still feel some swelling.

Any chance you're taking Arnica for the swelling? My doctor suggested I take it and it's been working for me. He said in his practice it has worked for about 80% of his patients that decide to take it. I do have some swelling and had some bruising from the lipo but when I saw him he said mine was much less than most have.

Chicago!!!?????? You will be so close to me!! Do you want to try to meet up or is your whole tripped jam packed already? How long will you be in town? Where will you be staying? Let me know, I would love to try to make it work that we could meet in person.

Florinda, how's it going? Did you get your belongings? How have you been feeling?

Sue, Cathy, Wanda, Georgia, and Dee, I wanted you all to know I'm thinking about you. I wish I had some magic words that I could say to you to turn things around but I don't. I do know that you all can do this. Please don't give up. We've all been here for one another through our ups and downs. Maybe take some time and make it important that you/we post here more often to get that motivation and accountability back?? It's hard, life gets in the way, but, you can do this! We can do this together! Hang in there ladies (all of you, even the ones we haven't heard from in awhile). Hugs to all of you!

Did either of you have the patch for nausea behind your ear? I've been sleeved over 3 years and didn't have a problem with focusing after that surgery, I didn't have the nausea patch with that either. I did, however, just have plastic surgery on july 1st. For the first few days I couldn't focus or see much up close. Far away was fine. It turned out it was the nausea patch behind my ear that was causing it. After I took it off I was fine after a 1/2 day or so. The anesthesiologist said that whatever is in the patch is the same thing that they use to dilate your pupils when you have an eye exam. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

I'll have to wear mine for a couple months too. It doesn't bother me right now. It makes me feel secure also. I like how it holds everything in real tight!

Just wanted to share my excitement with you all. I just took off my binder and showed my husband what I look like. He was really excited (and maybe a little grossed out by the incision). All he could saw was wow! That made me happy!

Bones are the best! ????

Wow, you hit the nail on the head with that description!