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You can always hope they win a Darwin Award for their stupidity.

My office has an official celebration for everyone having a birthday each month. And they bring out the goodies. Lots of cookies, dips, chocolate gooey thingies and of course cake. For reasons unknown to me the thought of all those goodies lined up for the taking triggers something in my brain. I get a ravenous hunger that almost compels me to eat stuff that normally I don't even think about. I just want to bury my face in the cake and go, "Nom nom nom. Oh, you're a dirty cake aren't you! Nom nom nom." I was able to restrain myself to just one piece of coated popcorn. I thought it was a coated nut. Honest! AND it was yucky! (That's my story and I'm stickin to it!) I am not looking for applause or a pat on the back, since I only did what I was suppose to do - for the past 35 years. Just wanted to share that we all have our weak moments and demons to fight. Keep Pimpin That Sleeve!

It's been 7 weeks and my taste buds have been outta whack ever since surgery. Today I noticed that things are getting back to normal. Up until today every flavor had to be very intense or it was bland. I was mixing my Crystal Light 3 packs to a gallon, instead of the normal 2. But today, it just tasted too sweet and I had to water it down. When I went out to eat tonight, I noticed the subtle flavors of my food - it actually tasted good. Normally I just bury it in salsa for the intense taste of salsa, what's under it didn't really matter. So I think things are getting back to normal. And one else experience something similar with flavors, smell, or touch?

Well, maybe he's more open minded than you are? And the jelly is for anyone, I'm a sharing kinda guy. Maybe you and he would be open to an arrangement along these lines?

So, you wanna just skip the chit chat and get married - or what?

Does the salad book have any recipes that use syrup or jelly - I prefers jelly. Warning Don't Watch This Video If You Are Squeemish Not Safe For Work

At that price, I bought 2. Just in case I want to read it more than once.

The pain! Oh God, the pain! - no, just kidding. They put me under and I woke up with a scratchy throat. I wouldn't even have noticed my throat if I hadn't been warned that it might be sore. I was under for about 20 minutes, woke up and was back in the car headed home within the hour. If they haven't told you, they won't let you drive yourself home, but I felt alert and had no after effects of the anesthesia. They gave me the same stuff used on Micheal Jackson, to put him to sleep. It was funny, they put a mouth guard in so I wouldn't bite the scope, said they were about the put me under. Next thing I know, I'm waking up (thinking that I had just blinked my eyes) and I put the mouth guard back in because I thought I had let it slip out. The staff was laughing at me, cause I didn't realize the procedure was over.

I'm a groggy star. These videos were taken minutes after my return from surgery. I have watched so many videos from other sleevers who shared what they went through, I felt obligated to share my experience (even though I don't like my own pictures). I was really groggy and in a lot of pain. And hittin that morphine drip like a muthar fu(shut your mouth!). :-P <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/pS6v-BC-Vks?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/pS6v-BC-Vks?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/NxqiW3LFqKk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/NxqiW3LFqKk?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

I've asked if there are other people out there that weigh before and after a poop, and was really surprised that I was not alone! But do any ladies weigh themselves before and after breast feeding? Or is this just wrong?????

I thought the rule was "sex on the 3rd date."

I only walk, but it was over a month before I could do any serious walking. My knees and feet hurt all the time. I started by parking at the far end of the lot at work, Wal-Mart or the grocery store to make me walk farther. Then I set a goal of making 4 laps around the inside of my office several times a day. I'm on month 5 now, and walk between 3 and 7 miles a day - depending on how much I hurt. I bought a cheap pedometer and use that to gauge my distance.

I tried drinking a Sprite Zero the other day and I had trouble swallowing it. I'm no long use to drinking carbonated drinks. I believe that carbonated drinks are not taboo. But when I try something new, like Sprite, I always go very very slow, take small sips, and wait a few minutes between sips to see how my stomach reacts. Everyone's stomach is different - as well as having doctors that have different ideas about their patient's diets. I never did finish that Sprite!

I had that same pain the 1st 10 days. I had to sleep propped up/on my back. I felt a pulling sensation in my stomach in addition to the pain whenever I tried laying flat and on my side. I rolled up a comforter and use two pillows to keep myself propped up in bed. About day 10 I was able to lay flat and on either side without discomfort.

I was a massage therapist and it didn't matter to me if a client was fat/thin/saggy skin/young/old. I just wanted to give them the best massage experience I could. And I think most massage therapists feel the same. So I wouldn't worry about loose skin, they are happy to have you on the table.

I take the Sam's Club multivitamin and sublingual B12 from Wal-Mart.

Yeaaa, you're probably right. By the way, are you suppose to weigh yourself after jumping the shark?

You're not the only one with low energy. You can add me to the list, but I had low energy long before the surgery. I think my problem is the combination of sleep apnea and COPD that keeps me from getting enough rest/oxygen.

I didn't know that there was a Margarita flavored Crystal Light. I'll have to check it out. I never found a chicken broth better than the Chunky Soup Heart Healthy Chicken Noodle flavor. I had to strain out the noodles and the chicken, but it was good. Good luck.

Congrats, I too am looking forward to "just" being overweight.

I swear that I see my toilet flinch each time I walk past the bathroom door. And I can hear my toilet give off the pitiful wail of a prisoner being tortured in a Medieval dungeon when I sit on the toilet, "Nooooo, nooooo, I'll tell you what you want to know. Just make it stop!" It all started cause I was worried. I hadn't had a decent poop in over 5 days. What little pebbles did come out of me weren't nearly enough to the amount I had consumed. So I was worried. I went online looking for a good tasting, safe, effective, and not too powerful laxative. After all, I didn't want to be like a cartoon character hanging onto hand rails to keep from launching like a rocket off the toilet. Nor did I want to wait 24 hours or more for it to work and get caught too far from the toilet. So I spent an hour or so reading the reviews on natural health forums and it boiled my choices down to Milk of Magnesia or Epsom Salts. I didn't want to drink the salt, so that left Milk of Magnesia. To the Batbuick! I didn't have a secret shaft to slide down, so I had to take the stairs. Na na na na, na na na na. Our hero finds himself standing in Walmart, debating the merits of original flavor or cherry. I chose cherry hoping it would be the least disgusting of the two flavors. My only weakness, bad flavors. I can stop bullets (well, once anyway) but I can't handle the yucky taste of medicine. I made my purchase and raced back to my secret bunker. A detailed analyzation of a sample (I read the label) told me the chemical components of Milk of Magnesia is composed of Magnesium Hydroxide. The instructions said to drink at least 8 oz. per tablespoon taken. I had my trusty Batmug handy, loaded with 30 oz. of Crystal Light lemonade. The adult dosage was 3 to 4 tablespoons for constipation. So of course I took 4. It also said that it was suppose to work within 5 hours. But others had said expect immediate action and not to wander too far from the toilet. So I was prepared to stay around the house for the next 5 or so hours. The taste wasn't quite as bad as the barium the hospital gave me for the leak test, but it was pretty disgusting. 1/2 hour later, nothing. And there I sat, broken hearted, paid 4 bucks and only farted. More or less an hour later I felt the 1st rumblings. 1/2 hour later, time to RELEASE THE KRACKEN! So all in all, it was a smooth move. So smooth in fact that I was worried it was another failure to launch. But when I looked behind me, it was everything I had dreamed a poo could be. Call Guinness, it was a monster. I could fight crime with a poo this big. I'm still working on my superhero name. Captain Poo, Pinch e Loaf a, Sir Bag of Crap, The Brown Stain, Skid Mark, The Brown Eye? Suggestions are welcomed. Alls well that ends well, sort of. I overdosed a little (should have stuck with 2 or 3 tablespoons instead of 4) and everything I ate for the rest of the day passed through my system rapidly. Every 4 or 5 hours, I'd get the urge. Not - EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! - kinda urge, just the sense that I needed to get to the bathroom soon. And I kept drinking as much Crystal Light as I could. Milk of Magnesia's main ingredient pulls water into the intestines and I didn't want to get dehydrated. So if you need to go, as I did, Milk of Magnesia gets a big thumbs up from me. My colon is so clean you could eat off it or fight crime with it, your choice. Just get your own superhero name. Comments and suggestions are welcome. I'm trying to improve my writing. If you liked this post or hated it, please leave a comment.