gmanbat

Interesting. Is there any scientific explanation or is it all anecdotal?

My grandfather was like my scale. He said whatever he thought was true with neither a malicious motive or sensitivity to any one's feelings. However, I loved my grandfather, I hate my scale.

That is a VERY good link! I am putting it in my signature. It lines out very clearly who should and shouldn't get the surgery. Good find, NSquared!!!

I have Xanax as well and it does help sleep. I find that if something, (or someone , **plants vs zombies playing wife** ), wakes me up I have a hard time getting back to sleep no matter what I had taken. I try to save the Xanax for visits from annoying relatives.

I was never addicted to diet coke but was addicted to drugs and smoking earlier in my life. All I can tell you is to identify it as your enemy and face it down. I got help from God. We won.

Yes, the catheter seems to come with the operation. I have had many in my life due to urinary infections and prostate cancer. The one with the sleeve operation was relatively easy to deal with. For a guy, though, it is less than dignified having a tube driven the wrong way up your one way street. And why is there always a cute nurse doing the honors?

Count me in to the owl club. My remedies include magnesium tablets(chewed up), b6, a pain killer of some kind, and melatonin. I have always had trouble with sleeping so I can't blame it entirely on the sleeve. It seemed to get worse years ago when I worked 3rd shift followed by another job back to back with it on 1rst shift; my workaholic days. Also living in South Africa for 6 months played into it . My sleep clock is messed up, I normally take a nap around 2 in the afternoon. I have tried to stay awake during that time and reset it but have not been successful thus far.

I snucked in when moderator OTR was taking yet another pee break.

Cheater? The last time I checked, life is not a board game. Ask her for a copy of the rules and ask her to highlight the one about weight loss surgery.

Sorry I didn't make the connection. You look great! Climbing up those ladders looks a bit strenuous but the extra 75 would have made them quite tough. My gosh, every time I see New Zealand I want to save my pennies and go there. What a gorgeous country! I also love those accents, they seem musical to me.

Congratulations! By the way, what does the MSN census video link have to do with it?

C'mon in, mini-mee, they let me in. I stay close to the back door though, in case things get hairy.

Some day you will feel like a skinny pepper!

I am over a year out and still sense a bit of tenderness in the belly area. I exercise a lot but lay off of over stressing the abdomen. The fat is coming off of my stomache area anyway, working the legs, back and chest gets most of it off....and eating right of course.

Ease slowly into a combination of cardio and strength training. You need to build muscles, they are 24/7 calorie burners. I do High Intensity Interval Training, (HIIT), calesthetics - (push ups, knee bends with weights), bodyblade, kettlebell, and stretchy bands. I like to change up a lot, do different combinations, never let my body adjust. I consider myself to be in life long athletic training. I will quit when my heart stops beating for at least 10 minutes. My workouts seldom go beyond 40 minutes and occur generally 3 times a week.

I am proud of you, too!

I am sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you.

Ya got that right. The sleeve can re-spell steak into stake.

I just had some really good coffee....... :wub: ...................................I love you guys!!!

I try to remind myself that this is a website forum, not a physical neighborhood of transients that come in demanding personal attention. My neighbors here in Florida can come knocking on my door at any time and reek havoc on my personal life. Happily, they are a pleasant, keep to themselves bunch. I can drop in and out of this cyber neighborhood anytime. The PMers can be dealt with or ignored. Because they PMed me doesn't mean I have to answer even though I have so far to all of them. I have the power. My sign of burn out becomes self evident when I see the post titles and want to make a wise guy answer. Then a little voice in me says,"Have some class! These people are hurting and need help and don't need you to entertain yourself at their expense!." Peoples is peoples. They know about searches, won't do them. They want to get special treatment, they demand it. They spell badly to the point of near unintelligibility, get offended easily, won't listen to doctors, do their own thing and blame it on the operation. Some of these things they can help, some they can't. Those of you who deal with the public in general know that this is the level of our world. The forum reflects what we live in. The world is not a Mensa club. I am grateful for the help and kindness shown to me here. I will help as long as I can without running myself ragged and sinking down into grumpiness and my responses reflecting that decline.

I was losing a pound or more a day, then 1/2 pound, then 1/3 pound, then less and less but what do you know...I arrived at my goal and fit into clothing that I could have only worn in my 20's! In Orlando, at the highest traffic times of the year, Disney,Universal, Seaworld and huge outlets create a glacial speed parking lot on Interstate 4 and one lives with many stops. Patience is thrust upon you. I admittedly lose mine as witnessed by my relieving myself on the road shoulder with my back turned to the parade, before reaching an exit, it was an explosive situation, a urinary emergency, modesty got ran over. My family had a good laugh though. Anyway, we still got where we were going after many, many, stops. So will you.

Mine would have been: ShadowCreatesOwnWeatherSystem

My world is shattered...!

Ok, I come home and hit the forum and 16 notifications! I see they are on the How Do I Delete My Profile? thread and I think, "Another nasty argument!" But, no, just peoples being nice peoples. Darn, nothing for me to try and lighten up with my juvenile humor.

There is a roller coaster at Busch Gardens, my second home since I moved to Florida, called SheiKra. The nasty thing takes you up a steep hill and then hangs you over a 90 degree drop and lets you think about it for a while before you plunge. Riding it with my granddaughter helped with the fear. I always have to play macho to impress her so instead of screaming I talked to it during the terrifying ordeal, "Is that all you got? You're putting me to sleep here!" My granddaughter was truly fearless, she didn't have to talk trash to it, she wanted to get right back on, which we did..... again and again and again.........> This operation is far more serious than a roller coaster. The concerns are real here. The risks on the SheiKra are statistically nil. The risks of this operation are low but significant. The risks of obesity are not low. The complications of obesity are more like a sure thing. I got this operation because I feared obesity, which I couldn't conquer without the sleeve tool, more than the operation. I also prayed and sensed God's blessing and had confidence in the surgical team. I was calm as well, I was correct in feeling that way, and I am so grateful.