Stella S

Time? I simply am envious since I now imagine a super organized Bad Wolf kitchen. By last night I worked 12 hours, cooked tuna steaks - those big juicy ones on the grill -served atop spinach, baked a flourless almond cake for a dinner tonight and prepped an egg casserole for the spouse to have today and then I collapsed. Now I have visions of Bad Wolf kitchen as an assembly line of precision and efficiency while I have dishes in my sink and I head to work... Go extreme sport called life

Patience is the hardest. Especially when waiting for the body to adjust. Agree stick to th plan before adding. It takes a few days to flush the system.

Breathe... and then try to breathe again. Work is really taking too much of my time. I am still trying to finish exercise from yesterday... and I too have weekend work shifts where all poop has broken loose preventing breathing. Ok done breathing back to managing the storm.

Meat Nd cheese rolls with peppers or celery or even lettuce are my lazy day go to. If the meat is coming from the deli get the nitrate free low sodium option Imagine a bit better than protein bars.

Happy healing all!!!

taking a hair dryer on cool setting and ensuring the areas are fully dry before powder may assist!

OK joining this party - fashionably late. Sleeved march 2015. Current weight 128. maintenance but up 5 lbs My goal is to drop body fat to below 20 percent before a PS in June. And I am working on my Spanish! Fitness today - Walk at lunch for 20 minutes, 100 jumping jacks, 100 sit ups, 100 squats, and 100 push ups.

Over 4 years and feel great. It took me 15 days to return to work I heal pretty slowly and struggle with pain from procedure. But that went away and I have hit every single one of my goals. Every single one of my dreamy goals.

So sorry Kate. Consider a complaint with state licensing board as well. Seems to be practicing outside his scope

How is it going on the inspiration quest?

This thread has me laughing. My hubs lost after my surgery in 2015 and now is backed up where he began - plans to lose 50 pounds at the gym between having a beer and his dinner at Fish and chips!!!

1 night. Hospitals are hard places to sleep. Welcome.

I did read here about someone who took a loan out against a retirement account. May be a less expensive option. For me it was physically easier - financially better - and more comfortable to space it out over 30 months to rebuild sick time. at work.

I looked at the receipt and 7900. I think DC is expensive as is my PS. Maybe I need to go to Kansas!! Scars... I had arm lift Sept of 2018 and after 10 weeks in compression have kept tsilicon tape on them to flatten and provide 100 percent sun block. The scars are well placed and less noticeable. Still tender to touch finally consider laser scar treatment as an option - effective within a 6 month window. I rejected this option as my arm skin is so thin. I did not pursue it after the procedure as I am pleased with the scar progress Now it is at that 6 month mark and less effective. It helped knowing it was an option. Plus for me scars are jut a part of my journey!!! Still no need not to keep it minimal. Whew - long post.

OMG. Mine too!!! Size wrinkles and even sex advice. As in what man would ever want to bed with her because... and she thinks of it as caring and love. Honestly.

An for the cruise update?

Agree. Also I ended up ordering a size down. I had many liquids and popsicles When is it scheduled? Maybe a fan to keep air circulating. A shower chair and a laxative!! I had tummy and bum plus breasts and needed some help. Can you maybe get someone - a LPC to come help with wound dressing and or showering? 2 hours or so a day. Price in my city is about 35 an hour. Either way you have this. Note. I used Maxy pads as wound dressing instead of cotton gauze and tape. Best to you!!!!

1 no drain 2 16 days to return to work 3 pain - bad like real bad cause I am wimpy 4 WLS March 2015 Goal Summer of 2016 arm lift Sept 2018 5 cost 8200 or so 6 still struggling with scars and such I had PS in Dec 2016 and needed a break. I did not have fat removed - just the skin 7 no clue on insurance. Note it was rough I had an extended version to just below.elbow. Best to you!!!

In thinking of this thread it is just like my non-WLS friends 😀. Best to all of us in life!

A lot too be happy about. I would like to say you have done good - weight loss does not stop at one year. Enjoy the success

Agreed. My body... objectified as an object for coffee talk. Odd strange folk.

Glad to get the update Seems weight will always be a struggle for me. I am up to 132 and will give Keto a go. I regained following skin removal on my arms and September and have not lost it. 😝.

Great plan!!! I was post flood in 2005 and put on the lbs. Stress and wine - preSleeve. Let me know your progress and about resistant starches. 💚

I know. Could someone include the funk AKA depression in all surgury pre-op?!! It will pass Every surgury has left me blue. Even totally unrelated ones. Hang in there.

For me it was a trade off. I was still curved. Also the excess skin went into my bra - the result was still curved. The healthy me cared less about my breast size. Declaimed - I went for plastics.