GreenTealael

Awwww sorry, keep strong, review all your options including starting over with different insurance, repealing again and medical tourism Safe Journey 🎈

What are chatting notes? Hoping for a speedy and favorable outcome!!!🎉

Are you approved or denied?

Exciting times! 🎉Stay strong!💪 I have no answers for you 😢

Amazing 🎉

Thank you EVERYONE for the ❤ (So weird to be called an inspiration or motivation. I appreciate it. I'm just a person that shys away from praise, no clue why. But thanks.) Trying to stay accountable to myself and the forum with honest monthly updates.

Not much different between 12 to 13 months except for no reason at all I started dropping weight again instead of maintaining. Currently 153lbs. Anemia is ever present, knew I would be so I will resume IV treatments for that. Missing the summer, need a vacation from the cold. I'm always cold. Food choices are pretty constant, I'm boring and don't really need a lot of variation just rotation of my usual suspects. No clue what clothing size I really wear but it's between a small and medium, 6-8 totally depends on cut and designer. Dumping and food comas still occurs for me, random things like nut, meat, yogurt (lol, whatever) very mild reflux depending on food choice like yogurt, (lol whatever again) not taking anything for it because PPIs are more trouble than they are worth. If necessary I will get papaya enzyme and work with that. BUT overall still a good choice

We won't tell anyone, promise ❤

Enraptured, entralled, entranced post coitus my lover layed his head on my chest in search of haven to hear sksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksk My esophagus clearly was the third (audibly unwelcomed) member of that brief alliance.

😎❤No No No ❤🎉Hijack away🎉😎 😎You know how we roll 😎 I just thought this may be important info for a lot of people but it's squirreled away where they'll never find it... But we can totally just keep it here too.

Hmmmm, I forgot about that. This topic deserves it's own thread. I bet there are other converts feeling the same way 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

I'm not sure you need to start over, but I'm not a doctor. You've had no regain, still losing, still in your honeymoon phase, one surgery flowed into the other ... IDK Anyone else experience something like this?

Well just for calorically dense things, salads I usually finish or get busy or bored with eating lol That's why I don't have a ton of after food photos...

I only ever felt real restriction with certain foods, I learned to stop by portion size. If I eat a raw carrot, broccoli, cabbage, I feel restriction. Poultry, fish and red meat depending in density and preparation, I will feel restriction. I had to pay attention to time (eat for less than 15-20 minutes) and bari-servings. I Never got the sniffles, sneezes, it any other signal of near fullness. Just the oh no, I'm overfilled sensation. No bueno.

💜 CONGRATS 💜

Oh I didn't even consider alcohol, I meant juice soda etc...

I've had the Foamies. I'm a Unicorn.

Do you find you can drink a lot more of fun things?

That's the goal...

Maybe its different because there was not a lot of space between surgeries for you so you have more of a rolling journey vs someone starting over after a few years?

Same, So yeah about a month out I started eating things that looked like regular foods. Also I lost 15-17lbs the first month then stalled for a month if I remember correctly. So there is hope for slow losers @Yolie1977!!! Don't give up

Well... you could *start* blood pressure meds and never take them this never controlling your hypertension. Then *begin* the supervised diet but make no effort to lose, only maintain to so you don't fall out of the BMI range... Or walk the straight and narrow. Whatever you choose...

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I understand completely. As long as you fully understand everything and are willing to live with the outcomes. I hounded my bedraggled team to the edge over protein levels and vegetarianism, using a straw and coffee. I've made my bed. Lol

I'm never on my best behavior 😎