FluffyChix

LOL! So versed = fentanyl?

Holy smokes, Batman!

Yum!!! That doesn't look like 4 ounces of pork loin, though! So are those 2 things your whole meals for the day? Or will you have the beef and cheese when you get home? I think it's probably do-able. Lunch meat is kinda slidery to me. So is cheese to some extent although my tum doesn't like it in great quantity. Post afters!

I've heard of quite a few who had this occur. But they have done really well with it! The sleeve is a great surgery and many of the most successful vets here have a long term sleeve and are maintaining their longterm goal weights! Congrats on getting through surgery and on joining the losers' bench. You're gonna do great!!! Walk, walk, walk, sip, sip, sip!!!

Hi @Ken S., how come non-vets are able to post into the VETS Forum when they aren't 18months out? Thanks! Inquiring minds and all...

Yep. Yep. Yep. Tea for the win! Same here for my RNY.

Wow! Just wow!!! You look amazing!!

You're crushing it girl! And look fabulous with such a cute shape!

Yesssssss!!!!

LOOOOVVVEEEE this! I'm still such a work in progress, but it's helped me so much!

WTG! So sorry about your loss and the pain/sadness of the parting. You did well! Great coping tools! Don't forget Four Square Breathing or 6:8 breathing and comedies--laughter therapy! Oh and great sleep hygiene (unplug 60-90 before bed, totally dark room or sleep mask, cold, great covers, earplugs if necessary...) Congrats on your progress!

I took mine off when I could walk the halls which was same day as surgery. I had the compression machine also and lovenox shots, but the machine also stopped when I started walking.

Great post!! Congrats on all your dedication, focus and hard work!!! It's sure paying off in very short time, isn't it? What a difference 9.5 months make!!! Woot!

Congrats!! Work the plan and it will definitely help work for you!!! So exciting!

You're probably just full of poop. Or water...work the plan hon. Weight loss isn't linear but one thing it IS? Frustrating. Weightloss is so frustrating. I feel your pain.

Awww! So sorry to hear this. ((hugs)) You are stronger than fries, but I understand. ((hugs)) Do what you need!

"skin in the game" literally and figuratively.

From my Shoeless Joe Collection. hehe. I went thrifting this weekend. Size M skirt and S top. And I bought a pair of size 8 skinny jeans (with stretch) and a P/S cropped pants (with stretch).

Congrats! Can't wait to follow your journey!! Wish I had something constructive to add, but you're gonna rock it! (And that surgeon's work looks beautiful!!) Good luck Friday!!!

I agree and great post. Sorry for Sally Speed-demon but awesome on Nurse Jackie! I think it could be a potential delicate walk. I used to work in hospitals while going to school and I can honestly say that bias DOES exist between doctors and nurses. They are taxed for time/energy/attention with all the people they must take care of during their shift. And they have to work with many repeat offenders who present over the legal limit (way over) and are incoherent and at crisis. And some come in with legit medical issues, but often they are written off because of their previous visits involving over-consumption of alcohol or their alcoholism. I can only think it's even worse now, since ER visits are up, nurse staffing is down, and so is doctor staffing. So I think that if you go to your bariatric surgeon and level with them, it's hard and could represent a gamble for that person. Cuz afterward, whatever your legit problem is or potentially is with surgery, you could just be written off as, "Well, he or she is an alcoholic so it's cuz of their alcohol problem." That same thing happens every day with mental health issues in practice (not just in bariatrics). And once you are labled a head case, docs are more resistant to seeing you and/or taking your issues seriously (beyond it being related to so-in-so's mental health). I know this happens. I've seen it happen working in the field. It is very tough to not get biased by underlying mental health and addiction issues. And it's very difficult for that patient to be taken seriously by anyone and not handed-off to an unsuspecting doctor somewhere else. They become a drain on their resources and income. No doc likes a squeaky wheel. It costs them money.

Crap! How'd I miss this? Hell's yeah! Have more mojitos! You have such a fab figure girl! Congrats. Love the whole ensemb!

Ahhh sausage...the 5th food group. How I love thee... Let me count the ways.

Ditto! Better living through small appliance technology!

Me2! Love it!