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Then embrace the crazy. Once they see that their estimation of you isn't going to deter you they'll come around.

I wish swimming was an option. Unfortunately lifting my arms over my shoulders is rather painful, as is trying to walk against the water with a bad back. The last time I used the pool over the summer I was in pain for two days afterward.

I just get very congested very quickly and past two drinks my throat starts to constrict. I'd likely die of suffocation before I got drunk. Although I did experience a hangover once not from too much alcohol, but stupidly mixing wine and scotch in a short period of time. I'll never understand how anyone who goes through that even once ever drinks to excess again.

I'm actually allergic to alcohol, so it's like having a built in two drink limit and I rarely exceed one. It has made me prioritize quality over quantity, and I can make a shot of good scotch last two hours. (Bartenders hate me.) I'm sure I'll be able to do without for as long as necessary after surgery since I only drink for flavor, not effect. I appreciate that it's very hard to kick for those who do drink for effect, as I have a sister who gave the local CVS a brand new drive thru window, but I thought alcoholic tendencies were something they screen for during the required psychiatric evaluation. Sent from my SM-G930T using BariatricPal mobile app

Wow, Torriluv, you do have it bad. My wife has three herniated discs from an accident back in December and she's finally having surgery for it in two weeks then will have lumbar surgery once she's recovered from that. Plus my son has fibro which manifested right around his twelfth birthday so I know how bad that can be. He's a college freshman now and has it mostly under control. Then there's my daughter, a college senior, who's never had a single health problem in her life and is afraid to come home lest the curse strike her too... I think what I'm most afraid of during the pre-surgical dieting and post-surgical restrictions is a lack of energy. I can get winded climbing a flight of stairs now, so I wonder what it will be like with little caloric intake and essentially living off of my body's stored fat. As for water, I'm ashamed to admit there are times when I've avoided drinking water because I know I'd have to get up to go to the bathroom and I didn't want to have to get up to walk anywhere.