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And in the same vein, clogging or square dancing. My aunt and uncle were in a square dance club, my cousins tagged along as did I often. We saw our relatives doing it, we organized,our own junior division, a bunch of pre-teens and teenagers and we go pretty dog-gone good at it. I know the best cloggers are from the Carolinas and Georgia, one of the square dancers was from the upstate NC mountain area so we kids learned to do it too. Betcha if you ever came to Ohio I could drag my arthritic old self up and show you how it's done! It's fun and it do burn up them calories! PS ---Late hubby and I seldom danced together, why? Danged fool,was a slow dancer, I did the more athletic ones, besides I tended to lead, well when I practiced with my girl friends I was always taller and learned to lead then. So we wrestled to a standstill in the middle of a dance floor, suspect he didn't enjoy it, knew I didn't. I enjoy dancing by myself instead of pairing off And he refused to square dance. Ah well, his loss! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

We'll all pray that it is just a small cyst, an anomaly you were born with or something like a "floor burn" from your stomach and esophagus sliding up and down and kinda rubbing your diaphragm in transit. Like the song Every little thing gonna be All right. Love and hugs[emoji197] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And those Sosewsue61 are the classic flu symptoms, nausea and vomiting really aren't, they are more due to the GI renovations, now that tends to be the weakest link portion of your body. If necessary go,back,to your sugar free popsicles, you might be able to handle them better at this point. Remember the trick from when you had kids or were a kid yourself? Now this is mommy wisdom. Take a a paper cup, Styrofoam might work but I always used a paper Dixie cup. Stick the stick down through so you have a receptacle if it starts melting. I usually would put the whole affair in a Cereal bowl if they were slow eaters but then I hated sticky drips on the floor. The bowl isn't mandatory. And I always went for the light shades as opposed to grape or cherry. And a cool washcloth compress,helps with headaches, sore eyes, and worse case scenario you've got it ready to wipe off if you erp up. Love, prayers and feel better soon! [emoji27][emoji27][emoji27][emoji27][emoji27] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I know only from reading on here, no personal knowledge yet. Most responder say liquids are easy, slip,right on through but when you get to purees and softs you'll truly feel the restriction and tightness of your newly redesigned innards. Keep on slow and steady with the liquids and the pureed etc will come. When that happens,let us know how you're getting along. You'll be a veteran to all the newbies and pre surgs. Cool --isn't it? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Because you are young-- that's probably why the recommendation of the sleeve. If it doesn't do good there may be still a regular bypass or SIPS in your future --but on the other hand --the sleeve may be Just perfect. Its really up to you and your surgeon to decide. Listen to advice from him, he knows your individual case better than any of us could. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hugs and prayers on your surgery day. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I also have GERD, after my EGD we found out I have gastritis and a smallish ulcer (too many NSAIDs) what IBS I have is pretty mild, gastroenterologist said he saw no reason I couldn't go forward with RnY, said it might even help the 1st 2 conditions. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I am owned by 2 lovely cat ladies, Squeaky who must be a distant cousin of Mr Freddy as they are marked much the same with the lovely white paws and her sister( well probably half-sister because they may not be offspring of the same tomcat) Cassie is a dark mackerel tabby but the fur on her sides instead of being stripe bars are perfectly swirled like paisley cloth. She is equally as pretty as her sister but Miss Squeaky has a very out-going personality and I think Cassie has played second-fiddle their entire life. Cassie is very sweet tempered and one on one just as loving if not more so than her sister. Squeaky does not,like storms, our code name is Thunder Monster, while she hides Cassie will crawl on my,lap, lay down and purr. Can you tell I'm pussycat-whipped? Ah but the girls brighten Tomkitten(my human son) and my life. I'll have to enter their pictures one of these days. They were shelter cats first, we call it the"***** pound" and were about 1 year old when adopted, we do still argue who adopted who---They act like they chose us! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

My regrets may or may not be responsive. I regret when I grew up, when I reached late adolesence I was told stop being such a tomboy, stop playing softball and running wild with kids your age and younger, you are a young woman ---sit down and calm down. My parents even sent me to finishing school type classes to teach me to" deport" myself better. All I remember learning were make-up techniques, how to walk smoother and seductively and how to,balance a book on top of my head. But I listened, after all Mama and Daddy told me to do it and didn't they always have my best interests at heart? So although my appetite remained the same my activity level decreased phenomenally. Sit down, do your embroidery, crochet, knit, you can get up if you go cook, the only exercise you need is vacuuming or other housework. You'll never get a husband unless you move slow, smooth and act like a perfect,lady. As i look back, I probably didn't have a boyfriend because I was starting to look chubby but about as stimulating as thick vanilla custard. I regret marrying the first man who,seemed to,look past my body to my mind. They say you always marry a man like your father, well the" late lamented" did share the "my way or the highway" mindset, although he. was taller and heavier than me he seldom missed a chance to make snide remarks about my size. But I as least had gotten a husband, in the 60 and 70s every girl was supposed to have one, so I stiffeled my snappy retorts and bore up under the burden.Although he was a city boy he ate like a farmhand. Every meal better have potatoes and meat. When I married him his idea of a good meal was creamed corn, macaroni and cheese,(and that better not be from a box! )and mashed potatoes. I could throw in a platter of some sort of roast beast or fried chicken. Dessert better be cake, pie or choco-chip Cookies. Salads-- well they were evil, I could have one if I wanted but,I sure didn't expect him to eat any, did I?" I'm not a cow or other farm animal.after all." And I "dumbed out", me with the Mensa level brain, but I couldn't keep a man that way, could I? So I played the game, if I raged I did it in the bathroom or behind closed doors. Oh I promised to love, I did not promise to obey but it still was implied, wasn't it? I had a baby 13 months later, a little girl, he wanted a girl, so did both grandmothers. Both grandmothers set out to spoil her rotten , when one of them hadn't taken her shopping he was marching her around town. Meanwhile I cooked , cleaned and sublimated my will. I guess it wasn't a bad life, just not a great one. When" little precious" started school I decided to try to diet,in earnest, what was my reward? I lost 50 lbs and. I got pregnant. Yeah I had begged for years to have" little precious" a sibling, now when I had picked myself up out of low self esteem-ville. I got another baby, lost weight during my pregnancy, then regained it afterwards, did it again 3 years later, same scenario except after child #3 I went into peri-menopause and the weight remained, creeping up increment by increment. I wish then I had sought bariatric surgery but no-- I would surely find the right diet, I had lost weight before, I could do it again. But no matter how I tried I didn't, got ridiculed for my salads etc so I gave up and ate the carb -heavy diet I was expected to provide my family. In 1987 I started working, activity level went up and I started yo yo-ing the same 30 lbs, family members started dying-' many of them from obesity, did it sink in? Not really, still thought I could beat it on my own. And the arthritis I had since 25 started to take its toll. Yeah I had snuck in a little playtime and activity with the children but that started to become difficult. I ended up having 2 knee replacements, one in 2014, one in 2017. I started saving my energy so I could continue working for money. And although l.l. had parted ways with his Columbus corporate job in 1985 and worked sporadically after that, I kept chugging along. Like the bumblebee that doesn't know his wings are too short to support his body weight, he keeps flying and I guess I did too. And my life kept on, finally when I.I. died (and God forgive me, a relief) after 44 years of marriage in 2012 I had finally time to consider my health or what remained of it. Started going to my PCP, yeah another thing I.I. was against, doctors. They're only after your money, so many a time I went to work marginally sick. Only thing PCP stated on my 1st visit" You know you are overweight" [emoji197]No I'm obese but if you aren't going to say it I won't either. Finally after several years I got brave enough to bring up bariatric surgery. He told me at that time its something I think you should consider, when you feel you're ready I'll help you find a program. Finally in August 2015 I consulted a Bariatric surgeon in Columbus and started on his hospitals program, I was getting all my prerequirements done , had dietary assistance and had even,made a noticeable weight loss and my job and health insurance terminated in January 2016. I had 5 of the 6 I thought required when this happened. So I thought there would be no use in pursuing any further, I had no money for private pay and no covering insurance. Wasn't like I was personal friends with Obama and could ask him to underwrite it. Unbeknownst to me when I got new insurance the New insurance had looser requirements, I could have had surgery then. I regret not getting in touch with the surgeon's office then but on the other hand they could have volunteered the information to me also. I started again in autumn 2017 to seek surgery from the same place, since it had been 2 years I had to duplicate all the prerequirements once again. I did so, feeling I had jumped through every hoop they requested. I was waiting to hear back from them since my stuff had been finished in mid January. Waited and waited and waited, was told February 20th all 3 surgeons in the practice had a commitee meeting and decided not to perform my surgery. I regret returning there, I regret trusting these people with my life, I had felt my best interests were being respected there, I regret being told a lie as an excuse, what I was told made no sense to me or to anyone who truly knows me.But most of all I regret the abject waste of time out of my life. Oh I can and will find a placement in another program, maybe go in with my eyes wider open. But I can and shall make a success out of shambles. Just watch me folks![emoji197] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I would guess you would lose some of the fat shielding your pubic bone with weight loss. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Charity will be watching you. So will I. You have 2 Bari-sisters in your corner, she'll be watching from Illinois, I'll be watching from Ohio but there will be many many more before you're through. Best wishes to Elizabeth and you tonight. We know if you set your mind to it you will be a success. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

How are you doing with your presurgery liquid diet? I hope I don't need to do,one, but I would :try to not complain if I did. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Kirstyoz had hers today in Western Austrailia. Ok. I hope she lets us know how things went for her. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Put in some lounge pants or jammie bottoms, you probably,won't,be able to wear the gown because of wires and,IV s in your arms. That way you can wear their snappy gowns and walk around without somebody singing Moon over Miami when you walk by. PS best of,luck, hugs and prayers for you both! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Kirstyoz had hers today in Western Australia, sure hope she did well,also. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I'm afraid if the wind blew up my skirt there would be a flapping sound from the nether areas loose skin. Ka-slap ka-'slap. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

You're the first to march into March! You'll do famously tomorrow, it starts you on your road,to better health and all you desire for your life. Hugs for you, get some rest tonight. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Think of it as a dimple, just in a strange location. Maybe you could put a small,precious,jewel there later? Just a suggestion. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

So do you now know what one is? Ask me and I'll explain, after all many of us have them. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Might be even less because the area where most gastric ulcers/cancers start is now gone. Yeah it's not impossible for it to be in the top portion, just unlikely. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I have one that will be repaired with my surgery, tendency to have them has run in my family for 4, no 5 generations. So as Hank,Williams Jr sings " it's a Family Tradition". Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And I've been widowed 5 1/2 years, I hope it isn't like all the guys told me " If you don't use it You lose it" want something in reserve in case Mr Wonderful comes along. Don't want Mr Barely Breathing, Mr What did you say, Honey? or Mr Just turn the electric blanket,on to medium. Want one that can generate his own heat. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Most people on here are 5-6 months, insurances vary in their requirements as do Bariatric practices and hospitals. Some of our Canadian brothers and sisters it may take up to 2 years. Our UK ones through NHS seems to take a while, that's why many either private pay or go out of the country. The New Zealand, Austrailia, South Africa and the rest you'd have to ask someone from there. I haven't heard anything from our Caribbean friend LillyBilly for awhile, she lives on a beautiful warm island and is going to Columbia South America for her bariatric surgery. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Well today is the last day of February and I want to thank,each and everyone for allowing me to hear your stories, share in your success and empathizine with your trials. Today still will be surgery day for a few of you. I know over on the sleeve side SleevedSoulSista is having hers,today. Thank you for making me feel one of your own, even if my tummy is still unbypassed. Perhaps March ,Perhaps April. I have 2 introductory seminars to attend, one on March,9th, one on March 10th. I am certain one will fit me me better. When you have been back-stabbed or lied to, it is difficult to step forward,with full trust. But my God didn't make no junk, I am a good person worthy of the surgery I so earnestly desire. I am a katlady, I will land on all 4 paws and go forward. Look for me around on one of the other month forums, I intend to be a Bariatric Paller until it's finished. Love and Hugs your kakatlady612. [emoji197] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Yeah a C or above we need industrial gauge,but still,feminine and pretty. Alas there does not seem to be such an animal. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app