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You're totally normal, even if you've come to terms with your upcoming surgery your inner heart is a little scared for the unknown. I put on a big brave front for my own upcoming surgery in about 6 weeks but deep inside this cowgirl gets the blues. We are,making a big change in our lives, but we are going to be So Much Better Off and much healthier. We can do this, my friend. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I'm like the Witch,in the Wizard of Oz, only instead of I'm melting its I'm freezing. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Wish we had that in Central Ohio,i'd sure go. Yeah Creek Imp you Michiganders think up the best ideas, don't you? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Macky, what a bummer. Is it time for Aunt Flo? Sounds to me like you're doing all the right things in the right order. Don't sweat the small stuff, maybe you had heavier clothes,or shoes on, I always kick mine off before getting weighed but I guess thats just vanity. You're gonna be okay, let me know when you get hospitalized so I can send you good healing thoughts. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

LJ I'm storing all this wisdom up for when I ( and my Bariatric Friend Forever Fluffy Chix) have surgery. I'm March and shes April unless a miracle happens and they relent and let her be in my month. Maybe I'll invest in a timer and a weight scale along with the Ninja blender I'm planning to get so I can make my own smoothies. I'm proud of all your strides and hope,i'll do,as well. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Yowch, looks like you have a bad rash,or skin infection. Yeah you could have a little redness but that's excessive, did you have glue? Maybe you're having a reaction to that. I would have expected some minor bruising but not this, you look like you're ready to pop them open. My grandma wisdom. Is you need Neosporin or Benadryl, does it itch? I think you should let your surgeon's office know, maybe text them this picture. Of course I'm not a nurse etc but that's what I'd tell my own daughter. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I have been enjoying Bariatric Pal, reading others submissions and giving my viewpoint where I thought I could help. I just lost my participation heading, still getting notifications, Alex and company-what gives? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Yeah Fluffy Chix, ain't it just awesome, I am loved here. Puddycat is purrrring my little [emoji173] out. Any update from your surgeon, the April-cooler? Want you to be with me, Chickie.[emoji7][emoji7][emoji7] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Primrose, I'll be here with you on your journey. I will have my RnY in early-mid March, I too have a hiatal hernia which will be repaired. H.H. seem to run in my family, both my late mother and my daughter as well as oodles of cousins. Since I'm not going anywhere feel free to ask me anything, if I don't have the answer somebody on this forum will. We're in this to win this,my little buddy! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Welcome@MelyC, you're among friends here. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi Creek Imp et all. Its me,Princess of the PreSurg, omeprazole does nothing for me me so I'm on Dexilant. Really think you should take the tummy medicine, sure maybe you don't think you'll have acid issues but are you all back to full foods? It could still rear its ugly head before the 3 months are up. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Can I join in? I'm still at the other end of the spectrum. I'm 325, still pre surgical, down from a high of 355 at 5'9", know I will have to get a pre surge picture taken but I still have a dysmorphic loathing. You girls at 150- 175, you're where i want to be. Yeah my dream is only ,to be a 16. You give,me hope maybe,i will get smaller but I just can't see it at 72. My plus-sized retailer you're wrong, Wal-Mart just sizing 0W which is a 14. Yeah I used to work at WallyWorld, they run 0X(14), 1X(16)2X(18-20)3X(22-24)4X(26-28)and5X(30-32) my store seldom gets in 5X when they do I buy them to have something loose to sleep in. I'm currently in 3x tops and 4x pants, probably could wear 3x,pants but I don't like my ladybits crunched. My surgery should be early-mid March, a RnY, 1 I need it for the weight loss 2 I have pretty bad GERD 3 I am just so grateful I have a surgeon who's still willing to undertake me, a lot of Bariatric Surgeons won't do anyone over 60. I am lucky all I have low cholesterol,, no diabetes, no heart disease, although I have sleep apnea my pulmonologist cleared me and so did the psychological exam. I am in it to win it, I'm sure even when the weight starts coming off I'll still sense I'm a fat girl but all of you give me the hope to persevere. The place I seem to have lost that excess 30 pounds was across my tailbone, it suddenly hurts to sit too long. Curious isn't it. Anyway please keep posting- you are the light at the end of my tunnel. Thank You Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

You know@brown- eyed girl I am not that worried about post surgery pain, i already have a fair amount dragging around this tired old body, that pain will be for a reason and it won't last forever. And I'll be so much healthier and thinner afterwards. I get excited and hardly can wait for you it to happen. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

@ Jersey Jules and @ Kristin pasley you both are phenomenal. I am so inspired by both of you. I've even overweight for years and do carry tummy weight so high likelihood I'll have a panni, but you know what? better a panni and alive then lying in a casket cause my weight done me in. Maybe 6 weeks until my RnY so then I'll have my tool for change. Wish me well folks. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Also you @ burpee zombie, what qualms are you having and can I help? Please ask, others have helped me on here and I want to pay it forward. Age-wise I'm probably the oldest you'll find n it like you young ones I'm in it to win it. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Welcome to Bariatric Pal @jsweet79 and @elizabeth06388, is there any fears I can allay? I'm a future RnYEr,should have my surgery early to Mid - March. According to my avatar and listing on BP i,am a Guru in Training, been on here a few months, a lot of life experiences so hope i can be a resource person for both of you. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I've already been taking chewable B complex. They are strawberry flavored, got them at Wslmart, I just let them dissolve in my mouth. I've been taking Centrum 50+ cause I'm still pre surgery but will have to break down and buy bariatrics pretty soon. Have to find out what kind my surgeon recommends,and if I can get them cheaper there.Still haven't heard a definite date with Dr Miller. Not even sure if i meet with him one more time or just see him surgery morning before I go,to sleep. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Has anybody tried the Bariatric Vitamins Walgreens advertise? Are they comparable to Bariatric Choice in price? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Yeah but sometimes they don't count your initial visit so,it might take you 7 months. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I hope I'm just strong as you were post-surgery. This may sound silly but since I'm older than the average bear, as Yogi Bear would say. I want to prove to everyone I can handle anything they throw my way. Maybe it's vanity but that's how I am. Greatful my name isn't that generic, there's definitely only one like me. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Loving prayers being sent your way. We all will be waiting for updates." Where 2 or more are gathered in My name, there I am also." Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Going to be sending,wishes for your diet success. Every day of it is 1 day closer to your surgery. Let us know how you're getting along. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And I'll be watching for the story of your journey also@LivingLife100. You're on the glide path to good health. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Thrilled you're doing so good, hope I follow in your footsteps when it's my turn. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hmm I like it, guru in training! Get I don't know, never saw it. No at the top of my phone screen it has Trending-Subscribed-Timeline-forum-Participated, usually the ones I've answered are there for the day or so depending on how many I've answered. Today it's just blank most of the time. The only way I can find most of the input is to go to Subscribed and scroll down. Some of the stuff is there, it is right,i am pre surg, near as I can tell my RnYonly will be early-mid March. The +136 I have no clue what it means my real stats HW355 CW325 Goal weight 170,or size 16, height 5'9" and age 72. But by now i might have 250 posts in the months of December and January, that I concede. I love learning on Bariatric Pal- we have very nice people here. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app