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@Starr2015 glad you were able to have your surgery. Remember to clutch a pillow to that sore tumtum when you cough, it helps a lot. Keep trying,to walk that darn gas away, if it's not paying rent, evict it. Sorry that your mom has the "bug" too, you girls both get healthy again, we want both feeling better!👱&👵🌈

Hi @Ashleyrocx88, I have a forum "September 2018 Surgeries and Success", love to have you over there too. I also will be having an RnY, my surgery date isSeptember 5th. I went on liver-shrinking diet early and the rascal is kicking,me today. I had been doing pretty fine until today and for some reason I feel weak and a little dizzy. Been drinking water,like there is a Gold Star for it, don't think it's dehydration. Missed my piece of fruit but doubt that would matter so much. Just took my vitamins, hope my body is getting good use of them, otherwise I have the most vitamin-enriched Stool of The . Century. Hey if you need someone to talk to, you always can talk to me as well as +Neri, I'm a very good listener. How many kids do you have. I know being a single mom you are worrying oodles about,them and how you're all gonna get along and,then that boyfriend ditched,on you too. Sad he couldn't, Be more supportive but if he is that immature he wasn't good. how,you. You have,kids to raise--' you should not be expected to raise him also. It's getting close to my bedtime, at 72, I should be sleeping,more than I am but I go over the day in my mind, wonder,if I could,have done better. Tell,me about your prediet and I'll be happy to tell you about mine. At 7 days in I can almost recite it from memory. Yours 😝🌻😝Frustr8

You must be proud and happy with how you look, but even more with how you now feel! Congratulations and may your future years be the same.

The old remedy was cocoa butter, Vitamin E or I guess in the US we have Bio-Oil , a lot of people praise it. Check and see if,your chemists in. Oz might have something similar.

Check with your doctor's office and social service agencies I'm sure something can be worked out.I know one of the Bari-pals said she got lactose intolerant and donated the ones she couldn't use,back to her program so someone else could use them.Maybe something like that will work out for you.🍶😝

Well we are thrilled to welcome you. I really belong to. the September 2018 surgeries and success one but,i visit my friend over here frequently. I have you'll enjoy what you learn here.

interesting diet --'I had never heard of this one before----Everytime you think you've heard them all a new one shows up.🍶😰

Thank You J San,i asked a while back, since I have a $3 off coupon, got it at Wal-Mart during their Health Fair. Glad for the recommendation.

@ NatalieB and Svedlux come join me in the September Surgeries and successes forum . I Think,you are our first September 10th-- love to,have you over there!

And I'm sure out you're on blood-thinning,shots it has to be much worse. Eventually everything should smooth out.

Hey @YLime, a little respect for the 3 week and longer people, I'm doing longer than her. I started August 1st and,my PSD is September 5th. I want the flattest shiny-cleanest, so small it's,hard to find. liver in the whole state of Ohio, Dr Needleman won't have,to attach an load leveler to move my hepatic organ out of the way. And if I don't show it externslly, my internal has to be less. So salute my buddy @ newmebithe bypass, she's go8ng be slender livered too.👍😅👍 r

yes but think you will be going from "I'm sorry Mommy can't" to "0h yeah let's do that together!" Good change-off I think!👱&👸

And keep sharing with us as time goes by, and when your date does come,letus know so we can celebrate with you. This journey is scary, wonderful, life changing, life altering all at once,but,it is vibrant and far from dull. I myself,am just finishing,up my pre Surgery preparations, I've come a long way but still have a distance to traverse. But I will make it thtough, do you have the guts to join me, do you have the commitment to let nothing stop you, to jump over barriers if they come up? Are you scared less of Surgery than continuing to exist as you are? Can you battle nay-sayers, be they doctors, clergy, friends, or even family? Do you believe,this what you need at this time, even if it means changing parts of your body? If you can answer these questions with a YES, then Welcome aboard the Good Ship Bariatrics, we always can use a new crewmate or two. And when you come into the Safe Harbor,of Weight Loss Goal you will be so proud of YOU! That is a guarantee.⛵😝

And I do respect you for this decision to not be Grandpa in the Picture Frame. May I share this story with you and don't mind me if I cry. Little Girl and her Mommy, let's call her Suzie were talking one day. Suzie said " Mommy , who is this?" Her Mommy said "Oh that's my Mommy, your Grandma Lucy" Suzie' Mommy , I look a lot like her. Would she have loved me? Would she kiss me, hug me, le5 me climb up on her lap?" Don't be Grandpa Peng1un Jack in,the wooden frame. Be Grandpa Hack who takes them fising, plays catch with them. Be Daddy Jack,who walks your daughter down the aisle so she marries the love of her life. Love your future grandchildren Grandma all the days of your remaining life. Let your grandbabies say,I want a marriage like Grandpa and Grandma. But by all that is holy, don't opt to be just the fellow in the wooden Frame!

What made me choose my surgeon? Don't laugh , my peeps, but first I looked at his picture. Yeah I know it sounds shallow, life isn't always a beauty contest, true but it wasn't true beauty I was looking for. I was looking for a kind yet steadfast expression. The surgeon at facility # 1 (curses be upon them) was as cute as a speckled pup, but there was something about his demeanor in even his picture, "Here I am, kiss my feet and do it NOW".Oh I tried to stuff this feeling to the back of my mind, said to myself You're asking too much, the papers say he's experienced, maybe he will be okay, and sadly,i was right. Yes surgeons do have to have confidence but this dude was so full of himself there was barely any airbleft in the the room for anyone else. And as time went by he did not dispell this uneasy feeling. I tried to rationalize it away, he's just a people mechanic, he knows how to perform the surgery and perform it okay. Its not as though he is filling out an application to be your lover And when he rejected me it hurt, oh it hurt so badly like having a limb traumatically severed. I had jumped through every consultation hoop he required, traveled 100 miles round- trip for each and every one.Gave up my drinks, foods , tried to realign my diet to his specifications. Placidly remitted my co-pays, know he raped both my insurance carriers line's satyr, even paid his facilitie's blood money of $200 cash, for pre and post- nutritional & dietary consulting which i didn't receive or have that money, which I'm sure with his wealth he regarded it as chump change but it was a lot of money to me. I affiliated myself with his facility for 2. and a half years , went through his program not once but twice. But when it came time to put up or shut up, commit himself to a surgery date he said " Nah I don't think so!" he had 2 partners, for all I know, he still does. I had met them in passing so they were not total strangers. Did he offer either of them in exchange? Nope, no way. it was " Go away little girl, we've bleed as money out of you as legally possible, now just Go Away!" There way one member of his staff I liked, she called the week after this happened to apologize. No she couldn't get me reinstated or change his mind n but she did have the decency to apologize So I entered program #2 with fear and a little trepidation. But it has been a totally different experience, instead of having someone assigned to me by a hospital program , I had my choice of two. So I looked intently,at the 2 pictures side by side,then I pulled up everything I could on either one, their professional records, their biographies, their statements of purpose. I checked to see how old had their oldest and youngest patients had been. I'm high functioning aspie, we can be quite obsessive with our interests. Both were individually creme de la creme, I decided either would do me nicely. Why did I choose Dr Needleman? His partner's oldest patient had been 64, he had had. successful 70 year oldd before. He was a pioneer in this area and indeed in my state, Ohio. I found his statement of purpose on OHIO STATE'S website resonated with me. And finally he,is the Director of Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Weight Loss at this facility, a full Professor,in the Medical College, I respect a man who doesn't sit on his laurels but wants to educate others. And although this might sound selfish and,egotistical, I said to myself " Frustr8 ,Old Girl, you are only going to go around,once, this is your one And only excursion into Bariatric Surgery, there are no longer "do overs" , why not give yourself an unsurpassed gift📦. The gift that you loved yourself enough,that you sought and obtained the very best. So that is how Bradley J Needleman MD and I formed a surgical alliance. I found him to be.personable, intelligent, treated me as a equal instead of talking down to me and the more we chatted the more I reaffirmed my choice, this was the man I would entrust with my very life. And on September 5th 2018 at 7AM in his operating theatre I will do so. No Fears , No Reservations and I go forth with hope and Trust in my ❤OF,❤!

So very proud of you and what you have accomplished now and for the future. Think I'll pop open a Premier Protein in your honor! Well it's time for it anyway, but I WILL think about b you while I drink it!!😝📍📍😝

Don't doubt the goodness of this healthy decision, you are doing this step to insure that the family and you have the strengt to move forward. You are showing them don't fold at the first chance of stress, be strong , move forward and develop into the person,you want to be. Excellent Life Lessons.

Just a few weeks to go, are,you,getting all ready? Exciting days ahead!

Can you ,ipeople eat this stringy meat, do you have to blenderize it? I guess I'm asking because as a future RnY my stoma, the hole between my pouch and my rerouted intestines is the size of a dime, what keeps it from clogging, even,well- chewed. I have,had trouble with with pilled beef and,pork pre surgery. When I have eaten this kind of pork , it feels like it is there a long time before it,moves.

This seems to be happening a lot anymore on Bariatric Pal. Did you come to this decision indepently, did you decide it together or did a doctor bring it up first?

Hoping and planning to work toward this happeningvfir me.😝

Sounds a Super Good Idea!

I have always heard As Rhode Island goes, so goes the countryI You are our bellwether, leadcusvand show n us how i5s done this Fine Tueday. May your v roll coaster ride of emotions be,a smooth one. And later you WILL be riding, amusement roller coasters with your daughter. Make her proud ,Daddy RickZ, make her proud!!👍😝👍

30 Grams of Crabs sound gooed, especially if they're from,Maryland, 30 grams of carbs. just doesn't sound as thrilling😳

And put a warm compress,heating pad or hot water bottle on your tummy. Might help some.