Frustr8

Yeah and if you don't, you could have what happened to me. ooh I drug my CPap along but left one piece at home. Turned out it was a different,model than any respiratory had stocked.,Ended up wearing 02 my entire stay and was room- bound, no "walkies" for this Old gal. So I didn't get to meet anyone, got an Lonely Only feeling. Took a journal along but never wrote anything,in the it! Thought I would get names sharing my hospital time, didn't happen either- I Got Robbed of my bonding experiences!

And PS if those Check into Cash places are legal in your state,DON'T GO THERE- they are a Blight and a Debt you can't get rid of easily! Thank God Above Ohio pulled their fangs April 1sr!!!

You need a Large Slingshot to get you there! Do you suppose you should call them, tell them you still are wanting it but are going to be slightly delayed? Praying 🙏things will still work out for TODAY!

Still a winner with 7 but you can't see them anymore except for the one at the bottom of my breast bone and it's tiny, like I was stabbed with a large gauge icepick. So NBD my friends!

Hey Sweetie, sounds like you are off to a Good Start. Hey I have had a treacherous time, I still have to measure and be uber-careful with mine and I will be a year in September, you probably won't emulate me, but I will warn you, it hasn't been "easy peasy" for me. And you can't be too careful with your life, after all. My dietician says I am doing wonderfully well, may look that way but I'm not So Sure. I like the weight loss but my gut instinct? I'm sacrificing my health and well- being to achieve it. Haven't had my low levels of minerals etc checked for 3 months, OH I did have blood drawn for something else only to be told " Oh we don't check for THAT! " Were they just worried I had something I could give other patients? Hospitals are hotbeds of germs anyway, why would this one be different?

No you sure aren't, my casual clothes are ones I have inherited from my son, I go around with fishing and Jimmy Buffet logos at the age of 73. He has started gaining some of the weight I am losing, says when I go for my August appointment he is asking for an application form, our PCP keeps stamping "Morbid Obesity" in on his appointment summary papers, and has for quite a while. that and the fact that his BMI,is nearly 38 and,mine has gone to 31, his ego is "cruising toward a bruising", he has one definate" co- morb" and another,possible secondary and,he feels like his weight is starting to spiral out of control. Told him first he might be able to get a VSG instead of the Full bypass but since he too has GERD, and that is neither of the morbs I alluded to at the beginning he too may be like Mama. Between him and Dr Needleman my surgeon, and his choice, not mine!. Sure I can hold the door open for him but he has to step through and do his own talking. Mama can't fix THIS ONE!

And I do wish my fingers would get thinner, seems like I hit the wrong keys. And I do proofread, before I hit "send" but this SMARTphone corrects to what it thinks I meant. And since I went to the BETA form of the app I can't go back and correct anything anymore. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!

Remember not to take Magnesium and Iron at the same time, they are both positive ions and compete for thecl same receptors in your body. Just another warning to go with space uron, calcium, food and fluids out. I DO NOT KNOW how youbstill working Ladies and Dudes all get it shoehorned in, I am pretty well retired and have trouble myself. Seems like I am dragging fluid and pulls along wherever I go! Oh well, the Weight loss is worth it the mini- sorrows I guess!

Well sounds like your Honeymoon is over and you have settled into the Weight Loss marriage state. And I was hoping you would have good news for ME this morning, about to kick into my,last 25 pounds to Goal and now I am fearful I won't make it either? I have had a second Honeymoon with the weird way my pathway laid out, but I am more than overdue to slow down 9 months out. To quote Eeyore from Winnie the Poo " OH ME, OH MY!"

Tell her your name is Panda not FOOL, and you don't appreciate things tacked on at this stage of your JOURNEY. You didn't plan on supplying their entire budget, did you? Spread and smooth things out if you can, yeah he surgery and outcome are worth it ALL but jeesh WHY YOU AND WHY NOW?

Honesty is always to be preferred. You will do just fine, make this last week count, you have come too far to have cold feet now! Yeah the pre-diet does seem rough, but it is SO SO WORTH IT! I shrunk my liver down, it was lovely, thin, did not look like it was from a " Fatty" my surgeon complimented me on it, made his work easier and I healed quicker and smoother, pain-free, really did wonderful then. And I did mine the entire month of August 2018, wanted the best results possible for my Surgery of a Lifetime! And I was 72 years, 8 months, 8 days old, if there were bad outcomes to be had I would be the person to have them, 72 on the outside but he said" no more than 45 internally" what a compliment that was! And now I am 73 and 5 months old, still healing and losing, and this morning in deep God and this life are both pretty good. Have gone from Morbid Obesity to Obesity and just ready to tip over into Overweight, a DREAM COME TRUE for this lady who didn't think she deserved anything THIS FINE! Was told for years I was fat, disgusting and desrved to die that way. Told I was in my last few years of life, would likely never see 75, I was a walking time bomb for inherited Diseases. Daddy hard hereditary glaucoma, Mama had macular degeneration so I could look forward to blindness as well! Barely could stand up, my then Philosophy? Why stand when you can sit? Why sit when you can lay down? And why even get up when you know every step will hurt? I was just waiting for the Death Angel 👼 to claim me as his own! It was with the last bit of hope I sought surgery, expecting to be told I was too old and broken- down to receive item But why not try? Even if I died on the Operating Table I was gonna die anyway! But here I am now, 115 pounds lighter, my recovery has not been picture -perfect. but it's Still Good and the bumps in my pathway are flattening out, so I feel I am still a success. Come join me, it's always nice to have a friend who shares your burdens. Come on in, the waters are warm, no sharks , no glass on the bottom to hurt you, and it's pretty doggone fine here in RNY Land🌸😛🌺🍀

You will be tucked in Angel Arms👼today, update us when the Miracle has happened and you feel good enough to tell us all about it! Promise?

Fluffy Chix I NEVER realized you had a sleeve first, just knew about your very successful RNY.

And Bianca and Deedee, as you pack up your tank tops and shorts this year, might as well donate them cause you won't be This size again! Dug out my capris, shorts & sleeveless blouse OMG they tell off so badly 6 boxes are going to charity, never going to be a 4 or 5X again, now I am an 18, less than a year, actually 9 months but I never could duplicate this without my Sweet Surgery, and oh yes I did try, what I lost from the front circled around and latched on to my behind. Sir Mixalot would have found me his Dream Woman. But now I have a teeny tiny heiny and that don't make me whiny, rather celebrating,the fact,i have a profile instead of a side view of a chunk of flesh. Not only did they say "God, she's BIG" they also said "God shes THICK". Not no moren I worry that I am becoming emaciated but MAYBE this is what " normal" looks like!

My poor sleep has another oroblem, I am on every six hours Carafaten have a chance to sleep between Midnight and 6 AM, but never unwind enough to get that much, averaging 4 to 5 hours on a good night. Used to think,it was having to get up to do #1 but I'm still awake more than asleep, CPap used to help, lost so much weight it doesn't fit that well when I do wear it I remove it in my sleep.Oh well if it isn't one thing it is sure to be another! Anybody want to join me worrying about Kim Jong Un and Global Flooding?

Yeah that does make a lot of sense just discovered I have thyroid nodules but we are at the Watch and See stage still. I feel line a little Teakettle that they're waiting for me to start boiling. The big one on v the left side is just below Operative status. Discovered these when I had a neck Cat Scan, so have I had them all along, are they a consequence of my rapid weight loss, is it simply a case of Growing old or is it from now having a thin enough neck that they became visible ? IDK but I thonk my neck looks like a Ninja turtle🐸 now, one other Bari-pal likens hers to a turkey's🐥 told her as long as she doesn't sprout Tail Feathers she should be cool!

Don't want to go backwards, don't want to just stand still, got to keep on moving and forward is the only way to go!🐾👣💃🏃🌟

And after my weekend I think a daily Ducolax might be in order, found out since I still have such a liquid it takes longer than the 6 hours billed to work, but work it does. Prefer that to sitting, straining and feeling like there is a softball sitting there that won't push through! I must be such an adorable individual that even my💩doesn't want to leave me!

As your fat starts to melt in earnest a lot of stored hormones float out Years post- Menopause and I turned into an Stormin' Norma for awhile. My son says our Family's Totem Bird must be :"Duck!."

Yeah muscle pain or a lot of 3-renforcing stitching internally, as you continue healing they do start to pull. I am a great believer in warmth therapy, my family said I must be part cat and there are some who just accuse me of being Catty and Those are the people who believe they have a personal mandate from God to run things and that my life especially needs guidance. But there are a few of them in most every family.

I second Amelia's suggestion, yes please give us more chapters of "How KIM makes her Days count for the future!" You make me feel like you're a long-term friend instead,of just a co- traveler on Life's Highway. Guess some people are just That Way!

LOOKING FOWARD TO A GOOD UPDATE! May God and his Holy Angels 👼watch over you and keep you safe🙏! This goes for all you June Bugs, even if your day has not yet arrived. Each of you are precious and special and prayers accompany you on your Day of Days.

You know I just might be yours and AZhikers cousin. Carry a bottle with me. But first drink and whenever I forget to keep up my fluid, I cough up dry strings or chunks of dry mucus Maybe I also have low-grade sinusitis, or is owning up to it a TMI?

And may you continue to do well in your recovery. It appears you have made an excellent start to it all!👍😝🌸🌺

As well you should, you know whether it will be of benefit to you now and in the future, I'm sure you did your preparation , studied the different alternatives, spoke at length to your surgeon about this procedure . You were relaxed and ready and then this person tried to mind your business. I'm sure you didn't request her interferance, did you? And your BMI is between God, your surgeon and YOU, and really should not be Her business. JHer job should have been to help you with your final preparations and that's All.