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And I hope he steps up and starts figuring some things out! I am a recent (3 month) PICC line user (November 29 2018- February 26 2019) although I was happy with lessing of my malnourishment symptoms and believe you me, YOU CAN FEEL A DIFFERENCE, I realize now the 1400+ calories it contained slowed my weight loss almost to a stand- still. About a pound or so a month. March 1, so right after -267 pounds , now I do not own a home scale, after ichucked one in the dumpster after it refused work right, long before surgery, when I was trying to lose weight with my diet pills and was getting nowhere fast, bet I am the only person in history to take 1 month of Phenteramine and GAIN 30 pounds! So I only weigh at my PCP and surgeons offices. Drum Roll Please- March 26 2019- 234.6 pounds, my Golden Honeymoon Months may NOT be over- they always you have just so many months of smoother quicker weight loss and then things slow down. This makes me feel better about ME, see I started out in October 2017 with a highest admitted weight of 365+ , I say "plus" because I was so disheartened by how my body was " back-stabbing" my best efforts to lose, I refused to climb on another scale. Figured the the next step would be the Farmers Equity where they weigh out feeds on a massive scale. Went through a bariatric Plan for the second time, quite a story there, went almost all the way , my job was terminated, lost the insurance that would paid it and surgeon's office failed to inform me I could have gone with my secondary which had less stringent requirments and I could have had my surgery, although I was one month short of finishing Plan # 1 requirments, this was August 2015 through January 6 2016. PCP sent me back to that place again after the monster weight gain, went through all their. specifications, jumped in and out of hoops they erected, tried to act righteous, followed their " Company Rules" only to be told in February 2018 their head surgeon. no longer felt any urge to do my surgery, would not permit his 2 or 3 partners to do it either. Yep kicked" right to the curb" after he had raped my insurances of all the monies He could get. I finally got mental closure on it, God says I should forgive the Stupid Sack,of Offal, but I shall never forget! So I transferred to OSU, the place I should have gone to in the first place. Would you believe my PCP sent me to place #1 because he thought it was " Christian- Based" and what a Giant Farce that was! Went through Ohio States requirements, there were a few extras I still had to do, but in consideration of me not filing an equivalent of "Breach of Promise suit" they were forced to release all my previous records with no detrimental observations. And another thing to my benefit , Ohio State actually liked me, pledged to work with me to make my weight loss journey and surgery a Good Thing. And on September 5th 2018 I received the RnY bypass I had been struggling to receive for over 3 years. It will be forever my Wonder Wednesday, my Day of Days when all my mental pain, all my sorrows and my feelings of unworthiness went away.And I am eternally grateful for the second surgeon, he was a better person as well as a more skilled and compentant surgeon than that poor excuse for a Human Being I first encountered. As you may have guessed I have not had the easiest of healings afterwards, I am now 73 and some things just don't heal as qucickly or smoothly as they might were I In my 20s or 30s, but THEY have been with me, supportive all the way! " This isn't working? Okay we will find an alternate way of doing it!"And although I could not have forecast these 7 months they have still contained joys and successes. I am still in IT to WIN IT and the rest of my life will be the BEST of my life. This is a vow, I am seeing Onderland ahead for me, where I can break the 200 pound barrier and in the distance shining like a beacon is my Finish Line, my Victory Lane and I am going to make it THERE! My Will is STRONG, my body? Well it may be only along for the ride but we are going to make it THERE!

And may it be Just So!

So let us know how it worked out, I nominate you our Offical Food Tester!

Happy Early Birthday, Kate! April 2019 Is going to become even mor4 special if your surgery happens this month also. Will be praying 🙏for you as well as the others I've met on Bariatric Pal.It would be nice,of there was a Birthday Cake protein shake, k,ow there are bars, so totally not seen but there ought to be one in liquid form Arm throbbing,woke me up at 5AM, took a couple straight Tylenol, then, let's see if that will faze me enough I can go back,to sleep. in the olden days. I'd get a cup of something like coffee because things are quiet st Chez Frustr8. I don't want to even what up my cats, days are long enough all ready. I

Well they must have left me screwed up inside. It feels like Precious Pouch sits in the middle , under the sternum and on top of my diaphragm, when I was complaing of right subcostal pain and worried my liver was failing, Dr Noria told me it was merely my ulcerated jejunem crying out, wanting to be healed. If things aren't located where I am feel7ng things, my abdominal nerves are sending ME lying messages about what is wrong. Bad when your innards get treacherous like that, who can you really trust?

They sell Monkey Butt powder at Wal-Mart, I've seen it there myself.

Too too funny but it is also very true for me!

Almost like the Nesting urge Expectant Mothers get just before they deliver! Well you are facing a Life Challenge yourself, stands to reason you might have this response,everything you get done now, you don't have to do later when you're recovering. Rock it to the Summit, it's all good! And if you still have energy left I'll send you my home address!

And froufrou I am so happy for you, these are down to earth NSV that matter so much, aren't you Tree Top Proud of You? And if you're like me you wait in wonderment for the next!👍😝🍀🌷

well Well March is marching out and away for us all. My biggest success March 1st 267 pounds, March 26th- don't own a scale so I weigh at my PCP and Surgeon only- 234.6, a lot of it is the almost stall I was in while on TPN and with a PICC line in, but after watching wistfully while everyone else was losing quicker Frustr8's. Fantastic Fantasy has come true. And I am proud of ME, now that I believe again in me I am stepping up the few varieties of exercise I can don with two artificial knees, 2 shoulders next on the repair table, strangely the hips I would have,predicted have stayed in better shape, but I can do water therapy, pace my walking, considering putting out a garden as Ohio warms up, but Tomkitten and PCP groan this prospect but I want me a bike, yeah old Mom, Foolish Mom, but I live ,6 mile or 1 km,whichever you want to look at it, from a very nice city park called Riverside, figure I could ride there, rest a piece and then bike home. After both of them saying Exercise more, they want to" rain on my parade" 💦But April may bring Power instead of showers, let's see if I can keep a loss going! May not be so spectacular, but every ounce gone is gone! Never inviting them to return, so let's see what the next 30 days bring!

And if you feel like grabbing and bitching, my shoulders are broad , I'm almost always around, if I'm not ,there are many others who will be. We all have cussed, fussed, muttered under our breath, wondered what we,let ourselves in for, but it gets better, no matter how quick or slow you bounce back, life does get better and better! And I'll leave with what a wise Bari-pal told me as your fat stores break down and all those hormones and other stuff that was stored releases. Its like Puberty but not as many zits, Pregnancy but you don't get a cute baby out of the deal, Menopause because you will alternate hot flashes, chills and nasty temperment. And you will cry at the dangest things. I started weeping because I didn't get pictures taken before I went into the OR, yeah minor in the scheme of things but I was ❤broken.cO told someone I looked like Road Kill, now I'm not Miss America but I've not stopped too many clocks by looking at them. But I thought my skin looked sallow, on the verge of jaundice, really isn't. And the first places I lost weight? My forearms and neck, for this I went through surgery? Also my finders got smaller and they were the only average sized things on my body in the first place. Finally my rump,thighs and belly have joined in but they almost missed the party. Nobody mentioned your belly gets ridged when bands of fat left, this was not the Washboard And I was looking for! Worse comes worse I can scrub out stains on my laundry, dumb me, I actually thought it would simply flatten. Nope, but I can cover the damage with clothing. I drug out a pair of capris from last summer, tightenedthe drawstring as much,as I could but they do look like clown pants. If the string let's loose I will be like the Georgian Bari- pal, hubby took her to the Braves game, went to do the Wave, and there she was on the Jumbotron , broadcast for all, pants around her ankles and her polka dot panties on view all over the American Southeast. After she stopped crying and blushing, she admitted it would have been worse if she had her loose Granny Panties instead of her right-sized briefs. Now do you feel just a little better that. it hasn't happened to YOU?

No darlin' anesthesia is not a bugaboo, don't fear it! I hate to sound "campy" but you should have been here for the Bad Old Days of ether and such, I had my tonsils out at 5, I am now 73 and I still remember how sick I was, I threw up even water! Then I was here for the Slightly Better Middle Ages of Anesthesia, not so much vomiting but headaches, general malaise, you knew you had been " had". Present days are a breeze. Let me relate a little about my RnY last September. , I think it will make you feel a little better. First of all my surgeon as well as being a wonderful surgeon is a very nice guy. I was the first surgery of the day, he had explained that in the office, he was making,me first , because at 73 he wanted to allow time in case i was more difficult once he was "in". He literally brought in his crew and introduced them all. Among them was my anesthesiologist Dave, hate to sound cougar-like but he had the prettiest blue eyes. I think. in the midst of our conversation he may have slipped me some " Happy Juice" because I was Super Mellow as they pushed me down the hall and into the Operating Theatre. Oh I did kind of " Rubberneck" as we were traveling, this was my Journey of Journeys after all! Now I had gleaned a few horror stories from BP as well as a few other sites, so I wanted to see if they were true. Number 1 people kept saying the room was chilly- nope mine was warm as could be. Number 2 Everybody hustled. And bussels around, nope even though they were gowned , my hospital wears green, I knew who each person was .Number 3 the tables are so narrow, nope not mine, like Goldilocks it was just right. Number 4 They make you drag yourself over, nope they helped me and wear very gentle and respectful. Number 5 You won't even be able to tell who or where your surgeon is. Nope Dr Needleman promised me he' d wave so I would know it was him. Another erroneous thing I had been told was since it was a teaching Hospital I would be turned over to interns and residents once I was asleep. Nope , Dr Needleman promised, since I would be his all-time oldest patient he would do everything personally and he kept his word. Number 6. Once I was situated on the table , I looked to my Right and there was Dave., blue eyes sparkling, they tucked a warmed blanket around me, he called me by name , said" Do you feel comfy?" I said " I believe I am" and that was that, next,thing I knew I was in my own room on 10 Doan, not hurting a bit, fact is I lifted my gown to look, I wanted to check if they had even done surgery. I expected big ABDs, nope 6 tiny incisions, criss crossed with steri- strips and the 7th was in my navel. Now I knew why my pre-op instructions said to scrub and clean my navel really good, he used it as another point of entry. I remember on the Bad Old Days having a rubber mask slapped on my face, being told to count backwards and the smell, none of that at all now. Things are so Easy Peasy these days, and if anybody would not be waking up, on age alone it would be ME not YOU, so don't worry and fear, it is a cool experience and it starts you into a beautiful future life. Me, I have lost 70, no it's 80 pounds now in 7 months, could never have done it on diet alone. And every day I am grateful, oh my after surgery was not average, healed a little slower, had some bumps in my road, but I'm in this to win this and I truly can say The Rest of My Life will be the Best of My Life. And now I'll look forward to chapters and updates from YOU!❤

Seconding FluffyChix, you are accountable to yourself, no one else for every -one and every journey is different. Just Do You!

Thank You Poppyseed, after all the plate and bowlfuls of goodies Ms Precious Pouch will not allow me to ingest ( more power to those who can!) something looking good I can truly relate to! Muchas Gracias mi Amiga!😝

I wonder also, my guess would be for dropping below a 40 BMI. BCBS is infamous for taking premium money in and not paying out for the most ludicrous reasoning! In my area of the country it is Anthem BCBS, We even have a little ditty about it! "Making sure we all get screwed That's what Anthem BCBS Do! " And in this case instead of LOL it's COL!

As the 60s song alludes to; "Your Day will Come, and you'll have everything!"

And my Pepto taking friend, if you have noticed the blackness of your stool, it is the Bismuth Pepto- Bismol contains. And you are correct, it DOES cause foul nasty odors, but a lot of people accept the trade- off anyway.💩

Sitting, don't know who Sutton is, maybe he's sending me a mental message?

My most exciting in That Vein, Sutton in an Doctor Office chair with arms, not having it lift off the floor when I stand up, having to have my son pry me loose or that embarrasing Sucky noise the plastic ones, PCP has both kinds in his office, make as I used to pop free!

I still miss sugar free Canada DryGinger Ale 💦 so I can feel your Cola sorrow as well!

The Premiere , in my book, lives up to the name, Premiere Liquid Protein in Fruit Punch. Others swear by the Syntrax flavors, at my hospital , Ohio State they lean towards Luquicell, my favorite there was Peach Mango, tasted good instead of medicinal, the Grape was FOUL, ordered it once, NEVER EVER AGAIN!

Another reason to take a stuffed animal besides security measure, if you have to cough,or sneeze when you're freshly done, "splint" your tummy with it and you won't have the sensation you're going to blast and rip open! And you will mentally hug me for the advice!

FYI I am weighing in here because I am a long- time ago (35 years) G.Bladder loser. On the occasions I attempt to fast or take little in , I have bright yellow mucoid stools, this reminds me that after that surgery there is no stopping point for bile, it is a straight lickety- split squirt into the duodenal tubing. Of course if I'm on my prenatal vitamins it does change the color, but this is what happens when I'm not. Does this signify I am borderline IBS? Why not?, seems like everything else about me is irritable! But that's my 🆓testimony and I'm sticking to it!😝🔊

Dana and Aiysha, read my post below dealing with food Aversion. Another perspective on the Bariatric sorrows I am going through ❤Frustr8

I hate to be cranky at this stage of the game, but the few times I actually crave or think "Gee,that would taste so good!" 2 bites in it. either it is a cruel disappointment or it out and out makes me puke. And tell me what the answer is at this point? I need some "outside- me "clarity.*TY* P.S. I am 7 months out and still have THIS PROBLEM 😭😪😥💦