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Sounds painful,if you're not a mantle above a fireplace.[emoji12] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

May 17th-- that will be a beautiful day for that will be the day you are renovated, realigned and refined. You will go forward from that day into a beautiful future. Congratulations on getting a firm surgery date. We will be supporting you in all the various ways we can.[emoji13][emoji171][emoji12] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

The motifs on them might look outsized if the shirts are reduced smaller. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi selizday, welcome, enjoy hearing more of your story whenever you feel like talking. We have a lot of ladies our age (above 50) on here and also some Silver Fox dudes, I must have taken a stupid pill, never reasoned out there might be guys also seeking surgery. I'm glad I was wrong, they are as nice as us girls and have good viewpoints also. It would be hard to tell you which one's advice helped most because they have all helped at one time or another. We all come from different places with different life experiences but we are united to help others here. I hope you'll feel at home with us and stay awhile. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Thank you Roxine for sharing, putting into words what many of us have lived. I am your soul sister, something neither of us sought. I'm sitting here crying, I'll get up ,go on with life.I simply must, and someday I also will shed my fat caccoon and dance in sunlight. I still mourn for the carefree childhood I was denied, but I now have strength in my spirit and put those demons behind me. Thank you Roxine[emoji12] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Good,i was afraid your only recourse was going to be the gastric balloon and they are only good for 6 months and probably wouldn't give the results you needed. Full speed ahead to victory- -my friend![emoji12] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And a fine example of Apple-dom you are. I shall think of you from now on as a Rome Beauty- my absolute favorite among apples.[emoji12] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

My guess would be April 10th but I can count on one hand the times I've been right recently so I guess you can't hold me to that.[emoji29][emoji29][emoji29] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Bet proud grampy happy camper! For shame for shame --girlfriend![emoji12][emoji12]ROFLAO! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Gotta be better than wading in the muck and mire. currently. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Old saying: You've got to think ahead or You'll fall behind! Don't get behind the 8ball of self-doubt and anxiety, one baby step at a time but please keep moving ahead! The rewards are so much better than staying where you are at now. I'm still moving ahead, please join me on this JOURNEY![emoji173][emoji172][emoji13][emoji171][emoji170]HW355 CW323 Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

FYI a standard teaspoon holds 15 ml so if those cups held 2oz that would be more=1/8 cup, because 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon so that 2 oz would= 90 mi=6 teaspoons. Are you totally confused now?[emoji46]PS I always thought it had to do with cocaine, way back in the past McDonald's coffee stirrers had a liitle spoon on the end, druggies were using them to put cocaine up their little noseys so they changed the style. Ah the trivial useless info one picks up in 72 years![emoji13]PPS semen contains 18 calories roughly equivalent to a teaspoon of sugar. I wonder what scientist found THIIS out?[emoji106] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And I collect dust and cobwebs if I don't outrun the spiders in the corner of the room.[emoji13][emoji12][emoji12] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

You sound as if you and I may be inhabiting the same things in life. You have reached the point where the thought of surgery frightens less than the thought of existing as you are, large and in pain. I am a skosh further along. I went through a bariatric program completely, I had first contacted these people in August 2015, was doing well in the program, lost insurance in January 2016 due to job termination. Figured that had screwed it for me, although I had Medicare which now moved to primary I wanted a secondary so applied for Medicaid. Tried to lose weight on my own, wasn't getting anywhere so consulted with my PCP, he put me on phentermine, instead of losing I gained 30 pounds in one month.Yeah, that's not how it was supposed to be. I hope you're sitting down relaxing because the story goes on! In November 2017 I re-enrolled with the program, hurried and redid all the prerequirements again. Came to February 20th, they kicked me to the curb, seems the 3 surgeons in the practice had themselves a little meeting and decided they no longer wanted to do my surgery. My PCP when I talked to him, we've known each other for close to 10 years thought because of my age (72) I would be an anaesthesia risk, I was 69 when I had established there, surely they didnt expect to start subtracting years with each birthday? The excuse their mumble-mouthed liason gave me? I am emotionally unstable, mentally incompetent and couldn't make such commitment with any degree of intelligence,! Bovine excretement!, I have a Mensa level IQ, knew what I was doing, the psychologist told me the testing she gave me was perfect, shook my hand, wished me well with my future surgery, gave them a conflicting report saying I was unstable, and I got screwed over, didn't even get a nice steak dinner or a few kisses out of this deal! As a further dig, as if I wasn't upset enough with the proceedings,informed me when I lost my company coverage and had to switch to Medicare, Medicare's requirements were less and I could have had my surgery in Spring 2016. How was I to know?,? they sure didn't tell me that! Hokay, after bawling my fool eyes out for a couple days, I picked myself up, dusted myself off and started searching alternate programs. There was one at OSU with an entrance seminar March 9th, one at Riverside Methodist the next day March 10th. I could arrange transportation for the 9th so that is the one attended. Both of these are in Columbus Ohio 48 miles from where I live. Liked what I heard so signed up for their consideration. After about 5 days they called back with an appointment to meet with their staff psychologist Dr Kramer April 25th 10AM- noon. So there's. how my story goes so far. Previous program offered to fax over their records showing completion of all their program, so I might have surgery May-June if they don't have anything different I have to complete. I'm a little apprehensive about the psychologist, PCP told me just to be myself, shoot it wasn't good enough before for the other people! Now you know how" the mop flops" for your truly. So how is YOUR day? Hope you will want to be friends some days I think my enemies have formed a club with jackets, so I'll take any friends I can find[emoji12] HW355 CW323 and holding! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Yeah Awesome is the word Every time you run to the porcelain throne, and believe me you will, you'll say " Aw, some more coming!"[emoji46][emoji46][emoji46] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Good good good! Keep the faith,you are going to make it fine. If ever you get discouraged and we all do from time to time, remember someone in Ohio thinks you rock[emoji12][emoji13] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Roxine you remind me of a young Roseanne Barr, has anybody else told you that?[emoji27][emoji7] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

have you made it home yet? If so,how did it make you feel? I ask because one girl said she felt her body,gathering up gas as they drove along and when she got home, she felt big and looked pregnant. Felt as though she was mutiplying night terrors to a fevered piich.think shes okay now tho.[emoji12] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi Shauna how are you doing with your Weight loss journey? Have you lost any more weight? Mine seems not to want leaving me, I'd like to wave bye bye to a few more pounds if I had the choice.[emoji14][emoji170][emoji14] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

And I bet you'll make it! When you do I'll be proud of you and more important you will be proud of you. Because the one person you really need to please is YOU![emoji14] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Me also. Nothing has happened yet. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Any updates madhattr on your Weight loss search? Did you go to your information meeting?[emoji6] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Congratulations on a successful surgery. Now that you're home cocentrate on getting healthy, feeling better and continuing to,lose weight.Hope you no longer look like Bip the Michelin man's sister, I thought I had that position staked out for myself. Ah but sooner or later I'll get my surgery and I will look like I was raised on Lean Cuisine instead of French Fry Harry's Burger Barn. You know the place that would say"if you can choke them down, we'll give you the biggest bum in town!" And I usually did, and mine[emoji70] nearly has its own Zip Code. [emoji29][emoji29][emoji29] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Well,we tried didn't we? I would have thought it would be.[emoji26][emoji26] Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

How are you doing now? Has your back pain gotten any better? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app