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saqueen

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About saqueen

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  • Birthday 02/21/1961
  1. Happy 52nd Birthday saqueen!

  2. Happy 51st Birthday saqueen!

  3. saqueen

    Crushing Pills during liquid stage???

    I tried applesauce.......once.....only once.....never again......I have one pill which tastes very, very, bad. :crying:It is horrible. :eek:Nope. :ohmy:Not good at all.:smile2: bllleeeccchhh, shiver, gag. :drool:I seriously could taste for a couple hours afterward.:biggrin: I cut the pills up into very small pieces and drank them down with anything. Now I know why dogs don't like you stuffing their pills in liver sausage...but, the liver snausage would definitely have tasted better:tongue_smilie:
  4. saqueen

    Newby with Fibromyalgia

    My doctor for chronic pain advised me NOT to expect a miracle with the banding, but did say I would have to have some improvement to the joints. I started my preop visits last July. Banded finally mid March. I still have MANY bad achey days, but I fight them. I recently started walking and found I could do 1 1/2 miles right out of the gate. Some days, especially pre menstrual, I hurt ALOT, but take the ibu, and just get moving. I notice that some of the hot spots aren't as bad; I attribute this to healthier eating. Also though, my pain magician put me on Soma 4 times a day. I can really notice if I've been lax in the dosage. I'll wake up feeling my brain and body quivering. As always, get plenty of sleep. Since I have minor sleep apnea(it would have gotten much worse), I am hopefully getting some improvement there. The way I see it, ANY improvement is better than living in constant pain. Good luck.:w00t:
  5. saqueen

    Goal weight

    Thanks for the support! My high weight for my height and body type(I really DO have a large frame:), not just an excuse, so my Doctor says 145. But, I would REALLY like to get it down about 10 pounds more. I want to LIVE the rest of my life, and spend it doing fun things and catching all those rich men, lol.
  6. You look wonderful!!!

  7. saqueen

    Goal weight

    Congratulations!! You have done an awesome job, and I KNOW it wasn't easy. You are an inspiration:)
  8. Just a bit curious; I notice that some people have got higher goal weights, than for example, myself, which is doctor stated 145, me stated 135 - 125. Are you taller? I'm 5'3". Obviously body build has much to do with it, but wonder if I am being too optimistic and wishful.
  9. saqueen

    Meds For Joint Pain

    I live on ibuprofen(600mg) and soma(muscle relaxant) for fibromyalgia and arthritis. If you take a little food with it, it doesn't just "sit" there alone. I use to get heartburn before the band when I would take the meds, but haven't had it a day since.
  10. Have you tried sugarfree candy? I've found that it tastes like real candy. one or two pieces a day and that's it. 10 calories. Lifesavers make a sugarfree strawberry swirl; sweet and low has some awesome butterscotch and fruit kinds. I know it's not the real sugar fix, but it helps. How about sugar free fudgesicles? only 40 calories, but SOOOOO smooth and chocolately. I found some sugar free frozen ices, but they are almost still too sweet. I also found some sugar free coffee additive in flavors, hazelnut, french vanilla. Only 30 calories for 1 tbsp, but I find 2 tsps is just enough to make a cup of coffee soothing. Good luck:)
  11. Pain is different for everyone. I have fibromyalgia, so sometimes my nerves "over react". There was a dullish ache at first. Getting up out of the bed hurt like heck, but once you get walking, it works itself out. Felt like my guts were going to fall out. I took the tylenol w/codeine gladly. The more you get up and move around right away, the better it is. After about 2 days, I was moving fine. It was difficult to sleep the first few days also. I found piling pillows up at an angle helped for sleeping because I couldn't do so on my sides. By day 5, it was great. remember though everyone is different, so use your own judgement on your pain.
  12. Well said. You have an amazing outlook, and a wonderful Doctor;)
  13. You are doing QUITE WONDERFUL BY THE WAY!!:tt1: START LOOKING UP THOSE SUNDRESS:thumbup:
  14. This will be hard, but the less you concentrate on the surgery itself, the less you'll worry(maybe). I read those menus and stuff until midnight the night before, and found myself wondering how in the heck could I do this? My main concern was I convinced myself I was going to die, and what would happen to my daughter. Everyone I work with had been re-assuring me that all would be fine;but I had turned myself into a basket case. While waiting to go into surgery, I texted a co-worker with explicit directions on what to do if I "croaked"(exact word:redface:). gave her phone numbers to call for someone to get my daughter, what to do with my paychecks, etc....She thought it was hilarious, and told everyone(I agree it was). Despite all your worries and imagining the worst, you'll soon be over the discomfort, and you'll feel as if you never had the surgery. It will all be worth it when you start seeing the difference in the mirror, and start receiving comments from people. As much as I made myself crazy, I knew in my heart I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE, and needed to have the surgery, even if it DID kill me. I did it for my daughter more than for myself. She needs a mother to be with her as she grows, and having lost mine when I was 13, I knew I couldn't do the same to her. There are far too many reasons to HAVE the surgery, as opposed to not. Cry, scream, worry till you've got it all out, then plan for your new life! You will do GREAT!!:tt1:
  15. thanks, rather controversial to go against the grain, but others think like us:)

     

    this is what shortgirl sent me

     

    Earlier in the same thread Penny thought my response was "cold". I did not say anything like "oh, stop eating you pigs".

    I said it's hard! I am over four moths out and still don;t have good restriction, and some days, I eat a little more than I should, but I don't eat fast food or the things that got me fat. I over eat by having like an extra yogurt or a handful of nuts that day!

     

    In the thread she talks about going to Taco Bell. Now maybe she didn't eat a lot there, but less than a month post op and you go to Taco Bell? I don't know what;s on their menu I dont eat there, but still.

     

    Some people only want to hear "on, that's ok you're not restricted yet, it's ok to cheat." Well even when they have restriction, they'll be able to eat ice cream, so what will stop them?

     

    I was so glad to read your post! And that's why I sent the AMEN! Read earlier in the thread, you'll see where she said a similiar thing to me.

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