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@@cslove hmmmmm you know what they say best foot foward and best tush in back!!! great transformation pics keep up the good job kathy congrats

yeah, your point is!!! hey dude, you are aces!!! 127 lbs gone!!! don't look at me, i didn't take them!!! great transformation pics wonderful to have support from family, friends, medical team (you forgot to include me ) wishes for a healthier, happier, longer life you deserve the best keep up the good work i'm sure you will kathy congrats

approval for surgery before you jump through all these hoops? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ i do!!! i went to a seminar, then talked in depth with surgeon doc said everything looked great so let's schedule the surgery i was so anxious/excited to have surgery ASAP talked to office people, surgery was scheduled all was going full steam ahead i had NOT been approved yet but office people said all should go fine with insurance don't worry found out later (after surgery) that medicare at the time didn't cover the sleeve i was pretty stupid, and took the word of office, that approval would come soon i didn't get approval pre-op went into surgery blindly sure enough - i was told a few months after the surgery i had been denied - after i got a bill for $22,000!!! i "discussed" the situation with my 2ndary insurance Blue Cross/Blue Shield after a few more "discussions" i was finally approved (couple of years later medicare approved the sleeve) bottom line, IMO officially get approved (all your paperwork, labs ducks in a row etc sent to insurance company) before you schedule surgery (my opinion) then do all the hoop jumping good luck Passed my psych eval! Talk to office manager she said I can have my surgery in February us waiting on the date so nervous ... N anxious.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@shelly7 surgery all set for February woo hoo - that's great you'll get the date soon i know you will!! "God Grant Me Patience Just Hurry Up About It" best wishes with surgery speedy recovery kathy

@@usedtobeaskater are you kidding me how can i person be so mean, stupid, ignorant, -----flll in the blanks @@Valentina - i laughed out loud as i was reading your comments did you hear me? OP made great comments/suggestions what you could have said, done if it were me, i just would stare in disbelief, and walk away (upset) wouldn't know what to say i would think of smart asss things to say AFTER i left her!!!!!! too late then if this happens again about any subject i would use one of great comments above i have said in the past "Why would you say such a thing then walked away!!!" sometimes people do open their big mouths say a cruel remark without realizing what they are saying ignorance is bliss - NOT!! sorry you heard that stupid, insensitive remark always one in a crowd keep feeling good about yourself you are doing great you are aces!!! keep up the fantastic job i know you will kathy

@@theladyslipper my taste buds NEVER changed some people say they can't eat sweets anymore OMG i wish that would happen to me i can see it in your eyes!! you are going to have sweet success keep up the good work good luck newbie kathy

@@kanaud keep those NSV's coming gotta love them keep up the great job kathy

@@smallbird hey bud great pics!! you look great can we say cleavage?? keep UP (LOL) the good job kathy

@@Lovinlife48 i agree with OP that tell you to get rid of the scale (temporarily) you control the scale - not the other way around!!! weigh yourself once a week ie monday i've heard some people weigh before and after they go on toilet are you kidding me - little drastic (silly to me)!!! don't weigh yourself every day people have been shot for less good luck kathy

YES!!! come on bud,you left me wide open, couldn't resist LOL i'm sure OP's replies are great my experience with running, is i have no experience!!! sob sob I envy you and OP that can run, marathons etc you are all terrific your always a winner in my book!! keep up the good job ready, set, gooooo kathy

@@branlee90 allllll the advice given above is perfect (I taught "them" everything thing they know i do understand how stalls are a bitchhhh they happen to most of us you ONLY lost 64 lbs pre-postop the word ONLY referring to weight loss needs to be thrown out the window!!! some people might say they ONLY lost 1/2 lb - or 1,2, 3 lbs etc every lb is a victory!!! you lost 64 lbs!! glass is have full, not empty glad you are tracking now with MFP very important drinking lots of water, and all the other water rules try not get discouraged (this is another bad word!!! Do or Do Not - There is No Try!! Yoda have you sent out new address cards??? you used to live in twoderville, USA now you have moved DOWN to onderland better neighborhood - nice people keep up the good work i know you will!! good luck kathy

@@Invictus06 hey Tex ride 'em cowboy!! 74 lbs down!!! dramatic change in clothes sizes!! you weight 200 lbs on the dot!!! you will be in onderland before you can blink an eye!! keep up the amazing job good luck kathy

@@smallbird i love you back!! great pics!!! you are such a cutie!!! the neighborhood hasn't been the same without you!! younguns et al can learn from your experiences don't be afraid to share!!! keep up the good work for the rest of your healthier, happier, longer life!! while your weight goes DOWN!! kathy

@@soflgrl difficulty reaching goal weight due to my age (40's). thanx bud- you are scared about reaching goal in the ripe ol' age in the 40's??? what does that make me at 62?? from the dinosaur era?? LOL age doesn't matter - follow all the rules - you will do terrific - i can feel it in my ol' bones LOL i was sleeved 1 month before i turned 58 years OLD - . 4 years later at the YOUNG age of 62, i'm still standing tall and proud!! you will too silly head!!! LOL get ready to start or continue pre-op -sleeve for the next 10 days or so DOS - February 1rst - good luck, speedy recovery!! @@Elode Awww love! Congratulations! thanx my friend you're another Newbie that i saw grow up, while your weight went down (just like @Babbs) i know you lowered your goal, almost down to your lower new goal weight!!! you are aces, wonderful, terrific!!! fear of death and taxes!!! i had to say those nice words to you thanx to you for always being a sweetie see you around the neighborhood @@4MRB4PHOTO Happy belated birthday and congratulations on the fantastic effort you put in to lose that excess weight and keep it off! thanx dude - it is harder to keep weight off - in past "regular" life, many of us lost the weight - hard to keep it off (or maintenance) so gained it back - that's why i had WLS now that i have lost the weight with the "assistance" of the sleeve - i still have to work hard with all the rules i've learned to maintain if i gain a bit, i try and nip it in bud to loose right now i'm 8.s lbs over goal (gotta be honest with myself) i am confident i will loose that weight, but might take longer than when i was first sleeved @@Julie norton Happy day. Have some fun today...Seems like you do everyday! thanx kiddo i do enjoy every day while i was loosing weight - and now fluctuating a bit i still consider myself at GOAL keep up the amazing job you have done!! @@ssflbelle when I have lost the next 160 then you can call me the Ace of Hearts! Amanda, are you kidding me??? you have lost 180 lbs these past months before surgery! WLS is 1/26/16 ! you want to loose another 162 lbs to reach goal you have less to loose now (but more to gain) than you lost before WLS i will continue to call you the Ace of Hearts (that is a winning hand!!!) you are going to be the big 60!!! on Saturday!! welcome!! great neighborhood!! keep up the great job - i know you will!! good luck on monday - speedy recovery @@bellabloom happy for you. 62 (my mom is the same age) great age to be fabulous and sexy!! thanx bud your mom and i are at a wonderful age (is she cute as a button too? LOL) you are doing great - GOAL is COMING up verrrry soon

@@Cape Crooner hey bud when i read you first sentence - i thought to myself, cool you are tracking, eating ,drinking (water LOL) protein - exercising you are doing great many people don't weigh everyday (I do) if you don't weigh weigh during the week, you don't know if you have stalled (an OFFICIAL stall refers to not loosing weight for at least three weeks) NOT if you haven't lost in 3 days or so LOL after NOT weighing yourself all week you step on the scale it might show a weight loss it's time to show that loss! happened to coincide with after you had drank a "little" alcohol personally i don't think the loss had anything to do with a few drinks as far as burning 3,000 calories a day for fear of death (or worse!!) i wouldn't touch that statement with a 10 ft pole LOL truth is, i don't know the right answer I don't think any OP were cruel about the tracker situation they gave their opinion an "opinion" is just that, an opinion no one can be right or wrong about an opinion like others, i think this thread has gotten out of hand The Horse Died!!!! enough said? that's great that you have lost 82 lbs sooooo close to GOAL keep up the good work congrats on weight loss kathy

@@ssflbelle great to see someone in their 60's posting about how wonderful their life has been seen surgery 60 is the new 40!! YOU are amazing with your weight loss - hats off to you! You are aces the ace of HEARTS keep up the good work @@Katherinedj 62 in March and just had my surgery this past November. I feeling 61 years young what I've lost so far....just think when I hit 62!! Again, belated Happy Birthday!!! thanx lady - so happy after getting this weight off - whole new life - your turn is coming up!!! X years YOUNG is the key word - keep up the good job - i know you will you said it's cold?? put on your long johns silly head!!!LOL @@skinnyrita 62 in 2 months I can also say I met goal! Congrats on your accomplishments thanx SKINNY (love that!!) wishing you luck while you reach goal next year you doing great!!! @@Threetimesacharm killer sense of humour!! You sure brighten my day! awww thanx bud - back at ya you probably are wearing stylish sunglasses big kudos on GOAL and maintenance!! Wishing you many happy, exciting days ahead and well into wherever the world takes you. @@McButterpants Happy birthday to you and congrats on your awesome success!!!!!! You rock! thanx bud - success is sweet!!! keep up the good work on you "loss" while you continue to loose - you are a winner @@Alex Brecher You have overcome a lot. You truly are 62 years young! thank you Alex - hanging in at 62 years YOUNG and four years proud surgiversaries with my sleeve sure am glad i found BP - what would i have done with out it ? i learned soooo much pre-op and still learning and loving you are the greatest for forming this board congrats on you llllllong success/maintainence you aren't so bad your self!!! @@Fatty McFatster I want to be you when I grow up!!! gotta wait a while - i stilllll haven't grown up!!! wonderful weight loss - keep on coming - you are doing terrific!! keep up your hard work @@_Kate_ Congratulations Kathy. You are an inspiration to us all xx thanx bud sooo close to GOAL you can probably taste it!!! meet you at the GOAL/ finish line in a blink of an eye!! @@BLERDgirl Thank you for being a wonderful asset to this community! Whatt?!!!!! you are calling me an assss? your weight loss is amazing, keep up the good work i know you will

@@cindyw41 hey bud i can only imagine how hard it was, waiting and waiting around - being told one thing something different happens, then more waiting and waiting and waiting etc holy moly i would have gone crazy!! (a short trip ) you are officially in sleeveland!!! - you made it, let the good times roll !!! sounds like you are making progress through those first important hours PO i get understand you were extremely tired didn't you sleep through surgery?!!LOL fast forward - you are walking, talking, rubbing your new little tummy AND drinking Water, all at the same time!!! LOL luv it that you HEARD the nurse tell the OP that you were sound asleep!! glad the same thing didn't happen during surgery LOL i'm typing quietly so you can rest and get some well deserved sleep!! sweet dreams speedy recovery kathy

@@RJC5197 hi bud welcome to the board WLS 20 years ago!!!! wow, that's a long time - so you are an oldie but a goodie glad you are looking into getting your life back with new and improved WLS i had never heard of VBG sorry you had problems with it did you ever loose weight with it?? have you regained?? many people have a revision from lapband to sleeve due to slippage, erosion etc there is a separate board talking about revisions i was sleeved 4 years ago went from 235 lbs to 130 lbs in almost a year past 3 years maintaining (little fluctuation, but still...........) i'm being biased - but i love my sleeve and i think it's the latest and greatest!!! why don't you read up on it, google, utube?? check it out couldn't hurt good luck with any revision, like i said many people do this good luck kathy

@@gowalking isn't this a great time to be alive and well? Here's to many more birthdays and anniversaries! it sure is!!-as people "move on" from being a younun - to being a "little" older , wiser and of course CUTER!!! we have mmmmmany years to kick up our heels and enjoy our new selves, sleeve, and heath and happiness and a longer life!! wishes for you to enjoy all the happiness you can grab too!! who deserves it more geeeeez i'm making me sound 162 years OLD instead of my 62 years YOUNG!!! LOL @@Margie122 Happy belated birthday! thanx - we are have our own special stories!! you reached onederland and almost 100 lbs down!! - that's great!!! with your help, support -mom getting the sleeve soon!!! - i bet she will follow in your foot steps! you can lean oh her too!! @@VDLT Happy belated birthday and congrats on all your success sweet lady! awwww thanx bud, b'days come and go!!! while we work hard with our sleeve or bypass or.... - success will be forever - woo hoo!! thanx for writing @@Andrew0929 Happy Birthday Kathy!!! thanx guy, sorry i see "less and less" of you on the board since you've reached GOAL - but....like the song says "been missing you, been missing you" ( I can't carry a tune - i'm gonna stop and spare your ear drums LOL) hope all is well - keep on living and loving life!! @@MichiganChic Carry on being Cute as a Button dear BBFF you are such a sweetie with friends like you, how can the year be anything but terrific!! hugggggs - (PM coming to an theater near you!! LOL)

@@WLSResources/ClothingExch you are a young chippie on the calendar and in the heart. thanx lady - i luv that phrase!!! too cool!! you are sooooo clever @@Chrystee Congrats - always positive thanx bud - i'm "positive" that i'm happy you are LEAVING twoderville - and will be enterring onderland sooooon!!! - i already put the welcome mat in front of your new door!!! see you soon!! @A New KK (4th attempt to get your name hilighted)if you are reading this, raise your left hand, if you are not reading this, raise your right hand - if you are not sure- raise both hands "Happy Belated Birthday. Way to go girl!!!" thanx bud!!! days are passing - i keep getting older, wiser, and CUTER!!! you are "kindof" still a youngun on the board - huggggg your sleeve and it will return the warmth!!! @@borg/assimilated zest for life - I wish you many more happy birthdays! thanx kiddo, it's true that my "new founded" happiness stems from the sleeve - i finally found my "body" , and the new great mental emotions that make/help me feel like a million bucks!!!

@@CowgirlJane is this a new NSV?? that's great!! if you've already done - that's an even better scenery must have been breathtaking kathy congrats

@@BizzyB great pics sounds like you feel as good as you look!! your great attitude goes a long goes a long way marching into "successland"? keep up the good job for the rest of your healthier, happier, longer life!! kathy congrats

@@TinyTink i mean tinkerbell!! LOL i guess i took an extra silly pill instead of my Vitamins this morning i think you did too - Captain Fork - luv it LOL happy to hear that things have been going well with Water and Protein. that's quite an accomplishment at 3-5 days PO. good for you!!! i'm glad you enjoy coming to BP - it IS great, but we would like to hear your questions and comments more often - don't be so shy continud speedy, great recovery good luck kathy

@@TinyTink Congratulations wow, you live in "Neverland"!!! (not the Netherlands?LOL) have you seen Peter Pan or tinkerbell lately?? 5 days PO and still around to talk about "it!!" Congrats to YOU for surviving the first days in "SLEEVELAND", enjoy - thanx for writing @@fatty McFaster HAPPY Birthday to you!!! Congrats as well!! i am now 62+2 days post "birth" - does that mean i'm +2 days older, and 2 days cuter??? is that even possible!! thanx for writing - keep UP the good job while your weight goes DOWN!!! @@Mountaingal Happy Surgiversary. thanx lady!!! don't know much about "Gastricplication" - you live their, so it must be a great neighborborhood how about the 3 of you meet OP next week for mugs of Water?? we're allll buying!! - we're alll cheap dates! LOL see you all around the neighborhood kathy

4 year surgiversary @@Julie norton all of us are lucky to get a second chance at a healthy life we sure are!! - whether we live in lap or sleeve land - we're all WLS survivors, you are right, it is terrible how some people treat others due to their weight - i hope we can help make that change with how WE treat others (not how we were treated in our past!) thanx for writing bud @@DaisyAmy Awesome post!!! Thanks so much for "spreading" your positivity!! is that like manure?!! (did i really say that? ) gotta think positively about that!!! thanx for writing kiddo @@umo Happy birthday and continued success in your journey. thank you - you are doing great!!! all the best on your continued trip through sleeveland @@hopefullythininme Happy birthday thanx bud - 62 is MY 32??? hmmmm not sure about that, maybe close LOL @@smallbird long time - love to see you are doing fantastic! wow -a blast from the past!!! great to see you again - so happy YOU have done so well too. you are now 3 years YOUNG - holy moly!! thanx for writing and stopping in the neighborhood!! come around more often ok?? plllllease - "tweet" around anytime!! "we're" open 24/7!! @@OutsideMatchInside reminder we can make changes at any age if we decide to. that is right!!! i wish i had decided long time ago about sleeve better later than never!! thanx for writing @@Bandista So happy for you happy back at ya!! - always great to hear/see you thanx for writing @@NewSetOfCurves You are so positive and encouraging! thanx for those nice words back at ya - YOU are doing wonderfully - keep up the good job @@CowgirlJane Happy birthday my sleeve sister, you rock!!! "we've" gone through a lot these past 4 years in sleevland - wouldn't have done it with anyone else!! you had WLS 4 days before me!! so you are older and wiser - but i am younger and CUTER -------- all you guys are welcome for drinks (water!! LOL) this time @@CowgirlJane is buying!!! (remember she's 4 years YOUNG too)!! this cutting and pasting is for the birds - i'm exhausted, hope i didn't miss anyone, if i did - DEAL WITH IT thanx all for writing!! group hugggggs!!! kathy

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