Pookeyism

Please remember you can still have potatoes, once you can stand the carbs - a variety of potatoes is a very, very good thing...consider having the skins of a few varieties mushed up in the flesh of the more colorful potatoes - our foods nutritional and mineral contents are related to the color of the food (yes basal explanantion but not trying to write a book). So this could be extremely beneficial - say 2 servings a week. Also - turnips are good for that, and a small radish will give it zing - horseradish will, too. ps - cauliflour and strips of zuchini - mash cauliflour and boil and add to strips of zuchinni and mush together into a patty - make a KILLER veggie burger.

Wow! yay for being approved and really glad yo uhave not had the drag-on experience many have had. May I ask who is your insurance carrier?

Read "The Power of Habit" - read it once for content, read it again to absorb it, read a third time and take notes....seriously...you will see once you read it.

http://asmbs.org/ This organization and many like it have credible data - hard facts and figures, that go into the WLS and provide a wealth of information. Just remember - those that do the sleeve can always revision to the bypass, but once you undergo the bypass, if you have malabsorptive issues you cannot get that back. That is my understanding.

Prayers to everyone, all of our new sleevers! I remember "the day".

Google passive-aggressiveness and learn how to recognize it an deal with it...and rudeness is sometimes best acknowledged. A conversation with a neighbor: "You look so good now! You don't look anything like you used to." neighbor. me: "Thank you, your Husband said the same thing to me just before he invited me to lunch last week". and I walked away...

Yes...but unless it regularly drops below 70-80 OR your lows are tied to stressful moments, you should be OK soon. The trick with blood glucose levels, emerging studies lean to, is not to "aim" for 80-120. Try for a 30-40 point spread instead. The average levels are just that, average - for instance my best levels were 75-105, which I was able to keep about 95% of the time...yes I used a percentage, based on five years of meticulous records of my readings related to "point spread". Lows and the feeling you are experiencing provided it is what you think it is, is also relative. If you ran really high you will feel that wy just by maintaining a lower level, and that still might not be low enough. It's a complex journey. I am not a doctor, nurse or such. I am a former diabetic, who maintained a 6 or better A1c for five years and went into remission about 10 weeks after surgery. In the meantime I was (am) an avid advocate for type 2 research and treatment.

First off, you need to report him to his management, and corporate office...it is strictly against their policy to ever, ever offer or discourage medical advise...and again I stress the fact that people will exaggerate when they feel it suits their "good intentions". Please let us know which store it was so we can avoid it... I don't think Al would give a damn if he looked aged. if you DO, then wait 20 years,and look back at this opportunity if you do not take it - got a visual? :/

My very first blog was about a "conversaton" I had with my two Flemmish Giant Rabbits - the Poo Siblings, Antimony and Cadmium: __________________________________________________________ "Wee Ahnn, ah haf bin tinking - eew shood nawt haf da zurgerhy", my flemmish giant rabbit Cadmiun says to me, as I lay in the floor and pet her and her brother, Antimony. "ah haf to ehgree", says Antimony "whaaf sumzing haffins doe eew?" I pat Cadmium on the head, and touch noses with Antimony "I think I will be okay. I have done alot of studying and I have picked a very good doctor" "i herdz eew whill beh all hurty fer daz" says Cadmium. "eew whill notz beh aybelz tew pay wif uz!" says Antimony, as he jumps on my back. "I will be very sore, and it will be awhile before I can crawl around and stuff, but I will be home and I am gong to have Jonathan make me a really comfortable bed on the floor with the air mattress when it is playtime, so I can still pet you." I reassure Cadmium with a good head scratch. "okays" says Cadmium "gotz strahberrez?" "yes little one, I have some strawberries". Our fleeting conversation is done, and we continue to play. I need to remember to be in the moment through all of this. Thank you friends for reminding me to not lose sight of the little things as I take such a big step. I do not want to miss the wonderful things I have now while waiting for surgery, and then waiting ot lose weight. _______________________________________________________________ - so that was my first blog, and oddly enough that helped me so much, to use a "conversation" with my two favorite fuzzy family memebers to help me cope reassured me, calmed me. It was a tool that worked for me, maybe it can work for the pre-sleevers who are where I was...good luck.

The reason why you are still on puree and mushy at three weeks is that many people are still kind of "numb" in the sense that you may put more on your stomach than you should - not can, should. Stay on soft foods and liquids a little longer, and don't try for quantity you can stuff in there, but what you can to feel satiated...this is a learning process as much as getting in your calories. Long term you need to learn, just like any diet, to walk away before the full feeling. We are dealing with a system more cmplex and less understood than the brain. The ENS (Enteric Nervous System) is generally considered the second brain, and we have removed a HUGE portion of one of the main components of this system...steady and slow, we will eventually be "there" and it is forever - so just take it slow and really, really feel your body out - copious notes of every kind, and gentle use of your tummy. One problem is, the surgeons are by no means the experts in this, actually - they just simply cannot be...they are a craftsman, we have to go forth now and pay attention to thereserch specialists - gatherers of data, and publishers of excellent papers. My two cents...

I did not have to do this, being selfpay but with what you have said I would say something like this: I would list my issues and then explain how they fit into my day - explain how they impede your movement, thinking, breathing, career, income both earning and expenditures...quality of housekeeping, being able to keep clean, suffering in extreme weather, prejudice, etc - and go forth to mention specifics that could do more than immediately affect the quality of life...inability to quickly get out of a building if it were on fire or otherwise compromised. Inability to defend yourself if assaulted, robed, attempted rape, home invasion...inability to exit a plane quickly, run away from danger. Inability to correctly perform CPR or most be able to have the strength to correctly perform it on you. EMT not being able to handle you quickly and in many cases at all. Inability to keep up with small children or elderlyin your care, attend seminars, performances, team bondng situations. The mental stress and depression it adds to in all these situations and how little time that leaves open to even leading a mediocre day.

I would think there would be something that could be adhered to you teeth that could guard them, a sports like guard. It seems like I have seem them... Hmmm

Yet you are strong enough to endure it, and brave enough to wear your bathing suit...you win...

ooohhh...like an udon? if you have a good recipie for trout soup "stonehead soup" would worship at your feet...miss my Mammaws cooking soooo bad!

Pdxman said it as well as I could. Good luck, God bless.

My husband is an excellent cook and keep TONS of stuff, but the best things I have for my foods: Set of really sharp knives - much less dangerous than dull ones. mortar and pestle - 2 actually - 1 for chicken, and 1 for everything else small shot glass w/ measurements on side regualr measiring cup crock pot -super simple design. george forman grill blender bottles simple blender that is strong enough to puree ice machine with "crush" settng on my fridge baby spoons and coctail forks, lol.

It vary individualy - I just asked my HR and was told a loan can go up to 5 years - but if you leave before you pay it back you have 60 days to pay it back. My 401k with work is separate from the rest of my 401k, so yours may vary.

Check the dates - and there are many mor of these out there - they range from zobbie flash mobs, to zombie walks, runs...there are, er, a few who shall be nameless that is working on a LMFAO "shufflin" zombie flash mob in downtown Houston.

It should not be difficult. There is usually not an approval process because it is your Money, and you are the only one penalized if it isn't paid back. There may be a limit on how much you can withdraw. It often taps out at 50%, or a max total dollars, etc.

It sound like what a lot of people experience, just unfortunately not me! UGH! Glad all is well so far! Welcome to the losers bench!

You are preaching to the chior - I have been trying to get people to go for months now. I will be doing the December run in Austin, TX in the 11:30 leg. My Hubby got me a ticket and a spare for a friend. I doubt I will talk him into running! But he will go as a spectator.

Your lack of sleep could be from SOOO many things, best to get the doc to assist so you can properly rest. See if they could assign you something to sleep at night, and you can just doze on and off during the day, knowing you got a good nights sleep. Lack of sleep, in many studies, directly relates to stalls in weight loss.

I had well-controlled type 2 pre-surgery, and about 10 weeks after surgery I was told that I could consider myself in complete remission. A1c has been below 5 since 2 months after surgery. I still test 3x a day and make a calender weelky to make sure I am varying the time of day I test - NEVER over 110, even after waking up....pineapple juice spiked me 12 points from 82 to 94... no meds, no shots, just testing to play it safe (I HAVE caught a few lows, so I keep my meter relatively near)

Listen to your body and rest. Get your fluids in as much as possible, get your protien in as much as possible. It will get better.

I did not have a catheter, contrariwise, until they got me on the right pain meds I thought I was going to pee myself everytime I had to move. :/