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I never heard of the gurgling sound. I would bring it up with doc and even the folks who handle the apnea equipment. Wife and I both had apnea and c-paps. We shed them within a month of surgery which is common after WLS.

Rice is not so nice, Tried to eat it more than twice, Slammed my sleeve, no dice.

You may be right but when I was a boy we had a dogpile on a kid that said something stupid. He suffocated. OK, that wasn't true but it could have happened, right?

Good! Since I've lost much of my testosterone I needed something new to blame my behavior on.

I lost ALL of my hair during chemo treatment for cancer and I can tell you this was not nearly as bad. It grew back after chemo and no doubt as much as possible will grow back considering that I am 64 and my uncles were all billiard balls.

Well, you've been told off enough. I dig going to Goodwill and such stores mainly because I am so darned cheap. I've picked up designer clothes that still had the tags on. Treasure hunt! When I was a teen I bought stuff at the men's stores, wore them to a party, and exchanged them the next day for the next party. I came from a lower middle class home and tried to keep up appearances and run with the wealthier kids. But mostly it was to impress girls...the motivation for many a nefarious act!

Playing the stock market? Lotsa folks lose it there.

I'd talk to the doc. Mine wasn't that bad and my pain meds did me just fine.

Maybe you were in a position that you had to continue the date but I would have left the first time the crap left their mouth. It's a privilege to be with the Gman, uttering deprecating nonsense is an instant disqualification.

Yup, just had a bout yesterday. This is not your common heartburn, it's frantic. All else fades from care but getting relief. I hit Gas-X, Tums, and milk most of the time. Sometimes I just eat something and it goes away. I also force myself to burp, swallowing air and expelling it hoping some of the trapped gas will go with it. Sometimes nothing seems to work but time. I am glad it doesn't happen often. It seldom goes on more than a couple hours at most. What brings it on for me? An empty stomach, rice, too much coffee I think but sometimes I can't trace it back to what I ate. Stress can be a factor, too. I am following this thread with you hoping some forumites have workable solutions.

Jaw-dropping! Wonderful!! Congratulations!

Wowzers!!! Get ready to tell folks how you did it, both here and in the non-cyber world. They will be asking.

Welcome, Dario!

Welcome, Theresa!

Wow, Bean! Keep us updated!

Wow, really smoothed you out! I like your Elvira pic, too!

Good question and good posts. The only time I think about food is when I am shopping for it, eating it, or talking on this forum. No longer do I lay in bed dreaming up concoctions to run down my neck. No more endless drooling at the Food Network trough. Food has taken it's rightful place on a lesser shelf right next to my multi-Vitamins. It is energy first, enjoyed but not worshipped, the vast majority of my pleasure in life is derived elsewhere.

I was ready to bring my arsenal of vitriolic language to join you in utter disdain for psych evals but this post cooled my jets. VSGKIRK is right. My psych eval rejected me because I was a hippy in the 60's, hence the name above my picture. In 1969, I quit drugs and was healed of hippytitus. I've been a minister and clean ever since. My surgeon was livid with anger and sent off an immediate appeal to the insurance company. I was soon approved. If you can make an appeal and get this changed it would be great. If not, it will still be good..IF you get cleared after the period and after you've jumped through all the hoops. I would appeal to the surgeon first, though.

Beginning? Welcome!

The best exercise for discouragement is: 1. Go to a large city. 2. Find the tallest building. 3. Walk the stairs to the top. 4. Walk to the edge of the roof. 5. Throw your scale off, don't hit anyone below.

What neuropathy is for the curious: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147963.php Yes, I have neuropathy from chemo treatment for prostate cancer recieved in 2009. It affects my left toes and the left side of the foot and a few toes on my right foot. It is numbness more than burning. When I put on shoes it feels like the sock is bunched up or there is something in the shoe. Amazingly, my cancer doctors acted surprised that the chemo affected me this way. I was a part of a study and didn't have to pay for the expensive toxins. It did cure my scalp psoriasis...go figure. I was given 2 years to live. I am going on 5 now and don't plan to die soon. The neuropathy did not affect my sleeving or the intense exercise I engaged in afterward. Most of the time I am not aware of it. Life goes on.

I can still, at a year and a half, only eat a limited amount of dense things such as steak. Potatoes and rice fill me up very fast so I leave them to last or avoid them. Yogurt goes down easy as do most things that have a high moisture content. So, having said this, I pronounce your observation.....normal.

Fantastic!

I would comment but every time I look at your "after" pic I forget why I'm here.... Great job!!!!

Good advice thus far. There are many exercises, even leg exercises, that avoid the knees. Don't sweat the honeymoon period thing. If you work at it, it can last you a life time. Hmmm....sounds like a regular honeymoon. :wub: