NurseGrace

I am finding that I am more sensitive to smells, and smells make me gaggy. I used to have an Iron STOMACH, poop smeared on the walls - no problem, toes rotting off is no big deal, gunshot wounds? What's for dinner. That is not the case anymore. food smells set me off, body...smells... UGH Lately I have been eating a lot of eggs... well, ONE egg twice a day and that seems to be fine so I just go with that.

lol I'm kind of glad its calmed down naturally. I hate getting sucked into this crap but I am home too much right now with time on my hands so it's easy to get too invested. I got all worked up when they told me I sounded like google... like.... "I'm sorry I know what I'm talking about....... maybe if I used incorrect terminology and antiquated theory I'd sound more legit!" It wasn't going anywhere though so I didn't want to quote and respond again and keep it going. Even saying what I was thinking in this post could be taken as a little bit passive-aggressive but I'm just so tired of being called a liar for not spilling my guts. I don't know if that person is a professional or not (I tend to think not for several reasons but I can't prove anything so I'll let it slide). I just think that claiming all kinds of absolutes about how people should handle private matters is just.... silly.

bahahaha no one is a jerk. dont worry.

I need a beer.

haha its ok, they dont have to edit, I made a mistake and didn't look at what I was reading close enough. This is actually the first forum site I have used and I havent been on here long so the text quoting thing blows right by me sometimes. Totally my fault, no one needs to take down anything to make me look better. I should have taken my own advice and looked at who was being quoted, because even though it was MY post, it wasn't my post.

YES yes, I edited too, I'm an idiot. throw all your tomatoes my direction lol. I can admit when I mess up

Yeah, I edited that post, I was tired and saw my text with his responce, not realizing that he had quoted my text from someone elses quote... if that makes sense. I sent him a PM too.

WOOPS. Thats what I get for staying up for 24 hours. Apologies.

I turned off adblock just to test it out. I didn't have this problem. I think OP may want to run a scan. If you don't have any software download AVG or AVAST, they are free and pretty good.

Yeah, its best not to get sucked into it. A few days ago I jumped into the middle of a back and forth and I really wish I hadn't. Won't make that mistake again. I have been home a lot recently because I am in life transition ATM so its easier to get pulled into... "enthusiastic" discussion.

Thank you. That helps my mind be at ease. Sometimes I still wonder if I did the right thing, because I am experiencing one hell of a stall at only three weeks out of surgery. I just had that guy feeling that my weight WILL matter professionally, whether thats fair or not.

nevermind, I am not a smart woman today.

I think this is true pretty often. There are nasty fat people too but for the most part, especially women who GREW UP FAT usually have to work harder and develop a bit more character because we could never bat our pretty little eyelashes and get whatever we wanted. Now of course, not all thin people had it that easy either, but I am talking generally. Generally the thinner, prettier you are, the easier certain things are going to be. I was afraid I would not be taken seriously as a professional, and its a major reason I had this surgery.

I felt with some of that prior to surgery, I spent a lot of time on this site. There is drama and conflict from time to time here but we all have this surgery in common so I spent a lot of time here reading, and learning. It was a great distraction.

Use google chrome. then get the adblock addon. I never see a single ad - ever. It's fantastic.

oh yeah.

It's no problem, I only wanted to say that because there are tons of threads on this site of people making assumptions so that wasn't something that was meant to be exclusive to you. I like your posts and I'm not looking for conflict.

WEIRD. Are we twins? I am three weeks out and dealing with a UTI from hell as well. I have also been stalled for the past 2 weeks at the same weight. I hear thats normal at week three though. I was advised to try having a higher calorie day to kick my body out of this stall.

Sometimes in life we have periods of intense lonelyness. This may be yours. The question is how much do you need their support? Is your mother your primary means of child care? Are you leaving you child when her when you go? If you are doing this on your own and you are planning on not asking them for anything then I would advice you to proceed with extreme caution and get what you need. If they are giving you money, or doing you other big favors though... It's a little more complicated.

I stayed overnight - till noon the next day. I was up walking about 5 or 6 hours after surgery.

Sorry, no one sits around the treatment rooms of the wards discussing the theory. nursing is an evidenced based practice, we are far more focused on behavioral issues, therapeutic milieus and patient/caregiver relationships. I have no idea what you do, and I only care to defend myself so much, and I am quickly becoming fatigued with this conversation. You are right, I did not pick up on your vague references because I flat out misinterpreted what you were even trying to say and that is your basis for more or less calling me an idiot. But the truely laughable thing in this whole conversation is that you feel that because you had to point out your bad joke that I know nothing of Freudian theory but the very fact that you think that is so agregious is what really makes you look silly. Anyone in the know realizes that although he set the stage for modern psychology, other thinkers have filled in the rest. It's the difference between psychodynamic vs psychoanalytic and their varying degrees of usefulness. Freud will always be around, if not only in the gaps but your assertions that because I didn't get your attempt at humor means I am somehow a know nothing or uneducated is laughable. /ranty rant.

Difference being that everyone has sex, not every one gets so fat they need to cut out the large majority of their stomach.

Oh, I was reading that not as the id, but as ID like identification. I'll let that slide as that is underhanded and sort of antiquated. No one uses that term like that anymore. I don't make claims to DX anyone, I think we got our wires crossed, because what I was trying to say is that was ridiculous (referring to the woman calling people delusional) What I was saying is that when I am finished with grad school I will be able too, there are no limitations on NPs in the mental health field so its not really accurate to say that it's left to psychologists and psychiatrists.

I wouldnt worry about it too much. Reasonable people understand that its personal when they find out that you have had surgery and have been less than forthright with HOW you lost the weight. The only time I absolutely will tell every time is if I am talking to a severely obese person, I feel like those are the people that need to understand that there are things they can do to help themselves. I'll tell a 300 pounder every day of the week. Other people - it just depends.

Yep, I think I am kind of like the girl you describe. Over time I will let more and more people in on what I have done more than likely, because the questions WILL come, and especially people who are heavy because it could do them could to understand that there are options but it will not be drug out of my before I am ready to talk about it. Fact is, there is still a lot I am unsure about, and I don't want other people's opinions about it clouding my thinking right now, because I feel that while I am doing really well, I also feel that I am in a state where I am vulnerable emotionally, because I take this surgery really seriously and I just cannot risk the negativity in my personal life at the moment.