MindiJean

Our Barney has the same attitude. He will sit where he thinks it's appropriate. Period.
This is a photo of our very first Pug. We adopted him when he was found wandering around with the Saint Bernard. We wanted a Saint, we adopted both and fell in love with Pugs. Otis the Pug and Buska the Saint.

Some type of stool softener (Dulcolax) or mild laxative (Miralax). You'll thank me later.

Our Barney has the same attitude. He will sit where he thinks it's appropriate. Period.
This is a photo of our very first Pug. We adopted him when he was found wandering around with the Saint Bernard. We wanted a Saint, we adopted both and fell in love with Pugs. Otis the Pug and Buska the Saint.

For the first few days at home, sugar-free Popsicles were a blessing. I picked up the tropical flavors and really enjoyed them. And they count towards Fluid intake!

Our Mollie Jingles was a terror her first year. She would fly through the air like the Tasmanian devil, jump into the bathtub uninvited and have the typical pug silliness. Since she was only 23 months, we only had the tad calmer and more relaxed pug for about a year. I think the thing I will miss the most is the pug snuggles, silliness and snoring . Here she is sitting on the kitchen table. Something she found acceptable despite all of our protests!

We have two Pugs, Barney is the fawn in the photo. He is 9 years old. We got him when he was a puppy. We also have "Mrs" who is a black Pug. She is 13 years old. She is a "failed foster". We fostered Pugs for years and just fell in love with Mrs when we fostered her, so we kept her!
We also have a white Boxer named Mister Petey Picard, he's deaf, he has cancer and his kidneys are failing. They estimate that he is 9 years old. We adopted him from the local animal shelter when they were going to put him down because of all his issues. They didn't think he would live long. Two years later, he's still as crazy as ever!
Now that I made a way long answer to your simple question.....Tell me about your Pug?

I've mixed mine with tuna before but never crab.....that sounds AWESOME!!! Thanks for the suggestion!!

I had my teaching today via telephone conference, as the appointment that I had for Monday wasn't going to work. Got lots of answers to my questions today!
Hubby will be staying in the hospital room with me. Private rooms, separate bed/cot for hubby.
I'm not to start any Vitamins until after surgery, and then I can chew two Flinstones Vitamins.< /p>
They expect me to be off of my Metformin, probably my two insulins and my blood pressure meds before I leave the hospital.
I will drink Clear liquids day of surgery, and the pureed regular foods day two before being discharged.
They prefer we do NO Protein shakes. All my Protein is to be obtained through foods. Two weeks pureed and then soft solids for two weeks (using my teeth as the blender). I can use egg white protein to add to pureed foods.
I am scheduled for laproscopic surgery and it's meant to take one hour.
No central line for this surgery? That makes me relieved. I got a massive infection and septic shock from my last central line.
Most people are sent home day after surgery. But I am approved for longer if I don't feel up to leaving.
I'm ready to go now! Hurry up November 20!!!

Cottage cheese canned crab meat a bit of mayo franks hot sauce garlic salt yum

The meds that I am on currently are for hypothyroidism, I'm on two insulins and Metformin, a blood pressure med, a CPAP for sleep apnea, Prevacid, a med for cholesterol, Spiro for Water pill and facial hair, and a few different meds for OCD/PTSD. I know the psych meds will remain, but my hope is to get off the insulin more than anything!

I'm not sure if there is already a thread here for cancer survivors or people who currently have cancer, with the sleeve or pre-sleeve?
Would love to know that I'm not alone!
I am a bladder cancer survivor. I have my 2.5 year scans coming up next week, along with all my pre-testing for my sleeve surgery. I have my story all printed up already because it's a long one...but I wanted to see if others have gone through cancer here? I believe it puts things into a different perspective if you've come through cancer.
I was diagnosed with bladder cancer when I was 42. We found out that I was pregnant, surprise! We had already lost two babies, our son Daniel in the second trimester and then an early loss. We are foster parents and had already had three failed adoptions as well. When we found out I was pregnant, they did an ultrasound. They could not see the baby, but did find numerous tumors in my bladder. There started a whirlwind of tests, day surgeries, chemo, and finally major 12 hour surgery in March 2011, to remove my bladder and rebuild a "fake" bladder inside of me. 2.5 years later, I'm recovering still, have a hernia the size of a basketball due to the surgery, and need to lose some weight before I can have my "big" hernia surgery to fix my hernia, and start living again.
My story
This is what we consider to be our "last chance" at having a child in our lives. I'm 45 now. I've lost three children and two years ago lost my bladder and uterus to cancer. We've fostered children for years and had four failed adoptions. Last chance adoption. If we can afford it.
My life reads like a soap opera. When I was 11, my sisters and I were hit by a car while waiting for the school bus. My little sister Kathy didn't survive. I was raised by a wonderful Mom and an abusive alcoholic Father. And then I married an abusive, drug addicted husband. Stayed with him for 12 years until I had the strength to leave.
In 2001, I met Mark, the most wonderful man ever. We married in 2003. In 2005, at the age of 37, Mark and I conceived our first child. In 2006, I gave birth to our son Daniel, too early for him to survive. Later that year, we lost our second child.

Fast forward to 2010 (time spent between 2006 and 2010 resulted in our becoming foster parents and having three failed adoptions). At the age of 42, I found out I was pregnant. Went for an ultrasound, where they found numerous tumors in my bladder. I lost the baby and started chemotherapy in Dec 2010.

In March 2011, I had my bladder surgically removed, along with my uterus....losing any chance of having our own baby. But, in the end, I was/am currently cancer-free. We named our third baby "Angel" for saving my life.

We became licensed as foster parents again, and had a 15 month old baby girl placed with us. On March 1, 2013, after living with us for over a year, baby girl was taken and given to an Aunt in another state. Failed adoption number 4.

Through all of this, my husband Mark has been the best friend, nurse, Father, husband, caretaker ever. He deserves to have a child. WE deserve to have a child. We've looked into adoption and have started the process, which could take years.

You look great!!!
I have that same striped shirt in your "before" photo, mine is in dark blue stripes. Woman Within?

Awwww sorry to hear about that...hope you feel better soon.
I don't plan on doing anything extra with my hair. I'm natural now and just wash it and put on a headband and go. Life is much easier. But then I went natural after losing my hair several times due to chemo. I'm at the point in my life where I finally say...I am not my hair... If it starts to thin out after surgery, then I'm just going to get a boy cut..lol Or guess I should say a really low buzz cut.
Btw, how'd you make out with your EKG and docs visit?

That's the diet my surgeon and NUT use also! In fact it's the exact one they just replaced the cover page, ha ha!
Thank you for posting this! I was a bit worries to be progressing to purées before even leaving the hospital when I was reading everyone else's diets! This makes me feel better.

I'm not concerned about what I'm going to be eating pre and post, I was concerned because it was so different than the other pre and post op diets I've seen.
I'm used to things being hard in life! I'm having this surgery so that I can lose weight in order to have a big surgery done to fix my basketball sized hernia that developed after my big surgery two years ago for bladder cancer, where I had my bladder and uterus removed after chemo. Life isn't easy....just keep swimming.

I have to say.....one of my concerns was losing the girls. From these pictures, it appears that the girls still remain after the weight is lost?

The meds that I am on currently are for hypothyroidism, I'm on two insulins and Metformin, a blood pressure med, a CPAP for sleep apnea, Prevacid, a med for cholesterol, Spiro for Water pill and facial hair, and a few different meds for OCD/PTSD. I know the psych meds will remain, but my hope is to get off the insulin more than anything!

I lost about 3/4 of my hair three years ago to chemo. I used Biotin 10,000 and sprayed my scalp with aloe vera juice and used Nioxin Shampoo. So, although I'm not pleased at the thought of losing my hair again (sleeving November 20), I know it will grow back quickly, and mine grew back a lot thicker and wavy.

I lost about 3/4 of my hair three years ago to chemo. I used Biotin 10,000 and sprayed my scalp with aloe vera juice and used Nioxin Shampoo. So, although I'm not pleased at the thought of losing my hair again (sleeving November 20), I know it will grow back quickly, and mine grew back a lot thicker and wavy.

October 29th. I started 2 week pre-op diet yesterday. Excited and anxious for the next step in this journey :-)

Hello gang, I'm Deb. I am 46 years old. Wife, mother,sister,aunt, daughter and an RN. Currently a stay at home mom and online student completing my BSN. I am scheduled for VSG on October 29th. A dear friend on Facebook is also preparing for this procedure,and suggested I join this forum. :-)