Madam Reverie

I think you need to speak to @RJ's/beginning. She has experienced so much with regards to this procedure, her resilience is dumbfounding. What she doesn't know about complications - isn't worth knowing. She's a lovely lady, so you will benefit greatly from talking to her. I wish your father the speediest of recoveries and I'm so very sorry he's suffering like he is. Feel free to ask us about anything if you need to. You're clearly a great daughter. Hang in there and all the best

Here's wishing you a speedy recovery. Glad they found what the problem was and sorted it out quickly. You'll be all shiny and sparkly in a few days

Many many congratulations! Exciting times ahead!

My breakfast this morning was pulled pork. I'm not even joking

I was up and walking around day 1. Out and about properly, day 3. Went food shopping. What a 'joy' that was 'Hmm.. today, I shall largely be purchasing.. nothing!' As for having to 'represent' for a few hours. You can definitely do it. Just make sure you have a pre-made Protein shake on you and sip that and Water at regular intervals. It'll give you what you need and allow you to really enjoy such an important day. You'll do great

To be fair, I couldn't give a rats arse whether anyone is enamored with this post or not. As with most things and as I have been repeatedly told - if you don't like something, move right along! It is, after all, in the 'rant and rave' section of the program! So and if this point has escaped some, it avoids singling people out in their own threads (because that's attacking an individual ) but just 'sows the seeds of thoughts' for an individuals own reflection... It is, rightly or wrongly, my viewpoint. Although most don't agree - most have overlooked the core tenet. Which is, for those who missed it, that if an individual can't be faffed to do in-depth research for themselves - wishing people to 'spoon feed' them repeatedly - then how does that bode for their levels of personal accountability post surgery? How does it benefit them or the site? It doesn't. Now, if it's my mistake to assume that surely people want to 'add' to the pot - not just go through the motions time and time again - then I clearly miss the point of a forum of this nature and I'll hold my hands up to that. I see the value in 'reaching out' - I really do. I have acknowledged and said it many times before. I am also in awe of the people who are not tired of responding to it. I, too, ignore what annoys. Sometimes, however, it gets my goat so I thought I'd state that. I don't, however, see the purpose of people not taking accountability for their own information needs and also being a bit lazy in how they go about it. I do, however, concede there are often difficulties in this, when using the phone app and with the search function itself. As for the drama... One might want to review ones own last post and make an evaluation from there on that one... Attention seeking? Ha! As above. I could always take it down to base level for you; start posting topics entitled 'OMG HELP!!!!' for it then to be an exposition of eating half a lettuce leaf with a molecule of ranch dressing on it. Asking people to anticipate down to the millisecond when it is they will likely expire... But no, to make everyone feel 'better', I shall simply state that I love you all and am available, day or night, for cuddles, tear-wiping, forehead soothing and speaking in hushed, baby-like monosyllabic tones. That, if unsure, would be the 'half baked', 'half witted' portion of the program

<is mulling over whether she can be arsed to go through every reply and respond to each 'charge' individually..> <and she realises she can't be arsed, because it would be futile to>

I got fat - because I ate too much. Why did I eat too much? Loneliness, unreasonable expectations, unrealised parental aspiration and their regret. Unyielding, all encompassing judgement. Condition-based love and affection, paranoia and knowing no matter what I achieved - I was never going to be good enough. Reason enough, I think.

Satay chicken flavour

I take a BIG mouthful of lactalose. I promise you... Give it 1.5 hours and you will be pooping through the eye of a needle. It won"t be 'comfortable', per se - as everything moves REALLY quickly. However, you will feel like a new human being afterwards. Happy pooping

If someone waved one of those piercing contraptions near my boobs? The nipples would probably invert even more than they do now, no doubt ending up sticking out of my bleedin' shoulder blades <shudders at the thought>

Incredible. Simply incredible. Very well done, you x

lol I'm not evil! Maybe a bit of a pain in the bum, but not evil x

lol That's how I look with a hangover

I know it's not everyone's cup of tea.. But when my cravings hit? I eat two squares of high cocoa content chocolate. Like 70% plain. And good quality, too - Lindt, for example. I was told to do this by my quack, who said that the high level of cocoa sates cravings far better than the milky, full of palm oil/butter type stuff. I have to say - it works and stops me from trying to chow down on doughnuts, cake, burgers, anything I can get my grubby little paws on and the like

It looks truly lovely and I'm sure you'll have an amazing time, with your new svelte, running up and down the stairs, self

Nicely done! You look very happy

That's a cracking result. Well done, you! As an aside though - would you mind telling us where you were when that beach photo was taken?! I want to go there! Immediately!

Muahahahahaha... My work here is done. <wanders off back to her cave. Chuckling>

That's very cool indeed. You go, girl!

I think that's a great idea. It won't be long before you're in them.

What. In. The. World. No, really.

May I ask, is drinking whilst you're eating the bad habit you need to break - or is it something else?

Yep, I'm in the 'call her out on it' brigade. You should tell her how it made you feel. If you do it well enough, it should leave her with enough food for thought for the next few days. Lets see how she likes it, the offhanded cowbag. Stay strong, treacle. You're doing great

Wasn't it one of your great countrymen that stated..'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' (F D. Roosevelt) I'm going to add - 'Every day is a school day'. When we learn, we grow. Living with a 'status quo' is not living. It is not growing, either. (Except, width ways) If you calculate the percentage risks of surgical complications (under 2% on average), with the complications of all the health issues we were all presenting with? Then calculate the likelihood of ending up having to have some god-awful treatment down the road, which will then potentially snowball into other treatments, to overcome the side effects of the first treatment. Then secondary issues because of all those, which then become primary issues, because your body can no longer withstand the abuse its been subjected to? I thought about this. It boiled down to this one, hard, inescapable fact: 'When I'm 70 (I was shooting high here, given my health issues), laying on my deathbed, with tubes coming out of every orifice, will I be thinking 'I am so glad I didn't change the state I was in. I had a good life, if limited and full of crushing feelings of inadequacy, but it was 'okay'.' Or will I be thinking (at 85 years old) 'Hell-to-the-f**** yeah, I spun that barrel and gave it all I had'. Its a personal choice, I totally get it. However and for me, this was a no-brainer. I was shooting for the stars. I still am.