LindafromFlorida

Seriously, I feed my soul, the same way I have all my life, by doing for others. I am never happy unless I am doing something for so many people. I am so blessed and I have so much love to give. I have a good husband who does rein me in from time to time.

From what I can tell he brings these people in and he might be paying their expenses. They move into new housing in his town.

Good luck and God Bless. Keep us posted.

It makes me smile to read these posts. I am happy and proud, so proud, of this lifechanging event for myself, and each of you.

Diabetes scares the heck out of me Ginger, seeing my husband and his problems for over 35 years, and it was getting worse. It no longer rules our lives. God Bless!

Perhaps the words bitch and bully which offend the heck out of me, should be banned. I don't bully anyone, I have never been a bitch in my life, I am accused of slamming people, what is wrong with women on the attack here? This gets ridiculous. Irritable sometimes, yes, that is me. Old age does that sometimes. But I am genuine, real, kind, and honest.

I do not know what a rule based reply is RJ. I am a simple human being and I am here for help and to help.

moonlitestarbrite is one of the kindest people here. Get a life. Sick and tired. Sick and tired of people attacking decent people, sick and tired of the words bully and bxxxh. My God cannot we act with kindness and love?

LOL Alyce, the best is yet to be!

Alyce we are still burping 9 months after surgery lol! You will eat regular food I promise. Sometimes I wish I could not eat regular food! Good luck.

I have found that I like simplicity after throwing out so many expensive foods, especially vegetables. If you keep the good foods in the fridge, you always have a go to. Rotisserie chickens are great for on the go lettuce wraps, chicken salad, added some to a little FF Soup, a Fajita made with the chicken, just add some taco seasoning. This week I also took a very small lean sirloin steak filet, smaller in size than a saucer, sliced it and stir fried it with bell pepper, onion and mushrooms, with low sodium soy sauce. My husband will have a small serving of smoked salmon as his dinner. Since we are in Florida we love our salt Water fresh fish. I no longer fry anything. I saute in a little olive oil and add Old Bay Seasoning and lemon juice for pizzazz! Cooking is a breeze with hardly any planning if you have the right things on hand. I also buy turkey sausage which can be cooked with cabbage, or the peppers and onions mixture. seasoned turkey meatballs are easy and good. Best wishes and cooking! My favorite meal is sharing one small filet mignon and salad with my husband. (we were both sleeved)

Keep the appointment because you need to feel good and look good too! I drove 2 days after sleeving and walked slowly in the grocery store. I was not on any pain meds. I felt wonderful. I walked in several stores about 5 days after surgery, walking slowly but feeling good. Listen to your body. Just do not lift or over do anything. Have fun!

Alyce, best of wishes to you. Read the protein count on the container of yogurt. It is good to keep track of what you eat. Every day will get better! Have a wonderful weekend!

LOL, I got Silly Putty too! It squeezes nicely into my tight pants and flattens!

You are the most positive, happy, inspiration on Bariatric Pal! Keep leading us beautiful!

Robster, this sounds great. Any surgery is scary. It is downhill now. Smile! I am on Prilosec for the rest of my life. Give her broth and popsicles and according to her doctor's plan. Tell her I said hugs, and get moving, walk as much as possible. I drove in 2 days and shopped 5 days later at the mall. I am loving my life at 68! God Bless you both on this journey. Linda

My husband and I, and many people here had the hiatal hernia, had no costly endoscopy either. Hernias were repaired with the sleeve. Can you get a second opinion? I think it is about money with some of these surgeons. Good luck!

My husband and I are both on 1 81 mg aspirin a day as a blood thinner, for heart problems, with doctor approval. Good luck everyone.

I have changed once with 60 lbs. The most comfortable is without one. I live my life unsnapping my bras, in the car, walking in the house, travelling, you name it. Someone please invent something comfortable please, before I die!

do you have a primary care doctor? If not please find one. I have had the same one for over 20 years and he has helped me tremendously. Since your surgeon is in Mexico, this is important. Always trust your gut instinct and if you hurt bad enough please go to the ER! Best wishes, Linda

Hi Kat, I can relate. My husband is 67 and was sleeved in December 2013, and is down 100 lbs. We went to WLS seminars 15 years ago, but he had too much fear. He has been obese his entire life and would go a year on Optifast shakes - for several thousand dollars, losing 100 lbs twice, only to regain it. He can barely walk as a result of back surgery with residual leg/nerve problems. Twelve years ago he had a heart blockage with a stent. He is on daily full aspirin because of the stent, like Coumadin. He has had Type II diabetes 30+ years. He was on 3 BP meds. sleep apnea. Cellulitis (sometimes life threatening) of the ankles and legs. Diabetes was so out of control that I kept 3 Glucagon shots in the house at all times for the many nights he would be unconscious from a 30-40 blood sugar. Rescue calls and a room full of firemen was the norm. At a seminar last year I found I qualified for the sleeve because of newly diagnosed diabetes, asthma, 2 HB meds daily, knee replacement, and I led my terrified husband into sleeve surgery. He was warned of the high risk, but the high risk of not having the sleeve was scarier. He now needs another hernia repair, and it will be done laparoscopically and repaired with mesh covering the skin inside his stomach. Maybe you can find out if this mesh would be of benefit to your husband's problem. His life was reduced to a recliner because his legs swelled so bad we could not take car trips, or hardly walk. He has just bought a kayak and has it equipped for fishing. We just drove to Kanas to visit a 90 year old Uncle, drove to W VA for a family reunion, spent 7 days on a cruse, and 7 days in New Orleans. This has been our life since May and it has been an awesome trip. Scared the hell out of us. Good luck, just keep researching and maybe visit a few surgeons until you find the right one. We did. God Bless you both.

You are inspiration for the day!!!!!! I feel I will never get in a 6, but will settle for the size 10. Congratulations!!!

Hang in there girl! You will make it. Focus on doing something, anything. Drink broth and eat popsicles to distract you. Many of us here can tell you that you will be successful in this journey. You will be so thankful, and what you are going through will be a distant memory one day when you are thin and feeling fabulous. Big Hug!

Just smile LisaLou and focus on your plan. We get rather tense about the surgery and I think negative comments just irritate us. Smile and say I plan to prove you wrong LOL, and you know what, you will. This is the greatest thing my husband have ever done for ourselves. There is so much joy in our life compared to before. I look forward to hearing about your success, and please ignore anything negative. My husband insisted his business (surgery) was not to be spread by me, and I am very thankful. No one knows we had the sleeve and we never had to listen to anything negative. I was in the hospital less than 24 hours. Was shopping within a week. You will be fabulous!

A pharmacist recommended Source of Life liquid Gold. I love the taste (fruity), and one bottle lasted about 3 months. I bought it on Amazon.com. I added some Iron pills later, and I take B-12 shots.