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Maybe your stressed or depressed about something? At least you are blind to it. Try to get a grip on it! Good luck!

Nope. Do what your surgeon tells you to do.

Yay! Congratulations!

Good luck!

Ya, it is.

Yes and maybe no? There's no good answer here because we can't see into the future. I can honestly say I haven't NEEDED to see my surgeon since surgery. I didn't have any complications so my check ups are just routine junk. I could go to my primary for labs if I needed to so really I haven't a lot of use for my surgeon now. I still go because I have insurance but if I didn't I wouldn't. If you have issues it could cost you a small fortune. Flip a coin! ☺️

Aren't hormones the best??!

Does it require sucking in air? If it does it won't feel good!

Tell'em to F off! Seriously just say that. It will make you feel better! If I were with you I'd say it for you. Just give me your address and I'll go everywhere with you. I wish someone would!

Yay!!!! Congratulations!!

I see a new "Gofundme" everyday for the craziest things! I'm going to set up a Gofundme account to fix my "give a sh*t meter" because it's broken! I'm not sure how much it's going to cost to fix it but I'm sure it's more than I can afford. Now, to you...if I were in your shoes I would defiantly go to Mexico! That's what I was going to do but we have Fed insurance through my hubs work that was excellent and paid for it (he's been working over 35 years so he's more than paid his fair share trust me) Please don't call me "lucky" lucky would have been not needing it at all! Not going to Mexico when you can afford that route and asking others for money instead is like being a starving person who rejects a sandwich because it's has mayo on it. It's the whole "beggars can't be choosers" scenario. In the end it's up to you but go to MEXICO and enjoy!!! Adios!

Wait....maybe that run was called tough mudder??

@@Dub You can add pictures along the way. That's what I did. I even showed my bare stomach! Ha! You don't have to wait. It's fun to see the progress. Sometimes I think it gives people unrealistic hopes to see someone's "fluffy" picture and then a skinny picture. Like it just happens that way. Then they get discouraged and think they aren't doing well. When the truth is they just missed all the in-between. The "ugly duckling to swan" part so to speak. I told my surgeon that I wasn't exercising. He told me that he wasn't going to give me a hard time because I have lost so much just by watching what I put in my mouth. He doesn't know I've been eating cookies though.....he doesn't need to know EVERYTHING! I ate ok tonight finally! Korean short ribs and garlic baby Bok Choy I whipped up! I only ate 1/3 of this but hey it's not a cookie!!

@@LipstickLady I was going to do some "mud warrior" or something named like that but it never happened

@@wannaBthinsoon I think it's a special condition they don't tell you that you may inherit after surgery, we are the "unlucky" ones....

@@LipstickLady Workout! You're so funny! I'm allergic to all that! Are you trying to help me or kill me here? Nah, my daughter informed me that she wants to workout so I may join her in stuff.....

@@Dub Just seeing this. My activity levels is working, that's it. I don't exercise, I've been VERY honest about that! Which is another reason why I'm perplexed about the whole deal. I lost another two lbs but this time it's because eating is just exhausting. Manage cookies and some steamed broccli today oh and 2 protien shakes so I don't croak. I know that's why I lost weight but I'm at work most days and eating it too time consuming and down right gross. I bring a toothbrush with me but I feel like I can't get that damn thing clean enough without my water pick. I eat when I get home. So it's protein shake on the way to work then one on the way home sometimes. I'm getting better with this thing. Thanks for the compliments! You're doing wonderful yourself! I'm picking broccoli babies out of this thing right now ugh!!

Yay! Congratulations!

@@bellabloom Well I hope so girl. Of course I wanted to lose weight. That was the whole point but I've always liked having curves. Even when I was fat I always said I'm rather be fat then flat. I'm not here yet but I've lost as much curves as I'd like too. Unfortunately we don't get to draw a picture of the body we want and hand it to the brain. I'm ok right now. I can eat Mac-n-cheese easily but who wants to live on that? It's not much protein so I work on my shakes.

@@Kathy812 I've had it exactly 56 hours and 28 mins.....too long!! And no I wont because I'll probably be dead by then from stubbornness and starvation.

@@wannaBthinsoon HA! Thank you! Backatcha!

@@wannaBthinsoon Its not painful per say right now it's just annoying! It's hard to even drink my protein drink. They say it's all going to be worth it...."they" better be right! I can't pronounce my U's or T's either which is comical for my daughter. I swear she almost pissed herself laughing at me.

You're all welcome for that picture lol! Now, see why I need it fixed?! And I'm a adult so that makes everything harder since my bones should be fused already. We have to slowly break it all back open.

Here I took a picture so you guys can see what the problem is. You can't tell from the outside so I have to open my big mouth to show people that it is indeed screwy. You just have no idea how much you use the top of your mouth until it's restricted.

If I lose now it's because eating is a horrible process! This expander is the stupidest thing I've done. I wish I would have done it before surgery. I HATE eating right now. It takes forever and I get disgusted with the whole process before I can get full. What's worse is I'm hungry at times but the thought of going through the process of eating with this thing in my mouth is too taxing. An expander is bad enough but I have a "special" case because my upper palate is so narrow my expander had to be custom made lower in my mouth which restricts my tongue even more than normal. It's just plain SUCKS! $8,000 dollars worth of SUCKS!! My mouth better be move star perfect when this crap is over!