Djmohr

I may have to check into that hot chocolate

I bought the multi-pack of hot chocolate -- delish! Very impressed!

Keep me posted. I keep my fingers, toes and even my eyes crossed for you pain relief.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes! I still have a few days before this injection takes full effect. I have had a couple good days and a few bad ones. I am still hopeful and i have been told it might take a second try at it so we will see.

Rest and be patient with healing....

Yummo! I've come to love salmon. Bet those salmon patties were fabu!!

Yum! Can I come over to eat?

Can I come over?

what time is dinner?!?

I had it for lunch and it was amazing! Now I have leftovers Frozen for next time.

I really love Ree, her recipe's turnout so good.

wow - i can smell it over here! LOL next time give me an invite LOL keep up your good job kathy

It was outstanding and 23grams protein in 1 cup! Fortified with lots of veggies and I used ground sirloin for the beef.

Baked buttermilk chicken breasts tonight! They have been marinating for 2 days.

With whole green beans! I am looking forward to it.

What a lucky woman you are to be living so far away from me. Otherwise you would have my company OFTEN right around dinner time!

I would love it. Hubby works until 8pm so I eat alone for basically every meal these days.

Well ts over! I always ask for the cloth and headphones. This machine was so loud I couldn't even hear the music. LOL.

@WLSResources/ClothingExch I hope all goes well for yours!

I now have to wait 2 days for results and then the 18th I will have a game plan.

You're a brave little soldier. Physical therapy all around, barkeep.

What cloth? I don't know about that. And I've been unable to hear the headphones for the banging of the MRI equipment. I try to tell myself nice stories and think of people and places that I love. Nothing works quite well enough, but we try.

And i never, EVER open my eyes under there...i just go to my "happy place" and think of our lake house and nice memories...while it's banging and clanging....

Glad it's over for you, DJ...

Thank you for sharing the great news. I follow your posts closely as you inspire and frequently enlighten me.

Good news! Here's to being healthy again!

Congrats! So happy for you

It is a loose tea that I infuse into my milk

hmmm.....sounds good. I'll look for it.

keep on with the favorite high protein no sugar treat ideas!!! I need them lol

Sending prayers your way... It must be scary! You have been through so much, please take care of yourself.

positive thoughts your way!

Praying all went well.

You gave up a Packers game? It's pre-season, but still...

DJ, sounds like a perfect evening to me! Alone time to pamper yourself. And who cares about sweaty men grunting and bumping into each other anyway? Cottage cheese, a nectarine, and a hot bath with candles lit all around the tub. Bring it!

I am still having really severe back pain and cannot take it for that long. Also recovering from Brachioplasty, trust me.....I would not miss a packer game if I could help it. Last year I went in a neck brace and it almost killed me. Too much up and down for now. It is likely I won't make it to the other ones either.

But hubby supposedly brought me a present because he felt bad.

Djmohr, I have been thinking of you and saying a few prayers too. You are such a ray of sunshine and support to so many on this site that to know you are going through a rough time is disconcerting to me. Please keep us posted on your progress. I hope your recovery is as quick as your weight loss has been successful! Best wishes.

You guys are very sweet. I am having a really rough time tonight. I felt so much better this morning. Hubby is calling the doctors service to see if we can get something a bit stronger. I a, guessing that won't happen until tomorrow given everything has to be physically handed to you these days.

Thanks again everyone for the well wishes and hugs. This is bumming me out a bit and that usually doesn't happen with me

Yummy! I had a Quest Bar and beef jerky.... Not so good of a choice, huh?

Definitely not. I will say my chicken took forever to cook and I ended up eating more of the veggies. By the time my chicken was done, I was full and maybe ate an ounce or two if that.

that sounds delicious - I love chicken and carrots!

That's a triumph....I knew better upon reading your first line, but confess that it brought to mind the old, dopey joke: "My parents went to Las Vegas and all they brought me was this lousy T-shirt." tsm

LOL! I am obsessed with trying things on that I once couldn't because of my heavy arms. Now I look for stuff that is tiny in the arms. It's like a game of challenge. So far I have not found anything in my size that won't fit because of it. Before I was lucky if I fit in my size at all because of my arms. Yay ME!!!!!

Yes, YEY YOU!

Deep down itch, that sounds soooo uncomfortable, but you're right so worth it, I'm sure! Congratulations!

I had to take my sleeves off to wash them and hubby is supposed to clip any of the mesh bandage that comes lose. It's the first time he has seen them in about 4 days and the swelling is coming down. He was shocked at how nice they look. I have NO loose hanging skin or fat. My arms look like I am in my 20s again. It really is so worth it. Creepy crawlers and all. Valentina, I know exactly what you are saying, it is not the first time I have felt nerves that are irritated having had several spine surgeries. I am hoping that it is not as bad with my tummy and breasts but at least I know what to expect.

So exciting! Very impressed you did this.

I agree with @Pinkgirl1234 - 1 pound? I am a scale junkie. Have you thought about cutting your hair? manicure? pedicure? wrapping yourself in aluminum foil and going into a sauna? @Djmohr you have done an awesome job and that little... itty... bittty.... 16ounces is nothing.... YOU GOT THIS WHIPPED!

Trust me, I know that I have done great and I do feel great. I also look fantastic in clothes. I also know that if I had surgery to remove all my loose skin, I would be near the bottom of the range for my height.

For some reason, I simply want that 1 stinking pound. If I never get to the 165 goal I don't care but I want that 1 pound. And I know I will get it, it is only a matter of time. I will hunt it down and I will get rid of it. LOL! I have declared war, as of 8am central standard time today, me and that pound are at war.

I totally "get it" about the one pound. My "one pound" is 6lbs (179). I have also declared a 6lb war starting yesterday I got on the scale (GRRrrrrrr!) and I have another apt on the 19th....gonna make it. going back to pre-op diet if scale doesn't move by Sat/Sun.

I ate brussel sprouts again. It doesn't smell good in here.

I've been on liquids since Tuesday. I made a pot roast Tuesday for the SO (in crockpot) - it smelled so good when I got home from work. Last night he made himself some shaved steak sandwiches and even the ketchup smelled good! lol

This is why I switched to a defined benefit policy. I pay everything up to $4000. So I can pick and choose what I want, who I want to do it no freaking networks or idiots. If I go over they pay up to a million. $146 a month. Worth it. I check the box on my taxes saying I have insurance. All is good. Even the year I got my WLS, I have never gone over it. It is worth it just to see the look in the eyes of the people at the front desk when you ask "well how much is that?" You can get so many discounts if you pay cash and don't file insurance its not even funny.

Whoever ordered the lab work should have coded it properly and if they didn't - they should have to re-code it. The diagnosis should have been "Inadequate nutrition resulting from poor diet, malabsorption, or abnormal nutrient distribution" in my opinion. I hope you get it straightened out.

Trust me, I have worked with my doctors office which is an in network clinic. They refuse to recode it and the insurance company thinks they are off the hook because the word Bariatric is in the coding. I am going to appeal it and attach the letter from my Bariatric surgeon now that I have it. But even they don't know that the insurance company will do anything about it. It is total BS. But I won't give this fight up because it is simply wrong. Can you imagine how much it would cost the insurance company if I were to not have my testing done every year and get sick? Which my surgeon wrote in the letter that I am at risk of neurological illnesses due to the malabsorption factor if I don't keep up on my nutrition. I argued with the clinic the other day for over an hour. They believe it is the insurance company. My point was, had someone told me that it was going to cost that much money I seriously would have skipped the test until I got insurance to approve it ahead of time. I would have gone the same route.

Then, I got a call from someone else in the clinic to say that my account was at risk of going to collections. I almost had a heart attack on them. My credit rating has been over 800 for 20 years.....I will go ballistic on them if they screwed with it and so we just paid the bill hoping to get it back later. I really did not have that kind of money that isn't already spoken for. UGH!

Will be praying for a successful procedure. Keep us posted!

the weather is beautiful right now just about perfect

Good luck and best wishes for a quick recovery!!

happy anniversary! you have done amazing and continue to be a great source of support and inspiration on here

Congrats, mine is in November ... YAY!

Ditto what heidikat72 said.

Sooo sorry to hear. Back pain really bites. Feel better, my friend.

Well, after I made my shrimp corn chowder tonight, I sat with a heating pad for a long while and it is doing ok at the moment. I am hoping it remains calm. I just started my own business this week and have been hired to do a 6 week project. I can do 95% of the work from home but the first week will be in Austin Texas and I will be traveling alone. I sure hope things calm down.

New adventure----how exciting. Now you MUST feel better.

this too shall pass! - and its probably already passed by now

Well, the test itself was no problem however I had to put my arms up over my head for the test. That resulted in my shoulder separating. Yes, seriously. I had a torn rotator cuff and severe arthritis of the AC joint now we can add a separated shoulder to that. I have a huge bump on my shoulder now. It's almost comical. I have to laugh or I think I would be crying. One more week and that will be repaired.

Oh gosh, hoping you are not in too much pain! Will it be day surgery or hospital stay?

I hope your recovery goes well and is less painful than you anticipate.

Thank you both!

Hate to hear that for you....however, hoping it will solve your issues. We need you to be back at full potential for all of your helpful and uplifting comments:)

You got this!

Its a couple of weeks later and I'm just seeing this, Djmohr. How are you doing? I hope things are back on track, it must be so frustrating. I'm still loosing, but much slower now, and I get scared when I don't see the scale go down. I know you can do it. Sounds like you are facing it and moving in a positive direction now.

I am doing much better with weight management at the moment. I stopped two medications that were impacting my hunger and literally within a week I dropped from 168 to 161.4 so now I am at my lowest weight since before I had children.

I have some other stuff going on that is causing my appetite to literally be gone so I am sure that is helping but it is temporary so I am still trying to figure out maintenance. Lol, I think this is the hardest part.