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RosieCheeks, don't you dare get despondent! Don't kill your granny. Or anyone else for that matter!!!! Prison food is not the best idea when you need a precise type of nutrition! Will you stop stressing, please? Pretty please? Rome was not built in a day and neither can you be UNBUILT in a month. Patience woman! NO-one said this was going to be a quick fix. Thank heavens it isn't. Us sleevers need time to adjust to how our bodies deal with food post op. It takes our brains a bit of time to get used to what our new tummies discover very quickly. I mean, before your surgery, when did you last feel completely stuffed? I hadn't felt full for YEARS!!!! My brain had no concept of what 'full' meant. It is slowly learning now as my stomach has to keep reminding it. Poor little brain is also having to learn the difference between plain greed and proper hunger. Add to all this going on, your metabolism has had a major sea change and has to re-adjust to the new quantities of food that it has to process. Blimey, hope you're not trying to be Superwoman? Give yourself a break. You are still healing for gawd's sake. You will be for some time to come. Just let the ounces dribble away slowly but surely and don't fret. It IS happening. Don't try to rush things. Anyway, how long did it take you to pile the weight on? Bet the whole process took a damn site longer than a month! Point made. I shall shut up now[emoji6][emoji8]

Hi All
Many thanks for your replies. It's good to have some support as I'm doing all this on my own, my friends think I'm off to Prague on business! I just don't want all the doubters and negative comments, I'll tell them after.
@@Lulu - I filled in the BB online form and someone called me and I went from there.
@UK_Cathy - Thanks for info. There is wifi (thank god) as I'll be taking my lappy and working from my hospital bed.
@@chrisredjeep - thanks you.
@@scaredandexcited - stalk away, I'll keep you updated!
Started the liquid diet today, must not think about food, must not think about food, must not.........

You sound very strong. My year has been much like yours. I have learned to put my faith in God or whatever higher power you believe in.
I have given up control and my life has become so uncomplicated.
I had surgery on September 11, 2016 to repair a ventral hernia. It was supposed to be 2 1/2 hours long. 8 1/2 hrs later after I passed on the table and was brought back. I was told by the surgeon, she also had to revise my gastric bypass.
One month after surgery my husband and I became homeless. We have been staying with friends since.
I have learned to be grateful for all that I have. Every morning I am so grateful to be alive. You too will get through this. If you need someone to talk to you can message me.
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I can relate. Mine took me by surprise yesterday. I was drying myself off after my shower and felt these weird bumps between my arms and neck.. I looked in the mirror, low and behold... collar bones. I haven't seen or felt them in so long. What a nice surprise!
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I don't remember being cold when I was on the liquid diet, but since I hit my goal weight I am always freezing! It is a strange feeling, since I don't remember ever being cold my entire life. That just isn't a problem here in Arizona. On the bright side, it is nice not being sweaty all the time, and I look forward to the savings on my air conditioning bills this summer!

Had a ventral hernia and RYN repair on 9/11/15. My highest weight 425 SW 360 CW 240.
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You may have stones without pain. Hopefully it is something simple.

I lied for the first time today about what I was going to be doing come June 21st. Of course, there would be something on that day that I'd have to give an excuse for not attending. I just hadn't thought about what I was going to tell people outside-of-the-know yet. I went with "I'm going to be traveling." I felt a little bad about not being honest, but I just don't know that I want anyone, particularly outside of close friends, to know...

DaVinci (the robot's name) did a wonderful job with my sleeve. Because of my high starting weight, my liver was larger than normal. Your liver needs to be moved aside (SUPER carefully) to get at your stomach. No problems. Three 3/4" incisions. One night in the hospital. Walking the ward the next morning. (I actually got out of bed to pee, and afterwards just kept walking around!). Now after losing 226 lbs. they are going to repair a hernia I have had for FAR too long...wait for it...with a robot.

I work for the VA and some of the medical centers are doing the robotic surgery. I've heard it's extremely precise and non invasive. There is also I doctor right there, so its not like no one is there in case of an emergency!
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My sleeve was done robotically and I have not had one issue post op. My daughter is a surg tech and explained it to me as the best and least invasive way to go.
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US Presidential Election Year Rant:
I am so sick of having to listen to people who insist on spewing their political ideologies all over the damn place -- on Facebook, on line at cash registers, in doctors' waiting rooms, at work, on planes, at parties, at family reunions, etc.
Yes, I know it's their First Amendment right. But it's more than annoying being forced to listen politely to people loudly proclaim that everyone who doesn't adore and endorse their beloved candidate is an idiot / stupid / unpatriotic / immoral / uneducated / [insert here your favorite pejorative].

I've been saving up this thread to read on my Friday morning... and it did not disappoint! Thanks everybody for the great laughs I've started my day with!

You're supposed to give them a jab in the back so that they tumble down the stairs; much faster than stepping aside. Immediately upon jabbing, look up to appreciate the beauty of the Chrysler Bldg. Now proceed on your way.
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If you're a cab driver, you're supposed to know your way around. Don't mess with the idiot GPS buttons, especially when my destination is a numbered intersection. You're supposed to know your way around, damn it. Don't waste my time. I'll give directions, anything to avoid the idiot GPS, but in such case, I'll tip myself.

Lmao I just almost peed my pants!!!

My rant for today.....Why as women do we have to lose our boobs as we lose weight? It's bad enough that I noticed those being the first to go, but I swear I came close to cutting a nipple while shaving my legs this morning. Anyone else? No? Ok never mind then.
On a serious note.....If my boobs touch the floor before my hands, can I count that as a toe touch?!?!?

I am driving a truck and fully loaded horse trailer down the highway. I am doing the speed limit (or maybe 5 over) minding my own business in the right lane. Invariably, someone passes me, cuts over in front and slams on the brakes. I think they can't see around the rig so they want to get around me but want to drive slower, but MAYBE they just have a death wish. The reason I leave a gap in front of me is because the big truck and trailer can't stop as fast as your Prius... Getting in front of me and hitting your brakes defeates the whole purpose of the safe stopping distance. Its very annoying and dangerous and happens frequently.

I wish I didn't know who she was. But I seem to see her all the time now on tv and stories on the Internet. I hated that stupid show Full House and now it's making a comeback! Noooo!

People on motorcycles who decide basic traffic rules do not apply to them. As in deciding that the dotted line separating lanes on the highway is really a motorcycle lane and drive on the dotted line at 100mph and then cut over in front of a car at the last second. (Please note I have a lot of friends who are bikers but they have the good sense to obey basic traffic conventions, I only have an issue with the idiots who don't)
And drivers who decide when traffic gets a little backed up that they are just going to drive on the shoulder for the next 5 miles and then cut over in front of another car at the last second when we come to an overpass/tunnel. Really people, I know you are in a hurry and want to get wherever you are going - so do the rest of us and we'd really rather not get in an accident because of your idiotic narcissistic moves.
Can you tell I had a horrible commute to work this morning?

When your in the grocery store and people leave the cart in the middle of the aisle so you can't pass with yours... How hard is it to pull your cart to the side so it allows people to pass????....
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"
Einstein

I feel your pain!!! We have a grocery list app installed on EVERY family member's phone - all they have to do is update the list and it will get purchased (within reason). I am sure you can guess who updates the list.

This just made me laugh so hard!

Getting stuck behind a person for a few minutes because they do not have their transaction ready when they go to a drive up ATM (or even a walk up), even though they were on line behind 1 or two other people and then instead of pulling up so the next person can use the ATM, be stuck on line longer while they put away their money, bank card, fix their hair, adjust the mirrors, etc.
Some people you don't know what the hell they are doing and why it is taking so long. It is as if they are trying to do a hostile bank takeover via the ATM or never saw a keypad or touch screen before.
HELLO, they had ATMs for decades now, they still work about the same way!
Rant over (microphone drop).

if the teenagers would just text me when they use the last bit of something I wouldn't have to turn into a raging madwoman when I discover the empty container still in the cupboard or fridge....................

Here's a city-centric one. People on their phones talking or texting at the top of the staircase heading into the subway so they don't lose service and thusly, their connection. So...I have to get around you?? Why must you block the stairs?? Either move away, or call them back when you get to your destination. Sheesh....