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I know this is an OLD thread, but I just had to come back and share that I got a positive hpt yesterday!!! First time I've ever passed a pregnancy test Tomorrow marks my 10-month surgiversary, I'm going for bloodwork to confirm the pregnancy. Woo!!! Miracles do happen ladies!!!

I know this is an OLD thread, but I just had to come back and share that I got a positive hpt yesterday!!! First time I've ever passed a pregnancy test Tomorrow marks my 10-month surgiversary, I'm going for bloodwork to confirm the pregnancy. Woo!!! Miracles do happen ladies!!!

I know this is an OLD thread, but I just had to come back and share that I got a positive hpt yesterday!!! First time I've ever passed a pregnancy test Tomorrow marks my 10-month surgiversary, I'm going for bloodwork to confirm the pregnancy. Woo!!! Miracles do happen ladies!!!

Thanks ladies, I'm feeling better. I saw my baby heartbeat and all my fears went away! I'll be 8 weeks on Tuesday. Due 10/10. My doctors and dietician are going to help me have a successful pregnancy and I trust God; so I'll be fine! Thanks for the support.

It will be okay, like  berry said take a deep breath. Call your ob/gyn explain the situation. It's not an ideal situation but I would bet it is not the worse. You will probably have to really be monitored since you can't really consume much. If it is confirmed you are pregnant remember babies are always a blessing so congrats and I wish you a healthy and happy pregnancy.

Morgantown WV here!

Oh gosh, that terrifies me. I'm having this surgery in order to lose weight so I can have kids (married 16 years now, PCOS is evil), if I went into menopause I think I would just break.

Mmm, one of my faves for sure...
I am the thorn in your crown
But You love me anyway
I am the sweat from Your brow
But You love me anyway
I am the nail in Your wrist
But You love me anyway
I am Judas' kiss
But You love me anyway
See now I am the man who yelled out from the crowd
For Your blood to be spilled on this earth shaking ground
Yes then I turned away with a smile on my face
With this sin in my heart, tried to bury Your grace
And then alone in the night I still call out for You
So ashamed of my life, my life, my life
But You love me anyway
Oh God, how You love me
Yes You love me anyway
It's like nothing in life
That I've ever known
Yes You love me anyway
Oh Lord, how You love me
-Sidewalk Prophets "You Love Me Anyway"

Bridgeport, WV
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Oh I know! Like I was saying to my hubs the other day, "I'm still learning how to feed myself, I'm nowhere near ready to eat for 2!" LOL It's just that we've been trying for what feels like forever, and to have to wait even longer...it's exhausting.

LOL! 62 is not old. Dude!
I'm 8 years older than you (the OP). And I have A LOT OF YEARS LEFT!
Seriously, my mother died last year at 96 and a half years of age. I expect to live at least another 20 years.
I plan to cause a lotta trouble and have a lotta fun during the next 20 years.
Auntie Mame's famous saying seems more than appropriate for a WLS message board: "Life's a banquet, and most poor fools are starving to death!"

I haven't actually used mine yet, it's manual, a Veggetti. Looks fairly simple to deal with. I think the starchier veggies won't be as messy (less Water in a zucchini than a cucumber).
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sounds like a really good Idea to me. I think you will do great since you are already pre planning for your next step.

Pre-planning is a great idea. It allows you to be prepared for the many different situation. I am a little over 10 months out myself and at goal. I continue to take may food to work with me. Typically on Sunday, I get my lunch bag (I rock the plastic grocery bag) together for each day of the week. This lunch bag includes Breakfast, lunch, Protein Shake and Snacks. I have them all stacked in the fridge so that I can just grab and go in the mornings on my way to work. It has help me to stay accountable for my food intake on a daily basis. Good luck on your journey. You can do this!

I'm 6 weeks post-op and cleared for "normal" foods, so I'm looking into doing up a week's worth of meals or so at a time. I just tend to overthink stuff like this, so I wanted to get some input, see how other folks do it. Do you make up full meals in those bento box things? I can only eat a few ounces at a time, depending on the food, so I got some 4-oz containers and was just planning on divvying stuff up into those, to have things ready to eat (so I don't have a chance to make bad choices) and for Portion Control. What do you guys think?

Mmm, one of my faves for sure...
I am the thorn in your crown
But You love me anyway
I am the sweat from Your brow
But You love me anyway
I am the nail in Your wrist
But You love me anyway
I am Judas' kiss
But You love me anyway
See now I am the man who yelled out from the crowd
For Your blood to be spilled on this earth shaking ground
Yes then I turned away with a smile on my face
With this sin in my heart, tried to bury Your grace
And then alone in the night I still call out for You
So ashamed of my life, my life, my life
But You love me anyway
Oh God, how You love me
Yes You love me anyway
It's like nothing in life
That I've ever known
Yes You love me anyway
Oh Lord, how You love me
-Sidewalk Prophets "You Love Me Anyway"

So glad to find this topic! My family's having a July 4th shindig and I was looking for a bari-friendly dish to bring. Just got a spiralizer today so thinking about a faux Pasta salad with zucchini and carrot noodles.

So glad to find this topic! My family's having a July 4th shindig and I was looking for a bari-friendly dish to bring. Just got a spiralizer today so thinking about a faux Pasta salad with zucchini and carrot noodles.

How do you like me now?
How do you like me now?
Now that I'm on my way
Do you still think I'm crazy
Toby Kieth this has to be the theme song for everyone who made the mistake of telling the wrong person about their WLS????

Bonnie Raitt did it best:
"I Can't Make You Love Me"


Turn down the lights;
Turn down the bed.
Turn down these voices
Inside my head.

Lay down with me;
Tell me no lies.
Just hold me close;
Don't patronize.

Don't patronize me.

[Chorus:]
'Cuz I can't make you love me
If you don't.
You can't make your heart feel
Something it won't.
Here in the dark
In these final hours,
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power;
But you won't.
No, you won't.
'Cuz I can't make you love me
If you don't.

I'll close my eyes,
Then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're holding me.

Morning will come,
And I'll do what's right;
Just give me till then
To give up this fight.

And I will give up this fight.

He was a hard-headed man he was brutally handsome
And she was terminally pretty
She held him up and he held her for ransom
In the heart of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless said he was crude
They had one thing in common: they were good in bed
She'd say, "Faster, faster. "The lights are turning red."
Life in the fast lane Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Eager for action and hot for the game
The coming attraction, the drop of a name
They knew all the right people; They took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties; They paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice she was caught up in the race
Out every evenin' until it was light
He was too tired to make it; she was too tired to fight about it.
Life in the fast lane surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane everything all the time
Life in the fast lane
Blowin' and burnin' blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign; Took a turn for the worst
She said, "Listen, baby. You can hear the engine ring.
"We've been up and down this highway; haven't seen a god-damn thing."
He said, "Call the doctor. I think I'm gonna crash."
"The doctor say he's coming but you gotta pay in cash."
They were rushing down that freeway; Messed around and got lost
They didn't care they were just dyin' to get off.
And it was life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane everything all the time
Life in the fast lane

Garth Brooks:
If Tomorrow Never comes
"If tomorrow never comes, will she know how much I loved her?
Did I try in every way
to show her every day
that she's my only one.
And if my time on Earth is through
and she must face this world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last--If Tomorrow Never Comes"

For the love of the gods, husband, if you insist on buying chips, keep them on the top shelf where I can ignore them.
I have asked him nicely, more than a few times since being sleeved in March to put that stuff where I can't see it. Instead, he leaves the open bag on the bottom shelf of the cupboard with the plates and bowls. I go to get my little plate on which to put my 3oz of chicken, only to be greeted with the aroma of deep-fried goodness in the form of a potato.
No, I don't believe that he is trying to sabotage me, he just truly has no comprehension of my deep-seated issues with potato chips. You see, chips and I, we were BFFs. But alas, no longer.
Husband looks at me like I am crazy when I tell him to put the bag out of my sight, until finally I ask him, "Would you leave alcohol out in the open in front of an alcoholic?", and I see the light bulb go on. He sorta gets it. And the chips are moved.
One step at a time, my friends.
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Funny, because my rant would be almost the opposite- I don’t see how anyone can look at the huge variation in pre-op and post-op guidelines among bariatric surgeons and yet somehow come to the conclusion that in order to succeed, I must follow my own surgeon’s rules and you must follow your own surgeon’s rules, even if those rules are diametrically opposed.
If my surgeon had asked me to “whistle Dixie whilst standing on my head farting the National Anthem and air dancing the Marseillaise”, I most certainly would not have blindly followed his orders. I would have researched to see if there was any evidence-based reason for the request, and if not, I would have ignored it (and then looked to change surgeons because mine was clearly tripping balls).
When it comes down to it, I trust myself way more than I trust my surgeon. No one is more invested in me than me. That doesn’t mean I didn’t trust my surgeon to do the operation- I absolutely did. The surgery part is what he excels at. But that doesn’t mean that somehow everything he says is gospel. Instead, I’m much more comfortable researching and coming to my own conclusions.
Now, this doesn’t mean that I’m advocating for people to just eat whatever the hell they want to, because they know better than the surgeon. If you’re eating 3 slices of pizza a week after surgery, or eating nothing but carbs because Protein makes you feel too full, you’re making some bad choices and are just screwing yourself over. But for me, this means figuring out which of the guidelines are important and have to be followed to the letter (I get enough Protein and fluids in each day, no excuses), which are important but there is some wiggle room (I take my Vitamins, but I use the patch and not the brand my surgeon requires), and which are just silly (I use straws and chew gum and my stomach hasn’t exploded yet).

Some people have doctors that tell them no Protein for a month or no Protein shakes at all. As surgery is becoming more popular, and there are more quack doctors out there. Expect more dumb questions.
Even if the questions are annoying, it is better people ask than suffer alone.
This is a support forum. Every topic isn't going to be about low self esteem, bad spouses, and gossipy co-workers.