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So for anyone that is intrested i had a ds done on the 5th. I got up and walked around i was feeling the gas pains pretty good so i walked and walked. The second day felt better and i was really walking around alot and at a quick pace. Dr came by said i was good to go home sent me home with a pain management ball. The ride home was two hours we made several stops but by the time i got home i was full of gas again i was hurting bad. I walked and walked and nothing so i finally decided to take a gas x something my doctor was against. I said screw it and took it. All while trying to put on a brave face so the i told you so's would not start flying out.
Finally the gas went down some and i was able to lay down. The next day was a lot better took more gas x and tooted then pooped and it felt wonderful. Now i go every two or three hours which according to nurse at hospital is normal. Thursday so far so good will be removing the pain ball today ill let yall know how that goes if yall are interested.
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There are many many straws for me but the one that started the ball rolling was when my father very tall and thin man smoker all his life suffered many debilitating strokes. He fell at the nursing home once and i helped get him up since he was hurting the nurses, my god he was so heavy. It made me appreciate the nurses so much more.
I started thinking on my life i have no one other than my two sisters and my mom who is only 4'10 all i kept picturing is her taking care of me in the same state.
Pops died during that week i somehow messed up my knee went to ortho she said i will not be able to walk in two years due to arthritis and weight.
One year later messed up the other knee and was halving trouble walking. That scared the carp out of me i quit smoking and went to my physician and told him to refer me.
While i was waiting for a call for an appt. I was coming home in the wee hours in the morning from work. I started to watering and went out to turn it off when i stepped on a wet spot on the top of concrete stairs and fell directly on my arse then bounced forward and messed up my knee some more so there i was 391 pounds of me lying on a wet concrete floor with the sprinkler going and a toad staring back at me. Yup almost squished a toad. So im wondering how im going to get up was in so much pain i had to crawl to the Water shut off then had to crawl up the stairs i finally manged to crawl into bed wet clothes and all i just could not move i felt so incredibly alone and i flashed back to my father and seeing him on the floor. I knew this was it i was done being fat!
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There are many many straws for me but the one that started the ball rolling was when my father very tall and thin man smoker all his life suffered many debilitating strokes. He fell at the nursing home once and i helped get him up since he was hurting the nurses, my god he was so heavy. It made me appreciate the nurses so much more.
I started thinking on my life i have no one other than my two sisters and my mom who is only 4'10 all i kept picturing is her taking care of me in the same state.
Pops died during that week i somehow messed up my knee went to ortho she said i will not be able to walk in two years due to arthritis and weight.
One year later messed up the other knee and was halving trouble walking. That scared the carp out of me i quit smoking and went to my physician and told him to refer me.
While i was waiting for a call for an appt. I was coming home in the wee hours in the morning from work. I started to watering and went out to turn it off when i stepped on a wet spot on the top of concrete stairs and fell directly on my arse then bounced forward and messed up my knee some more so there i was 391 pounds of me lying on a wet concrete floor with the sprinkler going and a toad staring back at me. Yup almost squished a toad. So im wondering how im going to get up was in so much pain i had to crawl to the Water shut off then had to crawl up the stairs i finally manged to crawl into bed wet clothes and all i just could not move i felt so incredibly alone and i flashed back to my father and seeing him on the floor. I knew this was it i was done being fat!
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By no means am I at goal, but I'd you would have told me on Sept 26th that is be 50lbs lighter before Christmas, I would have told you that you're insane. Yet here i am! I have 60 more to go before I'm at goal, but for the first time in my life, I can see myself getting there. That's a lot to wrap my head around. The lowest weight I ever remember being is 186 in 6th grade.
So pictures are worth 1000 words. The first pic was July 1st, two weeks before my first appt with the surgeon. The second was tonight.  
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I am with butterfly23 Shame is a good word for how i felt. Although i have not had surgery yet and this topic died down some i am going to revive it again.
I have always been overweight as a kid we had so little that when we did have a little bit of something extra my mom would treat us with going to the store with her and letting us pick out something to keep all to our selves. I had a horrible childhood my father was an alcaholic and would come home every weekend and fight with my mom. When it was over and he was gone again my mom saw how terrified we were so she would give us a snack what ever we had at the time to take our minds off of it.
Well those habbits grew stronger and they stayed with me all through out life. Growing up things happened that made the word horrible feel like heaven.
Growing up and all through out school i had kids teenagers and adults pick on me. They would walk behind me and call me frankenstein i am tall too and buffalo butt. If i had to walk i would have the bigger kids drive by me several times yelling out the worst of the worst. As a teenager in highschool i finally learned that i could use my size to intimidate the bullies. Only so they could do it behind my back i would go out to the parking lot to find my car smeared with cupcakes and ugly names written all over it. So much for intimidation.
I never made friends easily i lacked social skills from the way we were raised . My father finally let my older sister go to a dance he forced me to go chaperone her oh joy. She had grown into her looks and body the last thing she wanted was me hanging around so she left me sitting on chairs on the dance floor. A boy walked over and asked me to dance i got up amd smiled then he said NOT i dont dance with pigs. Well there went my self esteem lol and in went more food.
So time went by i finally grew out of the awkward stage by this point i had thicker skin now but i was so tall that my extra weight did not look like i was obese. You can see i was chunky but i had actually had a pretty face or at least that is what people would say you know, oh you have such a pretty face to bad your heavy. Anyways i met my ex husband married him not sure if i really loved him but seemed like the right thing to do to get away from home. Needless to say i failed at marriage. In went more food since then ive had two failed relationships one i had gotten pregnant with first child out went the man. However pregnancy was something i wanted so bad. I had a miscarriage. I was told it was probably my weight. In went more food.
So now im 41 it is probably to late to have kids you need a man for that, one that loves you granted. I am plagued with all kinds of health problems and i hurt my knees at work. Go see a doctor they say im so bad that in two years i will be in a wheel chair great. Another year later my pops gets sick and passes away now who am i going to blame? In goes more food. 42 years old i fall on my arse at home off the concrete stairs while changing Water outside at 2 in morning i work nights. i am 391 pounds 5feet 10in. I had to crawl back up the stairs after laying there for 10 min scariest thing that happened to me not because of the actual fall but because of what could of happened. Thats it i go see surgeon. I have meeting and he tells me granted mom is in room it is not your fault. Never had i had five words mean so much to me its like i could stop faking being happy and just be happy. I know i had as much to blame for everthing going wrong and how i would deal with it but after so many failed attempts to lose the gut it was nice to hear those words. Now i will see if i can live the rest of my life for me. So yes shame is a good word and regret not making a change sooner.
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I just wanted to share my pics since I figured out how to download them...lol
Mindi in Waterloo
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Agirlhasnofluff
Omg i have to admit your post scared the sh!t out of me then i read porkchopexpress and that eased my nerves lol some.
However i do have some questions for you since i am going to have the same procedure (maybe) and it seems like not to many people on here have opted for this one. So forgive me if i bug you but when you say 8000 times a day really about how much do you go and is it alot that comes out? Does it have an overly foul oder as i seen some say that have posted about their surgeries. Also does it hurt to go potty after surgery? Sorry not trying to be nasty just seems to be the right place to ask.Why the biopsy on your liver is that part of the procedure? Plus what is your starting weight and bmi mine is 391 bmi 53. Im on a cell phone and cannot see it if you have a ticker. Porkchopexpress i like your new picture you look slimmer already.
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Im 5'10 at 391 been making bad decisions my entire life hope to stop the cycle with this one. Sent from my SM-G920P using the BariatricPal App

Okay fellow dsers and weight loss surgery friends its my turn up at bat. Five more hours and i start my new life. Feeling a little anxious not about surgery but the after lol.
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Okay fellow dsers and weight loss surgery friends its my turn up at bat. Five more hours and i start my new life. Feeling a little anxious not about surgery but the after lol.
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Okay fellow dsers and weight loss surgery friends its my turn up at bat. Five more hours and i start my new life. Feeling a little anxious not about surgery but the after lol.
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Look at you oozing that confidence! You look wonderful.
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Okay fellow dsers and weight loss surgery friends its my turn up at bat. Five more hours and i start my new life. Feeling a little anxious not about surgery but the after lol.
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Okay fellow dsers and weight loss surgery friends its my turn up at bat. Five more hours and i start my new life. Feeling a little anxious not about surgery but the after lol.
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Okay fellow dsers and weight loss surgery friends its my turn up at bat. Five more hours and i start my new life. Feeling a little anxious not about surgery but the after lol.
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Wow, people this forum had me in tears after reading all the posts. I am new here and i can understand that you guys are frustrated with people getting the surgery and still asking about bad foods. I seen a post yesterday where someone educated another on it, and i thought to my self this is where i need to be. I was so grateful that i came across this site it was just what i was looking for. Somewhere i could ask all my questions and not be judged for being super morbidly obese. As i explained in one of my first post i am not that savvy when it comes to social media had not been able to figure out what is what heck just a few min. before reading this forum i found the the rules of posting, but i was not going to let that stop me since i had finally found some people to help me. I come from a small small town i have to travel to see my surgeon and anyone else that is going through the same thing i will be going through. I am very shy and have so much trouble making friends due to the weight and because i have no room for face book in life it is like i have nothing to offer. i'm sure some of you old timers can remember what that was like or can you? It seems to me that some of you have forgotten what it was like to be the newbie. Good for those that did the research before asking questions i did that research too but i thought by asking questions it would open up some type of conversation but yall are to tired for that. I seen earlier a post from someone who quit because they felt they were being attacked now i can see why they felt that way i asked one of the no no questions and got some burn back from someone. I was still okay with it brushed it off. However now i see that some of those that answered me are on this same forum one thank you for taking the time out of your wonderful to busy lives to deal with newbies to grace me with an answer. Sorry i bothered yall. I pray never to be at the same level as yall, and god grant me the patience to help those that need me. I hope you guys continue to lose and be happy. As for me ill keep my log in only for the store but ill seek advice somewhere else.

Good video cajun boy
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I forewarned my family about the regretful stage lol. Having mine on the fifth. You will do great cant wait to read about your progress. Let us know how it went. Sending good vibes your way"""""""" """""""""""" """"" """"""".
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So i went and pre registered for surgery on monday found out that i had met most of my out of pocket. Had to pay about 900.00 which is why i was pushing for surgery this year next year i probably could not afford it. Did blood and x ray and did a final weigh in before surgery. I was only required two days of a preop diet before surgery however i took all the info given to me in our meetings and put my self on a high Protein low carb diet happy to say i lost 11 pounds on my own Now i know that is not much but let me tell you for someone who started at 391 that means the world to me. It gives me the i can do this feeling. The one major issue i am facing is the exercise which i can do mostly outside of a gym however doc wants me to do resistance exercises to keep muscle mass. Anyone one know of a way i could do that without going into a gym like equipment that i could buy was thinking about the total gym. I dont know, any ideas?
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So i went and pre registered for surgery on monday found out that i had met most of my out of pocket. Had to pay about 900.00 which is why i was pushing for surgery this year next year i probably could not afford it. Did blood and x ray and did a final weigh in before surgery. I was only required two days of a preop diet before surgery however i took all the info given to me in our meetings and put my self on a high Protein low carb diet happy to say i lost 11 pounds on my own Now i know that is not much but let me tell you for someone who started at 391 that means the world to me. It gives me the i can do this feeling. The one major issue i am facing is the exercise which i can do mostly outside of a gym however doc wants me to do resistance exercises to keep muscle mass. Anyone one know of a way i could do that without going into a gym like equipment that i could buy was thinking about the total gym. I dont know, any ideas?
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Sharbear thanks for that nsaid info something new learned today woohoo.
Thank you all for your words it was just what i needed to hear. I know its just a case of the bride getting cold feet. Lol i will do better.
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Lately seems to be a lot of spam on this web site now there is one of a lady in bikini. Unless she lost the weight through surgery. She does not need to be on here. Lmao
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Lately seems to be a lot of spam on this web site now there is one of a lady in bikini. Unless she lost the weight through surgery. She does not need to be on here. Lmao
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I would like to see them as well, my surgeon quotes stats all the time and I have never heard anything this bad. In fact, 80% of people gaining all of their weight back in 5 years is what they say about people who do NOT have surgery but try to do it on their own. Why would insurance pay at all if the stats are no better for people who have surgery? That sounds like a huge waste of money.

Here is a good explanation for drinking soon after a meal.
Although this guy had a Bypass, this video explains what happens when someone drinks with a meal or soon after.
I don't wait too much Before my meal, but After my meal, I stick to the 30 mins rule.
I simply remembered the Funnel analogy.

There you go, dear @@4MRB4PHOTO
How about this ... a photo

And this old clip below, yes it is old and in poor quality, yes it says "Pal", but Spam is its cousin .....