Mattymatt

For the win!

I sure hope my testosterone levels improve. I'm limp as hell. Sent from my Z981 using BariatricPal mobile app

I am looking for a way to grow my goatee again. I shaved it off because it's now all white. I am allergic to the Just For Men beard/mustache gel so that isn't an option. I miss my goatee and if y'all have any ideas, I am all eyes.

Triple like! Sent from my Z981 using BariatricPal mobile app

Here's the answer to the easy way out comment that stops them cold in their tracks: 1) I've had to go on a restrictive, liquids-only pre-op diet for 2 weeks. 2) I've had to re-lean how to eat again beginning with clear liquids, moving on to pureed, then soft foods, and finally regular food. 3) I can no longer use food to drown out anxiety, emotional pain, etc. I have to deal with it face to face so I have good days and bad days. 4) My stomach has good days and bad days and I don't always no which one it will be. Then I have to carefully eat so as not to overeat and become sick. Food must be carefully and mindfully chewed. 5) I have to work out 3-4x per week 6) I need regular vitamins for the rest of my life. * So tell me again, honey, how I took the easy way out.

So glad to hear that you're doing better and that the surgery was ultimately a success. Keep on coming back and posting.

Marijuana doesn't have to be smoked to get it's benefits. It can be eaten as well. Sent from my Z981 using BariatricPal mobile app

LOL! I wish I had a job to go back to. I am beating the bushes looking for work opportunity.

Speaking for myself, I know that I get bouts of nausea if I am dehydrated. Interestingly enough, this didn't happen pre-surgery. Are you making certain to get your 64oz of liquid in a day?

I take it that you don't believe in evolution? I'm not a big fan of creationism and so-called intelligent design. Sent from my Z981 using BariatricPal mobile app

Wahoo!!!!

I wouldn't run the risk of taking NSAIDs. It's just not worth irritating your stomach.

I thought dumping was only a thing for RNY folks .... interesting.

HAHA! Haven't become a heart throb just yet. Maybe when I get a little closer to two fitty.

Now this is happening to me all of the time. Oh well, maybe it will encourage us to comment instead of hitting the <3 button.

Try logging out and back in. It seemed to resolve it for me. Sent from my Z981 using BariatricPal mobile app

I had to bring mine with me.

I am fine with being average. I've spent my whole life living with a Type A personality driving me hard and very unhealthy. For the first time in my life, I am just comfortable in the middle of the road.

I lost 10 pounds. Sent from my Z981 using BariatricPal mobile app

I don't like to get political but Donald Trump actually inspires me to do just the opposite of what he does. Every time I hear him smear someone's name, I am even more motivated to do something kind for someone else. I understand the world can be a big, bad place but it doesn't mean that we need to become desensitized to it. I really object to the snowflake meme and telling people they should suck it up. No, maybe we could do a better job being good, decent, charitable human beings instead of stepping on each other to get ahead. Again, I take a heaping teaspoon of my own medicine.

The emoticon came up as a laugh. Oh well, no worries. I was simply wondering if I had said something stupid.

Why is what I said above funny? I am very serious. There is enough meanness out in the world.

Sometimes when one is not feeling so good about themselves, they pick on the weakness of someone else out of personal frustration. This is the way it has been throughout time. I know when I am feeling down and despondent I have to actually work to prevent the mean, angry, and sarcastic Matty from coming out. It's not a side of me that I like but sometimes I am human and it comes out but I will always apologize for this because, again, I don't want to be known as an a*****e.

Chloraseptic might be okay to use if it is not in the NSAID class of drugs. But better to be safe and check with your doctor.

I had to do my two week pre-op diet with OptiFast. It is unpleasant at best but a rite of passage. About the only flavor I could stand was chocolate. Vanilla and strawberry you could practically taste the fakeness. My endocrinologist pulled me off of insulin when I first started out. About a week into the diet, I was also pulled off of Victoza as I continued to run low.