kakatlady612

Wow I have the opposite type of problem- I have in the past bt Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Well it says in the Bible " this too shall pass" but I never knew that was what it referred to. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Don't have any more floods in Texas please- i have a horrid mental image of you in your Yoda suit bobbing,down the Brazos on the way to the sea. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Wow angy that is so cool, I can see your happy dance clear to Ohio. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I should not have too much trouble finding a spot for a shot- my whole belly is fat-thought that was one of the reasons I was,having bariatric surgery. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Big overgrown dork are you still hospitalized or at home? At any rate how are you feeling? Keep us updated please. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Welcome Chrisp2018, will you be a sleeve or a RnY? Either way we are glad to have you. Are there any questions I can help,with? My avatar says I'm a Guru in Training, so I must be super smart. I'm planning a RnY myself in March, just waiting on my surgeon's office to call me back in the next week or so. I have been big most of my life and obese for a good portion of that. I am 72, old enough to be most everyone else's grandma or great grandma but I'm in it to win it like everone else. I want to live the rest of my life thinner and healthy. My main cheerleader in this undertaking is my son and I'm so grateful to have him. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Sleevedshereen (what a pretty name) you look like one smokin' hot mama now, hope I look so good someday. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Yeah I think so too, remind me in March if I start sniveling post surgery. I'm really anxious for the operation to be behind me. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

The nuts on the outside maybe okay, the nougat and caramel on the inside, bad boy you know better than that! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi Lilymunster. Yes ditch the Diet Coke, stop smoking and committ yourself to start living more healthy. It's not gonna be the easiest thing you've ever done, and from reading others posts you may even be tempted to throw in the towel a few times. I am looking forward to a RnY myself in March, I have Gerd, sleep apnea, long standing arthritis(since i,was 25) and have had both knees replaced. Not whining, just a fact of my life. Now at 72 I've committed myself to living the rest of my days healthier and thinner. It's a journey but feel I'm up to it all. I'm a widow of 5 1/2 years so my,main support person is my son. Since my Bariatric name is kakatlady612 I call,him my Tomkitten, very proud of me for stepping forward into this new lifestyle. If you like a buddy let me volunteer, ask anything and I'll try to help. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Wouldn't have thought it was the same person, you look phenomenal!!

What a dirty trick for BCBS to pull. I feel,morbid obesity is a disease , not a trivial lifechoice. That's like telling someone with a mental illness to settle down and they'll be healed. I wish those executives,had to walk a mile in our shoes,i've been overweight for most of my adult life, tried diets both fad and structuralized, I can't do it without surgery.I'm sorry if I sound like I am ranting but it isn't fair for a lot of us. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I've heard of Lenox Hill Hospital,on Fox News, i guess a lot of famous important people go there. I would think they also would have an excellent program. I'm going to Columbus (Ohio)Mount Carmel in March for my RnY, don't have a definite date but hope to hear from the surgeon's office this week or next. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

TriniGirl568 you've finally,made it to the first day of the rest of your life. Hugs and prayers for a successful surgery and quick healing. Where are you having it done? Do you have a support network in place? Gosh I'm so excited for you! Please let us know when you wake back up. Remember walk and get your fluids in and you'll be home sooner. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Good luck Texas gal40 and Little Green, just a few weeks more and your new lives will begin. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Miss Kathy, you look like a person I'd like to know. You were nice beforehand but now Wow. I see a healthier more confident person and the wrinkles are not showing. You just look fine. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Maybe pineapple from a can the kind in its own juice, raw might not be as good for you you. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Congrats all my buddies- February is your month of rebirth. Little Green have a Strawberry and Cream protein shake in honor of Valentine's Day and yourself. Hopefully,the next month,I'll,be joining you on the RnY losers bench. Still haven't heard back from my verdompt surgeon's office but maybe today will be the day! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

@OptimisticFenceSitter, you should have had your surgery earlier today in Toronto. How did everthing go with,you and how are you feeling? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Those pillows are darling- where did you get them? Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Most everybody I've read goes with Premier but I'm sure there are others equally,good. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

I had the flu shot just like every year and I still got it. Do you realize since its a virus every time it passes through a host(one of us) it mutates so although they do their,best,to match to the most prevelent strains sometimes its only a 60% match. So one,of the remaining 40% chewed on me. Not as bad as I would have been witout immunization but enough to get my attention. And since,i'm asthmatic things don't want,to,leave my lungs, they set up housekeeping and to evict them I have to be on medication. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi Nicole WLS4ME33 and I are hanging around this thread a lot. She will be a sleeved this spring, I will be a RnY in March, we have both done,our research and are only too happy to help. Ask away, if she or I don't have an answer there will be a veteran that will. Do you have a surgery date yet? I'm still waiting for an exact date from my surgeon's office, as soon as i,know I'll shout it from the rooftops.This is a promise. I'm old enough to be everybody's grandma but like everybody else I'm in it to win it. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

Macky, my Bari-friend in Cleveland is about your age and is going to be sleeved next week. And Primrose, who won't be done until about March, my month is also a "youngen" like you. Boy sometimes I wish I'd had surgery before my body got so broke down but then I remember there's spunk and life force in this old gal and it keeps me moving towards the prize. My surgeon has a wall of success where he puts your before, after and a brief story of your journey. I'm gonna be there someday! Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app