Frustr8

Welcome darlins' to the Post-Surgery side of town! There's room on the Bench of Victory for you all, my birthday wasn't all it could have been , but when I felt sad I prayed for you all and I think it helped. Your successes turned the corner back to HAPPY for me! Now each of you heal well, don't be strangers, we all ❤following your stories as they go on. I can assure you there will be few cloudy days from now on, best thing you could have done for YOU!

If they are done right you don't, but I have cheated a couple times and thrown Turkey ham in, I've used smoked pork chops, Not as fine as the real thing! Had a West Virginia cousin take me down to the Ramp festival, ramps are a member of the onion family, but pretty dog-good, had fiddlehead ferns cooked, kind of resembles aspargus, and I ❤ dandelion greens wilted with bacon dressing, a little sweet, a little tart and so savory!

Well we all, feel that, even the one like me that wanted surgery so bad, it is a big, life-changing event, changes so much but so Worth It!

And I had so many Southern aunts and uncles marry in that I am an Official Buckeye Red neck . Family just shakes their heads with me, my greens and Hot Sauce, Need to cook me some more, like Mama's Milk maybe they would stay down!

Eat Okra, maybe the rice will slide out better? See, I actually LIKE the stuff, maybe it, spoon bread, and collard greens are my rice, although the greens do keep you looser!

What a beautiful motivational after picture, looked like your "before", working hard to become your" After", looking at you, I believe I CAN make it!

WishIng you well, my friend Kay had wonderful results from hers, may you also!😝🙏❤

Pray I g for traveling mercies for you🙏that you arrive safely!

Well like Frenchy in the movie, I too am a beauty school drop-out. What they told us way back then, tilt your head back until you're looking at the ceiling, now open and shut your mouth widely like a giant yawn. 15 repetitions, within 3 weeks since you are exercising those upper neck muscles, they will get stronger and no more floppy chin and less Turkey rolls. Only thing you are definitely doing hurts no one, just looks very weird.

I am a natural red-head, we have the fewest hairs per square inch in the first place, Daddy had thin hair, my Tomkitten in his 30s has thin hair, I cannot escape heredity, can I? I fear I will look like a dog with mange, well I wear my hair short, maybe LOL nobody will notice?😰 At least I may be arranging what remains with a washcloth, Better thin hair, thin body instead of thick hair, thick body, and can't hardly move on my own!

I know it can't be abruptly stopped, you have to taper down slowly, smoothly and should be under your doctor's supervision. Are you on it for migraines? I was on Depacote for mine, Thank You God, My surgeon or whoever is responsible but I haven't had one flare up since my surgery nearly 4 months ago and my Weight loss, really hadn't told anyone , because until your post I hadn't thought that much about it. And while they were flaring I thought of little else. I was one of the sufferers that vomited with almost every episode.💊

How is your magnesium levels? I have horrendous cramping if I don't keep up with mine. Ran out of pills , was desperate enough to drink MoM once, if course you know one thing that happened but the cramps went away and I could stand to sit🚽and keep from crying.

How do you feel about Cincy 4-way chili? That's something you either ❤(me) or loathe( late hubby) he had a plate of 2 way and I thought he was going to sputter and spit it out. He didn't know what to make of the cinnamony base note. Me , NBT, no big thing, had it before, knew what to order! And if my digestion ever settles down, if I can't make it to Cincy, Skyline just opened a northern" mission project" at either Easton ( far east side) or Polaris(far north side) of Columbus. Got to buy some , help them turn a profit!

And maybe it is common, cause me too, my PICC. insertion is right near a moderate sized one on my upper arm. Maybe the painful ones are straddling nerves?

And "Angel'sFaith" you are going to do just fine, it is a Fabulous Friday in Arizona and everywhere else. Curious that our Bariatric Hospitals are each an hour from where we live, honored to share that fact with you. Please update us as soon as you feel good enough but just like your pen name, you have Angels guarding and watching over you!👼🙏😇Smile and be Happy, it's YOUR DAY!

Well it's morning, first trip to BR, took liquid calcium, made sure C-pap had more distilled water in chamber, put it back,on, laid back down before stomach started to rebel, and thinking peaceful & calm thoughts. Had good blood draws yesterday so should hear from TPN dietician & pharmacists today And maybe also the scheduler at Bariatric Cl8nic about rescheduling the scoping for next week? Sooner I know, sooner I can make sure I have transport to Columbus. Tummy too uncertain yet to make a shake, try to wait a couple hours, want to keep the calcium in me instead of wearing it. Like 🐭🐺 I am rather untrusting of foods. Since my TPN. is calorie sufficent it's not mandatory I eat but I try for my protein enriched shake, Miralax enhanced, made with skim milk. May take all day to get the 16 oz down but by nightfall it will be gone and it will be hook-up time. Was worried when I weighed myself at PCP office, seemed the same instead of a loss, but last night my sluggish #2 came and came and came. See I no longer go once a day like I did in days of yore. And 3-5 pounds easily, well it did save me from MoM therapy today. But 3 flushes🚽 to clear out the bowl💩, soft, lump, soft & lump. But I feel considerable lighter if not brighter. When its been 30 minutes, I'll start on my 2 oz cuppies every 15 minutes of no-cal flavored water. Never thought I would regress back that far but it keeps me from dehydrating the 10 TPN hours off, doesn't it? And I got compliments that my color is better, I look less stressed, and 2 people on the periphery of my life complimented, actually noticed and complimented me on weight loss. Well I wasn't doing my Weight loss for them, but positive affirmation is NICE, isn't it?😝😋😝❤

And my Taco Bell downfall, the Taco Salad! Just think how many calories there are in that deep fat fried shell! And I could stick a soft taco in each ear, one in my mouth and I would mutter around the one in my mouth, "I'll take another box of tacos Please!"

Most. newborn babies I have known, wake up, fuss, refuse to be comforted, want to be picked up, held and demand to be the center of the Universe. Is that close to how YOU FEEL?

Tina , where in Ohio are you? I live in the center, well actually 14 miles from Centerburg, the geographical Center, my mother graduated from there eons ago. I had my RnY in Columbus At Ohio State University Hospital- Wexner Medical Center on September 5th, I was born in Newark and live now in Mount Vernon.

Keep chanting This Too Shall Pass and it will. Benefiber, Miralax, Colace, Milk of Magnesia, a stick of dynamite, whatever it takes to keep things moving! These are drastic💩 times, the Times that try a Bariatric Person's Soul! May the Squaty Potty be with You!

With my history of ulcer production my gastroenterologist and my endoscopy surgeon have both stated no more caffeine Nd Frustr8 for you! One of the few things the two of them agree on regarding a personal plan of care. And wouldn't you just known I had bought myself a nice shiny coffee pot et cetera--- right before my surgery! Incredibly poor tuning on my part💦

Bless me for I potentially gonna sin. Good(?) friend brought Tomkitten and I Homemade peanut brittle, maybe I just lick a piece? Oh my will was strong but I think that zip lock bag is trying to call my name. Maybe I hide it under his pillow in his room? Oh so so tempting and I usually. don't like peanuts That Much. Anybody got set of handcuffs so I can't reach my 👄 mouth?

Did you know females in the South have their own special acronym. They are G.R.I.T.S., girls raised in the South, although I am Buckeye born and bred, but so many family members from Deep South, bless your ❤ I have to have to have an associate membership. We don't say relatives, we say "Who are Your People", honey that means" who are you related to?" Do come on in, sit a spell, I'll rustle somethin' up we can eat! You feelin' okay?

Regular release Wellbutrin 100mg. three times daily, changed after RnY from extended release 159mg twice daily. Nurse practitioner wants to me to ask PCP to switch or put me on a SSRI like Celexa. Lets see what he says, have appointment January 3rd.

And watch out for the 15 gram liquid drink. Sorry Alex but that "Apple" has a strange aftertaste I could not stand to drink.