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And besides Always Heard, you have to have too much of something to truly ascertain you have had sufficent!😝Lol😝

I ate some much strained cream of mushroom soup I was certain my skin would turn THAT SHADE.

Nope not until you are on a lot more solid food. Then it might be concerning.

And they are right, not worth it at all!

In my immediate pre-surgery I had a glucose tollerance test with its blood draws, my PCP requested a CBC, next day OSU requested one along with 24 hour urine. OSU says " You are a trifle anemic" well who wouldn't be with 72+ hours of blood draws? But all was well enough for my surgery in September, maybe if I was drained down enough, I laid quieter?😚💤

Well I am not going to risk it, almost every time I burp, I vomit, not worth the sorrow.

Oh she is a very pretty and talented young lady, it is nice to be her double.

And neither is native wisdom nor One Size Fits All.

That's why 3 things at a family gathering should be not discussed, politics, weight loss and finances. Only heartaches in store if you try.

Thank you so much Bari_KS, I actually got virtual roses, and I'll keep going back and looking at their loveliness. You brightened my gloom up. Thought I could rock this year because of weight loss but if alcohol never drowns troubles it stands to reason sorrow pops to the surface like a large cork. No sorrow tomorrow, but I felt sad and lonely , and underwhelmed by how my bari- life is turning out.💦😪📦🎁

I liked the Orange Creamsicle powdered shake, Strawberry is good also, but the Orange is the bomb. Also the Orange clear l8quid, the Apple is vile, has an b undesirable after taste to it. Do Not the New York Cheesecake, no way to disguise NASTY!

Mousecat and I are charter members of No Way Puree. And when I heard from my clinic today. whoever canceled my Friday ESJ is going to be drawn and quartered, talked to Melissa and now it must be rescheduled. because my surgeon is formulating my future care plan on what scope shows. He wants it done and results back before January15th appointment tout suite!

You and Paddyski, I do believe you both need a piece of rope belt to keep you from total embarrassment. But Congratulations on enough of a loss to make that much of a size difference!👖👍

I'm sitting here crying, you are the first person besides Tomkitten to remember and wish me well. Maybe I'm acting like a spoiled brat, but I thought I might receive a card or two. After you posted I did get an e- one, Alex B offered me a discount on Bariatric Pal Store items l8je protein bars. That was kind of nice. Sitting here waiting to see if the Bariatric Clinic calls me back, I have a little problem bothering me , wanted input from a N.P., well if they don't call by 4 then they just won't . Tomkitten has an appointment with PCP tomorrow and then I have to go for my twice weekly blood draw, only going once because of Christmas and once next week because of New Years, so tomorrow can't be missed. Then if I get done in time, quick trip to Wal-Mart? Got to remember, without my surgery I might not be here for my 73rd, that should be my bottom line of thinking, okay Big Girl Panties tugged up, And maybe in the morn8ng it might be sunny after all!🌞😝❤

I think there is a doctor in Michigan, I have seen it on the non-phone app home screen. Last name escapes me though, first name I'm pretty sure is Mark. Can anybody help me? Maybe Pleatman or something similar.

Not the ones I have met over the years. Some even took fiendish glee remarking on my size. I didn't know I was permitted to protest either. My OB- Gyn's junior partner informed I was so obese I shouldn't have been able to conceive. At this time I was 8.5 months pregnant. Although my real OB was senior partner, the last 2 appointments in their practice you had to be seen by the other partners, just in case when you went into labor one of the others was on call. I just had enough presence of mind to say" Gee I so wish you had told my husband and I that fact and I wouldn't be upon this exam table!" Sure enough Dr Smart- mouth was on call when labor started, I left my apartment and walked and walked and walked around my complex until he was off. Ding Dang sure he would not be touching my lady parts again!

Has anyone used an App called Jawbone? It was on one of my bariatric handouts.

Paddyski, let me put on my Judge Judy hat and assess this case. I find it to be one-half NSV, one-half OMG. Please tell me you weren't going Commando that day, that might cause a stampede!👣

Me too Mousecat Me too! I am just about resigned to it being a forever thing. Maybe Precious Pouch is rigid instead expanding, contracting and having any residual peristalsis, just a Tupperware or Rubbermaid container in my upper abdomen. Guess it would have to be Rubbermaid of the 2, that's made in Ohio.

And today is my birthday, woke up this morning with laryngitis, well not complete voice loss, but pretty husky. In the old days a very warm cup of coffee, would make my throat relax and things would sound better. In the dim way-back days before my chocolate allergy reared it's ugly head, Mama would make me hot cocoa with marshmallows, or if finances were good, Reddi-Whip in a mound on top! My tea canister was one of the things I lost when I moved and got locked out. Haven't spared the money for it yet, between move in November and Hospitalization in Early December, it's a perk I didn't pull money out of the budget for. Maybe just try heated plain water, yeah, might work as good! And January should be better, didn't go farther into debt on Christmas presents, so no credit card bill. I have to look ahead. instead of looking at the chaos behind me. Was worried my Cath had come loose, but must have poured water on my bed when I tried drinking in the night Went up and down my lines clear back to the pump and all that is dry. Was worried I wouldn't have my TPN supplies for this evening but, since UPS doesn't work Christmas Eve, they had an employee drive them out from Columbus. Wasn't until 9 pm but the important part was, I don't miss even a day of therapy. If this is what it takes to help heal my ulcerations and reduce the swelling in my pouch, I am on board. Maybe my January appointment will be GOOD NEWS. Drs Needleman and Noria have promised I am fixable, no matter what others may think, I am worth the fixing. And I still will make my goals, if some milestones are slower, I still will do them and my Weight Loss journey will be perfect for me!

And I just bet you will, at this time next year you could be rocking a weight goal acheived.

Hmmm I do hope he is a very handsome man. One of my friends has a daughter who looks just like her husband, so much she could be used for identification at their local bank.

T Y Green Tealael, you just may be right.

T Y Bebeak!

Where does the fluid go? Pretty much straight through, be you sleeve or Bypass, except for me with Precious Pouch and her pinhole drain out. And if you are up for 8 hours, drinking a 8 oz☕ glass. per hour or 2 oz every 15 minutes, by the time you get completed--' you will have been putting out pale lemonade colored urine. And woe be you if you finish up late in the evening, because you will be up all night, running back and forth. And that is just how,it happens!💦🚽