Frustr8

Suck on a sugar free tropical popsicle, whole lot tastier and more fun than licking a carrot,or kissing a stalk of celery.

Why something that is of benefit to YOU be so put down, sneered at, and told partakers are LAZY , this is something I fail to understand!

And no matter what surgeries will come and what surgeries will go, bottom line ****I'M ME!

And December Heart -- how are you doing right now?

but if you are runn8by off a cellphone that doesn't work, has to be from a computer. Sucks big time, doesn't it?

Oct517 remember we are all here for you,-you are part of our worldwide Bariatric Pal family. Burdenscare a lot lighter when you have someone to share them with!😝💓🙏😝

just wanted to share this from a great American Do not give into fear, fear may seem large but our hearts are larger. George Herbert Walker Bush -41st US President- 1924-2018. RIP

We still love you, hang around if you want cause Girl you really tried, We honor you for that and you'll be a part of US no matter what!

Try GNC, I am told they often have individual bottles , like you, I also hate to commit unless I really like something.😝

And I am at 266 last Tuesday🙊&🙉&🙈---Even the monkeys are losing weight!!!

Probably one of those weird but true things, can't see how you would be wrong!😴

And proud things are going well for you! Jesseycakes YOU ARE A WINNER!

And we all will so happy,for you! It will come, you will have that surgery and you can join us in the Victory Room, we have a spot on the Losers Bench waiting and it's just your size! Come on over jessicaalyssa, we can hardly wait to SEE YOU!

Well to update, now in OSU- Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, my original Bariatric Hospital. Admitted Wednesday November 28, had PICC line inserted in upper inner left arm Thursday November 29, started on TPN at 10:30 PM Friday November 30, should be running until 11:59 PM tonight December 1st, guess I am tolerating it well. Estimated Dismissal Date is 12/03/2018 barring anything worse happening. My life is a cheap unrealistic soap opera at times.

if anyone what's to know what happened next go to the Marginal. Anastomosis ulcer thread. Oh my story is NOT OVER!

Hello All! Anybody miss ME? Two guesses and the first one doesn't count. I am in my Hospital, yep the self-same Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center you've heard me talk about. Lets see,where shall I start? Last Tuesday I saw Dr Needleman himself, no not just a nurse-practitioner, the head honcho, numero uno top dog. Met his very nice resident Steven Scoville MD, very nice guy. He said when he set eyes on me You don't feel good , do you? Usual spunky me would have said. No S***, I did feel crappy, just hung my head and nodded, told him I Feel broken, like a toy that has been played with too hard and thrown to one side. Well he dicussed th8ngs with me, said even if I were broken Dr Noria his partner and he knew h9w to fix me. Lest than 5% of patients have this torture road to recovery. Had to have a bag of saline IV fluid instilled before I went home. And he reminded me to be sure to keep my Endoscopy appointment with Dr Noria, that way they would be able to gauge what was going on internally. My Wednesday appointment was 8AM with Dr Noria, so we left Mount Vernon a little after 6 AM, figuring we would be back home 10 or 10:30. Not how things played out. Dr Noria got down into my stomach and intestine and things were not well. Stomach wall, red swollen, not able to do dilatation, and not only were my 5 ulcers not healing but I was starting to ulcerate further down into the bowels of ME. So I became a guest and here I remain.Thurday night I had a PICC line installed, last night the first TPN was started which should conclude t9night at 11:59 PM. Don't know what I am supposed to feel like so guess I am tolerating it well. Luckily it's in my upper inner left arm, was fearful it would go into my subclavian and be in my chest wall. And I really didn't WANT that very much. Why do I have the TPN? Dr Noria was concerned that I would not be able to do the 90-120 grams protein needed daily P.O. or that maybe the protein I was ingesting wasn't breaking down and assimilating bodily. This bypasses the G.I. system and gives it a chance to heal up. I have an intake sheet. to fill out l8ke I did when I had my RnY surgery. It may be a bit of "busy work" to keep me occupied, but I have my infantry of 1oz cups, as I empty 1 I mark it down, when they all are empty I refill them with Peach- Mango liquicell, and here we go again! Estimated date of dismissal. will be 12/03/2018, that is if things go well with no set backs. Des N and Steven have turned me over this weekend to the junior residents, although Dr Needleman is back-up and attending on call. I am actually starting to feel like myself more and more. Oh still not pain-free totally but it is no longer a 4 alarm fire in my guts and for that I am grateful. How are all you doing?👍📆😝🏣

since July 31st I have lost average American's oil/ fat consumption, now on to the" smaller" and better things😝🌟😝

Yes Gastric Bypass is reversible, a lot harder operation than the original one. The only person I know of on Bariatric pal, her pen name is @ Ronnysgal, she went through a bypass revision .

Do you also think plain water tastes bitter, surely, I Am Not,the only one who thinks so. 😋🍸

And respect the surgery, both bring a world of change to,your lifestyle, your life and you. If you trivelize the impact, Karma gonna get You!,,,, Just 😋....saying!

If Georgia doesn't work out there are quite a few in North Carolina.

Well for many people on Bariatric Pal it is h. pylori bacterium, course of antibiotics, time and you're all better. Mine- a little more complex. I am mildly COPD, no never smoked, but I have it anyway. Always on verge of bronchitis so PCP had me on long course of demulcents, yeah cleared up my lungs but also destroyed protective gastric mucus layer. Then when I took NSAIDS 4 at a time because I have constant arthritic pain, it chewed right into my gastric lining. Went into Bariatric Surgery with gastritis and Hector, my quietly sleeping gastric ulcer present. I had been on omeprazole (Prilosec) when these were discovered, gastroenterologist had switched me to a stronger PPI Dexilent, which worked well. I couldn't believe it when Bariatric Clinic put me back,of the stinking omeprazole. Told them This is NOT GOING TO WORK, did they listen, of course not. 2 weeks in I said " there is something wrong" and I got poo-pooed. Kept saying,it, finally to shut up my yammering they scheduled an endoscopy and who was right? ME ME ME! And now we are playing catchup, trying belatedly to fix things. They may be the professionals but I have lived in THIS BODY a long time!

OMG I am so sorry. I will tell you it gets bettet, but at 12 weeks I haven't hit my sweet spot. Oh I have lost weight, lost 64+ pounds since July 31st when I started on my Liver-shrinking diet, losing like a seasick anorexic sailor, but something is not quite right with me. Consultation with my surgeon, Dr Needleman, the chief of Bariatric Medicine at Ohio State University Hospital- Wexner Medical Center. A very big title for a very wonderful place, well worth the 48 mile drive from where I live. What will he say? I have been having biweekly stretching of my stomal stricture, as a sleever YOU WILL NOT have THIS, any close problems for you are still different. Niggling in the back of my mind? Possibility of open abdominal surgery? Not as much fun to heal from but I feel, at this point, BROKEN, and I have developed 5 nasty Ill-tempered new ulcers, these are the,kind that could bleed and,perforate. You run more likelihood of Donald J Trump gett8ng on National Tv and apologizing for being an disappointment as a President and promising to do better! But, my friend, you will make it through, so shall I and there are sunny 🌞days ahead for both of us! Our Heaven awaits!

Go Theresa Go! You can and will do just fine!

So exciting! Remember Labor Day, just before my RuN on September 5th. I was so excited I almost vibrated off the walls. It was a life change, a lifestyle change, and I still after 12 weeks haven't got things perfect. But I am trying and believe I will smooth out the bumps and twists in my personal journey. Keep your 💓💓peaceful, don't be scared of anything. We search , seek and find the best surgeon for,our own case, now the preparations are nearly over. Trust in your team, believe in yourself, in some ways your prejourney,is drawing to a close, but in others the hard work is now starting. You will,have a new bright shining tool, now make it WORK for you. And GOD bless 🙏and keep you on surgery day. If you need to talk more you can always find ME or another Bari- Pal on here!