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How are your Magnesium and B vitamin levels?

Well, as a RNY instead, I do still have my stomach, I instead asked my surgeon to make it largely non-functional. Does this give me a leg up. on sleevers? I'm not certain it does. At 6 weeks if I regret something it is the fact that I never feel full and never satisfied. I take in what I can, stop after designated amounts, try to keep all my counts proper, sufficent fluid, adequate protein,pray that my still meagre liquid diet is providing me sufficent calories to keep me until another day. But my skin is now dry and leathery, my lips are perpetually cracked, I keep ingesting vitamins, minerals, omeprazole, Zofran and Carafate, is it benefiting me or just something to keep me busy? I do not looks forward to losing my hair, although it is probably inevitable. Obesity was slowly killing me, but did I merely trade it. for malabsorption, dehydration and a deficiency diet? Is there any. guarantee I have not jumped from the frying pan into the 🔥? I know of no other bypass veteran in my city of 20,000, I had to travel 50 miles to even find a bariatric surgeon. I have not seen him since shortly after my surgery, I am palmed off on Nurse-Practioners now,nice enough people but are they giving true consul or merely mouthing the company line? Walking the walk? I do try but when you are light-headed it's not very easy. Try to keep my exercise at the level I don't pop tendons, rear ligaments, these muscles and. bones have to last the rest of my life. Have already repalaced a few joints, but they are 85% as good as the natural thing. I do not know if I have buyers remiss but at this point I do question the outlay of my insurances monies for this operation. I now have 7 small scars, was it the right trade-off? I have sacrificed myself but have I improved life, health and my future? At this point, IDK, I just don't know.😪💦😪

TAOZ not what,silly smartphone seems to want to say.

wonder where my friend @ Taos is? She's very much a daughter of Oz, gave me a l9t of encouragement when I was looking for a new place. Super nice lady!

you might say: You Had An Organ Recital! To hear it is humorous, to live it I am sure not so! 🎹🎶😛

IsabellasBlues, I'm one of Ellie's buds, she was going to London UK, don't know if there are other stops. I enjoy your postings, And you have quite a story to tell and I am so glad you had an excellent surgeon, I think I have one also. Mine gave me the surgery I had been seeking for over 3 years, at 72 many would have been fearful, backed out, and although I am having difficulties now myself, similar to what Ellie went through, I had a wonderful pain-free surgery and early recovery. And if you have any prayers left over,remember me 26th October, my surgeon will make a second attempt,to redialate my stoma, you see at this point I can still only handle liquids, purees and softs come right back up.Similar to Ellie's former difficulties but not exactly the same. But I believe it is still repairable, I was still too swollen the last attempt. But this may be a success., at least I am still hopeful.

Sugar free popsicles, 6 weeks out, I can't survive without that frozen fix, they keep my lips from cracking, and I think they (the tropical ones) are a faithful source of fluid.

Keep up with fluids, you get rid of the endproducts from weight loss by washing them away. And maybe this is your own body#s way of doing things. Keep on keeping on, the victory is yours just out of sight!

A dy-no-mite result, and the outside world thinks nothing good happens in just one year? Baby you done proved them wrong!

I think he may a brother-in-law of Average Joe. I believe they may be in the same family. And I agree, Norm has a lot of P.R. but no substance.

Bypass, I'm your height, started at 355, at least that's when my wake-call came, might have even gotten a shosh higher, that was a year ago. 335 in April-May when after I escaped an asshat surgeon, went to Ohio State University where I was treated with respect, kindness and they were not afraid of my age-72, 330 when I got my date of September 5th, that was July, did liver shrinking diet the month of August, Surgery morning at319, bypass surgery was success, at 6 weeks I am down to 293 (this Am) , I have a natural sluggish BMR, plain diets didn't help me , and I have tried everyone out there and some few have heard up to and including strucured starvation. The b6pass for me is a wonderful tool. Hope to use it clear down to my dream of 175 if I can. And I am losing fat in the dangers places, neck, forearms, but the belly that no before diet touched, its actually not as blubberific, my rump, well I am losing my fat pad there, hurts to sit too long on hard chairs, but guess what? I have renewed energy, I don't want to sit down as much! Oh I had and still a few blips on my road, but still I have more hopes at 293 than I did over 350, and I would not change or regret the surgery I have gone through.

Ohio state University does also, in fact I suspect every Medical College in the Big10 does.😛

sitting sipping some warm Yogi herbal tea, wondering if I will ever get fixed so I can grow healthier. I'm impatient, one of my failings.

it's a bypass with only 1 anastomosis, and I have heard billed similar to what you said Also think might call it an Omega loops. Not done too often in US and Canada but they do them a lot overseas.

Congratulations all your November 2017 pals and now the November 2018 newbies will all be looking up to YOU for wisdom and guidence. Pretty important thing!

would it be a SIP-S xoxococojay?

Hidden tell him you'll bring him a bag of white flour and a box of Powdered sugar, then the 6 pounds will be s1uare and you can move on. Besides if you are going he slim you don't need either of those items anymore.😛

It's a Brand new world for,you, when you get to the part where you merely feel the Garde rolled backwards over you, you'll know you're on the way again to health.,So happy for,you!

so happy your day has come, now you have made it through and Good Things are ahead. Now Let Those Good Times Roll!

hi again. Thought I was doing better, strained veggie soup, creamed st rained soups, half and protein shakes, early afternoon here, had sensation I was interpeting as hunger, made thin maltomeal cereal with a little low-fat 1% milk stirred in A,mistake, 2t notice not T but t, and and I'm upchucking again. 6 weeks 1 day out and this set in at least a month, maybe 5 weeks ago. I'm crying💦how could something so beautiful be gone so sour? A week from tomorrow Dr Noria is scheduled to a repeat EGJ, can I limp along to then? Should I at least check in with a nurse Practioner in Columbus? My,local community hospital, I guess if I got dehyrated enough they know to hang a bag of fluid, but they don't know much about Bariatrics and rny bypass, it would be like a peacock parachutin into a flock of chickens "What. do WE do with YOU?". I guess I was foolish to think Precious Pouch could handle such a foodstuff, but my Surgery Twin sleevers and bypassers, they are starting on soft,food by now. I'm a nice person, should I be punished?

AshMarie794 so good to see you still around, I'm still hanging out here too.

Bananas, oumpkibs, eggs and more? I definitely live in an alternate Universe. What would l like if I could have anything? A very small tender beef steak with a quarter baked potato on the side, and a quarter to half cup peas and baby pearl onions. I my dream any better, more acheiveable than yours? All depends on what mirror You are Looking into! Meanwhile I more along with my prlonged clear and murky liquid diet. I may have a stricture but I still can dream!💦😙💦

Proud of you, keep on this way You have started! Surgery Victory Ahead!😛

Just stick a bookmark in the novel. Somewhere out there is Someone to make Beautiful Music 🎶with. I never will give up hope for YOU!

I used to have that cartoon on my fridge. Surgeon standing therein things flying up from his patient. Caption: Dang , she was right! She was full of butterflies! Hope yours all fly away before they have to spray Raid or something! Best Wishes for a Wonderful surgery and Future Life!😛👍