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And getting some good Costa Rican style cooking from your Mamacita, every mama wants to spoil her little gi4l and often food is a big part of it. I have dishes my mama made embeded in my heart along with memories and I suspect,it,is the same for you. Good Wishes, 🙏 prayers and hopeful thoughts for 5he future all being sent your way!!!

Well congratulations on getting closer at least to your surgery. Spend this last couple months lurking around here, soaking ,, up,knowledge. You'll get advice on what to,pack for your hospital stay, what diets are easiest, what protein shake tastes the bedt, and there are a lot of different brands, what brand and type of vitamins are cheapest,what the best, one subject everyone has a different opinon on! You'll heard of entire families supporting you, nobody supporting you, boyfriends that break up with you. etc. You'll find people,that are barely,18 and then you find out about,me, 72,years old, refusing to die obese and planning my surgery in less than a month , on September 5th. You will hear from people in the US, Canada , the Caribbean, the UK,Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and indeed world-wide. You will meet people who have many family members who have,had surgery, others, like me , who no one in their family,who has.You will find people who are at peace with their decisions, others still scared to death. And you will absorb all this information, take what you can from each poster and make a plan for yourself. And it will all be good. And any questions,you still have, just ask, we love,to help each other here! And Good Wishes for you and your future days.😛

@rosawise@me didn't your husband just have his surgery either the 6th or 7th, and you posted from his room? Now you have been given a August 21st surgery date yourself? Busy times for your family, maybe you'll be able to prop each other up as you heal!👩&👨

Makes a whole lot of sense to me cosixering sleevers have a long garden hose thickness tube and, we Bypassers have a turkey egg with intestines cinched And attached to it. 2 different ,configurations to do the same job.

So you are a Bumper Car not a People? Gee I would never have guessed THAT!🚘

The NursePractioner at OSU, basic physical, talked about whether I had made a decision about which kind of Surgery I wanted. Told her yes and explained my rationale behind. my choice. Talked about whether I felt I could make a firm commitment yo such a permanent life-altering surgery. Asked me if I had a goal weight? Played it coy, asked what she thought doable having looked over my,health history. Eureka she gave the exact number I had already come up with. All in all a very nice first meeting, only thing I'm puzzled about, she asked if I had ever been diagnosed with bi-polar, one thing no one had ever suggested.. Then told me,instead waiting, would I please go d9 my presurgical blood labs done so they could address any deficiencies prior to my actual surgery. This was May 24th, I met with my surgeon July 17, was assigned a date on that day, met with a dietician again , a surgery scheduling zecretary, and told I wo7ld be meeting with an Anesthesia Resident on August 24, my PCP on the 29th, and my surgery would be bright and early, 1st case of the day at 7AM EDT on September 5th 2018. Please check in by 5 AM at the Main Hospital at Room# 205 in Rhoades Hall and my DAY OF DAYS Would start from there.

Were yours in full color? Mine have been both times and think looking at them is really cool. We truly are "wonderfully made" like the Bible says.😛

And as time goes on so little changes, does it?

And leaks are still big worry for us as Bariatic patients. One girl told me her first thought coming out of anesthesia and surgery was: "Did they get everything sealed up right?"

Good news coming soon, approval,date, surgery and a bright new life. Pretty cool, right?

And Morbid Obesity is a Sad Lonely Land to live in. I might wish it on my worst enemies, but never on my friends, indeed anyone I 💘.And I have lived there so long it is going to take the dynamite,of Major Surgery to set me free and I still am not sure what wounds I may still have. There are no lead-pipes cinches, no airtight guarantees, Life is a learning process, you play the hand you are dealt and hope it will always trump DEATH.👶👧👩👵

Can you retrain your doctor's thinking? He seems to have you mixed up with another animal, a herbivore, that's why cow's and horses have loose stools, too much clover and,other green things!🌿🌾🌿

OK , I'm going That way myself, even though I'm still Pre surgery meat just sits there, think I am going to fish, tofu and more veggies. Don't giggle, my current favorites are steeamed broccoli and brussel sprouts, I like zuchinni but I have been de-sauteed for a while. Go ahead and do those 🐷piggies in, we'll find a carnivore to donate them to.😛

Yeah but they may have been only loan sharks, they only bother you when they want their$ money back!

So Big Bad Wolf523 did you tell them you demand pureed meats, got to make your furry body sleek and trim so you can go catch them 3 🐷Little Bad Piggies!

I think my skin has gone a little yellowish, no I don't think it's jaundice, my sclera look fine. Is it fading summer tan or this verdompt 1000 calorie liver-shrinking,diet? I'd go outside in the the sun but only the Almighty,knows what shade I'll turn next! Fade away visceral fat, face away! Dr Needlman doesn't want lease a backhoe to get through my omentum!😷👍🌈

Come on into Liquid Diet-Land @ VIKING0424, NO SHARKS HAVE BEEN SPOTTED AND THE LAST 2 ALLIGATORS WERE ON AMERICAS GOT TALENT Tuesday Evening. Its as safe as you want it to be!🍶😛🍄

Some lucky place is going to want You, beef You and be VERY LUCKY to get You. We just have to get the 2 of You together. 🙏along with,@Sosewsue61, we are Warrior Women , even God listens to us, at least when it is within His Will. Something good is c9ming ahead!

All you Last Week of August people-- I regard you as my Almost Surgery,Twins so I'm going to follow your stories. intently just in case I get Last-Minute Collywobbles, oh I Have Been a Brave Little Engine, indeed The Little Engine That Could, but I might feel like I'm derailing as the DAYS get CLOSE! This is the FIRST and I PRAY ONLY TIME I Will,be venturing into OPERATION-ViLLE unless something serious Breaks Down Badly!!! I gotta do THIS and do it GOOD! My very life depends on IT! So be an shining influence on me, show me how it can be done with style and grace, I'll be right on your heels!❤&👄your Frustr8

As Popeye of cartoon game once stated" I YAM WHAT I YAM". You disapprove? Get in line, there's a FEW peopke,ahead of YOU!😛👍😛

Well if you wake up with a bee hive tattooed on your tummy you will know you had your surgery in the "Land of Milk and Honey". They are getting a great patient, I hope they know THAT!

Sleeved Shereen is THAT really YOU? Wow wow wow! What a beautiful transform, what an inspiration to us wanna-bees.🐝 COME ON ---LETS FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS!!!👣

I'm on Day # 7 and I'm having a Why Me attack? Once my anti-body antibodies build up will I move happily toward the goals again?👸🌺😪

Sniff sniff💦 I just realized my White Cheddar cheese-its moved away. Will they ever come back to visit?💦

And Congratulations to you,both. You Are A Couple Strong Strong Ladies and I salute you. I hope next month to do as good as you 2 are doing!😝🌈😝