Frustr8

Hey above poster RN, didn't they call eating crushed ice PICA, just like eating paste or clay or such? FYI I am a former paste eater, not out of compulsion as much as trying to quiet the Ghrelin Monster in my afternoon classes until I could ride the bus home to food. Wonder if I could name Elmer and Lapage paste as corespondents in my oversized bodyhood? I also used to eat chewing gum for the same reason? Since its now True Confession time. for breakfast I eat a healthy bowl of oatmeal with 1% milk, in the evening I eat a dinner of protein, usually fish,chicken or lean beef, the pack,of cards size, vegetable usually Brussels sprouts, broccoli cauliflower or peas, tossed salad with dressing on the side, water or flavored ones like Propel or Nestle Splash. I do drink a protein shake at lunchtime if I remember, snacks a banana, one square of Graham cracker with small amount of peanut butter or just a glass of milk. I really cannot afford to cook a big lunch meal and a good dinner both. So although I haven t.gone out of my way to be sinful before the 2 week presurgery austerity program. I do occasionally drink a shake. Oh and sometimes I snack on 1% cottage cheese, the approved 1/2 cup amount. Am I hungry? Yes often, but I feel guilty being so flat out fat. Am I losing weight? The last time I was weighed I did weigh less but they shortened my height so I would go from BMI of 47 to nearly 50, do I think they may be fighting against me? Maybe, I sure LOOK taller than all of my friends. Am I tired of The whole proceedings -Yes- But if I stop I die, PCP and other doctors told me som So I keep on straddling the buzz saw hoping my lady parts don't get cut off in this process, but I am tired, hungry and. wearied by it all. I guess I'll succeed if it doesn't manage to kill me first. Structureluzed starvation isn't always fun, I am having a raging Poor little Me Day and my upper abdomen hurts without even any surgery!😟💦😟

Thank you Elmatador for a sensible and factual answer. I confess when I read these things I take them to ❤. Unless it has to do with male parts vs female parts, I sit and stew-- OMG if That happens to Me, what am I gonna do? Granted I'm not going to worry about premature goatee growth or gonad droopage and droppage, but the rest? Yipes that could be me, my eyes could cross if I drink fluids the wrong temp? I could start burping or belching when my tummy says it's full? I might get double vision if I use soy based whey isolate or plantbased protein shakes? If I find a shake what if it's 25 or 27% protein, can I make out the other some other way? If I want to opt for tofu, can I hide it in foods so my carnivore family does not guess? And my current problem How do I convince my potatoholic son that all meals. do not start and end with the evil white tuber? Signed. Frustr8 the Apprehensive😋

Shame you didn't come with a trapdoor like a storm celler, that way your belly would have opened with a hinge instead of the slash and cut group.

I thought having sleep,apnea was going to be a boost toward getting surgery sooner, not that somebody was going to get all whiney about it! Sheesh I'm a sweetypie I don't need this grief!😟

I know PreSurgery I hate tinklewarm water, will it be different afterwards? I bet not but who,knows? I also now like Cold Propel water, costs more but the thought of electrolytes is nice. Favorite flavors so far, Strawberry Kiwi and Black Cherry. But Yeeps it's almost $6 package. That and Protein Drinks are going to nickel and dime me into oblivion.💦

I wish us bariatric consumers could petition the GasX gods to relent and resume cranking them out! Makes me say Should have done this sooner when they were prevelent. I'm laying on my bed with my c,-pap,on, I feel asleep last PM without it, did I wake up in the night and put it on? Do not remember, so this morning I look like an out of work jet pilot. I'm trying to show compliance so my surgery will happen why can't I get,bonus points for my 6-8 hours usage, if it was a fair world they should add them all together, then divide the hours by 30 and see I'm trying to be sweetly compliant! I will not get barred from surgery on a technicality if I can at all prevent it!💦

ing them one! Yes I'd like for it to be a symbolic thing.

Instead of Do you want to see my pretty apartment it could be Hey Wanna see my bird? Certainly beats flipp

Let's hope for "Thanks but no Thanks" and. if not her maybe someone,else without the professional barrier. I do not understand how some pretty Pennsylvania Princess has let Mattymatt get away. Now that your personal covering has shined up and smoothed out, somebody will want to see your personal journal and read a few pages.There maybe other goldfish in the pond, just not necessarily that one.

I think, for me hands down a little a little emotional support from those I love would be very cool. Just like my first bike, the first pair of high heels, the first time,i tried to steer that bulky,piece of e n gineering we call an automobile, someone to say Hey its Okay, you are Not going to kill yourself doing this! Oh that is something the little teeny ME inside craves this. Yes,to the average bystander I look like a big Obese GrownUp Person. but deep down inside Little Girl Frustr8 worries? What if I can't make a success of this all? and telling her Just Shut Up is being cruel to my quivery foundation. Like the Little Engine that Could I keep chanting I Think I Can I think I can but a" surrounder" like Cammarays friend who gave her a NSV by saying" Yes I can see a change" that would be SO COOL!

Well Cammarays. you are sparkling for me from afar, and Rosie what a lovely occurance for you, you are literally in your 2nd Youth with such a petite size. Reading these NSV firms the resolve of Pre Surgery Chicks like Me. We say" Hey they could do it, If I firm my resolve,keep following the diet and exercise rules, I think,I can too!" and we keep chugging along, even with doldrums on either side, toward our future finishes. Thank you for your shining examples!🙉🙈🙊😛

Everybody used to say they,Got,their Gas X strips b off of Amazon, maybe even Amazing Amazon doesn't have them either. Since I don't have an Amazon acvount, truly we have never spoke, I had resigned myself to chewable or bust!😛

By far not the only, I'm maybe,less than a month, waiting for the last piddly piece to fall into,place and having,an advanced case of the "What Ifs?", this is a syndrome only a successful surgery cures. July July, ***To me please,quickly Fly*** I,have a problem, OH , I. So hesistate to mention*** I'm suffering from TERMINAL APPREHENSION!

Maybe I'm wrong but post-surgery acid and blood to me is Hello What's Going On? to me. Have it checked out, if I'm wrong you have permission to say Nah Nah Nah to me, okay?

Hey don't despair, your body is still confused and trying to realign itself. Remember about the NSVs the the non surgical victories, you might lose inches before a great big weight loss. Your feet might get less plump, your tummy might not be as tightly fat, the poundage might stay the same and things might redefine. Suspect this is why the veterans tell you to take measurements, them when you're blue maybe your wrists, waist etc might still have decreased in size. Everything gonna be all right, my dear, you'll get past this as many,others have before!😛

You and me , Emkaybee,you and me! Let's shine so fine!📆🎉

Nice BP-goes with a nice and starting to heal up lady. Keep up the good work!

Nope, just say to yourself That was such a good reply that I posted it twice and move on from there!😛

And i, Hannah, am very glad to have met you and hope to be your friend now and in the future. Although our ages are very different I feel I can learn from you As much as I might be able teach and share wisdom with you. You feel like a turtle, well there are times I feel like an armidillo, rolling up in a ball for protection. But I am a survivor and I suspect you are also Lets get through this bariatric challenge as buddies, okay? ,,,, Frustr8

Future RnY person in July 2018 Reasons and comorbidities Arthritis since age 25 both varieties 2 knee replacements Family history Cardiac-received clearance Family history Diabetes-since child of 2 diabetics- always ranked as prediabetic Moderate GERD with accomplifing gastritis and small gastric ulcer Verified sleep apnea, pulmonary and sleep medicine clearances in place BMI approaching 50 and 72 years of age. And unlike my sleeve siblings I prefer potential,of dumping and perpetual vitamin/mineral supplementation to losing 3/4 or 7/8 of my natural stomach . They are already too many portions of me in pathologist jars And without my surgical tool for assistance facing the specter of my own demise within very few years. This is,my once and only bariatric surgery and I want to best and most proven type for myself. I will be having my surgery in a hospital which is a cutting edge teaching institution as well as a Center of Excellence. I fear surgery much less than continuing my slow and steady downhill slide toward death. Although I am into my 7th decade of life I find I have many things to achieve, many places to visit, much more accomplishments , I want the health and endurance for them all. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.😟 So I reach,out boldly and with confidence in my choices at this time.🌈😛

Yea Ash Ash 12, almost called you #13 because I think you're even greater than you give yourself credit for! Welcome to our humble room of friends. My last teeny requirment finishes the day of your surgery🌈 So I will be following close on your heels.What happened was,i needed,30 days electronic verification of C-pap usage. well upon the advice of my PCP because of sinusitis of over a month duration, I had stopped using it so I would get better. Well my records were pulled and they saw the gap, so now my surgery won't be scheduled until, July 3rd or 4th or later. But I have hollered that I want my surgery in July, I have a class reunion August 11th and I want completed prior to that. Been waiting since August,2015,for journey completion. The month of July is my month to sparkle ⭐and shine.⚡

So true-i'm with you on this!😛👔

And Jessicajorney, gosh I wish I knew you in the outside world, you seem a very fine,person. Next. month my own will be happening and I hope my bariatric experience duplicates yours. You make me more and more excited when I read your posting. Each,line I read I say "Yeah,i want that too!" and I'm going to believe it will be just THAT WAY! Please update us the rest of the way and also after you've completed that Magic Day! 😛❤😛

But a beautiful wonderful style dream Iwanttoseemy toes! Smooth into,my and then rock,it for all you're worth. Couldn't happen to a better person than YOU! That's what each of us,should remind ourselves when it finally happens. I plan to be rolled, into my operating theatre with a BIG WIDE SMILE on my face!😛👍😛👍😷

Browneyez,i am going to remember your example, if similar happens for me I'll try to,offer too! You are a very nice person😛