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+ just4nise,i am very happy for you and I hope things speed right along to the finish. When you are running and do not want to stumble, never look behind. Keep your eyes ahead on the finish line until you reach it and can claim your victory.😛

And as the Mary Tyler Moore theme song went You're going to make it after all!😛

And the Karen light is within you and each of you did her proud with your own children. And as long as each of you live a spark,her still continues on. Hugs❤ Karen aka Frust8💚💙

a bunch of little boys (and these days little girls) would find working on any kind of aircraft way cool. I told my friend Big Viffer who my phone,persists in calling Big Buffer profiling doesn't. pay. We have female engineers and male nurses on BP. Thanks for answering so quickly- you are still a way cool,lady!😝

so what kind of engineer were you? I have 1 electrical and 1 strucural friend. Nice group of people on the wholewhole, buckets of fun to be with and talk to😝

OMG Big Viffer I had forgotten about that! What memories that brings back! And FYI I just had to fight my phone, it still,eants to call you Big Buffer, I had to force it not. to correct back, I forced Viffer in and pushed "touch again" to keep it in the phones memory😩

Yes I know about bad knees, I've had 2 knee replacements. Maybe they'll give me enough,pain meds that I'll be able to travel at a faster pace around the unit. But I yearn for my own surgery, maybe May? I do enjoy reading other people's stories. it keeps me inspired to,prep on keeping on until the final finish. Hugs❗❤

I'm sorry you no longer have your Karen Model, we are pretty nice models, but we're she here I would hug her and. tell her she raised an exceptionally nice child❤!

I have had upper arm surgery because of a fracture. My,ortho,gave me a card to carry,, my,plate and 12 screws look a shoulder holster on Xray, just the shape they are and are also titanium. So,maybe,not on body scanner but,positive on Xray, so every time i,get scanned not at,airports but also at federal vourthouses, I either have to , explain or show them my cute little card! . That's how things go,in this hypervigilant age we live in !!!😩

Couldn't have said it better!👍

We have both conditions in my house, sending love and hugs to you💙💚❤ I plan a RnY in possibly May. I will be following your story and keeping you,on my thoughts daily.😝

And good luck,to both. You young chicks! I can say this because I'm 72 and on my way to a soon RnY,bypass, not worried, not frightened, because I have lived a long time, would have better had I been thinner. Not going to get bogged down in the Coulda- Woulda -Shoulda's of life, what didn't kill me made me stronger and I'm strong enough to go for this. None of us know how many more years we will be granted but it is my intention to live them stronger fitter and thinner than I am today. Join me on this journey ladies, the best is yet to be! 🌈😝

No problem telling you, and why truly should I protect them for what they inflicted? Mount Carmel,in Columbus. Their chief of Bariatric Surgery Marcus Miller MD was my doctor of record. They are rated a Center of Excellence hospital and, sad to say, on very many other Bariatric websites he is ranked as the best or only worthwhile surgeon in that locale. This is a city of 3/4 million people, if you doubt me go to one of the other websites with Bariatric or Obesity in their names and his black-hearted self will pop up. I had gone through their program not once but twice. 5 months In first time , my job was terminated and I lost insurance coverage, the insurance I had at that time United Healthcare required 6 months of consultation. I considered Cobra-ing.it over but it would have cost $700 out of the $900 Social Security I had to fall back on, because I was unemployed , and at 70, not too many jobs available. Unbeknowned to me, Medicare's requirements were much less stringent, I had fulfilled all Their Requirements and could have been scheduled then and there. Was I made aware of this? H*** No! I only found this out as one of their parting shots fired at me. So last Autumn after being put on Phenteramine and gaining 30 pounds in 1 month instead of losing, upon the advice of my PCP who threw up his hands at this weird reaction of my body to this lovely medicine, I drug my fat 300+ body back to Columbus and humbled myself. I completed all Their prerequirements including 1 they hadn't thought of before, finished all of them 3 weeks into January. And I started waiting and waiting, when I hadn't heard anything after 10 business days and knowing full well I had completed all of Medicare and Medicaid's requirments so which ever they submitted it to, I was covered, I started calling and bugging them. I was raised with the proverb "The Squeaky Wheel Gets The Grease!" sol I started squeaking so loud they could hear me 50 miles away on the West Side of Columbus. First I was told I was lost in a pile of paperwork,second week I had been Submitted,and we should wait calmly and everything would be okay, third week the paperwork was,back, they would review it and give me a date. Sounds good so far? Yeah I thought so too. Then I get the Call Of Calls. Suddenly the woman on the phone says "We've reviewed everything and the psychologist, who had shook my hand, told me (in the presence of my son who is an adult) I had passed all her questioning with flying colors and wished me well on my coming surgery, had sent a report that I was emotionally& psychologically unstable and could not mentally comprehend the ramifications of surgery. Not to toot my own horn but I am and always have been Mensa-level intelligent, and you've read my postings on here, do I come across with a lack,of understanding or emotional orientation? So the 3 surgeons, Marcus Miller and his 2 partners had themselves a meeting and decided they didn't feel like doing my surgery, with,no more caring than you turned to DH and announcing "I don't feel like going to Rochester today". What what what? I kept saying, then she said in a smarmy tone "Poor dear,maybe you should get some theraputic help locally" Why? What on earth did I DO WRONG? So,i cried a few days for my dreams had been dashed to the earth and stomped on, then I picked myself up, looked myself in the mirror and. said " Karen, old girl, are you going to have an attack of the vapors or are you going to prove them wrong?". then I called the other 2 programs in Columbus, one at Riverside Methodist and the other at the Ohio State University, for although my,local hospital has started a limited Bariatric program, they only do,lapband and sleeve and with my degree of GERD I require some form of bypass. Arranged an appointment for their next seminar in Early March. Went, liked what I heard so filled out my application on the spot, signed a release of information form for I had found out all my precredits transfer. Within 5-6 business days I got a callback and was given an appointment with Dr Kramer their staff psychologist on April 25th, the soonest I could get in. Depending on whether I pass and I will accept no intimation that I will not, and whether any further requirements are needed because every program has different ideas on what prepares you best, I could be looking at a May Surgery date. And that is my long tragic yet hopefull story!😛

Get ready, make your plans and Smile? The finish line is in your sights-Run for It! When you are running a race and don't want to stumble, don't look behind, look ahead until you cross that Finish Line!😝

Are you ladies accepting any,move-ins? Can I park,my travel trailer,here?😌

Sending you both hopes and prayers for good health, take care of yourself, there's only you like you and the world still needs you here. 😝

And that is the bottom line- life is too short to spend in WHAT IF land , the therapy may strengthen your marriage, burdens shared are only half as heavy, may firm your resolve to go forth with surgery, and in the long run, a very good thing👫😝

What a cutie Patootie he is, makes me want to reach out and scratch,him behind the ears. Give him a hug for me!

Ash Ash I'm pretty sure the foil packets are packed in water, at least zStarKist is, I'm not sure about Bumblebee. FYI as a kid I was in love with Charlie the StarKist Tuna! Never went anywhere with it, the relationship was just too fishy!😝🐬

On April 25th I have a psychological appointment with OSU staff psychologist Dr Kramer at Martha Morehouse Pavilion in Columbus. Program#1 and its 3 surgeons kicked me to the curb after completely finishing their requirements not once but twice on February 20th. My resume of steps taken will transfer over, I made sure of that as I didn't those 3 sons of Seabicuit the Horse at a,Center of Excellence Hospital !no less! So I picked myself up, dusted myself off, put a smile of joy on my face (well it was pasted on but they didn't know that) and attended a seminar at OSU-Wexner Medical Center, within 5-6 business days I heard back on maybe March 20th or so, this was the soonest appointment I could get. It is going to last from 10AM until Noon so he must going to be plumbing my inner pysche. Hope he's looking out for the bats in my belfry! Then depeding on ant further requirements because every place does things differently, it could be as soon as May? At any rate my best revenge will be proving the 3 stupideos at Mount Carmel wrong and receiving the surgery they denied me! I may be Sherah Princess of Power's Grandma but there is spunk and vibrancy left in this Redhead!😝 And forward I Go!

Nope TUMS is not a basic food group, it is basically Calcium Carbonate and if you are a post sleever it is only going to do you minimal benefit, you no longer produce enough Hydrochloric Acid to digest it well, so end result, it helps the sewer system or septic tank more than it does you. If you still have that much GERD, talk to one of your doctors or consult a gastroenterologist, time for bigger guns than what you've been firing! My gastro put me on Dexilent, if I didn't have good insurance,it would cost me over $350 a month but it works where omeprazole didn't.😝

And although I am not usually a violent person, were you my grandbaby or great grandbaby I would be sorely tempted to turn you,over my lap and spank,you! Yes I'd cry more than you would , but here it needs done!😳

You know what you did, it didn't hurt you as,much as it did others. Go get some consulting at a good. therapist. Let me Well,you a little of my story and I hope you'll listen. I am 72 years old, oh you will say "she's old, doesn't know what she's talking about!" But I do. It took me years and years to get ready for surgery, I was too busy, I had a family to take care of, my parents would disagree, my late husband would certainly have disagreed, and I've almost left it too late. At this point, the thought or prospect of surgery frightens me much less than the thought of no surgery, living in a fat painful body that is slowing down because the years of me carrying around this,much weight, I weigh 323 lbs on a 5ft8in nody, and in a very short,time, maybe a year or so may kill me. And although many of my friends have. done it, I DO NOT WANT TO DIE! As many others on here will tell,you I have, for the past few months, fought an uphill battle to gain my surgery. I have been through all my testing and classes and it still hasn't happened. But I am not a quitter, I want it too bad to stop now. This might sound cruel but if you aren't going to do anything with the chances you've been given,please,get out of MY Way, I want so badly and you are slowing me down . By all that is holy, move to one side and let ME through.! Now before it's too D*** Late! .....Thank You

Sometimes it's just a part of the weight,loss game or surgery. Got mine in the middle of gall bladder surgery, went into the operation just fine when I woke up in recovery,I had a pad and the mesh panties on. Nobody said much about it but I was embarrassed.😩

You've made Twoferville now on Mattymatt to onederland! Save me a seat,because then I won't have to sit on the wide bench anymore!😛