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I am Now also one- half my former Size - went from 265+ to 180, still wanted to drop 5 pounds more but if I don't? NBD, my sister, NBD- I am So Happy to be one- half the Woman I once Was, everybody is now complimenting ME, a bunch claiming they WERE supporting ME- like I couldn't remember who supported And who ignored or averted their Eyes. I still believe in my 💓of 💓 I like RoadKill, like an out- of- control lorry flattened ME, but I smile Sweetly and merely Thank Them, let them say What makes Them HAPPY- but MY memory has not diminished even if I am 73, 74 on Boxing Day, I AM ALIVE, SPUNKY And PLANNING to LIVE OUT MY FUTURE!

Just got my PICO ( a mini-drain) dicontinued after 2 months of a minor surgery that my stupid General Surgeon ( although I do hate so bad- mouthing another female) boogered up- left me with a distended upper arm with a non- healing surgical wound distended with blood clots- my theory? She failed to ligate a teeny blood vessel and it kept drip- drip- dripping under the skin. 1.5 kudney- basins full of clots and tunnelling both directions for 5 cm under the skin surface and raised up like a "breast implant" Sorry for the TMI but that WAS what it most resembled. Surgery was September 24th and after weekly PICO changes I am FREE on November 13th- whew-ee. Frightening that Ms Inept MD. also does Bariatric SURGERY but Praise GOD above , Not Mine!
So drains do perform a purpose, if needed They Are Good but Many Many people escape THEM- if you do emerge from the OR with one they do speed up healing well. Had a Jackson- Pratt with my last open Abdominal- not my Bariatric- except for a little wider scar THERE it was GOOD FOR ME and speeded healing up! So Good Luck, a Smooth SURGERY and may yOu Always heal by" First Intention" healing from the Inside Out like my Last little SURGERY- The Pits- and IT STILL us a little sore there after nearly 2 months. And no sympathy from anybody because it was an ELECTIVE ONE.

sounds like neuropathy- anything that is giving YOU grief- should be checked OUT but don't believe it to,be a Surgeon- bothering offense- your PCP should be your first line of inquiry.

I WANNA- I WANNA- maybe I'll check them out in Columbus, go5 appointments next Tuesday and Friday over THERE.👖😝

Day 13- late Spring, I had 2 babies born in that season, brought them home in my my hand- maid outfits and a receiving blanket. RD their older sister was a January BABY, had to wrap her up like a mummy, almost lost her in the snowsuit, heavy blankets et all. Maybe, the way RD ( for Rotten Daughter turned out I should have left her at Mansfield General where she was BORN. This year's disease she claims to be dying from - Right- sides. 💓failure and cor pulmonale- last year it was Early- onset Demetia- is it true? Who knows- she lies like a Rug- and with HIPAA I can't ask for confirmation from any medical personnel. The saddest thing- She really does not have to lie with such propensity- She truly enjoys doing it! ----SHOCK VALUE? ----IDK- she is the one who has the embarrassment when her lies backfire, as they often Do.

Did you have a Sleeve? If you did, outside chance it could be Reflux rear8ng it's Ugly Devious head- sleepers D9 Sometimes get That when They NEVER had it Before. Sure praying🙏 everything resolves!

Maybe both but It Is Worth it to become a Wise Woman if Certain Years over being a Drippy Dora 3ach and Every Month. And there are always sweaters, jumpers, whatever You want to Call it, so Layer Up, better than turning a shade of blue and being Goose- Bumpy!
And Yeah it is getting COLD in OHIO- we are currently Blessed with Snow on the Ground while YOU have BushFires " Down Under"- truly believe there is No Perfect Weather except maybe Tahiti, and doubt I'LL EVER GET THERE!

Well Jake, shall we say- thanks to the Lantern Lady you both now See The Light? Best Wishes for a GOOD Relationship and a Beautiful Future AHEAD!💑

Good to See. 👀You Again @ Icebarbie, think I remember you from " back in the day" BEFORE. You did give ME hope I wasn't alone in the Battle when mine started veering around!

When you become obsessed with it, your remainder of health starts to fail, you pass out with minor exertion, you're dizzy the rest of the time so you start moving more slowly with deliberation instead of moving as freely as your smaller body size warrants. You start to see your ribs and collerbones , maybe even hip bones start to protrude, your color looks pasty or gray. And yet you feel in your 💗 of 💗 a few more pounds off and you d feel and look💃🏃 SO MUCH BETTER. And your Body Disphoria owns YOU instead of YOU owning and controlling it.
THAT I believe answers a Lot of Your Question- okay?

And I had a Great- Granny from Edinburgh and a seem to have married into a branch of the Dundee Dunns, so you see you have distant cousins in America as well as Down Under- and we certainly all welcome You on Here! And if we can help, give moral support- You have but to Ask!😝Someday I WILL get MYSELF to the UK and walk the areas my ancestors came from and maybe feel the Wandering Child has returned🇺🇸to🇬🇧

And I meant 🌵 not caucuses although maybe somewhere I might be the Peoples Choice for something!

With time THINGS do get better and somethings YOU just learn acceptance, it's a tough TIME, a rough TIME, my journey had twists, turns, potential quicksand, and I Fought Hard, so Hard, to be where I am Now (14.5 months out) it WAS NOT like the pamphlets said- Still isn't- not sunshine, roses and Bluebirds SINGING, mine had prickly caucuses and a vulture or 2 in the stunted tree over THERE, but I Am Not Lying down and letting Him have at ME- like Reba Mc Entire I AM A SURVIVOR- too redheaded, cussed spunky to Concede- I instead will Succeed- maybe because I know No Other Way! Hang Tough my sister- might not be all its Billed For- but Still it Is Yours and My Life.😝👍🚩😏

And another B-cup princess here, no surprise- cause I believed I was Junior size under all the former fluff, I too once WAS a DD, albeit saggily, hmmm did I just invent a New Term? Anyhoo,Juniors always were less busty than the AVERAGE/ Misses palate. My orthopaedic used to teased me a trifle because I told him I was an OBESE Athletic personage, told me THAT was an impossibility, Well HaHa and snicker, guess I won THAT fight , he recanted last time I saw HIM, said he guessed I knew ME better than He Did because THAT is exactly what I am turning into, maybe never Sprinter material or size,but I am B cup, no tummy paunch, hardly any backside after once having one large enough to show drive- in movies on, shape to my legs, diminished thighs, no cellulite dimples any more, oh the skin is still a little saggy, too many years being stretched out of shape, but covering with clothes pretty okay and I'm turning into a Foxy 70+ after all the sorrowful years, the person who thought there was No Hope, that LIFE held nothing GOOD for ME, like a Phoenix I am re- borning from my Ashes and learning to fly on Those new Wings. Where will my final destination be? Not even I know, but I find I am THE RIGHT WOMAN for THIS TASK! So as I make my Contrails, watch up above YOU for truly I WILL---FLY!

And May all things smooth out- believe you're playing this game in the correct manner and your goals are in sight FINALLY!

Well,a diversionary note- it's Cat Box cleaning Day, slipped up its Daily Tidying because of too many. Human Doctor trips, I THINK THAT IS AN EXVUSE- but not sure they will concur Much LONGER. Too much to bag and dump in the Trash , bucket it and dump it out near the Back,Fence Line where the aroma doesn't return back inside. Love them 2 little Kitty Cats, grateful for Their 💓 but if they gave medals for "Fecal Production" they both would Receive a Medal of Honor. But what more can I say? They jump up on my lap, purr, cuddle in , act like I'm the Greatest Thing since Clean Water and Sliced bread & I'm PussyCat- whipped Again!🐺;🐱

Watch out for possible ungodly flatus- but I'm pulling for You and Kimchi to have only a Temporary separtation and not an Ultimate Divorce!

And not every "open" gall bladder is a Right Subcostal incision. Mine was a Right Paramedian, 4 inches above, 3 inches below the naval and just a finger- breath to the Right. See my Father ( Rest in PEACE, Daddy) had an arteriovenous anomaly in his colon , an area where there was no intervention of capillaries between, lost 2.5 feet at Grant Hospital in Columbus. Well I guess. while he was also removing my appendix, he wanted to see if there were any signs I could have inherited it.
And yes, not Too Much fun healing from it, although I did okay , I was 30- some years younger and took it as a just a matter- of- fact THING.
True STORY on ME: When I went to meet Dr Needleman at OSU, I told him I would rather an OPEN surgery if he couldn't do it laproscopically. He kind of drew BACK and Said " Do YOU realize how HARD it is to heal an Open Incision?" I smiled and flipped up my T-Shirt tail and showed him my scar and it is about a 1/4 inch wide, even after all these years. He Grinned and Said " Point taken and I WILL Keep That in Mind!"
The detriment for ME? Every since. I have had borderline malabsorption of fats and have golden yellow stool instead of the usual medium to dark brown. And I do have occasional or I used to before RNY, bright yellow colonic mucus. But those are special into ME, most people go blissfully on with little or no impairment to their digestion and I'm sure YOU'LL be in the later catagory.
MY mama had hers out 6-8 mobths before ME, accused me of wanting SURGERY out of envy. The Joke was on Her, I had many more stones than he, my. g.b. was in worse shape than hers and I even went jaundiced the weekend before my SURGERY. Had to wait 5-6 days before mine, surgeon only operated once weekly. Bet if I had been at OSU instead of Doo-Dag Central here, they would have whipped that " rotten critter" out quickly instead of making ME wait. When you're Jaundiced , I Feel, you go from Elective to Mandatory operation, but This was back in the Early 80s- so things are Much Better Now!

Maybe a mere Side Gratitude, but I am grateful for you -And your original November SURGERY, it brought me someone I look up to and always read the postings of, never met you in the Flesh but always regarded YOU as a Friend. So Thank You for your excellent advice as time has gone by for Us both!

All sounds good AZ Hiker, may try a few more of these myself!

Hmmm I have a box of Lemon Ones, let's SEE. Rice and Tapioca derivatives, inulin, milk, soy. and Tree nuts. So I'm not thinking Gluten- bearing. Calories in each 190, total carbs 16 gr, has 4 gr of dietary fiber, 2 gr of sugar alcohols, maybe Splenda? 20 gr Protein, total fats 7gr, 5 mg cholesterol and 100mg Na, the fats break down to 4gm saturated. but NO trans-fats.
Honest truth why I bought my Lemon Ones? They are smooth , I can eat them sans my dentures, so many bars have barely chopped up nuts in THEM. And we owe Canada a Thank You because THAT'S where mine were produced. Hope This Helps a LITTLE, okay?🍫

Good Luck and Good Healings to You Both- and isnt it great such things exist to help you both!😝👍

Unless you have been eating excessive carrots andvsuch, previous posters ate correct. 9nly a smart lady, not anyone with a medical degree but only times for real I had THIS
1) bad gallstones and Mr GallBladder went away lickety- splint
2.) k8dney problems
3 )acute pancreatic flare-up, turned out to be idiopathic acute pancreatitis
N9ne of these were things to ignore- all were hospitalizations- survived Them All but None were Fun! Get yourself.--checked out, immediately if not sooner!🙏

Yeah but the winds off the Lakes anoint you with copious snows and such. I live in Ohio, so you would think Lake Erie would be my Bugaboo ? Nope in my area and angle away from the Erie Shore it's Lake Michigan or as I call it Lake Much-again. So Erie goes and Dumps on Poor unsuspecting Buffalo NY, ah but the compensation? Those lovely lovely Niagara Penninsula 🍇-they make mighty fine wine, or so I am TOLD, I don't go any further into things than Welch!s Grape juice, I just don't drink, never have. I'm a Dull person, don't drink, don't smoke , don't do drugs, don't chase men let alone. other women. Fine for them that do- I'M JUST BORING, DULL AND BORiNG- and guess unless I seccumb to temptation I'm fated to be like that!

And I also concur, I still can't do what OP claimed to do, I'm 14 months 2 days out, went to Bible Study- Luncheon yesterday at my new church. One teaspoon of each item, Might have added up to 1/4-1/3 cup into to talk monkey- doodled it around on my plate so it looked like I Was Really Eating, took 42 minutes, laid my spoon down , excused MYSELF, headed for the nearest BR where I anointed the porcelain chamber there with lunch. Some days I feel like I am a permanent resident of Emesis City, does my Bariatric Surgeon and clinic know? Yep but the last CNP I saw basically told me to be grateful for my weight loss and stop complaining, oh well the Protein Shakes, Soups and broths along with copious Vitamins and minerals are keeping Me from falling further apart but Do What OP alledges to Have Done, I CANNOT FATHOM IT! And yeah, somehow my Labs are not skewed out of mild deficits in a couple things , so of course they will not agree that I am Gastrointestinally Crippled in any WAY. My Cross to Bear Perhaps?