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You are strong, you are wonderful for you have survived things that will have stopped a lesser person. You can do this, You will do this and the triumph will be sweeter for you have paid your dues and now can be proud in yourself , for yes YOU HAVE DONE IT AND DONE IT WELL!

I suspect,i will be there for no,less than 2 days, maybe 3 as a token tribute to the fact I am above an average age for a surgical subject. On the other hand , I was only,in 2 days for a knee replacement and I will be able to walk better with this one. Stay tuned my bari-friends- for that answer will be given soon!😷🏣& 😛

@insta adventurer I gave your post a laughing emjoi for a good reason. You reminded me I'll have my earrings out. I am triple pierced to honor my 3 children( 2 still living) I normally don't remove them, have the child- locking backs on them so I don't have to remove them for sleep or even shampooing my hair. In case I forget, I had better put a medicine. bottle with a locking top to put them into. And like you, even though I have had them for years it can be a BEAR to put them back in. And if they bloat me. with fluids and gas my earlobes might pudgyfy. Ah Pfooey something else trivial for me to stew about! 😛smiles and❤Love to you!!

Even a raindrop has an affect, if another falls, and then another falls, eventually a River of Hope may be founded, that small torrent grows larger and larger until a seeker may launch their sailboat or canoe ⛵and travel to where they need to go. Never feel your tiny raindrop is unimportant, for we all truly have a purpose.
Profound journeys started once with a simple step of faith.👣

But Missouri-L.S. now you have me curious what it might be? If it gave you,peace it might help me too!😊

Report back in when you
do,try and taste it.Sure sounds
very interesting. Keep up your good work, keep posting too. I keep reading them to keep from giving,into the whim wahs at this point. I am excited for this coming. Tuesday to come, but a little voice keeps saying " What if my surgeon doesn't like me?", now my rational mind says that's silly, all I got to be is my best ME.
My motto of the moment
I am wonderful, special, unique so I must live in that manner for I cannot die a copy of anyone else. I must and shall be my best ME, anything else would not be fair to,me!😛smiles🌕sunshine and❤Love everyone!

Better Life2018, you and,my daughter share a first name. if I told how longer I've been for a date you would find it unbelievable. But Tueday should be the day I get assigned a day, I meet with my surgeon and then it should be full spead ahesd! And i,am so excited it is really& finally happening😛🌈😛

That's because the only plumbing they wanted to fix was yours not the sinks.😛

Well Rhode Island is the smallest state, should not be hard to find him. He posted his picture on another thread so we can do an APD. He's not bad looking. Watch out Matt Z LOL a hoard of women with loose floppy skin are headed your way. Might want to go hide in New Hampshire or Maine!💃🏃🏃

Welcome Shoelace and Anita. Are there any questions you want answered, anything we can help with? If so, all you have do is ask.Don't worry about age Shoelace, I'm older than you (72) and I'm still going through with everything. Age is not a deal-breaker, we have people on here from my age on down to several 18 and 10 year olds. When we reach the point like me,that surgery is less frightening than continuing to live obese, we come here and we do find friends who understand. I hope this Tuesday. 7/17/18 to receive my surgery date when I have my pre surgery meeting with my Bariatric Surgeon. Scared? No Way! I am anious for the day to come, I like many others on here call it my REBIRTHDAY, a day to begin anew. with the adjustments to my body serving as a tool and a key to a thinner,healthier life. Keep tuned, I hope to announce my happy date soon.😛and😛🚩I invite you to Celebrate with me.

Well congratulations, I hope when I see my bariatric Surgeon Tuesday morning I get such good news. You see I started on my bariatric trek in August 2015 and so very 😫. I just want it to be over so very very much. I have never wavered in wanting it, even when people said I didn't deserve it for many,reasons. I have heard I'm too old, in too bad a shape, too depressed, not committed enough, because I'm a widow, I'd have to go to the next big city instead in my town, by continuing to desire it I would knock a deserving younger person out of place, because I'm silly and foolish, because,God created me obese I'd make him mad, I selfish thinking,only of myself not the impact on the family. All these from people I once regarded friends or family. But guess what? I'm still going through,with it, I want,to do it for my health and a chance for a future. And if that makes them sad they'd better get a happy transplant cause I've had too much doom and despair around me to last a lifetime! When I get,my official date I will cry first and then Celebrate. If that makes me emotionally unstable, so be it!😪😛

@CreekImp my late mama used to put cinnamon imperials in her Apple pies. Lovely taste and gave it a rosy colored filling. Ymmn!

I have myself had a dietary orgy with the white cheddar ones, but like the lady who had returned from her honeymoon with an UTI maybe I'll have to slow down on that a little!

I wish for once someone would describe it as dreamily obese,instead of extremely obese. I still hope to be the answer to someone's prayers, but I'm not certain Dr Needleman,my future Bariatric Surgeon has been praying for the,likes of me. I hope her regards me as the Once In A Lifetime Experience that I am!😷&🏣&😛🚩

Hmmm LizJones I had never heard the pain and soreness described as BURNING, well you live and learn! I remember if it happens to me "Oh Liz said it MIGHT be like this, I'm still okay!" and I'll feel a sense of relief. Thank You!😛🏣🌈

Oh I have been watching and studying this forum intently. Since I do see my Dr Needleman on Tuesday 7/17 at 11:15AM EDT I could easily be joining you July 30-don't get your feelings hurt but I hope it's sooner, I'd like this all over in July- August will mark my 3rd anniversary of seeking Bariatric surgery, a Mama Elephant could about had 2 baby elephants in that time! But life is as life is & I am grateful I didn't die waiting for this surgery, people my age do die you know. Still, for me, 72 is still young enough for surgery. If my story is not as quick and smooth as the 20year olds, it is still MT STORY and that is good and sufficent for me! 🏣&😷&😛

WowSiSSi829 what a tragic and also scary story. I hope better health is in the cards for you. You are correct your's is not a run-of-the-mill cancer and you do have reason to think your band buddy. Without its ornery actions your child would be without Grandma and Mommy. God Bless And Keep you. Please update with further chapters of your story.

Odd animallover,i would have come closer to thinking it was gall bladder or even liver pain. Oh well they all do live in the same neighborhood in your body. Still want you to start feeling better.😛

Well today is Friday the 13th- in many socities a very unlucky day- but for a few, it is the most wonderful, most glorious day in their lives- congratulations to all having their surgeries today, as well as all who h ave there's this c week. May other good things happen in their lives from this day forward. I hope to b e joining you all soon. Sparkle, my July friends, Sparkle!💥🌟💥

Hi Ohio Sparkle, I am also a Buckeye, live 15 miles from Ohio' s Center which is Centerburg. FYI,My Mama graduated from there in 1935. I meet with my surgeon Dr Needlman next Tuesday 7/17/2018 for my presurgical appointment, I am hoping yet that day I am assigned a surgery date. I will be having a RnY bypass at Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. I stand 5ft8in, weigh 321 down,from a high of 356 last October. I have strawberry blonde
(redgold) hair fair skin, walk with a cane because I have 2 replacement,knees, wear glasses mostly because of Old Age, also I have had a cataract removed from my riight eye plus I have been near sighted since childhood. And last but not least i,am 72 years old. Betcha, I. can beat,your obesity story. I was born at he end of the Second World, only child 0f my parents. After every nursing,i was to be fed a 8 oz bottle of Carnation Milk formula. At I year,i was 36 inches,tall and 35 lbs. That is roughly the size the size of 2 1/2 year olds. So I have been big my entire life.

Cat Mama let us know after you do whether we are going to have a god-niece or nephew. You take of yourself and that precious Kitten you are carrying. We are excited for you!

Tealael, like the old spiritual "Get On Board Little Children, There's for Many A-more"😛

And major surgery is a shock to the system. Nobody promised you bluebirds, sunshine and joy at first, you may have gloom, sucky days and say WTF more than once, but every day the,pain and sorrow diminish, you get stronger and more able to handle things. Only a few go skipping into the future, most of us it's one foot and then another👣but we all get to the finish,do our own personal best each day, and trust in the fact that eventually everything and everyone gonna be all right!😛

Yes you have that just right but,if is not hopeless. Follow your doctor's instrucions, give yourself permission to heal and you 'll emerge a happier healthier being. Buck up Buttercup it will get better and better!😛🌈😛

Don't let the Doom-sayers try to drag you down. You are on a zip line to better health, it is your own race and while 5hey are full of sorrow and hate, you soon will be going great. Smile and spread sunshine🌕wherever you happen to go!