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Well I looked it up on Wikipedia, its Linzess in USA and Mexico, Constella in Canada, not sure what is called in the rest of the world but a definite "poop- some more" medication. Lets see JUST How FULL I Am- should know soon- oh Well didn't have a Whole lot planned for tomorrow but perhaps the Adult "Pull-Ups" should come out of retirement, is this perhaps what is MEANT by entering a Second Childhood? Have a feeling the Porcelain Palace and I are going to become Intimate Friends Soon!

You've gotten this far, very proud of you and now the Rest and BEST of your life will start- Go with GOD into the FUTURE, my friend!😝👍

Well my peeps , my PCP just prescribed Linzess for little ole 💩poopie ME; 2 days of 145 mg and then I move on to 290 mg. after all. said and done. Wants to see me back in 10 days, WE shall see how I react to this; the easy peasy solutions aren't Too Successful. So will I float into his office on a Brown River or perhaps this is WHAT I need?
May I have a little testimony from all the Linzess veterans out there? I know North of the border in Canada it is marketed under another name, but the actions are the SAME.💩

Well @ Briswife15 I am proud things might be becoming a tad smoother but both of us have had. event- laden recoveries, haven't we?
Still I am proud of my now lower weight, just wish I hadn't had to go through it all to go to "The Dance " one of Garth Brooks nicer songs. Okay Okay one of my guilty-type vices I really liked " Friends in Low Places" probably because my angel son Kevin really liked Garth, maybe it was a "Reverse Inheritance", I still remember him bouncing, grooving and snapping his fingers, to some of ole Garth s bouncier times. Now I have memories and his CD collection, and like most mothers who have such a loss, I'd toss them out for the opportunity to have him here, to feel his hugs and hear his voice. I only pray he knows how HARD I fought to get to this point and be proud of ME, he believed in ME when others did NOT. Sorry I didn't really mean to digress but this was a baddish day for me, spoke with one of his friends yesterday and It brought things up from the locked box of my ❤where I had hoped it would stay buried.

And Thank You my friend "Orchids and Dragons", you always find such good inspiring things and This One really rings my chime for I always kow-towed
to others, let them influence ME too much, believed I was a "NOBODY" And I finally at the age of 70+ found MYSELF. in the midst of surgery and the ensuing weight loss, and my life has become better than i ever could have believed!

ME-Medicare Primary, Ohio Medicaid secondary. HW was 365+, now 13 months and 5 days post-RNY surgery proud to say I'm 181 and 73 years old, will be 74 on December26th and I am committed to make the Rest of My LIFE the Best of My LIFE and how may I help you in YOUR journey?
Medicare thus far has covered EVERYTHING So I have no complaints in that regard.😝

Well an update on my Sore upper arm. First the office nurse growled. at me, said why didn't I call? Well the take home instruction sheet said Call if it pops OPEN- is draining BLOOD or other shades of leakage- some swelling is to be EXPECTED. Okay-bee, I took that to mean" Don't be a Whiney- pants- We'll call you to check on YOU if We Deem it necessary. Otherwise GOOD LUCK!"
Doctor McLaughlin strolled in, she says " So How is YOUR ARM?" my retort " Wicked- Looking!" And it was Too. Asked Me ( probably joking) Did I Do THAT? Surely a wrong angle to have self- inflicted such a wound!
So off we March to an larger Room where she proceeded to suit up, glove. and mask up and she went excising, excavating, and extracting stagnant blood and blood clots from it. I THINK it is flatter, certainingly lower degree of PAIN, took a kidney basin and a half of fine- gauged blood clots out and now the biggish surgical hole is packed with idioform gauze, and I have appointments to return Friday and Monday next mornings to have it repacked. Not given antibiotics because doesn't appear infected, this is Okay, American doctors over- prescribe antibiotics in the first place, then when we get a really evil one we have become drug- tolerant and they have to trot out the very strong IV varieties. No I Am Not Really fearful of IVs but who wants excess expensive holes punched in THEM?
And she made me raise my Right ✋, not easy with the degree of pain, and take an oath I WOULD CALL📱her with any nasty developments 💪arm- wise. Didn't feel I Was That High a priority- remember I have been ignored by many doctors in the past- remember I used to be FAT that equates to the Medical community with Lazy , Stupid and Unmotivated- and basically ignored. So now on top of packing, gauze wrap et cetera I have 4 inch elastic wrap so it Looks nearly as Fat and Swollen as BEFORE. But We Shall see tomorrow how everything LOOKs.
Some Days I think I Am Living in a Cheap Soap Opera, maybe even with Poor Scripting- but it StillBeats being Dead All Hollow, doesn't it?
Now this coming Week I have, on top of the Monday re- packing, a visit to my PCP in the late morning, perhaps I will get the pelvic/PAP test that Medicare will pay for before I turn 75 and they no longer cover it. Then on Wednesday I have my yearly Mammogram and in the afternoon re- visit my orthopaedic surgeon, would get down on my knees and beg for the Reverse Shoulder/ left rotator cuff surgery I badly need before the first of 2020 when I have to meet Deductibles once again. Ooh Have I got a Brilliant plan for him- if he's not leaving town for Christmas- my birthday is the next day, also one of his designated surgery days- 2 Guesses what I WANT for my Birthday and Christmas THIS YEAR! And the argument about PAIN- piffle- I have been bee- bopping around with upper arm pain for 2 weeks after Dr Mc Laughlin and her "Oopsie" lipoma Removal, what's a Little More in the Grand Scheme of Life. Really hope hope he doesn't insist on bended knee, it's really Not Lovely seeing me like a Beached 🐳 down on the floor!
So until later🐊 Gator, I've run out of words!

Thanks Viking- I always have looked forward to Your Postings!

And I Am so proud of YOU and I just know you will continue with your successes. And keep posting, I for one want to know how the Next pages of Your Journal read- you just might be at the top of the Best- Sellers- if not- IT will still be QUITE a STORY!

Wonderful day and Wonderful accomplishment @imsarah18- much Congratulations from an old chick(73) who started out at an unlovely 365+ and 13 months post-RNY surgery is 181, my last 6 pounds to goal are going S- l- o -W l y off but even if THEY don't budge, I AM STILL PROUD OF ME and the way I have gone, even crawling at times, toward a better longer LIFE , there were many moments I almost Gave Up on ME, but turned out I am a Strong Gusty and Gutsy Old Broad After All. Not Perfect but Trying Hard to be a SUCCESS and YOU WILL BE ONE ALSO! Best Wishes from your bari- Bud *FRUSTR8*

And the today thought from one of the apps I subscribe to
TAKE THE CHANCE- FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW YET -HOW WONDERFUL YOUR FUTURE MAY BE!
And like my Bari- Bud. Lynda486 said " I wish all of this for you!"

Mine if anyone is remotely interested
HW 365+ October 2017
SW 319 September 5th 2018
And ( drumroll please!) today October 10th 2019 - 181 smoother sleeker pounds. That's 82.1 kg for all you metric folk and for You Distant cousins in the UK 12.929 stone- No Matter the means of Expressing- pretty darned fine for a old chick of 73 with the Natural metabolism of a Sick Sea Snail on a Good Day!
This Formerly Plump Princess has become the Empress of All She Can Survey and if I do say so MYSELF, it couldn't have happened to a More Worthy Person- worked hard to shed my Fat Insulating Shell and now the 🌎can see the Real ME I was afraid to show for many years.

And I got one from my Bariatric Dietician at the Ohio State University- WEXNER Medical Center. Asked Roy why it was on the Reverse of his Business Card? He just chuckled and said " If the resturant or in Your case- the Handsome Dude dressed in Blue- they can call him and he will re- state it personally. I don't fear being catorgorized as DRUGGIE as much as my appearance of failure to thrive/ starvation- after all I AM one- half the size of my ID picture, even if I put down 250 I was really pushing 350 at THAT TIME- ho- hum I need to renew it the Day after Christmas, yes my Commonwealth friends -Boxing Day- the difference This Year I am the size of a Small envelope instead of the Parish PoorBox- zippety do dah for ME!

WHAT A WONDERFUL THOUGHT!
Some of the BEST DAYS of Our Life have not HAPPENED yet!😝👍😝

A successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her.

And if you still have any more, send them to Ohio, my levels are almost to needing another Iron INFUSION so I'm a little envious. Oh Well, Life has a way of balancing out, one of my relatives used to call me a "Pale- faced Girl" perhaps he was prophetic after all!👼😏

And I am down from top HW of 365+ to a firm unabashed 181 Current Weight. Most say I am Looking So GOOD- I'm not So Sure- see I THOUGHT I was pretty cool in the FIRST Place! So maybe THEY now SEE what inside I always WAS.

And your New Reality may contain a Whole Lot of This State of Mind- I'm 13 months out and my journey still contains IT!

And what a Christmas and New Years you are going to have! @Cinde52 I wish you only the best of Everything- You are giving YOURSELF a wonderful GIFT- and you're investing in a more beautiful FUTURE and longer LIFE expectancy. Pretty much a WOW anyway that YOU look at it!😝👍

B-sided reply it's a tie between cauliflower which seems easier on my cranky Precious Pouch than the Rest of the Cabbage family and, brace yourself- Collard and other greens except Turnip ones- never could abide the veggie or its greens - YUCKY POO to the MAX! Used to ❤fresh baby green peas, but the skins of it and sweet corn, a moment on the lips but FOREVER in my diverticular pockets, ate sweet corn once and passed little reminders for 4 days straight. Yeah, TMI but just my testimony today!

True Story
Former BFF- OMG WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BREASTS?- they are almost nonexistant now.
ME- Bariatric SURGERY- who would have guessed that was WHERE all my pre- surgery weight was carried? Thought running through my mind- "Where is Dear Uncle Vito when I NEED this broad rubbed out?"

And I believe Emily Jane that you WILL BE ABLE to do it - not gonna be the easiest thing to do but I often believe our former weight had us stuck in Hades and now we deserve a chance for our HEAVEN. Work Work Work with what your Surgery can do for YOU, from the Lofty search of 13 months elapsed I know mine brought me the opportunity to become what I was always inside, a wonderful NEW ME- I am one- half the size I started AT , been staying at 180 or there-abouts, was 178.5 this AM before drinking and my morning smoothie time so artifically LOW, but I went through a lot to get where I am and diet alone could never done it for ME- believe I was once on Every diet in the Western World, even some I think were formulated from somebody's warped imaginarion, and had pitiful results- so 1/3 bariatric surgery, 1/3 Rocky recovery times and the rest? Bull- headed stubborness, I am a naturally strident redhead who no LONGER accepts what advice is faulty and misguided, even if I am not PERFECT I do give it my Best Shot and I am one heck of a Female although I'm still a Lady too!

I have Nothi,g Bad to report about. Medicare- never gave Me me one- quarter the grief United Healthcare gave me when I had IT as my Primary! Been 3 1/2 years and I still have BAD MEMORIES Of Those Folks!

Y. I P E S !

Well wilt my Kale with Bacon🍳 Grease Dressing and Call Me A salad, HONEY😝!