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So Lynda do let us know if September 20th turns out to be your Go Home Day. And stay strong- I believe you will find your new kind of Okay out of all this brouhaha. Love and a Hug to be delivered when you're less sore, at least virtually----- Frustr8

Probably pure spasm, possibly a stricture, been fighting it for over a year, trying to remain patent/open, I'm told now ( late September 2019) that my stoma is small in size, that my jejunem is open with visible scars from where last year's ulcers were, so thin foods do go through slowly but they do finally go through. Still. have not graduated to any more than moderately tho k pureed chew as I may. Precious still provides me with emesis on a frequent basis, 3-5 times weekly, keep extra gray Wal-Mart bags in the wastebasket near my Recliner so I can tie off and dispose of what Precious Pouch declines. On the Good Side I am regaining the size I had as a late Teenager- never expected to be under 300, under 200 and we'll into Onederland, after a starting BMI of 53.6, finally found my Ist Visit Summary from O,S,U, Bariatrics--- a BMI of 28.3 seems like achieving an Impossible Dream. And after Size 30W, a Size 16 to 18, majority 16 is a definite WhewBaby. So perhaps there are benefits to the Whole Shebang I have gone through. Just for my Own Peace of Mind, I wish somebody would be honest and stamp "Gastrointestinally Crippled" because at coming up to 13 months, I wonder if I will ever be "RIGHT" again, will I still have a "Healing Day" IDK When, IDK in what Manner, but nobody told ME yet to stop praying👼🙏so I continue till my breath leaves ME SomeDay. Maybe I trusted in -All Things Will Be Made New- perhaps for ME only a Bible Verse. But, you know, I AM still better, healthier and thinner than I started out so perhaps I should be praying for Placid Acceptance at This Point.

Who Questions Much.....
Shall Learn Much.....
And Retain Much.......Francis Bacon

You might feel like you're becoming one- half the man you used to be, but to Us YOU have become twice as WONDERFUL- an Inspiration and a Good Friend. Congratulations on becoming Smaller and May it Continue until You Do Reach YOUR GOAL!

Azlanie I Do Like Your Surgeon's Thinking- wish all Bariatric Surgeon's would do That- sometimes I think my PCP could use all the guidance he can get- the NEXT TIME he says " You're such a Different Beast Now!" I AM going to stay in Beast Mode, slap him with my Grizzly Bear Paw, Claws and All and make Him Bleed! Okay Okay I REALLY probably won't but don't KILL that dream just yet! I may be Different but I am still HUMAN after all, not asking him to become an Large- Animal Vet!

In Life it is Important to Know When to Stop Arguing with People and Allow Them to Be Wrong.

Oh My, Lynda I am So Sorry, but maybe this is the turnaround you need. to get back towards the Road To Good Health.

Kind of hard to tell, Think they would tell you then - if not before. But each place does things their way at their timetable and we poor mortals are not always" in the loop" of information.

Yeah Please let us know, we want to give YOU a Victory Cheer when it happens, and it's About Time!, at least that's my Point of View!

Me Me Me BrisWife, I have to take a 10,000 unit liquigel once daily and look for a prenatal or bariatric multi that contains at least 4,000 units in it. Asked on one of the other threads, waiting to see if anyone answered. And FYI they didn't cancel either my Carafate, Zofran, Iron and Vitamin D. So I'm still bumbling along Great Shape for the Shape I'm In, aren't I ?👈😣👉

Does anyone know of a bariatric or prenatal Vitamin with 4000 units or more of Vitamin A, when my current bottle runs out I have to switch. Yeah I now have to take a 10,000 little liquigel once a day, maybe I should also ask Alex Brechler if the Bariatric Pal Store stocks such an animal THERE.

Well I don't think I could Do 140 reps even if someone was holding a gun on me, but I promise to compliment people TODAY, oh I guess I already told the phone associate at Lincare that they had an excellent company and I was glad I chose them as my C-Pap supplier- hope that counts as it was corporate instead of personal.

Today - September 19th- is Talk Like a Pirate Day- is Any-One dressing like one also? I would if nobody makes me "walk the plank"- that Salt Water CANNOT be good for my Complexion let alone my Lungs!🚢

Ah but YOU ARE on the Glide Path to Victory- and all joking aside, it's a VERY Good Place to Be!

Have a Good Day, a Good Surgery and Excellent Healing in the FUTURE. Keep Us Updated on Your Story..

My feet did not shorten any but I went from. C/D width down to a B. with a HEEL of AA-AAA, that's what I wore when 17 and graduated from High School 56 years ago- Yippee- Skippee- YAY for ME!

Well for me overweight came at a little less than 190, say 186, but I must be a lot taller than you. When I achieve the weight I set Myself I will probably still be in the "Overweight" catagory. I think the BMI Would Be 26.6, so to reach "Normal" would be many more pounds to go!

Yeah, trusting everything came right for you @ honestjuls.

Why is it socially acceptable for babies to cry on public but I Can't? Why? I've got a lot more to cry about than they do!

And a Big 👍Thumbs- Up To You, @TyTyJoseph, now get back to the business of Healing!

And maybe His Wit Too!

Too Too Funny- Kudos to Your Son- must have gotten his smartness, his brilliance from MAMA!

Yeah Kidney pain is usually back - located but it can also radiate down into your groin on one or both sides. Yeah do check out with PCP and possibly an urologist or nephrologist, don't want your kidneys over- stressed. But also We Do Require more Protein for healing and such a THE AVERAGE 🐻 BEAR, to quote Old Yogi🐻- gosh I. did 💖 those cartoons back when i was much Younger!

Ooh crying in front of her wasn't good maneuver- now she can write "Emotionally Upstable". You should have made a list of these points so you could refute each step she used. High Calorie count? Show the steps you are taking to solve this. What you tapering down, what you have stopped. Not Ready?- then tell me what steps I need to take to achieve This Goal. We are not people dealing in gradients, we do not accept shades of grey as much as definate black versus white. Check how long your already passed specialist consults are valid for? I had to repeat all mine for program # 1 twice because I had let over a year elapse between leaving and re- entering the program ; hate for that to happen to you- then I was denied because apparently I did not make him feel " Warm and Fuzzy" denied because of feelings instead of any logic,Well I am well rid of HIM , second program was more what. I needed anyway and I am GLAD I went there.
Perhaps a bariatric consoulerto help you work through the steps, you have done so much toward this to be stopped. Maybe your family needs to attend a bariatric meeting or 2, that way they will see commitment and Right purpose on YOUR part, not a passing whim but something you are trying to earn the right to.
You couldn't have called November 1st because it is only the middle of September, did you possibly mean September 1st?
Go ahead and do your sleep Study, might turn out you'll think better after wearing a C-Pap, and there is a chance maybe you won't require one. Of so, at least you'll know. But THAT might be a valid point to bring up with the surgical office, that YOU are trying. for surgery to cure or at least diminish breathing and sleeping difficulties- maybe they will give you CREDIT for attempting change. Make a list of positive ways you are going to lower down your calorie count to an level they will okay- maybe work with a dietician that understands Bariatrics and preparation for it- NOT all DO.
Can you work with a Bariatric friendly person to help re- prepare you? Just a few observations and suggestions, I myself have started going to a Bariatric Support Group meeting in my town, my own Surgical Center had only evening meetings and I really felt welcomed and hi gained new approaches even at this post- surgical state and a few more people going through with this challenge in Life.
But Vent if you like, this IS A PROFOUND CHANGE TO ACHEIVE- not easy, sometimes not quick but if You Can Stick It Out- So So Worth it All!

And it's almost time for my Dexilent refill, have been on it straight since December 2017 except for the attemptive 5 weeks. of Omeprazole post my RNY, yeah You All Remember What HAPPENED There, stomal stricture, ulcers in the pouch and multiple ulceration marching down my jejunem. I TOLD THEM, FOR ME, OMEPRAZOLE IS NOT GASTROPROTECTIVE ! Did they actually listen? Nope! Who ended up ulcerated and miserable? ME!
They Thought THEY were so smart with degrees and stated experience in Their Side- Ha Ha- a person also has knowledge of their own for your body has wisdom itself. I had lived in mine for over 70 years, I Was Not Stupid, I could tell there WAS SOMETHING VERY WRONG! Going on 13 months, am I right now? Nope, probably never will be, had an endoscopy from another doctor, a gastroenterologist this time, my jejunem is patent which means open, but there is visable and viewable scarring- This is a Game they never should have forced me to play! Is the GERD ALL GONE? Nope, anything containing coconut including CocoMilk, I'm" off to the races again"! So if I want dairy- free smoothies- it's almond or cashew for this gal. Funny I always thought Cashew would be my bugaboo- it's in the same family as some other allergens- but it turned out okay.
And I suspect I will be on Decilent, my PPI , until those "cows come home"- Just the way things went for ME. Would I go back to the Way I was before surgery? No No, a million times No- I just wish they had given my observations a little more credence- they did not miss a minute of sleep- they never had pain- they never ended up with a PICC line because of malnourishment and Protein anemia, they didn't have the still- frequent emesis I still suffer from- Nope just went on their Merry Way, Blithering and Babbling as They Go- can only hope someday Karma does to them what they did to me! And, honestly, I never had vindictive thoughts before All This Happened! If Anything I was a Mild- Mannered Meek Marshmallow of a person, put up with so much s**t in my life It Is A Blessed WONDER I don't still smell of it.
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