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Elcee you remind me of a lost Dog

Baby Bird- Mama I'm afraid to leave the nest, I might fall. Mama Bird- No No You were born to fly. Just move your wings, look ahead and not at the ground. You were born to fly. You are stronger than you think, You are ready, be like mama Bird said , you were born for this reason- you'll never stumble when you take flight. No losing thoughts, you are a Winner, so have your surgery, and your life will change for the Good, you will be so proud of you. So shine and sparkle on your Day. Fly Baby Fly!

well, worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but you never get anywhere at all! English Proverb

There are 2 definations for F E A R Forget everything and Run Face everything and Rise above And the Choice is Yours Today.

And although I haven't stalled as of yet, on 1430 calories from my TPN, yeah THAT MANY- My Body Jalopy?is barely chugging along the weight loss trail. 2 pounds a month between December 18- January 15, praying I will get out of this idle-ing and my weight loss deferred will resume because I wanted it all, I wanted to be HEALTHY and THIN, not one or the other.?

Gosh if we get someone from Minnesota , that's where the headwaters are so they sort of straddle it don't they?

Yeah one of my profiles said I had surgery in 1974, and as a Android app-er I can't change it, probably if NewKimm is running off of a phone app she won't be able to change hers either. That's something I pray Ken S. can rectify someday or fix it so we have the ability to do it ourselves. It says I went to Abbott- Northwestern in Evanston Illinois, and anybody who has followed me knows I'm enscounced in Central Ohio and only went as far as Columbus for mine last September.

And may your appointment go well but with a fibrous that size you just might get spayed to rid you of it. But we will see how things go, either way I will be keeping you in my prayers.???and may there be,a ? rainbow at the end.

You're lucky elves, I have had foamies, I have had urp-ups. and a couple times I felt such pain I thought my pouch would involute out my mouth. No, not projectile vomiting, more like a cat retching up a hairball, I'm a RnY so that's the kind I know. Not sure if my sleeved brothers and sisters do the same way or not. One blessing , if one can regard it as such, my food reflexes and refluxs up so quickly it has no odor. The longest mine has stayed down is a half hour or so. I have upchucked all kinds of stuff, even water. To Many bystanders it probably looks like a coughing spell. Just another facet to why I am on TPN, Dr Needlemans nurse thought I had progressed to Stage 4 and truly that is where I should be but until everything straightens out if I attempt anything p.o.(by mouth) it is liquids or very thin purees. Only thing not that variety is unsweetened applesauce. This is per Dr Noria, my surgeons partner who is also my endoscopist. This Friday will be my 5th with her and 8th lifetime. I really respect her as well as liking her very much. And I believe I may still have my healing occur, this is just a bump in my road to final ✌ victory. I will be starting tomights feeding in just a few minutes, I am 12 hours on, 12 hours off, have blood labs once a week, only deficiency I have and it is mild, is iron. I will call OSU in the morning, they were shut down for Martin Luther King Day, find out whether I can address this over-& the -counter or whether I need a prescription. But it still is a fine world, no regrets except I wish my body behaved better, but I would never go back to before surgery,this life still better than life before. I will always be grateful to my facility Ohio State University Hospital- Wexner Medical Center, my wonderful skillful surgeon ? Bradley J Needleman M.D. and most of all to God who made everything possible. A great thing was done for me September 5th 2018 and I am proud of the person I now am becoming, I am. truly a wonderful work in progress. ?

I had to go to powder myself , only way I could get strawberry, Wal-Mart saw fit to delete down to chocolate and vanilla in most of the Ready to Drink, blast their money-grubbing souls, Only way I might get my beloved Peaches and Cream premier protein is Wal-Mart.com, Amazon, Or go out of my town for Sam's Club or Costco, wonder if both have guest memberships? If I have to travel 23-50 miles it better be worth the trip!

If you are the 1st , you will be starting off February, I think the earliest we had before was the 2nd. Welcome Welcome Welcome and where are you from? Where will your surgery be and are you getting a little anxious for the day to come?

And I pray you can lose before the ticking time bomb goes off. I had a son die of an ascending aorta aneurysm at 31, every time I hear or see the word " aneurysm" I quake inside, been 11 years on the 11th and sometimes it's like yesterday and sometimes like a nightmare you can't wake up from. Every year I send balloons to Heaven and try to volunteer somewhere to honor his memory. He was a very giving person and I was blessed to be his mother. But I would give all my tomorrows just to have him back. ?

Never look back, you're not going that direction after all. If you don't like where you're at , move, you're not rooted like a tree.

Lord deliver us all from Helga the She-Devil and all her ilk! And Hurray for private rooms where you can kick back and be YOU without worries. You may have nausea, you may have flatulence, you may even burp like a 10 year old boy, so nice not to have to apologize for your organ recitals and such.???

Well may mean we were doing it wrong all these years, but now we have learned better.

If you have GERD they may advise you to switch to bypass, sleeve will not cute that, in fact it usually makes it worse. Foot getting stuck could mean you have an esophageal stricture or the valve between your esophagus and stomach is a little wookey, might be another strike against a sleeve. But your doctor will know more of your particular case than I do. Not a doctor, not a nurse. just another bariatric journeyer on her own trek.

May be a reaction to the anesthesia they used or hormones starting to release from your fat as you go into ketosis. Probably looks worse than it is!

Don't take anything dairy with the Doxycycline, it bonds together with it, forms an insoluble salt and you just poop it out. You need it to work not be a stool assistant.?

A wise person said; It will take 4 weeks for you to notice a change it will take 8 weeks for your friends to notice a change It will take 12 weeks for the outside world to notice a change But it takes only one day to believe in yourself enough to commit to surgery and weight loss. And that is the most important time frame, to realize you love you enough to grant yourself this gift of health and a future.?

And his practice diminishing in size and his profits declining may be the Wake-up call that couldn't get through his fat head to tell him anything. Be a better Nurse Practioner than he is a Doctor, that is the best type of revenge after all .

Well neither of these are gonna stop a clock from running so if they resemble these proxies, they are pretty pleasant to gaze on.

Went and made me my bari-cup up with one half Minute Maid 15 lemonade and one-half mandarin orange Nestle Splash flavored water which is no calorie, should cut it down to 7.5 calories per 8 oz, that's unbeatable on a galloping ?. One of my weird relatives saying , never knew why she was obsessed with horses galloping, never saw her on horseback at all.

Use skim if you go to milk, none of us need to reload fat back in!

Like your pen name, remember the hardest climbs bring the sweetest victories and the summit. is a beautiful place to be!

Me either, But I have another 2 reasons than average ones. 1. My TPN satisfies 95% -100% of my nutritional needs 2. I urp up so easily it's not worth trying anything past liquids or very diluted purees. The petechiae (small pinpoint hemmorages under the skin) are finally dissipating and I am grateful for that. Saw something in "Words of Wisdom" pretty well sums it up You Ask How I Am I will say " I'm Okay" I will text "I'll be fine" But within my Heart and Soul- I am broken and need repaired. I can't complete where I should be now on my own.