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But it is what it is and you are sti'll triumphing,in the War! you Still are one,on my inspirations, n3ver will change There.

And may YOU make Goal and live life better, thinner and with less of you pushing down on your joints, with diminished pain. Don't have the BP but have a recently discovered Thoracic Aorta Aneurysm, stable but still lurking somewhere in my chest, otherwise we are SoulSisters in ailments, but my Testimony-- the pain drops down to more manageble, you move better if still a turtle? pace and most iMPORTANT- you do feel better and face Life with new vigor. We'll never be unscarred but those are our Battle Ribbons, no matter what Life threw at Us, We Still Won This War! And remember always what HOPE stands for HOLD ON PAIN ENDS. Much love from me in Central Ohio, your Bari--Bud Frustr8???

No Big Thing if you're London- centric , it is a Fabulous Place and is Still on my Bucket List to absorb the Essence of Someday!

Probably a little late to submit but. if I were to pen my Autobiography the title I have selected would be "MORE IN SORROW THAN IN ANGER"- chose that back in my Teen Years, still like it after All These Years.

And I almost need a Seat Belt Retractor for mine. Hope any future lovers let me keep on my bra, when those puppies unroll it is FRIGHTENING. Good for giggles and Laughs but not Too Lust- Inspiring ???

1st Surgeon and Facility were a referral from PCP, he believed since their facility was both a Center of Excellence and a Catholic institution they would be more likely to go the Extra Mile. Bad error- filled gameplan, instead I turned" the other cheek" got double the emotional bruising and a refusal to perform surgery. Went instead to my State LandGrant university, which I really wanted from the beginning , Kind people, Wonderful skillful surgeon and everything was on the up and up there. FYI I have no bias against a religiously owned healthcare system, I have been treated in Methodist, Baptist as well as other Catholic facilities, all wonderful facilities to be at . But remember Satan when he was Lucifer, he was a bright shiny angel until he got envious and tried to a stage a take-over from GOD. Even angels are capable of being "too Big for their Britches" to quote one of my family sayings. And I located my Final surgeon myself, facility # 1 dumped DR Satan on me, trust your gut, believe you are not stupid, if you ever get poorly treated and always Do what's best for you and Your Future. Your Life may depend on it!

And P.S. today I weighed and I am. 188.8, proud and yet humbled by It All- never even dreamed I could have THAT success- especially at 73 years. PCP thinks now I AM TOO SMALL- bullfeathers- I am less than 15 pounds from my Dream- we will renegotiate THEN and only THEN.

OMG that I had forgotten but once upon a time when I was the dimensions of a beach ball I too ate such things. In most ways I am So So much better but I do remember such things but by my choice and an intolerant Precious Pouch, I live there No More. But like an old man remembering his youthful loves, AH YES I REMEMBER IT WELL! Love ? and Peace this Sunday and beyond!

And I am Just a little behind you at. 190⬇from 365+ , may NOT jog ( few 73 year olds do) but I can still smile?and celebrate?! And I celebrate with you on your 5km and wish YOU many more such success!?

Remember one other of Elvis favorites? Grilled Peanut butter and sliced banana sandwichs.? Makes one ache considering all those evil carb calories when you ?consider he lubed the bread with Real Butter also!?

Yes you can but, surprise surprise, after being on 1% or skim, it tastes and has the consistency of Cooking Oil. Potentially you may want to choke trying it.

Everything I like is Illegal Immoral causes weight gain or refuses to text me back promptly.?

And I was a RNY BYPASS also, 11 months out this coming Monday Now 190 after starting this trek at 365+. and even at 73 it is STILL WORKING for ME! At 5ft8 in I am heading for TEAM SLENDER! And it is Exciting like I never could have forecast!??Yay!

Well in memory to my former Obese Self- HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE- 350 + Pounds, I WILL NEVER EVER GO THERE AGAIN!✊?

scale- I would like to say merely looking at it worked, but thinking " that ISN'T TOO MUCH food" made ME what I used to be, so I trust scales more!

And ?? 88-You Know I Am Very Proud to Know You and it Still sounds to,ME you are staying targeted. You are One Cool Chickadee!

Hey Much Congratulations, although many will be adverse I believe your Young Lady was meant to be, she? just didn't want to wait to make YOU her Mommy! My own Mommy , I believe had what Prince William's wife _(and also his Mum had) they had to stop the gurney on her way to be delivered so she could vomit. List 15 pounds but I was a healthy husky 7 pounds & 12 ounces, 10-12 says early, if I had "baked" another two weeks maybe theyvwoykd have been warned. how BIG I was going to Grow! And I was a product of the mid 49s when Healthy Babies were Fat Babies, at a year I was 35 inchs tall, 26 pounds, the size of today's 2- 2 1/2 year old. Some people were BORN TO BE WILD, well I was BORN TO BE FAT and it wasn't until 72 I was able to defeat my heritage with a RNY BYPASS and a good bariatric surgeon who kept me motivated and said No You're NOT TOO OLD! God Bless and keep safe my Bradley J Needleman MD who gave me a chance to have a Future instead of a rapidly approaching Death! And now I look like this?instead of a cheese puffball with Red Hair m

Hey Black Bean Burgers taste GOOD, even a former Carnivore like myself can admit THAT! Doubt if I swing completely over to Vegan but Precious Pouch HATES meat, even pureed, so I have had to concede and make HER Happier, she is pretty mean for a a small turkey- egg of Gastric Flesh, and what she doesn't like comes Rolling Right Back Out! I so Envy people with Cast Iron Pouches!

And Yes it is spelled ABUNDANTLY but remember, I do post on a Smartphone? whose 1st language is not even American English!

Yep much is better- some things are still WORKS IN PROGRESS- think I LOOK Abidently UGLY but,have a Whole Peanut Gallery,of people telling me I AM SUPPISED TO LOOK LIKE THIS- got any children, Horses in the Street to be Frightened or Clocks that have been Running TOO WELL and need to be STOPPED? Not too much planned today- I'm Available! But I keep going on going on and I guess I just Know No Better- would head to nearest Department store for Makeup Advice but Even They aren't LOURDES- no Miracle Workers At Macy's and the Rest ! I'll plaster a Smile? on, let it be My ☔Umbrella because Rain forecast☁ ALL DAY IN Mount Vernon Ohio and WELL into the Night! ???-----laughing through my ?Tears

You can and will do this and it's my own? belief YOU will do this with Class and Grace, Maridiego, waiting for an Update on How Everything Goes!

You're losing your fat and shock- absorbing layer, so your flesh could hit your boNes quicker. Y'all mine giant petechiae or bloody freckles, just went through another blood lab but they never said my platelets were awfully fragile. Oh whatever, I at least know I'm not an abuse victim unless I'm doing IT to MYSELF!

Cut your shakes half and half with water,may take longer but others have complained of choking on them thick and undiluted. Go to broth or another liquid you can stand, how about decaf or herbal tea? Warm works for some people, cool for others and some_(but Not Me) want everything room temperature. Room temp to me seems like drinking # 1but I confess that's just MHO after all.

Well, my New friend, I have, through things Not All of My Intentions, been on Protein Shakes for nearly an entire full year, started my Liver shrink Diet August 1st 2018, and having had a slower than average RECOVERY because I am Much Older than Average, was 72 years and a little over 8 months for my RNY last September 5th, and we just don't heal as smooth and fast as the Younger ones. I have an extremely cranky pouch of egg-sized gastric flesh whoihave named Precious Pouch. When they did my 1st endoscopy 6 weeks in after much whining , complaining. And burning up their phone wires, it was discovered P.P. had 3 ulcers within herself which led to a stricture of my stoma opening between her and my jejunem plus there were multiple ulcerations in there as well. I have been on Carafate since last October 12th every 6 hours around the clock and the Path has been bumpy. Oh I have lost weight like " Gangbusters" but at what cost? Still hasn't been a final accounting, but I have become a gourmet protein shake drinker, as I STILL do not handle solids well. My Favorites in descending order- keeping in mind I have a Chocolate Allergy and drink plain Vanilla with a gun placed against my temple- I find it thick, white, cloying and tasteless- and I WILL NOT GO there. Strawberry Ensure High protein Max- like it and the new wild Berry. Muscle Milk blueberry Greek yogurt making my own with whey isolate protein powder and 1% or skim milk- whir it up in my Nutibullet with ice cubes, makes it cold and slushy like a real milkshake Glucerna Butter Pecan premiere protein or acts and creme- not quite as fond but it reminds me of those orange circus peanut candies I used to love . The Peach Mango shake stuff Ohio State has, don't know what it's exact name is but had it during immediate post surgery and when I got rehospitalized in late November. a tale THERE too. But of All I have tried that Ensure is hand down the BESt , tastes just like Strawberry Quik without the fakey flakey evaporated milk taste or aftertaste I grew to loathe. A lot of people swear by GNC or Unjury, never had either, refuse to frequent Jeff Bezos mega- Spider Amazon so no I DO NOT HAVE A PRIME ACCOUNT! I have ordered from Bariatric Pal Store, quick delivery, things feared always toward us even more than General Public, although I'm sure they also are welcome! Like the meaning of FUBU, for Us- by Us, that's the true Black meaning, other being F Up Beyond Understanding, and when I get mad at Me-thats where I am At.

I remember Richard Burton, the Actor, saying He was innately painfully shy but nobody believed him. He was such a Good Actor he donned a Facade and nobody knew the Real Richard inside. This has some + but a Whole Lot of - and that was difficult to constantly maintain. What might look like slothful laziness to others might be "You being Kind to You", nobody can blaze forth on all burners without getting a little singed yourself. And in the long run, YOU were not. put on this ? Earth just to pleases others but to live, love, appreciate and respect YOU, when all else fades, How Did You Treat You? Have I always been this bright? Nope, spent years and years, from my parents who werent sure a daughter was a Good Idea, through a husband who thought I should only be an extension of HIM and unto children , at least 1 of the 3 , did and still takes Me for granted, oh I was an Handy Doormat for everyone to Wipe their feet on, not until my Bariatric decision, where I said ITS TIME FOR ME, after the parents and my husband the Late Lamented had died, the children had acheived Adulthood, did I take the time to Believe in ME, that I deserved a chance to LIVE instead of dying OBESE, SAD and in PAIN. And when I finally grew up into Real Person-hood I have been accused of being strident, well maybe I am making up for years and years of being Victorine the Victim--- I am a Thinner Resilent Winner and I'm Living with a new-Found Gusto, had their opportunity to KILL ME, didn't and they'll need to just live with it NOW!