Frustr8

And @Ms Browneyez42, I was proud of you in August and I still am. Since,i developed a Stricture nobody?" sniff " will Ever ask ME to speak at anything until I DEFEAT IT!??

Hey Hey Hey I've got an NSV! Getting ready yesterday to go to Columbus for my bi-weekly Stoma Stretching at OSU, Dr Noria says We Are Making Gains! think she is optimistic, but let's SEE IF SHE IS CORRECT! Anyhoo I had put my bra in to be washed so dug in my indie drawer for a fresh one, A 42B and it FIT! For so long I have bought what I could find, added bra extenders so the band would be large enough. First stock size in years! + What I have said before, I AM NOT,a woman or Miss size, I am a terribly bloated Junior, a 27 or 29, for a woman in the 270s a B cup,is NOT LARGE! This is Why i should aim for a 15! But power to this rapidly defating Plump Princess!

Might still be early days for chicken, eat slow, small small bites, pause between bites, lay your eating utensil down, don't talk, don't get distracted, don't brood over what someone said or snide remarks, warm things work better for me. Remember you're not punching a time clock, respect your new gastric environment, it is having to learn to cope too. I am 9 weeks out, and as I said in the previous thread I have become the DoorKeeper and bouncer at Club Stricture, a job certainly I did not interview ??for. And I argued for 3 weeks with my Bariatric Team that I DID have a stricture, and OMG the excuses I got! Varied from" You have to give things ⏰time" to " You just want attention!" Oh was the ?stridecy in my voice a CLue? Finally,to shut ME up they scheduled an? Endoscopy, an EGJ, because of course you never can visualize an bypassed duodenum by EASY MEANs. And who was right? ME ME ME! Yeah I don't have a bunch,of degree letters after my name, but I do know MY body, I have been living in ME a long time and besides I am puking almost as much as I did pregnant, and I can count on my 2 hands without going to toes, the episodes of emesis since then. I do not upchuck freely. So every 2 weeks, October 12, October 26, November 9th, I haul my Happy Hoohah to Ohio State University Hospital to the Endoscopy/Hepatology Lab for Fun and Games. The nurses are starting to recognize me, Dr Noria, the? bariatric surgeon who LOVES doing endoscopy greets me by name instead of #. and the surgery tech nurse says I get a Frequent Flyer card at the End of November. Asked if it has a Plumb and Fun sticker,on it? What a lovely idea THAT IS! That's me, a bundle,of fun and weird suggestions!????So omeprazole twice daily, Zofran 3 times daily, Carafate every 6 hours around the clock and now a new directive, I can no longer be around active smokers or anyone with residue on their clothing. Why? Because my 3 ulcers have weakened. and are now at risk of bleeding/ perforation. Since Tomk8tten and I neither smoke or allow it inside, that's her first intervention. Lovely going up friends, associates, even people on the street, May I sniff you FIRST before we have a conversation? Barely have that many left, remember I have reached the age when peers drop like Flies!???

Hope I'm wrong, but if I'm right, welcome to Club Stricture, I'm Frustr8, designated DoorKeeper, We are Exclusive, very few pass through HERE!

Orthostatic Hypotension, be he GONE!

Imagine being stopped by Police? "Oh yes officer, I just had surgery and they misplaced my tail. Maybe when I go back for followup they'll straighten things out!"

Tie a string or rope around your waist, when someone asks say "Oh my, it's the ONLY WAY I can keep THESE PANTS UP! " If they prolong the conversation you have a perfect chance to brag and be obnoxious about the situation!??LOL

@ 33andathird, always wanted to ask, is your pen name because you want to be a long- playing record? I do think it's cute!

Well my Surgery Month Buddies, has everything resolved? Especially you @ Mandy1013, I have a stricture, 3 times they have tried to resolve it, still not quite right, still on liquid diet, still fighting the Nausea Wars!???

And I hope all of the above posters are doing well with their pist-surgery lives! Happy campers make Camp Bariatric more fun, don't you think??

@ Missouri- Lees Summit, so often you "cut to the chase" , just another of the reasons I enjoy finding your postings!???

@Gastric Girl and @Michie_be_me do you feel the same 2-3 months later or have things smoothed out?

Just thinking about you, will Continue to hope with Proud Grammy, I have enjoyed your posts so much Phil, don't want anything stopping THEM.

When you get through with herding cats and grandbabies, I have a container of earthworms you can organize into a marching band. Saw a couple centipedes that might play cymbals or snare drums.

?? my BariSister be grateful you can power through , my rotten stricture does not give me that option. For you. and anyone else remotely interested, endoscopy#3 post surgery, able to open more, not enough to effect a cure, but moving ahead. Bad news, ulcers have worsened, now forbidden to be in presence of active smokers or anyone who may have retained active residue, next step bleeding/perforation? And yes sans Carafate and Zofran at proper intervals, I still puke. Good news, have dropped from 295 to 278 in less than a months But Dayum such A WAY to achieve. THIS!????

Gosh I think you're correct, I have been sexually continent for 6,5 years since Late Lamented shuffled off this mortal coil. Like to say it's because I'm picky, truth is : I am 72, obese, look ? tired and NOBODY has found me THAT appealing! Don't go many places besides grocery shopping, lawyer offices, doctor offices, creditors I can't pay online, occassional visits to JFS and church. Probably like the lady visiting her religious enity, walked in , choir singing Hallelujah, like me, marginally deaf, thought they were singing " Hardly Knew You:. got offended and left. Would I "Mattress Mambo"? First, Someone Ask Me! I'm sure it's like dancing or bike ride-ing, once you get your rhythm back, you do FINE! So here I am in Central Ohio, begging to be comforted, cuddled or most anything that doesn't make too much noise or frighten the ?in the street. If you don't mind a good giggle, I'll even strip down, as I lose weight I am developing saggy flabby skin, but I am warm, breathing and an ornery disposition. Any dudes out there who aren't TOO FEARFUL OF ?ATTACK OR STROKE? Hey?or ?, here I Be! ???

I'll take a driver's license, just relocated , New landlord stated nobody there for months as he just got through remodeling. Yet in today's mail came an New Ohio Drivers license, they now mail them instead of giving out the day you apply. And the plot thickens, it was issued the day I moved in. Do you suppose I can convince the Ohio State Highway Patrol that's me, after all it is the Correct Address, No guess not, doesn't look like me, wrong age , wrong gender. Ah but it was a Happy Dream! Don't have an emoji for that either, do you Alex?

I have more pain with my strictu4es and ulcers than I ever did post-SURGERY. Sometimes I do like efflurage on my upper abdomen to try to get the pouch to relax and stop clenching. Good,surgery, wonderful beginning to recovery, then this happens and I would like to give,this pain to the political candidates that won without my vote! Taint no fun, my friend, 3rd endoscopy and they haven't fixed it YET! And here I sit because they are running behind! Procedure scheduled 15 minutes ago!?????

Eel, yccch! I like oysters, prawns, lobster, tilapia, flounder, crabs and clams!????

I lost 15 pounds on my liver-shrink, did it the entire month of August, knew my surgeon found NASH when he examined me in mid-July so I commuted myself to shrink it down. For each week you liver shrink it decreases 2.4% in size so mine decreased between 12 and 15%, and it made it easier for Dr Needleman and less pain for me post-surgery. And I was very proud of ME that I could do it. And you will have your own Pride Moments on your journey, remember not to always judge yours by others, we each make our own kind of ? in weight loss, and it is the Right Song for Each of Us!???

Well 3 Big10, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, as soon as you find out where Honeybee winged in from, you will have a nice grouping. FYI my birthday is December 26, and my Wedding Anniversary was December 9th, I have been widowed 6 and a half years, not that anyone asked. I will be following you December Snowballs with great interest, I had a RnY 9 weeks ago and am back at OSU awaiting a return endiscopy, my 3rd. I have a stricture of my stoma they just can't get stretched so I can get off my liquid diet. No worries , it is relatively rare, but I still will never regret surgery, I have lost 60+ pounds since July 31st, something else wonderful to life, and as the Fat Caccoon cracks maybe the outside world will see the real Frustr8 bursting free. I always knew I was cute, smart, worthwhile to know but the outside ? they see Fat and deprecate us all. Covers can be so blotched, torn &worn, open the Book Of Me, I am well worth the Read!

Never got Gabapentin, never got Tramadol, I think? Reread Tomkitten's posts , I guess I had more meds than I remember, maybe in my IV, had it and ?monitoring whole time.

Educate me please, what is Swerve? Many other names I recognize.

Nope, Central Ohio( Mount Vernon) hey I'm better than nothing and I have no adverse anti- mistake by the Lake prejudices. I think I rock without the Halle of Fame. FYI if she's still active Crazee Connie was from Ashtabula and had surgery in Cleveland, there are also ActiveX in NW Ohio , Dayton, West Chester, Zanesville, Columbus as well as" getting Littler" Me.

I feel like skin looks sickly sallow, my cheeks have lost their roundness, looking gaunt, my neck emerges from my sweats etc like a turtle out of its shell, as I lose weight my fat instead smooth is blobby, but feeling sorry for me this AM. NPO until procedure at 2:50 pm, would ask somebody to shoot me, put me out of this misery, but if they miss I'll have more pain and a gunshot wound to heal. All my friends are poor shots anyway, have had cataract surgery or their families took their guns away. Oh S*** I guess I'll exist another day??✊