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??????Rachel- may the response only be good!

OMG I am glad I had my Shingles shots, at 72 I would not want that on my "plate", FYI,everybody, at 7, end of Grade 2, I had chicken pox so badly they were in my future " lady parts", old country doctor told MaMa " I'm not sure she will have children", scared the bejeebers out of her. Dumb old doctor, I had 3, each one bigger than the one before, Tomkitten was over 9 and half pounds. 12 pounds at a month, and never looked back. When he gets too: mouthy", I remind him he is carrying a BMI of 38 with a comorbid, Dr Needleman may pay me a $100 fee to drag his chubby self in, after all!?&?with??

RnY- Gastric bypass, we end up with an egg size and shaped stomach pouch. VSG- verical sleeve gastrectomy- you give away 75-90% of your natural stomach to get a banana shaped pouch the diameter of a garden hose, both you lose weight like a bandit, Bypass a liitle more so. At any rate , you are never the same as when you went into the operating theatre! Your choice, your LIFE!

@ ummyasmin , it must keep you "righteous", but I'm sure you do your best to remain a Flower of Islam. And I never thought Protestants got off THAT EASY! At any rate, Blessings on all that are reading this!???

Like you are,now, if you don't mind everyone reading it, if you do, eitherprivate message them or ask them to do that to you. Wishing you a Good Day to you TODAY!

If you're waffling, may I vote for my team , Team RNY? And I have not had the recovery I booked for, just a few blips that are difficult to smooth out, but It has given me the future My former weight and life trends did not. High Weight,was 355 last October 2017, my weight is 278 and DROPPING so smooth down. I don't feel wonderful, but fix my little problem, fix my attitude. Mine is still pretty rare for bypass, low of 5%, high of 23% , depends on what Internet Guru you read. Somebody once said, You can find anything YOU WANT and many you DON'T on the Web. But still, this pleases ME much more than throwing away 75-90% of my stomach for a sleeve would have!? &?=?

If he was living now and not back then, somebody would surely say. Man That Sure is some RIGHTEOUS music!???

I'll send Uber Good Sustaining Thoughts your way TODAY if you'll do the same this Friday, I have Attempt#3, an endoscopy, an EGJ Trying to stretch out that stricture so that Precious Pouch can be more like Cast-Iron Hattie, your good-acting good-working pouch. Last time they goofed a little, stayed wide awake, no noticable sedation to put me into LaKeLand. Fluffy, have you ever known someone that had to be repaired with OPEN surgery? That's my underlying apprehension????

And never be afraid to rant about family mis- knowlege and nasty remarks. I had some real winners leveled at me, Old, Silly, Foolish were the nicer ones. Oh I did" missionary work" to some of them, either they were stupid or dense themselves. So I talk on here where I just don't be able to anymore them! May be my grand-daddy and grandaddy-in-law were right, "Them that don't listen and listen well, just got to feel!" Used think that was a HARSH THOUGHT PATTERN , now I see their wisdom. And how is EVERYONE'S DAY SO FAR????

And now I have furniture suitable for my happiness. If you came to visit, I would be less ashamed to show you into my living situation. I now have a loveseat/small couch.combo with an ottoman. Comfy and in need, an extra seat, a Broyhill, so well made. Didn't think I liked the shade of upholstery, but my son was right, they do fit in with other pieces of furniture for a design plan. He decided to curl up on it for a nap, tossed a blanket over him, and let him sleep. My ?was strained, oh it was there but like I no longer had the oomph, but lower tummy pain. Thank you (sarcasm) Stricture for not giving enough diet to keep things moving. Tried and tried, it was there and soft thanks to Miralax, but pfft. So I finally broke down, took a dose of Cherry MofM, Precious Pouch said "Whattt?" told her Shut up, hold it in there, no "pukies "I need relief. Finally crawled on new Queen-sized bed with Quilt on top, between the being able to stetch out, the MoM , or a modicum of lightened worry, but I got results, may have lost a pair of Granny Panties, but I will soon " undergrow" them, maybe go to Just My Size, Fruit of Loom, or even Vaniety Fair et all. That is one thing I hated back,in perimenopause, the staining so I used get white so it could be bleached, now I will purchase prints, polka dots and different shades. Even if no one else requests to see them, I know I am,pretty there! And I will buy things with some style but heavy on cute" Feel-good" as I get smaller life is too short to be a gray sweat- suited BLOB! Going to start on my minimum 64 oz of fluid, planning 96 and up, but 128 might keep my 3 kidneys pink and processing. Didn't void much yesterday and that AIN'T GOOD for innards MY Age. Tony, the guy who helped me transport, brought his cousin Jack Clancy to help. Kinda weedy to look at, all the years I knew both families I never realized the family relationship. But boy, could Jack work! Don't prejudge by looks, I helped as much as I could and not strain my tummy muscles, don't want popping mini hernias, but he pitched in, helped arrange my furnishings better. Got a nice" to me" sturdy solid kitchen /dining table and 4 very pretty honey oak solid dining table chairs.Really needed those chairs, need to sit down frequently, low calories don't keep one from dizziness. Miss Poodle, you asked about nausea and it's brother-in-law vomit. Well Friday, Saturday , a little Monday. Didn't eat enough yesterday to matter, if I get in my Zofran, it does help enough, to keep it in the background. It 8am- 4pm-10pm, the Carafate 6am -- noon- 6pm- midnight, I try to work the rest in around them, fluid when I Can, liquid diet items and pray I haven't shortened my life. But an embarrassing sameness, gosh I miss real foid, tasty food, things with natural density and fiber to them, will Genpro and Benefiber and MoM be residents of my lifestyle forever and ever? Want my Premier Proteins back! Muscle Milk is starting to gag me, Wal-Mart has seen fit to restock only Chocolate and Vanilla PP, been allergic to Chocolate since carried Baby #2, over 40 years , he's the one now a Angel????for 10 years last January. And I vow I will never drink vanilla after this is over, hate thick white and tasteless, ycch!

An update of sorts. Thought, prayed,thought,prayed, and the, called in on local buy-sell-barter- give away free radio program, it's called "Tradio" weekdays between 9- 10AM. Asked if there might be by chance someone who. could transport me there for free or minimal fee. Told them I had come out of a bad situation, don't care if they would think in error, physical abuse or such. We all have points where we say "No Mas. Like sometimes you personally , emotionally can not tolerate and no longer want a part,of your life, you escape with you can.,What my trigger point was, might differ from yours but no less valid, just as what brought YOU to weight loss. But when it happens, you turn yourself around, have surgery, and commit to living better, cleaner, and receive a new ? ,a tool for better living. I guess I am waxing pholosopical today, if it offends anypne, I apologise.????

Usually surgeons make you wait,6 ormore weeks between surgery. That said, I am sure there are mevericks everywhere.

Best wishes to both of you, may your surgery be what you wish, painless, smooth and the start of beautiful days into the future!????

It's a good thing when sex feels good, is fun and beats washing down walls all hollow.LOLR (laughing out loud remembering)??

Well if you're referring to that stinky profile, it's almost all wrong. AND my true facts Starting to seek August 15th 2015, that's when I first met Surgeon #1, the back- stabbing fool that let me go through his program not,once but,twice and then refused me surgery. The second time I returned to HIM , I count as my,Highest weight of 355. Leeft him after he repudiated me and my,efforts,in February 2018, cried, raged and signed into right facility's program March 9th 2018, had my presurgical exam with Dr Needleman 7/17/2018 at 334, went on all-August livershrinking diet, surgery 9/05/2018 at 319, am losing 3-5 pounds weekly, most of time, never stalled because of stricture running my recovery, yesterday morning, after converting back from metric 278.9 pounds. Any,other surgery dates are so erroneous it stinks. Why do I not repair them? Because,i am working off of Android Marshmallow app not computer, every change slides away like eggs on teflon, the profile returns nothing. FYI I have had 2 post- surgery endoscopies and facing another, 10/1218,10/26/18 and 11/09/18. and nothing has worked yet, after 3 failed attempts do they do "open" or am I doing this in perpetuity every 2 weeks? Je Ne Sais, French for IT,Iand of course they are all EGJ because a Bypassers. duodenum no longer visible, only Jejunem. That is a certanity!

And then you remember how my MaMa, may her rest be peaceful, force fed my 7 pound 12 ounce newborn body into 36 inches ,35 pounds on my 1st birthday, what % would that be? OMG in Heaven it's Scaredy scare when you think about it.??

You look like your own daughter. Nobody believes how aging obesity,is until you see such pictures. Thanks for sharing yours!?

Was feeling desperate, hungrish, wanted something, made thin microwave oatmeal, poured a little 1% milk on, sirred it up, afraid of the solids with Precious Pouch's stricture, but gentlely slurped the milk floating. Now to convince Precious that it is not poison and needs to be vomitted up. Cross my eyes, cross my toes, hush my mouth, and,keep it down? ????

Stitches, just muscle tenderness, something not sitting right, hormonal but my "bestess guess" as my,5 year second cousin Suzie says? Bowel fullness----- is ?chugging along as it should?

And nicoleea don't worry about disappointing anyone, you are in ,this game for,YOU and that's who YOU HAVE. TO PLEASE. Since you are a KG Kid 127 kg yesterday , my one surgeon from the overseas does Metric! Can I hear a Whoop Whoop?

doggies no ciggies that's what I meant like ?l like?even like????and ?

And the doggie emoji I accidently hit at end , let it stand for pounds/kilograms burning up like smoke, don't advise anyone to restart that habit, F-in-L died of Small-cell. Lung ♋ cancer in 1988, as a caregiver, as a daughter in law, not a pretty way for someone you ? love to die. I don't know I could be,mean enough to wish it on my WORST ENEMY. Even Phyllis-Anne who told me I was foolish, silly, and a,little deranged to seek major bariatric surgery at our age of 72, and because I was insisting it was pushing younger more deserving people out of the way. And THAT STUNG, we had been " friends" since 4? in pre- kindergarten Sunday School.? Needless to say, didn't see? her again, heard from a mutual friend she recently died, scrawny ?and slender, mean, as always. Her only. pregnancy, maybe gained to 130, never had to walk the? obesity pathway. Guess we only shared calender ?age, nothing else.????

Doesn't she though? Makes this tired ME re-gather HOPE for the Journey Ahead÷ WE CAN DO THIS MY SISTERS÷ WE WILL HAVE THE VICTORIES AND IT WILL BE BEST RESULT FOR EACH OF US! PLUMP PRINCESSES TO SMOOTH SLEEK and dare I say it SEXY FEMALES, Foreward!??????

I would rank Green Tealael and Matt Z. as superior Mentors/Gurus, both their advices are A#1. They have helped this faltering weight loss person more than either know. Been 2 months post surgery for me and I still stumble at times. But they are making,it through, I am trying to make it through and so shall you! Best of everything from Central Ohio and ME÷

Be gentle with YOU as you heal, we want your body to last you for life! Don't mourn your losses, celebrate your wins, no matter how small. You chose,to do a good thing for you, you gave,yourself such a good gift?, now as you unwrap it, make it FIT YOU and remember, your Bari-brothers and sisters believe in YOU!