Frustr8

Every time I see your picture I sort of jerk, you look enough like me to be my son or grandson, imagine an older female version of you and you've seen me,probably could identify me in a line up! Strange, isn't it?

Well then MRS GAMGEE is healing to distraction, isn't she?

Very forgivable, sometimes I only see some of my kinfolk at funerals or an occasional weddings Most of them are only having great grandchildren now so seldom a? baby ? shower!

And you're starting out well, I forecast great recovery and many,good days ahead!

Well doggone, it seemed a good idea at the time! No I wouldn't want such a cute dude getting sick. The more I look at him, the cuter he gets, I just might demand visiting rights if I lived closer!

Try Domboro soaks, a little secret for you, its basically oatmeal, take washcloths your choice of 1 or 2. put oatmeal inside, stitch it closed, use it in a tub bath or coolish shower like you would a regular washcloth, no soaps, try Cetaphil, I'm pretty certain it should be,obtainable North of the Border, that's what I had to use for my eczema- ridden wee one's bathing. Just a couple old lady suggestions, can't harm, & it might help!

Hey , you know spinach has iron but I'm pretty sure it also has calcium. And small tender spinach leaves taste pretty goid, or they did back when I could handle salads!

Thanks, Darling, I'll count on it!

Mine is Simply Cheetos White Cheddar Puffs, I try to stay away . The 2 times I had any I limited me to 4 , well under what is considered a serving, but they are pleasant to my tongue?and rather seductive! Put them in Tomkitten's room, he accused me of trying to prolong his weight disparage, nope not my thought, I just wanted to put them where they didn't try to get my attention!

Oh I bet it will be merely a speed bump. Mine also had the problem that I am 73 and don't heal as quickly as younger people. But I will still join you in Healthier- Land, you are going to get there first, but save me a place, I still plan on joining YOU!❤

My friends at Wally World never minded Melon Thumpers in produce, what they disliked was the grape sqeezers, tomato punchers and the banana bruisers, especially when they can be seen on closed circuit or actually while you're working. Wouldn't happen? I can testify it does, I used to work Fabrics and Crafts, watched a woman pick up a Styrofoam ball, score it with her fancy artificial nail, then bro g it to me and ask that I lower it in price. I hid behind the fact I was not the Department Manager and wouldn't be permitted to do such a thing. No reverberations so I guess she didn't find anyone else to do it for her. End of Day I had to " claim" it out because no one else would want it either. Fairly cheap valuation but it was the larcenous action demonstrated by someone" dressed to kill", not poor by any means ! But she was was. a minority; most people aren't like that!

Thanks BWBW, you're a pretty cool lady Too!❤

In the Land of 5-9-12 TV stations, the Reds, the Bengals and Football Club Cincinnati? Glad to meet and Greet You! I'm clear up in Central Ohio, in Mount Vernon, I do Bleed Scarlet and Gray, have the t-shirt to prove it so of course my surgery was at OSU. When I got re- hospitalized in late November I told anyone who would listen " I prayed from the time I was 5 for GOD to let me cone to Ohio State. I should have specified the Educational Plant but not the HOSPITAL!" it was still OKAY, my room overlooked Ohio Stadium, yeah I got to watch OSU- Michigan Game, went back and forth from TV to looking at the crowds . And had a good seat ---all things considered! And I am much better, much thinner now!

Hey they are so ugly they are doggone cute! Hey Tomkitten , can Mama get a pet Bearded Dragon? I didn't hear you say NO, did i?????

Please excuse my smart-aleck Smartphone, 8t is on a mission to discredit my wording and spelling, in real life I am able to do BOTH,

That is if you're Brittany, BulletWithButterflyWings is from Arkansas, home to both Bill Clinton and Mike Huckabee, so by extension Sarah Huckbee Sabders, Donald Trump's soon to be Ex-Press Secretary. AND we ❤ you both oodles, you both brighten Bariatric Pal!

Central Ohio, actually 14 miles from the Geographical Center, Centerburg, where my Late Mama graduated from the small High School there in (shudder( 1935. This indicates I too am older than dirt! I turned 73 last December 26th, Looked up your profile, you actually live in Carrollton, the crown jewel of Carroll County. I had a friend, haven't heard from her for a while, she claimed to be from Salem but in actuality Hanoverton. When her hubby died he was buried in the cemetery there. I actually live in Mount Vernon, population 20,000, birthplace of Daniel Decatur Emment, author of "Dixie , Dr James Semple, a dentist who helped invent chewing gum, he actually thought it would whiten his patients teeth and Paul Lynde , actor who was in Bye Bye Birdie and also played Uncle Arthur on Bewitched. Now the home of me, don't always make the headlines but in the last 2 weeks had 2 drownings in the Kokosing, our main river, one recovered, too bad , I knew the guys mother pretty well, graduated from High School with his Dad, Mark was only 40. The next week a 15 year old from Columbus drowned on a vacation trip up here. Both times the water was deep, and like many Ohio. rivers , treacherous. They think they found him in Dresden, if so he made it past Walhonding , Coshocton and into the Muskingum, a far piece by anyone's standards. Awaiting an autopsy, think they are doing it in Zanesville instead of sending him over to Columbus. I wouldn't even wade in the Kokosing at High Water levels and I know it better than most! But by and large, I am doing reasonably well after my surgery , 170+ pounds down from my High weight, 120+ since my surgery close to 10 months ago. Started at the High Morbid Obesity BMI of 52, now down to just under 200 and BMI 31.1, at 30 I will be merely Overweight- not Obese any more and Never Again! Even if portions of me look like a balloon somebody blew up and let the air out of, it's worth it. I can hide that under clothes. My complaint is: once I lost my double chins, chipmunk cheeks and shrunk body parts including my neck and arms, now tummy and rump, I'll be Ding Dang Donged who I actually resemble cause I sure don't look like ME anymore! Tomkitten keeps telling me " You're still beautiful to ME!" might believe him more if the opthamologist hadn't recently fitted him with glasses! Oh Well, it is what it is!

September 5th 2018 at exactly 7 AM. EDT. the Ohio State University- WEXNER MEDICAL Center 410 W 10th Avenue Columbus Ohio. I live in Mount Vernon, a smallish city of 20,000 48 miles NE of Columbus, which was the absolute closest facilities offering RNY. No Big Thing in the long run, I ended up with the Big Kahuna , Bradley J NeedlemanMD, the chief of Bariatric Medicine and Metabolic Weight Loss, a full professor in the College of Medicine, and actually a pretty wonderful guy to know as well as a Perfect Surgeon. When I was having my pre- surg physical which my son Tomkitten accomplied me to, he went over, shook TK's hand and said "I promise, I WILL TAKE VERY GOOD CARE of your mother!" Didn't have to do that,but he read my situation correctly, knew it would give TK and I peace of mind to make such a promise. How am I recovering? Ah, a very loaded question! Now keep in mind what happened to me is a pretty rare occurance, in all of Bariatric- Pal-dom there are maybe 4 others currently. To back up a little I went into my surgery with an ulcer, I named him, as I do many of my possessions, Hector, a small and not ready to perforate gastric ulcer,i was on a stronger PPI (protein pump inhibitor) called Dexilent, lucky for me insurance covered because without it would be over $300 monthly for a once a day med. I made it very clear to Dr Needleman that I was a proven Ulcer Grower. Well after my surgery they prescribed Omeprazole , the very one I was taking when Hector was discovered by my gastroenterologist at that time Dr Mujataba, pronounced Moo Shah Ba. I hollered" What are You doing to ME ?" Was figuratively told to just shut my mouth, they had done many cases, THIS would work best. Wrong Wrong Wrong! At 2 weeks I restarted complaining, told them SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG! And I got all kinds of replies, I was impatient, delusional, still merely swollen inside. But I kept up complaining , finally I suspect to shut me up, they scheduled an Endoscopy on October 12th, when I woke up Dr Noria,my surgeon's Junior partner shook my hand . She said Congratulations , you were right, we were wrong , you have 3 ulcers within your pouch, the opening is strictured down, you have 5 additional on the back wall of your jejunem, the portion of small intestine your pouch is now fastened to and they look ANGRY. Now sleeves seldom ever stricture and even the average RNY diesbt as a rule. And we have been trying to heal them since, I take Carafate 6am- noon- 6pm- midnight for what seems like forever. Frequent endoscopy to check the status, took turn for worse the end of November, malnourished and anemic of protein. Had a PICC line inserted in my upper left arm the next day, was on TPN ,that's total parental nutrition , for 3 months 12 hours a day. Was finally taken off of it the end of February, although I had been steadily losing a pound o4 2 monthly, I dropped 30 pounds in a month, in March I required an Iron INFUSION, would have thought I was due another in June but nobody interested enough to have ordered complete blood labs yet. I started at 365+ and BMI of 52, at nearly 10 months I have lost down to BMI31.1 and just under 200 pounds. So I are doing well if not perfect, and even if I Had known the bumps, bruises, twists and turns to my journey, I WOULD DO IT AGAIN in a❤beat, the positives still outweigh the detriments. Why did I not elect the VSG, I needed the certainty of quicker weight loss, I have had arthritis since 25, horrid GERD, sleep apnea, and had a First Cousin , my June-Ellen die on the operating table at the Cleveland Clinic of previously undiagnosed Esophageal Carncer, was there a hereditary component? Not perfectly certain but why take that risk when the Gold Standard of Bariatric Surgery was available? Medicare/ Medicaid picked up the tab for one surgery, would they pay later for a revision? Doubtful!!!❤ So I would say my surgery had a 85-90% percent success, still a high B+grade if not a Full A, and the story isn't over, I may still make it ALL THE WAY! I am optimistic, I came too far to stop progressing, this tired old jalopy at 73, still quite a few miles left in me, even if I'm not a Ferrari, DON'T COUNT ME OUT! I will make it to VICTORY yet! ❤and a Great Big Hug -----FRUSTR8

Me too, plus I seldom can keep pureed meats et all down, good news, Precious has finally allowed me to keep down Greek Yogurt,CAN cottage cheese be far behind? But a minimum of 2 protein shakes if not 3 to keep my protein levels close to appropriate. Nobody has checked my blood lavs, haven't had a complete since March, my l8cal hospital, even with the incidentals they've taken when I was there for other things, refuses to do a Fe(iron) level, won't do it on my request, I'm only a patient so at a low contemptible level of life. Maybe say" Please Please Please" at Tomkittens appointment on Thursday. Since I had to have an Iron INFUSION OVER 3 MONTHS AGO somebody better be checking into this! Maybe I should have asked Santa Claus for a complete Pathology lab for Christmas 2018 ! Felt sorry for the Fat Dude so cut him so slack I case he was in the midst of Weight Loss himself. Must grease his body to get down all those furnance and woodstove piping!

You could have a small amount of blood pist- surgery but it should be well- digested down towards black and tarry, if it is bright flaming red, a cause for concern, bring your bariatric team back into the loop. For at least 6 weeks, you are legally Their Baby! Let them know, please? You are important, you do matter, I'm a grandma twice over, if you were mine I WOULD WORRY- shoot I would frog- March you into the office and Great- Grandma Frustr8 would get some action, even if you sat silent. I fight for and protect My Own and I done adopted YOU!

Nor did I, my surgeon only made me promise to void just before I was transported to the OR, I kept my promise and he kept his! Didn't have bladder spasms or lower pelvic pain like I did after knee replacements, even with them removing the Foley cath the same calender day. Its a tender area to have tubing introduced intom, even for us Females. MALE Bari-pals I do know and honor the pain you must go through with much longer a plumbing route!

W*H*A*T? No wonder you said in another thread you have resumed smoking! Won't say you have exchanged one coping mechanism for another, you know that already, but I would revert if I had smoked in the 1st place. I Do Understand!

Can it be worse than jumping in your car searching for a gas station or 24-hour supermarket just to replenish your cigarette supply? You Already are becoming anxiety- ridden with this problem, maybe there will be some SSRI juggling needed, but you have come through and conquered so much already , don't let Nancy-Jo Nicotine enslave you too! Be brave like the Cat half, not meek like a Mouse!

Yee-ouch, burp, upchuck, two I can see why, at least with my crabby self- centered Precious Pouch, she still rules ME instead of me ruling her, maybe it will always be that way!

Okay,another entry into my Bucket List. See Fluffy Chix, there is much more left after giving up or limiting the Bad Food Dudes. Thanks for answering and the thought does brighten up my day!