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And Just like A Wounded Animal you want only to retreat to Your Cave until You Feel All Better! I know you feel impatient, among other things, But Do Give Yourself permission to heal! You and Your Body have been through a lot This Week! Not all of Us leave the Bariatric Center singing the" Battle Hymn of the Republic" more of us are Muttering Under our Breath, holding on to someone or something, saying Why Me Lord? Why DID I AGREE TO ALL THIS? But like sunshine after the ☔ rainstorms, 8t Really Gets Better! We all, in some way, have limped and flinched, We Got Better, and in just a little while THINGS DO GET BETTER! Stay strong, still Sip Sip Sip, lick your Sugar Free Popsicles, remember almost everyone, this is what it takes, You have now paid your Dues, You are now a Part of the POST SURGERY CREW- Hurts Now, WON'T FOREVER!

But before Too Longer, you will change your name, at least in your mind to I'M A REAL WINNER!" And in the meanwhile, remember We are Very Proud of YOU and CONGRATULATIONS!

Ye0, there are moments when even a recliner doesn't seem to help! But the pain, the Core Hurt gets better after Time passes, hard to believe, but every day, in so many ways, you'll be Happy, Its Done and you Will Get All Better! And you will no longer put a contract out on your Surgeon's Very Life! This I Do Promise!

Hear what you're preaching , I do. think we all are in that congregation!

I still like I Rusted and Had to Be Wire--Brushed s9rt 9f like an Old Barbeque Grill!

Would You Really NEED It?

And I Thought the person performing the RNY m8ght have been Drunk! Might make your abdomen look like you were rotissoried! YE-OUCH!

Oh You mean like a cheap aSyag Rug? I heard of obe, when it started to return, the fuzz and regrowth was totally a different shade? That made her look pretty mangy like a ugly old ? dog!!

Buffalo Wings, Cookies, Baked potatoes, even A Thick MilkShake , Ah Yes---I remember THEM WELL! Sniff Sniff!, ?

And I compain in grocery stores, especially in produce, meats and the frozen food bunkers÷ I'm a Real Joy to have around!

And I think your Grady Tomcat is a treasure, you had just better keep him, they don't often make models that fine!?

And even though mine are pretty pale I still regard mine as Battle Ribbons, I fought in the Weight Wars, thanks to my Surgeon I did win that skirmish and until the Final Armistance I will continue the Fight by continuing to lose. And when the War shifts into Peacetime with Maintenance, I will be a Happy Veteran, for I survived that challenge and I am the Ultimate Winner!??

I like Biddy ZZ little friend, definitely raises an excellent point. We westerners are a strange breed, some things we will wink at , yet others we are appalled at. Social Norms are inconsistant at best.

Oh I am unique, if you don't think you like me , give me a chance I'll unique up on you! LOL?

i have a Nutribullet, have used it to blend up my powdered protein shakes, mainly because I can add ice and and leave it a little icy like real milkshakes have. Have also made fruit based smoothies. Now I am getting a little more adventurous, how do you like adding greens or avocado. to them? I am the RARE BIRD who cannot add banana or peanut butter even the PB2, my tempermental pouch refuses them violently. So thought maybe those other things or softened and pureed seeds like flax, chia or similar might be good.

Georgia not Georgine although those are 2 or my friends names!

OMG thats clear out of Florida if not all the way! You didn't have to go to Georgina or Alabama, did you? And I thought I was bad off being 50 miles from Columbus! But you got to do whAt you got to do and I surely do wish you Well in All of THIS!

Oh tell me You Didn't! That would be like discussing childbirth with Mother Teresa and the Holy Father, although Pope Francis has more a sense of humor than Pope Benedict, he was a pretty Striaght- laced Getman!

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Because it has been such a central point in our lives, even socially, that we have had to develop and reconstruct our lives. Papa or MAMA got a Brand New Bag but even now it is hard to handle. I grew up in a culture where food equated love, you were a poor host or hostess if you didn't feed your guests And few if any are into Protein enriched shakes and such like me. So I have not socialized like I used to, the few times while they probably think I am starving or cancer-ridden, I am amazed the amount of crap they quickly stiff in. And once upon a time I was like that or WORSE. Yeah many do have joy socializing, but mou people didn't talk that much,too busy getting theirs before someone else could get it. Quite like lions or WILD hyenas at a kill. Only sounds are growling, snarling and a dolce- voiced" Get your fangs off that Impala liver, it's MINE!" At least that's my assesment of Social Norms Now!

And I concur with my Bari- Bud AZhiker above. Almost identical except for being 10 years older and retaining my uterus, not that it did me THAT MUCH GOOD! Have had a couple surgeon's incredulous acts. One told his understudy doctor" I can't believe she is this obese and still gynecologically intact!" made me feel Dirty for retaining my innards. Needless to say I did not elect him Surgeon of the Year nor did I allow HIM to operate on ME! Stupid Excuse for a Doctor, let alone a surgeon. Didn't have to love him. but I couldn't even respect him or his advice! So I had the same pre- problems as AZ with a slight helping of people telling me YOU'RE GOUNG TO DIE ON THE TABLE, obviously I didn't, lived to be 99% happy with my surgery. Would be 100% but I have some issues, even after 9 months, that have not resolved. Would I do it again, knowing that I would not heal quickly and perfectly, Oh Yeah! Even with the blips, twists and turns, and all , it is More Than Worth It. Beats being crippled, sad, short of breath and defeated every day from continuing to live when I would be better off dead and only in people's memory. Now I do have a chance to live, to have a future even if I don't know daily how each day will be, I'm still going to find out, put a positive spin on it and LIVE BABY LIVE! And if I encourage others to stick it out until things get better, then I AM IF VALUE and I'll be encouraged too!

Would " WILD MAMA- You can't touch this!" be a good starting tat and then you move on from There?

I clench my fists and want to pound Dr Now to a pulp. Told Tomkitten , " He' s an Old Man, that would not be very nice!" , pulled up his bio, He's only a little over a year younger than me! Does this make it a Fairer Fight? I would tell him to walk a few miles in my moccasins if they weren't so worn down! I think he is abrasive , snide and he would be my surgeon only on pain of Death, and Praise God, I have lost enough he never will be! I'm sure he would say 120+ pounds in 9 months was TOO SLOW, well guess what" Baby-cakes" it works for ME!

Mouse Cat have you seen the movie NIGHT SCHOOL with Kevin Hart? He pulls a form of this, I does backfire but in a good, I think, way. I saw it on Netflix, liked it so much I bought a $5 DVD at WallyWorld of it, so I would have it when Netflix gets around to replacing it. And it made me want to look for other Kevin Hart DVD and movies.

Yeah I do like the Passive-Agressive approach. Since I am a little farther North in the Midwest I would say similar to "If you will forgive me for not answering , I will forgive you for the poor taste in Asking in the First Place!" You really don't owe Anyone an Explanation!