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And this is a very good reason to have had surgery. 50 is the new 30 for YOU!❤

How about PCP that your surgeon's have worked with in the past? aThose might be more obliging. 6eah I hate having someone not listen because they haven't moved on to next patient in their mind. Had one once that asked" Now what medicines do I haveYou on?" Yipes Stripes, You don't Remember? I know some things you have to take at close to lethal level to be effectivem I'm sure you wouldn't want to sicken me or put me needing to go to our local hospital because you overdosed me, not good for either of sum Please pay me the courtesy of listening, okay?

What a neat surprise! Got to give yourself credit,for every pound, you have been working hard to make them disappear!

Well like John Denver's song You truly are "Rocky Mountain High", I hope you can rebuild your muscles back. But the stores you have made already, WOW!

Very proud Sheribear , of You and For You, very good start to your remodeling, keep it up and the world will be your oyster!

But they may not happen, it doesn't always ,if it does, it still was worth it all. Hoping for the best for you.

I did already, not visited much but it's still there if anyone remotely interested. Only answered this one because I thought I had a point of view to add. Bye Bye , dear!

Well a good app I had once said If you don't allow a**h****s in your brain, why would you allow them in your daily life? A little rough but true. I was judged too much of my. life on my appearance, maybe I wouldn't have married the man I did if someone else had looked past the chubby thighes and chipmunk,cheeks. And now you want to come across self- righteous and say Ooh,I just cannot date overweight people! I rolled over and took the abuse as a young woman, but no more! You don' t want me, someone who has lost 111 pounds and trying to lose more? Well Big News Flash Buster, I dont Want You! I remember where I can from, the difference,is: I have a plan, I have a goal, I know I can make it and I will not drag a Millstone like you along! So put that in your pipe and smoke it! Frustr8 Out!

Well I wake up with a query stomach, hunger, nausea or something else? Embarrassing silence,from the world, just same old same old. Reba McEntire says in one of her songs " Is there life Out,There?" begining to wonder myself. Do I get up, get a cup of liquid, start on my morning pills? Hate to do it on a totally empty stomach, cereal and eggs don't appeal much-- maybe open a,protein shake and use it to wash things down. Missed my 6AM Carafate but at 8 and 8:30 I have 8 pills scheduled, my phone app keeps going,iff to remind me. Sounds like a Pill Box shaking, still better than an disembodied voice saying " Did you forget your pills?" Oh Heckity Deckity,put my feet over the edge of the bed and stand up. IT'S MORNING! LOL- waaa waaa!

I'll see your Scrawny Neck bet and raise you emaciated old lady forearms, they are do thin they look l8je a skeleton with a thin layer of easy- bruis3 skin. And I am now bruising in areas I swear i I never bumped. Old age, no fat layer anymore or is my blood chemistry skewed? Know I was already an Iron INFUSION in March, wonder if this will be a quarterly event? If so, shouldnt somebody be ordering me a blood lab? We reach June the end 9f this week, and I think my Bariatric Clinic is beginning to neglect me, no visit scheduled until August , when I will be 11 months past Surgery.vMaybe since I'm this far out I am no longer interesting? Lets take care,of the New Surgeries, let Frustr8,swing in the breeze somewhere, kinda feel like I've been hung and nobody wants to cut down my body! I am nearly down to Onderland, And the only people,interested are,my Peeps on Bariatric Pal. Am I right to feel slightly neglected?

And I thought I was odd, being a reformed paste-a- holic. I wonder if eating paste or straight flour fits under the PICA designation? Something I just never thought to ask. Did have a friend when I was a wee-Frustr8 the t really enjoyed eating,dirt, not me, I always washed things off from the garden, especially lettuce or tomatoes.

Oh I wish I had a cast iron tummy but I guess we do the best we can with what we are given.

And come this Saturday, all 9ur JuneBugs will start reporting in. Must say having watched their prelims, I hope everything goes right for each and every one, quite a crop coming over to their after-surgery group.No matter how big or small, I like hearing from,them!

As long as you don't have any open/unhealed areas I would say Go For It, and water exercise is so much easier, because the water takes part of the weight load. so then you can move more freely.

into Can it just be taken,on an empty stomach before. I start food for the day?

Oh I guess I was one lucky puppy, my meds do come in a SR form, between my Bariatric clinic and PCP It didn't take long to get it straightened out. Mind you , I still feel lijevi am taking an b ungodly amount. The one I have trouble working in is The calcium, hard finding a time. with a two-hour gap between the iron, multivitamin and food to squeeze it o

Makes some sense, doesn't it?

I wonder if any citrus juice would do or if it has to be orange? I d9,have lemonade sweetened with Stevia in my fridge.

September is a very pretty month to have a Birthday. And just think, you will have your 1st post-surgery birthday, you will have a future of good health, and I would think this is something to delibrate lots, then will you have your surgery and things will smooth out for you.

My surgery day twin was male. He went on to progression on his diet first, hit his goals quickly, seemed to be having perfect recovery, and I was jealous. Then I finally realized his path would not be,my path, as long as I listened to my,own surgeon, followed his plan things would still be Okay. And they mostly are.

And I have a stack that is going to Goodwill, packed the Styrofoam boxes I had from my TPN supplies, I think I am at a count of 9, they should be grateful for that sizes. My county, Knox, has a high % of obesity, so I'm sure they won't last long there.

Keeping you in my prayers?that it smooths out, you get good enough to have your surgery, and that you won't have to wait much longer. Was it h pylori or something else? Some,people on here said it took a while for h pylori to heal and it is very common in the General Population these days. I haven't had it, a miracle with everything else that I have had.

You know that is an excellent question. When my late hubby found out, his doctor told him your Blood sugar is like 240, we will start you on Metformin and go from there. That was one,of the last visits he let me go to, got real secretive after that. We did not share a doctor, and with HIPPA unless I happened to be present, the Doctor wasn't allowed to tell me a doggone thing. I wish I had known before he died that he had gone into end-stage Kidney disease, but I had no clue. He didn't have the same symptoms my LTC patients had, so I had no clue until the attending doctor came out, yelled at me I should have brought him in for dialysis, how could I do that when I had no clue.? I had just become a widow and he stands there screaming at me in front of my children? I felt his actions were less than professional, besides hubby was very strong- willed, he would not have gone there willingly. And curse Hippa, it seems they protected his right to die, not my wish to continue trying to help him. I had been his wife for 44 years, but apparently I did not matter. Did the Diabetes speed it? I will never know.

Me too, the portion sizes are starting to become 2nd Nature. I did worry that a 1/4 cup wasn't enough to keep body and soul together, I usually am lucky if I make it above my 2-3 oz, but I accept it. Its just me, that's what works. I have another Endoscopy on the 12th, hate to say it but I think the gastritis is back if not , it's the ulceration. Low grade pouch pain, gnawing between meals, not even milk helps and I am taking my PPI and my every 6 hr Carafate religiously. I am a little scared that maybe I have stopped with my healing, they were talking of surgery the last time I was in Columbus if things were the same or no better. Not sure what entails, I know what my Medical Geekdom says, but maybe it wouldn't be all THAT bad. Words like cutting, rejoining and re-anastomosis, please Lord let me be wrong and let them be right that I still will be Okay. I've tried So Hard to be a brave little camper, tonight I'm feeling a little scared. Don't even have a Clinic Appointment until August unless this turns out Bad. My Gut instinct? Precious Pouch doesn't drain all that well, can you have something like. "Gastoparesis" in just a little pouch? IDK at this point., what is coming next? See currently I feel nothing moving down, like it hits the pouch and just sits there, used to be I would upchuck within 15 minutes, now I have even did it a couple hours later, just sat nauseous until then. Hard for me to eat anything less when you're stuck on puree, soup,broth and protein shakes. Oh I do sandwich all my vitamins and minerals and meds in, mostly they stay down. So maybe I'm not too deficient, IDK, I just DK.

Thank you Mdntangel, I needed that! After years of thinking I was "not Good Enough" I have found out I really AM and it is a Heady Sensation and I am going yo look in the mirror and know that's ME than I see and it's all good now!??