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NE girl 172, Wal-Mart has on their grocery side little 2 oz cups with lids, suspect it was taking things like salad dressing,musturd,ketchup to work for lunch, but I use them for 2 oz of things. Didn't cost much for 50, pitch them most of the times when I'm through, although I have rinsed and reused. Precious Pouch,likes me to drink 2 oz of fluids at a time, so they work good for that. She may be 8.5 months old but she can be a bee-och at times. Like the line from Rumpole of the Bailey, a PBS show, Precious is definitely " She who must be Obeyed" , and some foods, she has no sense of humor for.

#21. Visited my PCP yesterday, partly check-up, partly to discuss my I felt rotten treatment by those NP at OSU last Wednesday. He agrees I have not gone "wacky woo" so don't have To go out beating bushes to find a psychologist with Bariatric experience, thought it sounded dumb to be told to go bother my County Mental Health organization, shoot I'm not any risk to anyone else, and myself if I cakeep from starving to death because I'm not much interested in eating, hard to build up desire when you know 7 out of 10 times Precious Pouch is going to Reflux Puke it right back up! I've made a listofthings she WILL accept, if I don't stray too far from That, we get along fine. Just had a cup of decaf Tetley tea, a little stevia in it, life is bitter enough to go without some sort of sweetening to it! He says my latest ❤ scan turned out wonderful well, except for my murmer which must be functional because nothing abnormal showed up. Pointed out I have lost 37 pound since LateFebruary/ Early March. Surprised but pleased with that amount, going to give me a consult with local gastroenterologist, got some minor blips I think should be checked out, if I can't get past those obstructionist 2 N.P. to get to Dr Needleman, my surgeon, or Dr Noria, his Junior Partner, who does ALL my endoscopies, I will ask Bennie Upchurch MD here in town, should be callling today with an appointment time, if they don't within the next couple hours I will call them myself. Squeaky Wheels get greased sooner than ones that stay in one place. So in a way I am making lists, one of questions to ask him, one to use when I report in to Roy, my dietician, and another to ask Valerie, the senior NP at Needleman's office, rather his right- hand woman, mucho smarter than Thing#1,and Thing#2 that I encountered last week! Drat their little warped minds! Will it do any good? IDK but what do I have to lose by doing it?

OMG, unless you are Wonder Woman, strong as a Bull, or have a High Pain Threshold, I don't see how an Outpatient RNY would go down! Yeah I had almost no pain post mine but I also wadnt marching out in a couple,hours and heading off to a mall or similar. I don't drive but even if I had been still licensed I wouldn't have been approved to drive and street shuttle buses, forget about it! Difficult for me to get into GirlFriend Kathy's SUV after 2 days, Surgery Wednesday at 7AM, released Friday 11 AM, put seatbelt on, pillow under it and clutched my RouxNY Rabbit like I was sleepy and a Toddler! And I arrived home 50 miles later in almost as good a condition as when I left and that was 3:30 so I would be in Columbus on Time, after struggling for over 3 years,to receive it I wasn't gonna let a. minor blip or vehicle accident stop me from my target!

And Happy Happy JoyJoy,i just bought my first 2 pairs of Jeggings, used to feel sad when Fluffy Chic talked about hers, when you are both talk and wide they are near IMPOSSIBLE to find. One is black, the other is a navy, almost midnight blue. Lived too doggone years with the Late Lamented, 44 of them, next Social Security pay June 3rd, this slenderered puppy is buying bright shades and prints. I am gonna Rock This as long as I don't lose my balance and fall backwards. And that is another When I lost weight I didn't know_____. Your center of balance changes when you have lost your Hubba Hubba Hiiney and/or your Garbage Gut. But HELLO HELLO normalizED sizing, teetering on brink of 18 after much life at 28-30W, and the stock of wearable nice clothing has EXPLODED. NOW to have enough money to afford THEM ALL, Goodwill and St Vincent DePaul stores , even Volunteers of America, that thundering sound is ME running TOWARDS YOU!

And my feet have not Shortened as much as I can tell, but they sure have narrowed, going to have to get some to wear with my panty hose. And I have enough panty hose to last me for awhile, see I used to buy Just My Size in 4X than have to put another pair of panties on to keep them from sliding down, now all of my 3X and the 4X pull right up smoothly. I also have some still in packages, a lady was practically giving them away, her obese Mummy had gone bouncing off to Heaven, she was maybe a size 8 or 10, said if I didn't TAKE THEM ALL she was going to stuff Teddy Bears with them, well I DO ❤ME A BARGAIN so I took them. They're from a Portly Princess store I have never shopped, pink, forest green as well as the normal shades from sustain through top and all the way to sheer and not-sheer black. Marked 6 through 8X, maybe they will run smaller like the Goofy Bra Fixings. IPS, I pray So!

I thik I am a 42C down from a 48DD, but like you gals say, it ALL depends on where I go to get sized, seems like mostly it is Internet and that's all A GUESS BY GOSH undertaking.

Hey is there anyone else out there who Can't eat an Whole Protein bar at one sitting, have break it down into 3 pieces, is 160-190 calories at a time too much for my Bariatric baby pouch to handle? I don't want to risk any more chances to Puke myself empty!

OH SURE YOU DID- but I'm. NOT too interested in YOUR beach-front property in Death Valley today!

I made this Sunday with Eggplant, turned out beautiful. Used low-fat ricotta, no sugar added marinara, low fat Mozzarella cheese on top, but it baked up just as pretty as the high-fat version. Don't have a Foodi, is it Air Fryer and Instant pot all worth my investments? Do have a Nutribullet, ❤making healthy- type smoothies, also use it to fluff up my powder protein drinks or blend my protein powders into things for enrichment. Made my own cream of cauliflower soup yesterday, enough for 2-3 days if I portion it correctly. Green Giant has riced good-for you veggies, have used caulufliwer, broccolli, and last week used a variety called Cauliflower medley. As long as Precious Pouch refuses to let merely chewed food through, I might as well have a little flavor in life. Does the cabbage family make me more gassy? IDK but I figure a little gas also means my lower g.I. system has not gone on hiatus. Having had a Milk and Molasses enema just last Friday at. local hospital, because I WAS NOT emptying out, not a totally awful experience but sure inspired me to NOT miss a dose of Miralax again! Always. want to sneak more veggies like Baby spinach and kale into my smoothies as long as Precious can't readily taste it. Figure I might. need additional plant fibers, the additional vitamins Can't Hoit!

May good fortune shine your way and speed your surgery date! You may be one of our Summer ❤s!

I have a dietician to see for the rest of my LIFE, that's the way Ohio State University,is set up and what they believe. Oh they are Good Good people there! It's a little like adoption , you are in their lives as long as You Live!???And I am very lucky to have found them. The program that I did at another Center of Excellence hospital- based program , same city, but different people, different attitudes, found out after all that they did not like me, didn't care if I could do all the things they requested ( and since there was a gap of 16-17 months I had to do each twice) The surgeon refused to do my surgery and forbid his partners, the only ones at this particular hospital,to perform surgery on me. Talk about a Death Blow to my emotions, didn't not make plans for suicide because I was at the apathetic end of depression, Why try THAT? I couldn't even succeed at that, just leave permanent scars, and I would have to explain why I could not even succeed at something so simple as Offing Myself! When I finally settled down a little bit of crap has been added to my state's history .Now they are attempting to remove Statue of Limitation on rape, especially referring to human trafficking, Ohio like many other Midwestern states has a bad reputation for boys and girls getting kidnapped into this seamy underbelly of vice. Perverts seem to. ❤our healthy corn-fed appearance.

Bet you meant May 20th, not April,20th, happy to hear that things went pretty well, Congratulations on a job and surgery well done, now you can start the rest of your life, and Good things will be ahead! Even with all my trials, I WOULD NEVER BACK TO WHAT I WAS LIKE AT MY High Weight, how I was existing and not really living, Oh but things have changed for the better for ME and I want THAT for YOU! Keep us updated, we groove on happy stories here!

Oh and I misspoke about the weight loss timing, it was 8.5 months not years. And I have the Basal Metabolism of a Sick Sea Snail, your get v up and go just went over the years. My body left to it's own devices , and many years I did that, liked Me FAT, saw nothin wrong with me looking like Bip The Michelin Mans Twin Sister. Hey Frustr8, we have been steady friends over 70+ yearrs, these are your Retirement years, retire from living, stay say in that Easy Chair with a Bag of Snack Food. So I had to do an "End-Around" maneuver worthy of the NFL, to get past its defenses. Oh as I tried to lose some pre-surg weight, I opted for cleaner healthier changes but I was throwing down frequent feedings, Body didn't suspect a thing, and I had been seeking a Bariatric Solution for over 3 tears,so Body thought this was a phase I was going through, got quite a shock when I had my RNY last September, got its revenge by structuring my pouch and giving me jejunal ulcers. Well I have been in this fight since last October, it should resolve by late summer, been on anti- nausea meds(Zofran) a strong PPI(Dexilent) and an ulcer-healer (Carafate) along with all my other meds,Magnesium , prenatal vitamin(because it does have iron, folate and all those vitamin goodies)Wellbutrin ( to keep my depression at a mild state) liquid calcium citrate, brand name Wellesse, get it at Wal-Mart, Additional Vitamin D, I live in Ohio and don't often get outside, some meds make me sun- sensitive, and at very best summer I burn, blister and peel, by August or Labor Day I may have a pale tan, best you can hope for a Celtic heritage with Strawberry Blonde hair, okay okay Red-Gold, and I take an additional iron pill called Ferrocite, it's ferrous fumerate, an iron salt even my pouch and intestine can assimilate. But I had to have an Iron INFUSION in March because I was that anemic. But I am hopeful my next labs are better, if not another one in June before my next endoscopy, this EGJ should tell the story, if no better or just the same --surgical intervention is coming , don't know exactly what, but I was told that after my last one in April. My guess is removal of ulcer-ridden section of small intestine, and then re-anastomosis aka rejoining back together healthier tissue. I Am very certain,they won't do anything to Precious Pouch, she looks pretty sweet to the "scopers" thought I was patent, that means open enough that food can pass through and into the s.I., might have been okay that day, but she has tightened up again, still on protein shakes, highly pureed things, she does not like meat, Greek yogurt or cottage cheese, makes for a tedious time, but I still have Soup, broths,no-calorie fluids, And although I am so special I stink, I am. relatively health, clinic says I look good, I still believe I look like roadkill, lovely roadkill, but there I be. Have lost my Hubba-heiny, legs are more shapely, my garbage gut skin is loose and bumpy, I have a scrawny neck like a turtle, the high cheekbones from the Native tribe Daddy's family denies, look in my scrapbooks, every generation it looks stronger, My great-great grandfather was a dead ringer for Iron Eyes Cody the actor, if you were nearly as old as me you would know he was the Indian who stood crying at the polluted things we have done to Mother Earth in the name of progress. Actually asked Aunt Minnie, Daddy's sister, she drew up to her full 5ft4in and announced "We Never Discuss That!" well Yipes can't blame a girl for asking. Do you have Wikipedia on your Smartphone or computer? Go to Peoria Indian tribe or people, the lady pictured there is the spitting image of Aunt Minnie! Yes I look Celtic, fair, taller than even my uncles, but they are dark- haired, mostly straight, few of them now have permanents, medium complections, over heard a discussion of the older generatio one day. Relative#1 Are you sure she's ours? She sure don't look like us! Relative#2 Well Cliff says she's his, maybe she favors that mother of hers. Only thing I can figure out. But Karma is a broad with a warped sense of humor, except for being another color scheme, now that I have lost so much weight I am the spitting image of my Paternal Grandmother, high cheekbones and all. Probably she and my own Mama are both whirling in their graves, luckily 30 miles apart, They did not get along all that well! So who or what I look like at my goal of 175? That just remains to be seen. Hang around a while if you like, I have someone tell me how paste a picture on here, maybe I will get the courage to try that!

I would say things are starting to look promising for you. Let's all pray that the surgeon phrases perfectly what they are requesting and you will be on your way to your D*a*y of Destiny! And I am excited for you in advance!???

I have that and lymphadema, especially the left. Had to wear knee high brown stockings, but happy happy news, as I lose my weight less swelling and pain, I even can see my ankle bones again, and in that way WL Surgery,has given me JOY!

No more than usual, Tomkitten and I did just fine. He did my fetching and toting, but since I already have shoulder restrictions anyway, he was pretty cheerful about it, he knows when you add things up it balances out, what he can't do I do in return.

Apple would be best. don't want them to think you're bleeding

Well Purpledva, you are going into the Final Countdown, A very exciting time period, a little scary but now all the prep pays off and on a couple weeks I will welcome you to the Post-Surgery side?, it's different here but I think You Will Like It!??

Even a jellybean makes me puke, I am venturing not towards anything sweet! Maybe someday, maybe never again, it's not worth pinpoint hemorrages under my chest skin from the frequency I do it. I wish that the next EGJ Endoscopy finds me closer to healing, feeling like my pouch is re-ulcerating, not requesting to have my RNY reversed, at my age possible I would not survove, I just want to be able to eat solid-er foods like all the other 9 monthers out there! Is that a too difficult request????

Made Eggplant Parm tonight, yeah the Good Kind, by the time it was done Tomkitten had fallen asleep, my pouch hasn't felt well since last Wednesday, tried to call my Bariatric Clinic , I had been vomiting repeatedly, only to be told I needed Mental Health consulting,still cannot understand why she was taking such a cruel attitude, made me feel like I had gone wacky-woo or something. Seeing my primary care tomorrow afternoon, maybe I need to see our new local gastroenterologist if. those nurses have such a poor opinion of me. I am not making things up and I sure am not making myself vomit for attention. Truthfully I am Tired of not keeping things down. So the whole casserole is going into the fridge now that it is well cooled down. Maybe tomorrow he will eat some.

Fly straight my Butterfly, fly strong, tomorrow starts you a New Forever, and I am very proud you have come so far. Get some rest now and remember ALL of US believe in YOU!???

Good Luck and Good Healing my friend, post- surgery is a wonderful place to be.

And it still doesn't for me, maybe if it's ice cold I can take it, I drink Nestle Splash flavors but my ❤ belongs to Strawberry Kiwi Propel, that's the taste for me!

Bariatric Pal Store has a grouping of vitamins just for Bypassers. I usually have prescription and purchase the rest at Wally World.

And here I thought ripe avocado tasted like bacon on the firstplace!