Frustr8

And an update for you Jonah and everyone else, my weight miracle surgery has enabled me to be just be a little over 15 pounds to Onderland, and when I consider how far I have come to make here, I start sniffling a little. And I pray for you the joy I have now, Jonah, Good Luck in your search, I know my life has improved so much!

Like the old old song " Shake Me, I Rattle" , you must have the intestinal fortitude of a Saint! We all know what Precious Pouch would do to ME! ?

And now I have become a Chilly Willy, sit in the sun like a Dog,or Kitty, I just NEED the sunbeams heat!

?My prayers also for YOU!❤

But you will find out what works for you. Don't beat yourself up if it does take that long, I often get tired of them before they're completed, tell myself they are a feel better medication so slowly finish it down!

But may things still work out to YOUR benefit!

To thy ownself, be true! Old saying but still holds true.?

YEAH A Scarey Larry thing to happen, I hope you get it smoothed out!

And if by some miracle she is still active, I hope she answers YOU!

And their brothers are Legion!

take slightly softened strawberry ice cream, stir a spoonful of Peanut Butter in it, one of my former Guilty Pleasures.

Eating the right thing in the right amounts, planning to plant and grow some items, today is our last normal frost day, so should be " gravy" from now on. Otherwise looking like a Foxy Lady instead of someone's Big Momma, I will relinquish my title to Martin Lawrence and Tyler Perry, they both can have all the things that go with such a role. Otherwise, less short of breath, able to move smoother,quicker and without those groans I used tease,my older relatives about, I now make those sounds myself!!! And best of all, living a good long while in this crazy Earth. ?, have a deep urge to see ?what happens next.

Good luck My Friend , that is a worthy goal to aim for. And God Bless you and Tessie both, she sounds like a very special Equine Lady, after all!

Don't give up, Daisy, it still is doable, my friend!

Yes, I told Roy, my Bariatric Dietician at OSU I fully expect to graduate to Mechanical Soft instead of Stages 3 or 4 at the end. He told me " Patience Grasshopper, your day still will come!" Reminded me I will have all facets of my Bariatric Clinic"s programs when needed, up to and including the remainder of my life. I am a Permanent Adoptee, and isn't it ??? a totally Cool thing to know!

Well welcome @dparciak to our little exclusive club! Don't mean to sound totally flippant, just trying v to smile through my tears ??. Met yesterday with my Bariatric Dietician Roy, yeah I have a male one- but he is good one. We went over diets to formulate one that will give me the most for my bucks. See there are things, try as I may, my rebel pouch the ever'present ?Ms Precious Pouch, will not sanction within herself so we have found substitutes for each item. And sad to say, about 6 were things that were my go- tos before she was born of a scrap of my stomach tissue last September 5th. Oh I do try a small spoon of each about once a week, but they are all No Go still at 8 months in.?

yes because of my gastritis ,stomal stricture and multiple ulcerations. Will I ever get to drink caffeine again? Doubt it strongly!☕

Well inside I felt like I was maybe 250 even when I was 365 and shocked when I saw my reflection. in the department store' s front windows. Now that I am actually 220, I have trouble reconciling my actual image with my inner beast. And I look so different I hardly recognize ME. I told in another posting " Who is that in the mirror? it looks like a bunch of dead relatives but I certainly isn't ME! Maybe that person is gone forever, do I have the intestinal strength to complete this or solve this mystery?

And the 7th was my middle child's birthday. He would have been 43 but he became an angel 11 years ago last January 11th. Losing a child. or grandchild is especially hard, it is not the way Life should be and even if they are an adult or near-adult your arms ache to hold them and you no longer can, all you have is empty air and memories. You may get PAST it but you NEVER get over it, no matter what those around you may say. There will always be a hole therem

Thanks so much for looking out for us Alex, I have found all the products I have gotten from the Store to be excellent. I haven't liked the liquids to make the fruity drinks as well, but that might just be ME instead of a product flaw. As soon as I know I have sufficent funds in my bank account to cover my shopping I will be redeeming some more of my bundle of points. Your Fan in Central Ohio----- Frustr8

My surgeon was on the conservative side, 6 weeks but usually once your incisions are totally healed. That way there is no chance of infection.

The last Endoscopy I had on April 12, the anesthesia doctor noticed when listening with her stethoscope that I had a noticable heart murmur, did not stop my testing, she was present instead of the resident planned and did my sedation herself. My hospital Ohio State University- Wexner Medical Center as well as being a Bariatric Center of Excellence is a teaching facility affiliated with the College of Medicine at Ohio State. So I was special enough for special treatment. Everything went well, neither that or my Thoracic Aorta Aneurysm have any trouble. I am a Pretty Strong Old Chickadee, after All!

A couple ounces at first, maybe advancing to an1/4 then an 1/2 cup. It takes very little to fill your sleeve or pouch. And I have a very non-forgiving pouch I named Ms Precious Pouch, she is now 8 months old but she is an unforgiving tempermental little piece of stomach flesh. 3 nights last week she decided to repulse my supper, up and out everything came. And I swear much more came out than what I put in, because I usually measure everything. I am working through ulceration in my small intestine and a stomal opening stricture, showed up just 2 weeks after she was made. Don't worry , It really is rare although there are about 5 or 6 currently on Bariatric Pal, we give each other emotional support as we work through it, I think mine has been the longest in duration, but even I am improving and I can even see the sunshine ahead. Yes blended soups are one of my joys, that , protein shakes, broths and plenty of fluids keep me going. List 140 from my highest weight, 95 since my surgery last September 5th, and I am not over yet! So anytime you want to talk about things either I or another one of us are always here, okay?

Sliders tend to be things that go down your esophagus easily. One of Orchids and Dragons and mine, was Cheezits, you start with them and you have no brakes, you chomp the whole box. And ice cream was one of mine, I would think it tasted so cool and creamy I would devour an entire 1/2 gallon at one sitting. And often I didn't realize it until I was scraping bottom. Popcorn isn't one for me then or now, I have diverticulitis, those hulls do a number on me, PAIN CITY! And those are the ones in my life but others may have something else to contribute.

No it is a wonderful NSV, and I am happy for you and me both. Mine is somewhat similar, always had to ask for the "hat" in the toilet and sometimes I missed anyway Now I can wipe well and give them a Clean Catch because I can reach things without straining so hard. And those little things mean a lot, don't they? Now I can sit in chairs, even climb stepladders because I am UNDER the 250 pound weight limit. Won't bust things to smithereens accidently. Remember my,late hubby sat down in his favorite fishing chair, one of those with a woven seat. He didn't even wiggle or anything but it let out a,metallic scream and it collapsed to the ground with him still in it. ONLY THING BRUISED WAS HIS EGO but I wish I had sent the cellphone video to ABC for America's Favorite Home Videos, It was a real winner, and he always said he wasn't,OBESE, only me! Ha ha to the max there, he was 6ft3in and 330, but in his heart he must thought he was 195 like when he graduated in 1960. Still have his grad pictures, Tomkitten looks a lot like him, but maybe not much longer. After seeing I could have success, and knowing now I am 30-40 pounds lighter, he is considering Bariatrics for himself. And maybe he'll be a sleeve instead, maybe not, his PCP said he has costochondritis but I'm not sure if. he might have inherited my GERD tendencies also. And if true, he'll become a kangaroo like me! Why are the bypassed kangaroos? Because we all have pouches. Sproing,sproing!