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Snakes I can concede, but our Ohio raccoons have been known to get on the back of dogs in the river and drowned them. They may be cute from a distance and that's where I want them to stay! I would be,more worried about skunks in outhouses. And I was once trapped in my Grandma's,outhouse by a flock of attack geese, glad she finally shooed them away, wanted to turn the lead one into a Christmas Roast Goose!

I got the Thai chili, Fluffy Chix mentioned something else with Thai seasoning and it sounded good to me. Got some diet mayo in the fridge, maybe I'll try it this weekend.

Hey what about the other Nut Butters? I would like to try Almond or Cashew myself, maybe. Almond on Apple or Pear slices?

Okay here I am-May4th- 224 pounds, gone into 20s nearly ready for 18s after starting out in 28-30W, sweats were 4x mens. My May plans- stay true to my diet- it is getting boring after 8 months, but I will keep on keeping on. To see how much loss I can achieve in these 31 days, walk and exercise more since weather better, keep a Good outlook,be friendly to all, I would like to be 210 by June First but I will love me,treat me with respect,even if I'm not that low. No tears,no fears, that's all behind me. Speaking of behinds I don't have much ,This Baby may have had Back, but now I am barely rounded, Yippee Skipee for Me!

My bariatric dietician recommended Pre-Natal vitamins before my surgery and that's what I have been taking except for the first 14 days Post-Surgery when they insisted I grind everything up. When you have dentures you can't really chew chewables, and they are Nasty Nasty! First time I tasted them all I could think of was giving my babies liquid vitamins and then having them barf all over me. Same evil odors to those things. So at 15 days, I said Frustr8 Old Girl, this IS NOT going to continue! Took a mouthful, okay baby mouthful of 2 ounces, of liquid, three my prenatal in and let it float down as I swallowed. Oh I got some amused states at Wally World going through the vitamins area. One of my ex-coworkers who is now in Over the Counter Pharmacy said " You're 72, do you have something to tell me?" No this was Roy the Dietician's idea, not mine! But until recently it did me good, then after the 3 month TPN through my PICC line I got deficient enough in iron to require an iron INFUSION. Still wasn't as bad as It sounds, I was comfy, took 5-6 hours out of my day, but still it was what it was. Maybe it will hold me for a while, PCP thinks every 3 months, but he didn't order it, it was ordered by my surgeon,in Columbus and that's where I ended up going. So Spring Valley from W-Mart, about $9 a bottle, non-chewy, non-gummies, because 1st ingredient is Sugar or High Fructose Corn Syrup and that's a ??Devil we all need to avoid!??

If your urine is dark golden or light brown and starting to get a smell to it, flood yourself with fluid, 2 oz every 15 minutes, that's 8 ounces an hour, 64 in 8, as a person who has herself gone through dehydration, took 2 bags-full the last time, because I got "bull-headed", talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face! Anyway people, and especially bariatric patients, do better on Fluid Drive. Popsicle yourself if necessary but get that fluid count up!!!

Believe you me, if I tried that, Precious Pouch would reflux it right back up so fast I might aspirate. She has absolutely no sense of humor, we get along better if I give her no more than 2-3 ounces a sip.

And my Bariatric Clinic, based in an University Teaching Hospital commits to Each patient life-long management including Dietary. Never realized how lucky I was until I heard others stories on here.

That would be me, I have my son(40) still living with me, the last. hospitalization I had, after having both kinds of pneumonia immunizations, I still caught a variety. At that point, they brought me Crystal lite, the,non- caffeine variety. Pureed carrots, very small dish of pureed turkey with fat-free gravy in an adjoining small bowl , sugar-free strawberry Jello and a 4 oz juice glass of skim milk. For breakfast I got cream of rice, skim milk and Crystal lite. Surely if my inept local hospital ( called derisively by Columbus Hospitals "the Band-Aid Station") had a dietician who could figure it out, I am sure LTF (long term facilities) could keep me from starving. Eventually my local will be adding Bariatric Clinic and Surgery,basically VSG, in Spring- Summer 2020, but I couldn't wait on them with my weight 365 pounds and rising, trying to lose on my own for over 3 years, and Phenteramine made me GAIN 30 pounds in a month, I was to the point of Surgery or not making it to 75 alive. Oh it was not a flippant decision I made, but I realized I feared major surgery less than merely continuing to exist. And there is No One Else my age current on here,most have given up and died. I am my surgeon's Oldest Patient so it behooves Me to Heal as well as possible to prove the Nay-Sayers wrong. Lost 140 since highest weight, 93 ( I weighed myself today) since surgery 8 months ago tomorrow, my clinic forecasts I will break into Onderland ( under 200) on or slightly after my 1st Anniversary and that is despite 3 months of Total Parentel Feedings through my Upper left arm's PUCC line, without the artifially high calorie count (1403 calories daily) I might have made it there already. Never count me out, the REST of my days will be the BEST of my days.

Congratulations to You All,mow your First Month Post-Surgery has started, may all of Your Paths be Smooth!

BrownLady1979, if that is your Birth Year you are the same age as my son, after watching me and my weight loss since my surgery 8 months ago tomorrow, he realizes I am suddenly 30 pounds lighter than him. Oh he wears his weight well at this point, but he plans to speak with our PCP, if he recommends it too, the next step will to also meet with Dr Needleman,my surgeon. He does not like the fact I am in 1X and 2X and wearing his cast-offs, he is still a 3X and a 42-44 waist. He still looks solid instead of really obese but he says" I don't want to wait until I am YOUR AGE! Speedy Gonzales,his pet name for our PCP, has been printing on every summary " Morbid Obesity" because his BMI is 37, FYI mine just dropped to 34, this means I AM NO LONGER MORBID, JUST now" Obese" and I am working toward merely OVERWEIGHT!

Preach it, Brother Garfield, preach it!

Sally have you tried the flavored Tuna packs too, wonder if they might make dyno-mite Tuna Salads?

Look on the postings today, there is another lady who posted a year ago, her pen'--name was RonnysGal, she went through it with success. It is not easy to secure, takes extra skill on your surgeon's part, not many willing to attempt it, and, sad to say, your age may work against it. The old saying is dead wrong, YOU CAN BE TOO THIN! Hoping you do find an answer, don't want to lose a new friend like you to anorexia if there is some way of interceding.

My advice, go to a Center of Excellence Hospital that is also affiliated with a Medical University. I had my RNY at Ohio State University- Wexner Medical Center in Columbus Ohio, my surgeon was also the Chief of Bariatric Medicine and Metabolic Weight Loss. And I was 72 years and 8 months old, they took me when many others refused. Took me over 3 years from when I first started to seek it. YOu may have difficulties convincing the average Bariatric Surgeon to consider you , that's why I say Go High and Prove this isn't a casual thought on your part, RonnysGal found it worth it, but I'll warn you, if you do find someone, it will not be as easy a recovery as Surgery#1 and Surgery#2, we don't heal as well when we are in our late 60s and early 70s as these 20 and 30 year olds, oh we heal but it can be slow. Hey I wish you success in your search and if you do receive it, please update me, I am nearly your peer and am concerned for YOU!???

Any pretty much of the regular Ensure Family will have a high enough calorie count to help. The last time I had Boost I thought it left a greasy coating on my mouth. Since Abbott Labs, the makers of Ensure,are headquartered in Columbus Ohio I pride myself on being very literate about their products. Since I am still actively losing weight Ensure High Protein Max in ? is my chosen protein shake after trying many other brands , it honestly tastes like Strawberry Quik. But back when my blood sugars would plummet, working as a STNA, I have drank much Ensure and Boost. My favorite flavor was Butter Pecan, not sure if it's still on their product list. How about eating ice cream or drinking regular milkshakes , they were my caloric downfall in the Fat Old Days!

Whataburgers are fat-laden, have a calorie count through the ozone, I have had in the past had some, they are seductive in their taste so I can understand why Dabeyhive couldn't turn her steering wheel in the opposite direction!?

An old thought from Me- if you are committed to office success, you will do your work well, they will let you, and they will sit gossiping and making fun of you for caring to do a good job. Done many retail and office jobs, no matter what, there are goof- offs, their mouths in Overdrive. and their bodies in Park!

And please believe me, as your food path gets thicker things added you will find LESS feels like More! You have quite a road ahead but you are strong, you will be successful, and it all will be so worth it! I had self-doubts in the begining, but now I am 8 months out, I have lost nearly 100 pounds since surgery, 140 since my highest recorded weight. This is at 73 years old and the Baseline Metabolism Rate of a Sick Sea Snail. I had a bunch of minor struggles so I didnt bounce back rapidly as most. But my body finally caught the reducing big and I am rocking it. Started out in 28 and 30W, I am now a 20 and soon heading for an 18 because my slacks, which I got on clearance at Wal-Mart, unless I can sew belt loops on, they are coming close to falling off, especially if I take a deep breath in and I find it fantabulous. Don't remember when I was THIS SMALL- maybe after Tomkitten's birth and he will turn 40 on the 12th of June. Oh I have some saggy stretched skin, but it is controlled- able and nothing beats being so much smaller. I used to have a BIG BOOTY, belly still loose but my rump is getting toward normalcy, maybe that's why my pants are falling down, I no longer have a fat shelf to hang them from! ???

Keep up Drinking your fluids, sometimes what we feel is hunger or appetite is really residual stomach acid. Your body as well as YOU have been through a lot in a very short time. Be kind, be good to yourself, this does pass and your road ahead gets more beautiful every day. And this is a lead-pipe cibch!

And I had no pain then, mine came a few weeks later when I developed a stricture. Every day- in so many ways- you will start to feel better, right now you and your body have been through a lot together. It was Major Surgery so be kind to You, the ones who boast of being dismissed and going right to the mall shopping are a very small minority. Even I had moments of What Did I Do To Me? And I worked over 3 years to gain my RNY bypass, so I wanted it very badly. Yeah not pain per se but I did feel like somebodythrew me ovee a cliff and left me in a heap below. My 72 year old belly felt I had gone through the most extensive Gym Workout of my life. You can vent to us as much as you want, the futurebenefits are surely there, but this initiation is ROUGH. I owe you one big hug as soon as you're less tender!

A very good suggestion. Thanks Big Ange!

Do they keep it in their car so the children cannot find it and ask questions? And glow in the dark makes it funnier yet!???

it helps to get rid of the byproducts as you start to use your fat stores for lossm People do better on fluid drive, dehydration feels crappy???

Randi, just wanted to wish you luck,with your future surgery and Good Healing afterward. May this commitment to your future weight loss and Good Health be the most wonderful thing for your life!