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Everything posted by Frustr8
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NSAIDs
Yeah you're right but I at least don't smell of ligament when I use that Voltaren. I keep reminding me how much,lowered my arthritis pain is now but when I get up in the A M all bets are off!?
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Terrible procrastination
You'll never lose weight living on Someday Isle, but you will get out of it what you put in and sometimes the end result surpasses even you expectations.
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How to Go about Lap Band Removal?
If you can't find one in private practice, consider your nearest " Teaching"/ University Hospital. Not only will they provably do it they may have clinics you can go through that may be lower- price-point.
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I Want To See Before & After Pics! (Cont'd)
Update us when everything is completed, we love celebrating your victories with you!
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Any1 liver too large &surgery was denied?
I'm sure it does happen, there was a guy mentioning that when I first joined Bariatric Pal. Then last year there was a girl that they did go ahead and the surgeon leveraged her liver, suspect,it happened when trying to move,he4 liver out of the way. Oh she recovered pretyu,goood but it was a miserable recovery. that she had. So Yeah very very rare , but it could happen. The fact that you did your . sinning" early in this process and went on to lose 10 pounds should work. out to your benefit. Looking forward to an update posting when your surgery is completed!
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Nausea
And I think there was low-fat mayo in it also, not a happy time for men Did the pouch - version of. Projectile Vomiting!?
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February 2019 weight loss buds
Bulgogi- is that the Korean BBQ/grilled beef? If it is, it sounds luscious. Did you get it as restaurant food @SleevednowAK or was it homemade? I usually enjoy Oriental-type things, haven't done any restaurant- ing since my surgery., Weird isn't it, I no longer have. a raging appetite but a lot of things sound so good in theory! Felt a little sorry for the Bari- pal the other day for trying to sneak a Reeses Peanut Butter Egg. One bite, said it tasted like Yucky, that bite and the rest of the Egg, right into the trash! Guess that means I'm better off not listening to Brain Prompts!????
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Surgery is tomorrow and I think my anxiety has gone through the roof
And the day and night before mine I was certain the surgeon was going to back out on me!!! See I had struggled for over 3 years, been through emotional times and into moderate depression. Was about ready to the atypical meds because it wasn't abating. See I wasn't actively seeking suicide , I just wanted to sit, hide and wait for Death to come. Felt like this would be another time of "You're such a failure you can't even do this right!" But with the last of my will I had try this last time. And my surgeon didn't fail to show up, he gave me a smooth sleek surgery, and I hope to prove day by day this was theright time, for the right reasons and it wasn't too late for me. And the black cloud of depression has left me and I face a new future with confidence. I may not be perfect, but pretty close Baby, pretty close!?❤???
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EVERYTHING feels stuck, keep vomiting
Learning how to live with this is like immersion therapy to learn a foreign languagr, very gratifying when you acheive fluency but scary as heck until you get there.
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Breast Lift with Implants
Know I have, my natural body style is the Great Pyramid of Egypt, narrow at the top, wide at the bottom. Was really nice when I was pregnant, at least until the belly pooched out, my chest counter-balanced the rump adequately.
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Gas?
I would say you are getting close to intervention time, that said, check with your own Bariatric nurses and staff. Some surgeon's are more fecally- inclined?than others. My own was 5 days and we start stirring Miralax into your protein shakes, 7+ days we bring out a " Bigger Gun" Milk of Magnesia, 10 days and we really "intervene", didn't happen to me but my guess is an ER visit, an abdominal scan, and then whatever it takes to empty YOU out!
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Starbucks unsweetened ?
Torani makes nice syrups too, a little pricey for me but then- who's. more worthwhile than ME?
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Pre OP bypass
And in 2021 or 2022, there is always the Calgary Stampede to dream for! You'll be all smooth and sleek by then and have the endurance to do anything you WANT!
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Fish oil omega-3 soft capsules
Boy I like orange anyway so I'll be sure to look THESE up!
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June 2019!!! Surgery Siblings!!!
And Good Luck to each and every of YOU! When I started one for my surgery month I thought I would never hear from anyone else,boy was I Wrong! Must have been 3540 pages on here before September 2018 was over!
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Pre OP bypass
And I bet they will be proud that they are a part of Mama's "feel better" scheme, at their age I ❤doing something to help my Mama and Daddy.?
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Starbucks unsweetened ?
Don't know if Coffee is always an appetite stimulant but it makes a Dandy Diuretic. And for me, it seemed to stimulate defecation, always had a post- breakfast ?daily.
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❤ APRIL 2019 CHALLENGE❤
Truth is a good and desirable thing, shame some of our politicians never learned that. A saying from my younger days. Pro Means for something Con Means against something So can we really expect Progress from Congress?
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Questions for all of you that are post-op!!!
And I avoided that by using and still use liquid calcium, costs about $5-6 at Wal-Mart, not that thick and viscous and tastes just like orange push-up sherbet. And I loathed chewables, nasty-tasting, hard to chew when you have dentures, as soon as I could I went back to my prenatal vitamins, they aren't all that large, a little smaller than Tylenol caplets. My secret, take a small mouthful of liquid, toss the pill in and let it ride the water- slide down, Use a little ingenuity, med behaviors are not etched in stone, make your own kind of music each day!
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This is why....
A good little motivating force for improvement. Well time for one of Frustr8's stories. My late grandma Hubbell, my mama's mama always wore clean clothes including underwear in perfect condition. She had a horror of the postman's horse or later-on his station wagon, running her over, she would have to go to hospital and she might have mended undies on. Oh the shame of it all! Told her once , stay out of the road Grandma, stand. up on the bank if necessary, and just Borden sits in the middle of the seat, it doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't KNOW how to drive! But THAT was her biggest fear in life. Mine would be living there, 6 miles from town , no phone , electricity, running water in a 6 room house heated by wood. But when I look back, there was love there, chores to keep you from. sitting inside depressed and a chance to have an unimpeded view as God changed the seasons, and each has their beauty about it. So maybe she lived a neater sweeter life than me after all!??????
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Surprised by this! Thoughts?
Hmmn?I wonder if Precious Pouch and I will ever make it there? She likes to follow the 2oz at a time plan exclusively.
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Coffee?
I think of all the Decafs Folgers makes the best, I do miss coffee a little, see I'm allergic to chocolate so no cocoa for me, even sugar-free. I do like teas , drink them later in the day or make decaf stevia- sweetened ice tea . But if Precious Pouch allows me, I may make me caramel premier protein and Folgers Decaf occasionally. At last report she is healing her inner surface, but does this mean I can have my AM warm drink again? Was afraid to ask Dr Noria, feared she wouldn't think, it would be advisible.
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Puréed recipes
Always nice to get a new recipe or. 2, a new way to organize our ingredients. Puree doesn't have to be totally tastekess!
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Pre OP bypass
Bought 2 glass shot glasses at Wally World , they have been my go-to- s. Also bought a bag of those little plastic condiment cups from,over in gricery, they also hold exactly 2 oz A few times when I wasn't sleepung, I set up my morning pills in them and snapped the lid on. If I managed to fall back asleep they would be ready and waiting for me. No digging them all out one by one and lining them up in a row like good little soldiers.
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Failed EVERYTHING, need to know I'm not alone.
Speaking of Sports teams: Anybody who has some time free a little prayer? for my Columbus Blue Jackets. The Puck drops at 7 PM. EST. They are currently up 3 games to none over the Tampa Bay Lightning. This may just be the year we make it to the? Stanley Cup! We are doing better than all our franchise history! And I am a smooth excited by the prospect. I like hockey, Late Lamented did not so I have yet to attend a game And but I can watch them on cable. They also do a lot of nice things for the Columbus Ohio community, in and Out of season.