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Hee Hee Hee Haw Haw Haw (singing last few bars from theme song)

We could have tag teamed!:crying:

Maybe just one bite?:crying:

I only ever wanted the crust, juice, and vanilla ice cream on top.:crying: It didn't matter if it was blackberry, cherry, apple, or peach. I dug out the top crust with juice. My mom would get so mad because she would have a pan full of fruit and nothing else by the time I got through with it.

We are obviously the east and west coast versions of the same person.:smile2:

That is so me. I shaved "down there" once, and it got irritated. Then I got infection in the hair follicles (I didn't even know hair follicles could GET infected). I was putting this yeast cream that my doctor gave me for it for months. It just kept getting worse and worse. I thought I just wasn't putting enough on there. Come to find out, the more I put, the more it was burning my skin (just like yours). I finally had to be put on an oral medication for over a month just to clear up my skin because I kept avoiding the doctor (again like you). She asked me why I waiting so long to come back and tell her it wasn't working. I just gave her my "you know I am stupid" look. She just laughed and wrote the new prescription.

Well, now that I have had surgery, I am actually taking 4 weeks off. I work in the telecommunications field which can be physical. My short term benefits kicked in after 7 calendar days.

I am so sorry for what you have gone through. You stay strong.

I have to be truthful and say that makes me feel a lot better knowing that I am not alone. I have been tracking my calories. I have struggled to get 600 calories. Today I got to 850 calories, but now I feel awful. I am floating. :crying:

You are not alone. Just keep getting your fluids in. That will help you to feel full at least for a little while. Also, stay busy. That can help to keep your mind off of the food. I don't know about your surgeon, but my surgeon allows me to have as much of the allowed foods during the first 2 weeks. I hope that you start to feel better. Your time to eat more will come soon enough.

Well, I feel like a failure already. I lost weight during the pre-op diet, but haven't lost a thing since (except for the 5 pounds that I came out of surgery with). I know that I am supposed to be concentrating on healing, but I still would have loved to have lost at least a few pounds. This sucks. Ok, pity party over. For now anyway. I am scheduled for my first fill on October 23rd. I am scared of that because I go back to work the next day.

That is exactly what that feels like! I don't know what it is going to be like once I lose some weight, if I can already feel it.:smile2:

It does make me feel better knowing that I am not alone, too. Also, I think I am allergic too. My skin came off at the points where I was hooked up to the EKG machine for pre-op. I had one reaction to a bandaid that took off all of the skin underneath. That was painful. It sounds like you are in for a fight with "hang". :smile2:

I like the Benefiber powder. I mix it with Kool Aid (for my son) and he had less gas with that than the tablets. Hopefully that can be your quick fix and not something else causing the gas.

Good for you! I hope that I am that close to goal at my bandiversary. Keep up the awesome work!

I had been trying to place that look. :crying:

I did apple juice with Miralax in it.

Posting to say that I really like Susan's new picture.

hmmmm. Nope, still broke. This is completely off topic, but congrats on the end of your 6 month visits.

Hi. I just had my surgery done by Dr. Ponce on 09/25. I have to say, he is good at his job. I didn't even feel like I had surgery on the day of surgery. Good luck with everything and keep us posted. Since you are self-pay, it shouldn't be hard to get a surgery date.

How wonderful! Heck, I would post it in every thread on every forum....

You spoke too soon.

:drool:Cheeseburger:drool:

Congrats on the weight loss! At this point, I would like to have any type of weigh loss that is not associated with my pre-op diet.

There it goes again. Just as info, I promise I didn't choose such a small font (that is, if you can see it by the time I post this reply).