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wow.... in three months... incredible

You and me both!! I used to be on this site constantly and so very motivated. Welp back to the drawing board!

Focus, refocus, focus = success.

Wow, that's fantastic! Congrats. Keep up the awesome work!

When you are in your 60s, 70s, 80s, are you going to remember the "work emergency" or the surgery you had to allow you to live all those extra years? You have to put yourself first at some point.

Whoever would be handling the "emergency" that arises when you are out of the office is the one who should be handling the emergencies now.

Thanks for all the comments. I thought Id decide to just take care of it, so that I could not only have a peace of mind, but also get a real chance at resting and recuperating from the surgery without any interruptions or worries. Furthermore, In my line of work, theres plenty of blame to go around. Great work but all of that End of the year bs. Going Forward, I will definitely put myself first. After all, I'm all that I have. Thanks again.

I don't actually know, I haven't weighed since my last doctor's appointment, which was a little over two weeks ago. I will record my weight again at my next doctor's appointment, whenever that is The scale has always been my enemy when it comes to weight loss, it affects me mentally too much. So I'm not in any hurry to weigh!

I understand.

Whole pieces of meat? Raw, no doubt. I sense the approach of a raging lion.

Great, that's always good to hear.

You missed the rest of the story, they were a-salt-ed before they were battered and the cops grilled them for 20 minutes...

LOL, love the comments!

@High functioning fat man - you're too cool for school. @Moogle -- you're just right for Corny High.

You're killing it!!! Way to go!!!

awesome work.

You are the cat's pajamas.

The big issue that same weekend is my 30th High School Reunion. That should be interesting.

Ooooh, let me know how that goes!

just around the corner!

Keep me posted. I keep my fingers, toes and even my eyes crossed for you pain relief.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes! I still have a few days before this injection takes full effect. I have had a couple good days and a few bad ones. I am still hopeful and i have been told it might take a second try at it so we will see.

Rest and be patient with healing....

Seriously. I ate about 3 strips of fajita steak (probably about an ounce) very thinly sliced, a few **teaspoons** of refried beans, about 6 corn chips and some salsa.

FOAM, burp, FOAM, burp, FOAM, burp. Then up it came! My tummy randomly says NOPE every once in awhile. No rhyme or reason.

All this talk about foaming...makes me wanna foam. Been there, done that.

All this talk about foaming...makes me wanna foam. Been there, done that.

The pre op sucked... I found I added flavor seasonings to make things taste different better etc... it's long and hard I had to o a month liquid diet through thanksgiving... and my birthday i will admit it sucked bad you can do this!! and it is worth it

It will be so worth it when you look back a year from now. You will be so glad you did everything they said to do, all the bad parts of this process will be behind you and you will be looking so good!

Oh yeah. Pre op sucks but it must be done. Directly Post op isn't much fun either.

I pray I can say the same thing soon! Congratulations!

That's fabulous!!!

Wonderful to hear from you, and glad it's all going well! I pretty much emptied my dressers yesterday, need to do a bit of shopping!

Buyer stuff. Inspection this morning, sending listings to another buyer. After that, hitting the gym. Yay for self employment!

I need your energy! I'm like a slug - couldn't get out of bed to get my ass to work on time!

Grilling, because I marrinated some meat over the weekend but was gone all weekend, so grilling right now before it goes bad. Baked my protein snacks for the week. on my 4th cup of coffee.

Yay! Isn't it funny how much that scale number can get to us? I'm so glad you are seeing progress, with or without the scale moving!

@Caribear everyone should take their measurements every month. It is really more helpful than the scale.

I'm down to monthly weighing for that reason.

Thank You Candygyrl!

That's fantastic! I know how you must feel, just nothing like it.

@BigViffer you are so right about that! Now to lose the last thirty or so pounds and start living at goal. The biggest challenge will be maintaining.

what is your favorite protein snack?

So far hummus or cheddar cheese.

It certainly does and is.

@WLSResources - mine used the word "only" as well. She had asked what my final goal weight was and asked how I would feel if I only got down xxx instead of my goal. I think she specifically chose the word "only" to see what sort of reaction it would trigger in me. I was pretty impressed with her - there were definitely times where she used likely trigger words to gauge my reactions, not because she was being insensitive.

@heidikat72 I believe that's what mine was doing as well. I don't remember the exact wording she used but it didn't bother me.

I had my sleeve there two years ago (surgiversary is tomorrow in fact!). I had a good experience there and have received excellent follow-up care. In fact, I just got my two year follow-up survey today.

That is great, and you look great. I am planning to go in December because I have that whole month off work, I am financing the surgery and that way payments won't be due until January. I am just a little unsure about going to Tijuana for surgery. I really just need to know if your experience with Dr. Ortiz and the OCC where on par with what is explained on the website.

I have been to TJ twice for surgery. Once for VSG and once for plastics. I had no issues either time. I received excellent care and always felt safe. My experience with OCC was exactly what I expected it to be, based on the research I had done. The only hiccup was transportation from the airport across the border. I was supposed to be shuttled across with another couple and their flight was delayed, so I had to wait quite a long time at the airport for them to get in before the shuttle took us to the hotel. That was nothing within OCC's control though, obviously. Everything else was smooth sailing,

I'm sorry about my story too. I was just trying to commiserate with Shelterdog64, not compete with the horror stories as well. As I said before I only want to wish her good luck and a quick recovery. I shouldn't have shared and I'm sorry . :-(

All of you, no worries! I already knew this was going to be a crap recovery...anytime an orthopedic surgeon smiles and says 'oh, you WANT to have the surgery??', you know it's about to go down, and painfully

==similar to a dentist saying, "you're going to feel a little pressure now". Meanwhile he/she is kneeling on your chest with the world's largest pair of teeth pullers!

All Is well, ladies. I didn't mean for anyone to feel badly. Just cheer up a wee bit. Keep posting !!!!

If you weren't nervous you would be ---well-----just-----WEIRD!!! You've got this!

Good job!!! You're on the right track. Every little bit of extra activity helps our endeavors