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Terry Poperszky

By Terry Poperszky, in WLS Veteran's Forum

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Terry Poperszky    2,784

Terry Poperszky
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CG poked me, so I thought I would just take a minute and check in.

Just a tad shy of two years with Mistress Band, My weight has been rock steady for over a year now, and although I wouldn't mind dropping another 10-15 pounds I am very comfortable where I am at, Still riding bikes, although they are put away for the winter. But I have never been able to complete a century yet, something always seems to get in the way. This year it was prostate cancer and the surgery came right in the middle of my prime riding time, but both the prostate and the cancer are gone, with no lasting health concerns.

I am dealing with the winter muchies, and have been having extreme carb cravings for the last couple of weeks since the cold set in. Fall allergy season was no fun, Mistress Band is real pissy when there are large amounts of mucous entering my stoma. Aside from that I am dealing with a flooring remodel at my house that makes me want to cry.

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dylanmiles23    2,198

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I haven't been on here either terry and happy to see still you're riding. Hope your thanksgiving was great.

Arlene

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catfish87    3,471

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Glad to see that things are going well for you Terry! Congrats!

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Bandista    7,466

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@@Terry Poperszky hope that floor is done now -- you made me laugh! Sending best wishes your way.

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Terry Poperszky    2,784

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@bandinista Yes, the floor is done. Painting to look forward to next month.

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Julie norton    2,850

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Sorry no home improvement projects here.

But... I had my check up w/ the doc in San Jose Glad to hear 8 years ago, the band I had implanted was improved from previous models. He said it could stay forever. Yippee just knowing it is there helps... And a bonus was I lost over 5 lbs since I saw him earlier this year. Wasn't expecting that.

Except I was chasing a ball down the street a couple weeks ago and my pants fell down. That has NEVER happened in my life!!!

In my former life I couldn't wait to undo my pants!! (Bought a smaller size today)

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Sharpie    3,306

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Great to hear you are cancer free Terry. I knew I had missed seeing your posts. Hope you have a wonderful holiday.

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Ladybandito    516

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Great to see your update, Terry. Glad your health is great and the floor is done. I, too am dealing with the holiday munchies and not being as active. 'Tis the season, lol! I don't get on here as much, but I'm still maintaining +/- 5 lbs of goal, so band life is good, eh? :-)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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