After thinking I might make May-June-July-or August for my surgery, it turns out I will be singing a SEPTEMBER song. Do I have a surgery twin, someone who will be going through this wonderous transformation with me?

Thank You MME for making me feel special again. I felt very invalid yesterday, today will be BETTER. I try to always bounce back but I lost all my bounce the way events turned out. My late and lamented Ricky Nelson was correct
It's all right now***
For I learned my lesson well***
If you can't please everyone***
Then you better please yourself.
your dad and wiser friend FRUSTR8

sad-- not--- dad, I only had an RNY, not a sec change!

And a thought for today:
Wrinkles mean you laughed***
Gray hair means you cared***
And scars mean that you have lived.
Live these last days of 2018 in joy and happiness
And may 2019 bring You your Hearts-Desire!

How is everyone's monthly losses going? Mine lbs lost per month are steadily decreasing which is making me nervous about reaching my goal. I know.... I know..... we are not supposed to compare ourselves to others but we know we all do..lol

1st mth - 15.2 lbs

2nd mth - 10.2lbs

3rd mth - 8.0 lbs

4th mth - 4.2 lbs

I have had some stalls in there also, of course. Especially this month I stalled for over 2 weeks, hense only 4.2lbs for the month.

I just wonder if you guys were noticing that you were still losing at a pretty steady average each month or if it was slowing down. I still have another 33lbs to lose to meet my ultimate goal. I do realize as we get closer goal it may be more difficult but i just am not ready for to stop losing yet.

I want to take the best advantage of my "golden time" after surgery.

And Happy Happy New Shiny 2019. My TPN company took me from 14 on,10 off to 12-12. this should diminish my calorie intake down enough to avoid a stall without losing the nutritional benefits. Next endoscopy date open Is on the 25th, Dr Noria wants to see how 2 months of therapy has affected me, I am almost ready to start my 4th month of Carafate, let's see if it is as healing as we are hoping for. And I see Dr Needleman on the 15th for my scheduled appointment, this month I see my PCP, sleep medicine doctor, cardiologist, possibly lawyer, twice weekly blood draws, for a person who goes nowhere I seem to be Busy Busy! But I tell myself it's all good, at last weighing I had lost over a 100 pounds from High Weight but alas still another glob of weight to go, maybe 80 pounds. till I approach my goal. Oh I shall not give up, I am in it to win it and I still believe I can do it! And Plump Princess will become the Empress of All That She Surveys!???❤?

100lbs! Way to go! ???? Glad to hear things are progressing for you.

Oh they are, slow changes may be. the change I need. Brand new Year, I wonder what might be in store this 2019?

Sleep Medicine appointment okay, not deleting c Pap yet, cardiology went wonderful , I just ? my cardiologist, Dr Karve is a sweetie but very very smart. I hope she and her hubby someday. have a little one. She would be a very kind mommy. Next appointment is Tuesday with my surgeon, Dr Needleman, get to see him once a month as long as I do,have the PICC line. Really thought I would be more average than exceptional, but not how things worked out.

On ‎12‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 6:01 PM, Frustr8 said:

And I am at 266 last Tuesday?&?&?---Even the monkeys are losing weight!!!

You should update your ticker to show the great work you are doing

On ‎12‎/‎31‎/‎2018 at 7:40 AM, shoregirl75 said:

How is everyone's monthly losses going? Mine lbs lost per month are steadily decreasing which is making me nervous about reaching my goal. I know.... I know..... we are not supposed to compare ourselves to others but we know we all do..lol

1st mth - 15.2 lbs

2nd mth - 10.2lbs

3rd mth - 8.0 lbs

4th mth - 4.2 lbs

I have had some stalls in there also, of course. Especially this month I stalled for over 2 weeks, hense only 4.2lbs for the month.

I just wonder if you guys were noticing that you were still losing at a pretty steady average each month or if it was slowing down. I still have another 33lbs to lose to meet my ultimate goal. I do realize as we get closer goal it may be more difficult but i just am not ready for to stop losing yet.

I want to take the best advantage of my "golden time" after surgery.

Same here things are slowing down. The holiday's didn't help but the 3 pounds I gained I lost them. So I'm glad about that.

Liz I would love to, but I can't do it on Android smartphone app, believe you me--' I have repeatedly tried.

6 hours ago, Liz The New Me said:

but the 3 pounds I gained I lost 

Me, too, but other than that the hair loss continues and weight does not change. My PA okayed bumping up the Biotin and L-lysine dosages. The other problem is that I live in the land of snow and ice and walking for exercise just is not happening here in the boondocks. I am solving that with my order today for a treadmill -- you know, those metal implements that get converted into a clothes rack after a short time? I surveyed treadmill owners I know who own them...Why did you stop using yours? A. boredom. B. it's in the basement/garage/spare room & I never go in the basement/garage/spare room. So this one goes in the living room, in front of the TV, within good earshot of the music collection. As I've heard before, this weight loss journey is 80% nutrition, 20% exercise, and 100% mental!

Well Good Luck and let's hope things are going to work out well for you! Somebody mentioned on another thread it's always the same class of Bariatric Pals on here, but you have been among my favorite posters.???

@Frustr8 I suspect you have the Guinness Record for number of doctors involved, number of hospital trips, and most dramatic moments in your journey. With the Golden Globe Awards coming up, there should be a category for you. You're a "Contenda!" You're gonna kick and scream your way to Victory. What a woman!!

Yeah, I think I must! Who knew my life story would become a Thriller? Yesterday, I went to my Cardiologist 51 miles away, that part was just fine, tested out well. I still have to have a MRI of my Chest and Abdomen but it can be done whenever I want and at any competent hospital. Basically want to be sure my aorta has no potential bumping that could turn into aneurysms. My middle child and oldest son died 11 years ago today of an aortic aneurysm at the age of just 31. This will be a hard day to get through, his death Anniversity always is. I try to put a positive spin on it to others and call it his ANGEL DAY but I still know what it really is. Every year I release a helium balloon to Heaven and I guess I dream that he knows and approves. But it is SO SO HARD to lose a child, to have to bury them. You are having to place a piece of your future, your baby in the cold ground and leave them there when you only wish you could hold them and keep them safe.
Anyway back to yesterday, my appointment was short, didn't seem to take anytime at all. Called my driver to tell him I was done only to be told he was half-way back to Mount Vernon to pick up another person who had an Columbus doctor appointment. Now if it had been ME I would have doubled back , picked Tomkitten and I up, dropped us off at our house in Mount Vernon then picked up the other person. But not every person does things efficently. He says" I'll swing back and pick you up when I drop him off." Shoot, we called driver at 11:06am, other persons appointment 1:45-2 o'clock, only takes 45- minutes that time of day. transit time. Maybe a little over an hour even at peak traffic time. So there we sat in Canal Winchester, 4 counties away from home, and we sat and we sat. We were still sitting there when my cardiologist office hours were over, 5 hours later. No sign of the stinking driver. My doctor said , after the nurse went back up and told her, that if We were still there at 4:30 she would pay herself for us to be transported home. Luckily he finally wandered in 4 minutes after 4, My insurance was paying him because if I had to pay cash he wouldn't gotten paid. I'm not sure if his excuse was that he got lost, all her would have to done was retrace his morning route, I know he had GPS and Google Map. I have MapQuest on my phone, my son, on the way down had to climb into the front seat and hide him in with the easier routes there.
Dr Karve's office is 51 miles from where I live, yes there are heart specialists closer but none as good. So I feel sitting on a hard bench in a lobby for 5 hours is cruel and unusual punishment, especially when you are arthritic and 73. If I had any clue he was going to pull this trick I could have gone over to the hospital there and had my MRI done there. Sorry folks, but this lady wants to rant, complain and sing the blues. And the boss of him is going to get an earful this morning.