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Sit up in your recliner, if you have one. if not use PLENTY of pillows around you, prop up anything that needs propping, buy body pillows, w-mart has them so I would guess Target, Meijer, and perhaps Kohls. I would suggest K- Matt but they're an species almost extinct, along with Sears. I always enjoyed shopping them both along with Montgomery Ward. M.W always sized their Juniors up to 21, I was wearing their 19 and 21 Juniors when b I met up with and dated my late Husband. He always denied the memory, but we met at his Aunt Ruth's when I was 12 and he would was 15. Ooh I wanted him to notice me but he was a big bad Freshman from Columbus , and couldn't be bothered by my hero worship. 9 years later we re- met, sparks of electricity were there, and we ended up marrying. Maybe it was merely static electricity, shame my Mama didn't. use Downy,fabric softener sooner. Maybe that would have ridded the situation of those pesky sparks. But it wasn't EXACTLY bad all the time, 3 beautiful children, I was warm, not exposed to wars, had food when i needed my sorrows allayed. And in the culture, I had no reason to complain, so I didn't.Wasn't forced to work financially, warm , indoors instead. of homeless I had found a man, so happiness was optional, now I was to live only through him , A MRS was the only degree required in Mid-Ohio in the late 60s, and if I cried myself to sleep nobody much cared and I still had my false first lover FOOD to turn to, and it never told me that I wasn't good enough , that I was doing or acting right. And I was passive , quiet, demeaned myself just to retain a man. After all I had promised to stay in my wedding vows,my one bit of gumption- I refused to have the word " obey" retained in the wedding vows, it might have still been implied but I refused to SAY IT! And it was a Pleasant Valley Sunday in Status Quo Land , Another life ago, things are much different now, Better Times? God please forgive me saying but YES YES YES, I stand up for myself, I can live sans the expected props and guess what? I am loved for myself, not somebody's daughter, wife or mother, but ME. And as I heal, it is by ME, for ME, because bottom line, sink,or swim, I have ME And Me aLone, so thats where my loyalty must lie.

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13 hours ago, JamesL73 said:

I don't know if any of you have ever come across this site but OMG, I am so ready for real foods, I can't wait to try some of these. My mouth is watering and I am starving after looking through these dishes/recipes....

https://www.bariatriceating.com/bariatric-recipes.html

Thanks for the link!!! That chicken crust pizza looks AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

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On 06/30/2019 at 17:13, JamesL73 said:



I don't know if any of you have ever come across this site but OMG, I am so ready for real foods, I can't wait to try some of these. My mouth is watering and I am starving after looking through these dishes/recipes....




https://www.bariatriceating.com/bariatric-recipes.html


THANK YOU!!!!

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I am on day 6 since surgery don’t seem to be having any problems swallowing Water or any liquids without restriction really. Just need to belch sometimes is this normal ?

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14 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

Sit up in your recliner, if you have one. if not use PLENTY of pillows around you, prop up anything that needs propping, buy body pillows, w-mart has them so I would guess Target, Meijer, and perhaps Kohls. I would suggest K- Matt but they're an species almost extinct, along with Sears. I always enjoyed shopping them both along with Montgomery Ward. M.W always sized their Juniors up to 21, I was wearing their 19 and 21 Juniors when b I met up with and dated my late Husband. He always denied the memory, but we met at his Aunt Ruth's when I was 12 and he would was 15. Ooh I wanted him to notice me but he was a big bad Freshman from Columbus , and couldn't be bothered by my hero worship. 9 years later we re- met, sparks of electricity were there, and we ended up marrying. Maybe it was merely static electricity, shame my Mama didn't. use Downy,fabric softener sooner. Maybe that would have ridded the situation of those pesky sparks. But it wasn't EXACTLY bad all the time, 3 beautiful children, I was warm, not exposed to wars, had food when i needed my sorrows allayed. And in the culture, I had no reason to complain, so I didn't.Wasn't forced to work financially, warm , indoors instead. of homeless I had found a man, so happiness was optional, now I was to live only through him , A MRS was the only degree required in Mid-Ohio in the late 60s, and if I cried myself to sleep nobody much cared and I still had my false first lover food to turn to, and it never told me that I wasn't good enough , that I was doing or acting right. And I was passive , quiet, demeaned myself just to retain a man. After all I had promised to stay in my wedding vows,my one bit of gumption- I refused to have the word " obey" retained in the wedding vows, it might have still been implied but I refused to SAY IT! And it was a Pleasant Valley Sunday in Status Quo Land , Another life ago, things are much different now, Better Times? God please forgive me saying but YES YES YES, I stand up for myself, I can live sans the expected props and guess what? I am loved for myself, not somebody's daughter, wife or mother, but ME. And as I heal, it is by ME, for ME, because bottom line, sink,or swim, I have ME And Me aLone, so thats where my loyalty must lie.

Thank you for sharing this....loved the ending....I have ME AND me alone, so that's where my loyalty must lie. 💜

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Welp, I decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and start my liquid diet about 6 days early so that I can work everything out before it "really counts". So far so good...I have to do things backwards of most of y'all because I work nights so my eating generally occurs between 10 pm and about 8 am. Thank goodness i'm still allowed my Diet Cokes...I know that I should go on ahead and quit them now but I'm hanging on to them as long as I can lol.

Please pray for my kids and coworkers :D

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Would someone care to post the ricotta bake recipe. I haven’t heard of it.
I mage our and it was awesome. I used those aluminium foil single serves dishes. Spray with non stick spray. Mix 15 oz lite rocotta cheese and 1/3 cups light parmesan top with marina or spaghetti sauce 3 tblspn and bake for 30 min at 350. There are many variations of this on line.

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Sit up in your recliner, if you have one. if not use PLENTY of pillows around you, prop up anything that needs propping, buy body pillows, w-mart has them so I would guess Target, Meijer, and perhaps Kohls. I would suggest K- Matt but they're an species almost extinct, along with Sears. I always enjoyed shopping them both along with Montgomery Ward. M.W always sized their Juniors up to 21, I was wearing their 19 and 21 Juniors when b I met up with and dated my late Husband. He always denied the memory, but we met at his Aunt Ruth's when I was 12 and he would was 15. Ooh I wanted him to notice me but he was a big bad Freshman from Columbus , and couldn't be bothered by my hero worship. 9 years later we re- met, sparks of electricity were there, and we ended up marrying. Maybe it was merely static electricity, shame my Mama didn't. use Downy,fabric softener sooner. Maybe that would have ridded the situation of those pesky sparks. But it wasn't EXACTLY bad all the time, 3 beautiful children, I was warm, not exposed to wars, had food when i needed my sorrows allayed. And in the culture, I had no reason to complain, so I didn't.Wasn't forced to work financially, warm , indoors instead. of homeless I had found a man, so happiness was optional, now I was to live only through him , A MRS was the only degree required in Mid-Ohio in the late 60s, and if I cried myself to sleep nobody much cared and I still had my false first lover FOOD to turn to, and it never told me that I wasn't good enough , that I was doing or acting right. And I was passive , quiet, demeaned myself just to retain a man. After all I had promised to stay in my wedding vows,my one bit of gumption- I refused to have the word " obey" retained in the wedding vows, it might have still been implied but I refused to SAY IT! And it was a Pleasant Valley Sunday in Status Quo Land , Another life ago, things are much different now, Better Times? God please forgive me saying but YES YES YES, I stand up for myself, I can live sans the expected props and guess what? I am loved for myself, not somebody's daughter, wife or mother, but ME. And as I heal, it is by ME, for ME, because bottom line, sink,or swim, I have ME And Me aLone, so thats where my loyalty must lie.
Amazon for body pillows. I did that so I wouldn't have to leave

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Be careful, because Diet Coke and even Cokes will cause kidney issues. My surgery was scheduled for 06/17, postponed until Just yesterday because of my kidney function was bad (creatine). Just quit them period, I just would quit now, suggesting. You know your body though, so between you and your surgeon, you have to decide. I stopped a month ago, but they still affected my kidneys on the 11th labs, which I was not drinking them, before that. Because of my original surgery date. My creatine level was so high, because I did drink Diet Coke before that.

I’m only suggesting, not giving advice, talk to your surgeon, for sure.

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Diet Cokes typically don't cause kidney damage. There had to be something else that had your kidneys already compromised and maybe the caffeine triggered a response. I am a lab technician so I check my blood work often and my kidneys are fabulous. Lots of medicines especially NSAIDS are broken down in the kidneys and will cause damage. I watch mine closely because I take Meloxicam.

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Would someone care to post the ricotta bake recipe. I haven’t heard of it.
The recipe I followed was basically this one: https://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1793517 I think it tastes like lasagna without the noodles. Looking forward to adding beef or Italian sausage once I move on to purees.

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I don't know if any of you have ever come across this site but OMG, I am so ready for real foods, I can't wait to try some of these. My mouth is watering and I am starving after looking through these dishes/recipes....
https://www.bariatriceating.com/bariatric-recipes.html
Right? I had to stop looking at the pictures. Everything looks so good. How are you feeling?

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On ‎5‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 8:26 AM, BulletWithButterflyWings said:

Welcome to our family love!!! We're excited to have you. I'm also having the bypass done. Congrats on your first granddaughter! Hopefully you have your date soon!

I finally got my date. It is July 31, 2019

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