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Directionally Challenged Friends, Road Trips and CRYSTALS!!!!! Last month, a friend asked me if I would accompany her Charleston, WV for a medical consultation with the surgeon did my surgery last year. She has many of the symptoms that I had last year. The difference is that I had to be ambulanced to Charleston and met the surgeon before visiting his office. Ironically, she had a hip replacement which I am waiting to get done this year. It is so ironic how we understand each other's struggles. I was navigating the route courtesy of the GPS feature on my phone. Of course, we got off course and had to call the doctor's office for directions. I looked at the time on the clock on her vehicle thinking - OMG! We are late and it's totally my fault. We did manage to get back on course and make it to the doctor's office. I looked at the time on my tracker and we were 30 minutes early. What a relief. The clock on her vehicle was off. We were called into the examination room. When the doctor walked into the office. He introduced himself. I mentioned that he did my surgery last year and I was the one advised him about the magick!!! of sushi. My friend was offered a choice between the Nissen Fundoplication (the surgery that I had) or Bariatric surgery. Contrary what a certain SFF Troll likes declare, I am not morbidly obese but like so many do struggle with weight. The Body Mass Index BMI over 30 is considered obese. A BMI above 40 is considered morbid obesity.(Obese Class II  Generally qualify for Bariatric surgery - a person must a BMI of 40 plus or a BMI of 35 with a obesity related health conditions. So my friend has some decisions make. I won't influence but will support her no matter what. Either way, the relationship with food is forever changed. I was not offered Bariatric Surgery but the Nissen Fundoplication had made volumizing impossible. A few different food choices and VOILA! Weight loss. I am really looking forward watching her on this journey. A whole new world is going open up for her. I just forward the day when my world starts opening up again. Sometimes I don't see . I am currently in "No Man's Land" and don't see any prospect of being different. are grown and I don't work anymore. The health challenges suck swampwater but I am working on them. I still feel like I am in the tunnel and that light is so far away. Perhaps by seeing the light for my friend, I can find for myself. Life on life's terms.  Abracadabra  |
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The Magick!!! of Sushi - Dip it in Wasabi to lure Passion and get Lucky!!!! Abracadabra
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PERHAPS THE GOALS YOU HAVE SET FOR YOURSELF ARE TOO HIGH. SOME OF US ARE JUST PLAIN NOT MEANT TO BE THIN AND HAVE TO ACCEPT OURSELVES AS WE ARE AFTER WE HAVE MADE THE FOOD ADJUSTMENTS AND ARE GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE. I REALLY HOPE YOU GET OUT OF THAT TUNNEL REAL SOON. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT.
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I guess I am lucky in that my activity levels kept close to my calorie intake within a few up or down depending how close I ever drove to a D Q Blizzard range.
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I'm not much of a sushi fan, the only fish I eat are salmon and fresh caught, meaning I catch them, fillet them and cook it up. I mentioned my daughter who has been struggling with weight gain and was told it was because she was going through menopause on one of my blogs. Well, she has now lost 28 pounds in 6 weeks on the Keto diet and feels more energetic than ever. Her blood sugar levels are now in the normal range, whereas before, they were showing she was pre-diabetic.
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You are fortunate to have a friend to travel with on the similar journeys you have before you. I would never have believed how important socialization is to us, but seeing the damage isolation can cause, I realize it now. Just trying to figure out how to reverse the situation. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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PERHAPS THE GOALS YOU HAVE SET FOR YOURSELF ARE TOO HIGH. SOME OF US ARE JUST PLAIN NOT MEANT TO BE THIN AND HAVE TO ACCEPT OURSELVES AS WE ARE AFTER WE HAVE MADE THE FOOD ADJUSTMENTS AND ARE GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE. I REALLY HOPE YOU GET OUT OF THAT TUNNEL REAL SOON. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. Abracadabra
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