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...back from the movies - Pacific Rim: highly recommended Popcorn smells: more easily ignored than anticipated Desire for candy: tremendous, as usual. I even DESPERATELY WANTED the disgus...

Going to the movies - Ha! Husband's gonna take me to see Pacific Rim tonight. Yes.  Weirdly, I find myself kind of melancholy at the thought that buying some snacks is basically totally off-limit...

An idle question (movie theater food) - I'm excited about my hot date tonight (husband's taking me to Pacific Rim HELL YES) and it got me wondering--is there ANYTHING at a typical movie theater concessions stand that'...

Under-eating one's sleeve (...after a period of ov - I've lost the plot a bit over the last couple weeks, due mostly to my own cockiness. ("SURE I can handle eating three meals a day at restaurants during my in-laws' visit! SURE I...

Eek, I know I need to order that iron. As soon as Mr. Horrible...

Onward and upward - I really ought to write about what a rotten ingrate of a bariatric fail-patient I’ve been over the last two weeks—how I cockily overestimated my ability to visually ...

This will not be my best-written blog entry - I’ve been so “bad” over the last few days I don’t even know what I’m going to do about me. (Yes I do; treat myself better starting now. Still, that...

Just life stuff at four months out - Just a couple notes. I've been kind of a terrible patient over the last week or two. Not enough protein (though I'm back on the wagon) and I still haven't gotten around to o...

Calcium - Oh, I forgot to mention something I found interesting: apparently I’m taking too much calcium. Surprising, because of all the vitamins and supplements I’ve been on s...

Four months in and feeling fine - It’s been a while since I updated. Didn’t mean to let it go this long but things have felt so normal for the last few months that it never really occurred to me to w...

all-caps totally justified - I ATE A QUARTER-CUP OF FOOD AND I'M SO HAPPY   I CAN WEAR MY ENGAGEMENT RING I AM SO HAPPY

Month one (already?) -   My surgery was one month ago. The mind reels. Let’s see. I continue to struggle with the holy triumvirate of: All my vitamins, every day All the pr...

Three weeks down already? - Writing this from bed. I love the future and I love my mobile device.  Let's see. How am I doing? Mostly well. I've had a few days where I've been extremely sleepy, but that...

Well said, and words I hope to carry with me as I move out of "I just...

Trying to plan ahead for some social engagements a -   Help!   The world is conspiring to wind me up with social events (…food-oriented social events) JUST as I’ll be making my transition from clear liquid...

Visiting the surgeon -   Things went well this morning. I met with my surgeon  (future appointments will be with his nurse practitioner) and he seemed pleased with my progress so far. I’m do...

Two weeks down -   Things are going fairly well. I’d give myself a B- as a patient. Tomorrow is my two-week follow-up with either my surgeon or his nurse practitioner, so I guess I&rsq...

Disgusting question about bowel movements, with di - My surgery was 2/27, so exactly two weeks ago. I was on clear liquids only for the first week. Since Thursday the 7th I've incorporated protein shakes. I'm using About Time (pea...

An update, one week out -   Well, today marks one week since my vertical sleeve gastrectomy. It’s been a lazy day: movies and treadmill and not much else. Which is fine, as I’m feeling a ...

Drippy nose, seemingly at random? (Five days out.) - Something I just noticed in the last day or so is that every so often my nose will just start to drip-drip-drip. Just a little clear fluid, nothing at all like when I have a col...

Still can't believe it happened -   I’m annoyed with myself for not updating before now. So here we go:   Wednesday Surgery day. Woke up early, arriving at Saint Francis by a little after 5...