Re: Pre-Opers Question........

October 9, 2006

Don't know if you have seen my other posts about my mom and her quitting

smoking, she and I both like to play poker online, she has the hardest time

when she is playing, because for the longest time she has smoked while

playing, like you this is one of her hardest times to try and stop.

I used to smoke cigars, I would go out for my walks or my swim at the gym,

come home take my shower and then go sit out front on my rocking chair and

have a cigar......Not that I ever got physically addicted to the cigars, I

don't inhale......But the act of doing that and the relaxation I got from

just sitting out there, I miss that.......I still sit out there, but Its

like Im missing something......Its just not the same....I know how you

feel.....

Mike T

Re: Pre-Opers Question........

>

> Mike,

>

> Well I had to quit smoking and that has not been as

> hard as I thought it would be. I still want one when

> I am surfing the web for more than a few minutes and I

> can't play my SIMS2 because I always smoked while

> playing but other than that I do okay.

>

> I am trying a lot of different protein shakes and

> recipes trying to find the most economical solution

> and have had some really gross stuff pass my lips here

> lately but I have found a few winners.

>

> Lastly I am trying to give up the caffeine. I am

> doing it slow. Instead of the 2 diet cokes in the

> morning, 2 at lunch and 2 at dinner, I am trying to

> wait until lunch to have 1 and then 1 at dinner. That

> has been the hardest so far because I am trying to

> avoid the headache.

>

> Another biggie is waiting on the insurance approval.

> I have bitten my nails down to nothing!!! Huh, I

> wonder if there is any protein in fingernails???

>

> Hugs from Bama,

>

> Sandy

> --- tune1552 wrote:

>

>> For those of you that are pre-op, what are the

>> hurdles your trying to

>> get over currently?

>>

>> Mike T

>>

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October 9, 2006

Its all the dam fried fish and hush puppies! Dam that # & *$ is good! I have

family in SC, I love those fish camps. Well I used to.......

Mike T

Re: Pre-Opers Question........

> >

> > I am so grateful that I quit smoking many years ago... I couldn't

> imagine

> > trying to quit while trying to have major surgery. Also what you said

> > about

> > not playing SIMS2 because of it being an atmosphere of smoking, they

> say

> > the

> > same thing about snacking... if you used to sit in one particular spot

> to

> > eat... then you should sit elsewhere... funny, but it works for me...

> > strange...I am grateful that I did not have a big problem with the

> > insurance

> > company like many here... I cannot tell you how grateful I am for

> that...

> >

> > Sandy Bice wrote:

> > Mike,

> >

> > Well I had to quit smoking and that has not been as

> > hard as I thought it would be. I still want one when

> > I am surfing the web for more than a few minutes and I

> > can't play my SIMS2 because I always smoked while

> > playing but other than that I do okay.

> >

> > I am trying a lot of different protein shakes and

> > recipes trying to find the most economical solution

> > and have had some really gross stuff pass my lips here

> > lately but I have found a few winners.

> >

> > Lastly I am trying to give up the caffeine. I am

> > doing it slow. Instead of the 2 diet cokes in the

> > morning, 2 at lunch and 2 at dinner, I am trying to

> > wait until lunch to have 1 and then 1 at dinner. That

> > has been the hardest so far because I am trying to

> > avoid the headache.

> >

> > Another biggie is waiting on the insurance approval.

> > I have bitten my nails down to nothing!!! Huh, I

> > wonder if there is any protein in fingernails???

> >

> > Hugs from Bama,

> >

> > Sandy

> > --- tune1552 wrote:

> >

> >> For those of you that are pre-op, what are the

> >> hurdles your trying to

> >> get over currently?

> >>

> >> Mike T

> >>

> >> We are a very active support group.

> >> If the email becomes overwhelming,

> >> please change your setting to NO EMAIL!

> >> Please contact Group Creator

> >> Robyn@...

> >>

October 9, 2006

" I don't inhale... " - That sounds like a familiar line once spoke by President

Clinton in response to smoking marijuana. I've never smoked anything, so please

enlighten me on how not inhaling has less of an effect.

Re: Pre-Opers Question........

>

> Mike,

>

> Well I had to quit smoking and that has not been as

> hard as I thought it would be. I still want one when

> I am surfing the web for more than a few minutes and I

> can't play my SIMS2 because I always smoked while

> playing but other than that I do okay.

>

> I am trying a lot of different protein shakes and

> recipes trying to find the most economical solution

> and have had some really gross stuff pass my lips here

> lately but I have found a few winners.

>

> Lastly I am trying to give up the caffeine. I am

> doing it slow. Instead of the 2 diet cokes in the

> morning, 2 at lunch and 2 at dinner, I am trying to

> wait until lunch to have 1 and then 1 at dinner. That

> has been the hardest so far because I am trying to

> avoid the headache.

>

> Another biggie is waiting on the insurance approval.

> I have bitten my nails down to nothing!!! Huh, I

> wonder if there is any protein in fingernails???

>

> Hugs from Bama,

>

> Sandy

> --- tune1552 wrote:

>

>> For those of you that are pre-op, what are the

>> hurdles your trying to

>> get over currently?

>>

>> Mike T

>>

>> We are a very active support group.

>> If the email becomes overwhelming,

>> please change your setting to NO EMAIL!

>> Please contact Group Creator

>> Robyn@...

>>

October 9, 2006

Oh that is what I pray will happen, would be lovely to go shopping again,

even Walmart sounds great...a super walmart sounds like heaven lol

Misty

-- Re: Pre-Opers Question........

Misty,

I had the same problem with my left leg going numb in the thigh

area.......I talked to my doctor who I was also seeing for a back injury.

Way before surgery he told me there is a nerve that runs down the front of

your hip bone.....When people get really heavy, and they have that flap of

belly skin that folds over that it can pinch that nerve on the front of the

hip bone. Mine was doing that, my leg would go numb after just a little bit

of time on my feet. I was in really bad shape........But after the weight

that I have taken off, I no longer have that pain/numbness anymore......As

you lose your belly fat that should go away.....Also my back has gotten

ALLOT better. I have a herniated disc......

Mike T

Pre-Opers Question........

>>

>> For those of you that are pre-op, what are the hurdles your trying to

>> get over currently?

>>

>> Mike T

>>

>> We are a very active support group.

>> If the email becomes overwhelming,

>> please change your setting to NO EMAIL!

>> Please contact Group Creator

>> Robyn@...

>>

October 9, 2006