End of the road

[Rhonald]

May the gift of this season's blessing be upon you and your family, with your health returning in full strength. Happy anniversary to you, Pineau and Fiona - With hopes that the new Year's cycle allows you to get off of your cycle of drugs and medication and on to the recently purchased cycles as the two of you roar down that high way of life:

Life is a highway
 I want to ride it all night long
 If you're going my way
 I want to drive it all night long

Yes.....It is a Mad Mad World.

[Robertt S]

Hope you get to feeling better soon. I too count my blessing for the wife I have now. Seasons greetings and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[Willy The Londoner]

Gerry
Your health problems make mine disappear into something so minor.

With mine it is simply old age catching up with me. Not something I was planning on but like you I had no idea what would come about after I started this journey.  But I know what you mean by the attentiveness of a good wife.

I am sorry to hear about how serious things were when you were here but from what you say things are getting better. The next six months may seem a long way off but think back to how quick the last six have gone!

I, with others, look forward to you being back to full health.

Willy

 

[Philip]

Congratulations on your anniversary. Glad you made it through the pain. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[David E]

Best of luck Gerry...hopefully it can only get better from here.

I guess old age/wear and tear is getting to many of us !!! I am recovering from some serious surgery....too much sun for too many years left me with a serious SCC on my nose so they did a whopping reconstruction on my face to get rid of it. I look like something out of a horror movie just now...but through it all, Ming has been there with support.....I am very grateful for her about now !!

[Pineau]

Hope it all mends and you are returned to you handsome self.

[Willy The Londoner]

Hope it all mends and you are returned to you handsome self.

Is it true that you had a few nips and tucks at the same time to complete the upgrade? 

Willy

[Pineau]

I asked my surgeon for a super size upgrade.  He said if he knew how he wouldn't be doing liver transplants. But he invites everyone to come in and take advantage of his fabulous weight loss surgery.

[Pineau]

I just created a new forum like this one. It is for liver and kidney transplant recipients and donors. My way of paying it forward.   http://forums.pearlriverfashion.com/smf/index.php

In 2 more days it will have been 2 months  since surgery. I had dropped  40+ pounds and now down three pants sizes. (from 42  to 36) . Feeling a  bit better every day. Thank God for Fiona. what a wonderful saint.

Want to hear something weird?  I am two inches shorter than I was last year.

Photo from the beginning until yesterdays snow.  Man did I get in trouble with my Facebook friends for posting that last photo.

[Rhonald]

Way to go with the positive trend of getting your health and vitality back. Soon we're going to need to change your name to Slim!

Shoveling snow can be tasking, and thus does show your energy returning. Our next major snow fall here and I am hoping I can count on you to lend a hand.

Happy New Year and hopes for continued improvement, no matter your height 

[Pineau]

UPDATE.
Fiona got another raise. She is employee of the month!  Katie is doing well in highschool but she is begging for money to take drivers education...I am resisting.

I am 12 weeks post surgery and things are much better. I lost a lot of weight last year.  From 236 Lbs  a year ago to 212 Lbs before surgery to 174 today. A total of 60-ish pounds in 6 months. Much was muscle ma.. but most (40Lbs) was water. To think I had been lugging around 40 pounds of water for the past 10 years. hew!  Hoping that any future weight gain is in muscle ma...

Nausea has gone for the most part and my appetite has returned.  There are setbacks. Somedays I feel just rotten but I bounce back the next day. I have had one bout with nausea bad enough to vomit but it was gone he next day.

I am still sluggish going up stairs but on a flat surface I can  scoot right along. I try to do 30 minutes on the tread mill 3 times a week. I work with dumbbells to strengthen my arms and shoulders. My body needs a lot of reconstruction. There a lot of loos skin where there used to be muscle. My kids remark that I finally look like a grandpa., Darn kids. haha.

Yesterday I walked 6 miles at the Denver Home Garden show. I am exhausted but feeling good about it.  Today just one mile on the tread mill.

I can go out to eat but only eat what is freshly cooked to order. (because of the immunosuppressive drugs.)

I avoid salad bars and anything that may have been sitting half the day.

One temptation I find I almost fall for is the free food samples at costco and other markets. I mean you walk by and it smells/looks so good you automatically reach for it. But that is very dangerous for us on immunosuppressive drugs. You never know who touched it and changed their mind and put it back or some pas ser by sneezed on it. 

I have met or exceeded the doctors expectations so they have changed my blood test from twice a week to once every two weeks.  Also deleted one of my medications from the daily regiment. 

I now return to the clinic in THREE MONTHS . HURRAY!

I hope the rest of me holds together longer than my first liver.

[Willy The Londoner]

That is good news Gerry.  Keep up the good work.

Get used to the new weight soon you will have to walk about in the shower to get wet all over.

Maybe I should get one of those treadmills to get me moving again when my ankle finally heals then the weight may stay off me..

Willy

[Pineau]

My tread mill sit there for months after I got it but after the transplant I forced myself to get on it at least for 15 minutes.  I can walk 1 mile in 18 minutes.

I have not seen any significant change in my weight for the past 6 weeks. I am stuck at 174.  Maybe all that is left is a layer of loose skin. haha.

I hope you are well and can get some sort of exercise so you will live longer.

[Jimmy]

Wow I haven't been on this site for a few years now in fact it has changed names twice since I was here.
I just read this thread and it appears some things never change.
See one gal at a time is more than enough for anyone. I noticed a couple guys that posted a few years ago on this topic still doing the same old crap. All I can tell is don't forget about KARMA Because she wont forget you maybe not today or tomorrow but it will come back around and bite you in the ass.
As For me, My wife and I moved back to the US in 2012. We are doing pretty good all that love we had well its still there and stronger than ever.
Now and then we will be talking and she asks me if I have any regrets marring her. I tell her I have only 1 and that is that I didn't do it 20 years sooner She's the greatest. So you guys still looking the 2nd best one is still out there but the best of the best Chinese wife well she lives at my house and not likely to want to leave.
Ill check in with you all now and then my wife and I are planning a trip to china in a few months she hasn't seen her family in about 5 years and the way she takes care of me I owe he that, I wish we could afford more but she understands we do what we can when we can.. Well good luck to all you guys still looking and trolling.

[joeswuhandream]

Hi Gerry good to see you making good progress in your recovery  after such a serious operation  gosh I was shocked to read  about your situation
 I have enjoyed many of your posts  not to mention many videos you have on youtube   seems life is going smoothly with you and Fiona and the children 
must say you looking good after loosing the weight  lets hope you do well  on building your muscles up
 enjoy the rest of your life with out any problems   regards Joe