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As far as I know, medicare doesn't cover any of it unless you have diabetes. I gained some weight back but I just went back to low carb and not eating in the evenings. It was snacking in the evenings that caused my gain.

he does list her surgery as gastric sleeve. I was able to drink as much water as I wanted. I've never had a problem with drinking.

I'm not able to get in . I clicked on chat and it kept giving me a list of patients.it's like the chat button is broken.

Click on patients up above then click on chat

Does anyone what to chat? The chat button is under patients above. If you click on patients, a drop down menu comes down and you have the chat button. We had quite a bit of activity in there yesterday!

ok I am going to open the chat window while I go about my business. I can hear the door bell ring if anyone comes in. If others would also pm alex, we could get the chat button moved. There are many alex's listed when you go to do a private message, but all you have to type is alex.

I will join you for awhile. See , if you want to chat, you have to put up a post so people know you're waiting in there. You can minimize it, go about the net, and if someone sees your post, and wants to chat, a doorbell will ring, so the person who minimized it will hear it and come back. There are now 4 of us in the chat room!

Yes, that's a good idea. I like to chat. We used to chat every evening starting around six, but with the time changes, that needs to be considered. 7:00 here is 10pm on the east coast. If you want to chat, you have to put up a post, either anyone want to chat, as I previously posted, or a post that says Chatting starting at _______ time until __________ time, then people can come in and out. Another option is to pm people that you see posting regularly, and set up a time to chat that works for everyone. It's bad now that the chat room is hard to find.

You have to put up a post "anyone want to chat" Then minimize it and open another window and go around and read and post. There used to be a door bell when someone else entered the chatrooom. Hopefully, there still is. I used to put up posts every evening and people would come in and out of the chatroom.

One of my problems is that I can't exercise. I had back surgery which made my back problems worse and not better. I tried to exercise . Last week I was so happy to be back at the gym. Now this week I can barely walk. My back is really messed up. It's depressing that the one thing I really love to do has been taken away from me. I know my problem is night time snacking. I am a night owl I stay up late. It's hard not to nibble and graze all evening long. It's hard but it's not impossible.

It's so hard! Every where I go, people are eating. I just came from a movie. The smell of that popcorn is overwhelming. My friends are always eating Cookies and chips. I go up and down, but I really need to take 10 lbs off and stay in that weight range. I am sick of having nothing to wear.

I have to take a stool softener every day. I put the benefiber in my water too.

You have to buy it online. just google it.

I'm not sure if I'd see a primary doctor about it. Do you have a GYN that you go to for Pap tests? They are more experienced with these types of things.

nope, no preop diet for me either.

A lot of people have trouble getting anything down for a few days and aren't even hungry It's not usually a problem. You'll have to find some kind of Protein you can tolerate while you're on the clear stage. It's the protein that keeps you from getting hungry.

what do you mean by adding people?

So sorry you have to deal with this. My mom was diagnosed at age 60, so it freaks me out. I'll be 60 in Oct. My mom died at age 82 and she was cancer free for years and years. Sending prayers and healing thoughts your way!

You should follow your doctor's plan. My doctor wanted us to stay around 800 -1000 calories, which is hard to do eating these things. While they are all healthy foods, they are high calorie foods. The thing that will stop weight loss is grazing. Eat your 3 meals and 2 Snacks and don't eat in between meals. The people who have success track their food on a program such as My fitness pal. A lot of people try to keep their calories there, and their carbs at around 30 grams. When you're first sleeved, it's hard to get in your calories, but as time goes on, your portions increase by quite a bit.

Matrix Protein mix in chocolate, or banana, or orange cream. I like to add stuff in to make them delicious, such as the sf syrups and/or frozen berries. I do use premier that everyone likes, but I use it when I have to take protein on the go. Baby bell light cheese already cooked chicken fajitas strips

There are a bunch of posts about this here in the powder room. It seems that it goes either way. Some women's sex drive goes into overdrive once they start losing weight and their hormones are being released out of their fat cells. Other women, seem to have the opposite problem and lose their sex drive. You seem like you're pretty young to be having hormone problems, but one thing you can do is have your hormone levels checked. It could also be from your birth control. Most bc really can mess with your hormones.

Believe me, at 3 years post op, my problem is not how to stop losing weight. It's very easy to gain weight back. Once you get to goal , the best thing to do is add back healthy foods such as healthy fats. Avocados, nuts, and Peanut Butter are all good choices.

yes, gatoraide is fine to drink. did your doctor not give you a post op diet to follow? yes it's way too soon for eggs. Most doctors want their patients on a liquid diet for a period of time. If you want to try yogurt, there are drinkable yogurts. You really need to call your doctor and ask for a specific post op diet telling you when you can advance from liquids to mushie foods.

Crystal light makes one called "pure" It's made with Stevia not Aspertame. I can't have that stuff either. Those Mio drops you can add to Water have splenda in them. Can you have splenda? There's actually quite a few things. Have you tried Fuze slenderize? It's about $1.00 a bottle though. Vitamin Water Zero and Sobe are also good choices. None of those things contain Aspertame.