Oregondaisy

Congratulations! That's a great weight loss!

He is so sweet that he probably wouldn't even mind!

yes thank you. It was very interesting to read.

Congratulations! It will be here before you know it.

I love muscle milk. That and the Peanut Butter chocolate that your get from netrition.com are my favorites. I live 100 miles from costco where I bought a case of muscle milk light here in Oregon. When I was in Arizona, I went to the costco there, and brought it home in my suitcase!

That is a very good question that we all wish we had the answer to. I believe that it's just the shock of surgery to your system. Some people get it and some people don't. I lost half my hair when I got my band and it has still not recovered. I took every Vitamin and supplement I was advised to take for a few months prior and after the surgery. Nothing seemed to help. If anyone has any answers, I would really be happy to know what the answer to preventing hair loss is.

It's ridiculous. So many people are overjoyed because they think the band is so wonderful, and they have no idea what a nightmare it can turn out to be. If I didn't say it already, congratulations on getting your date to get your sleeve.

I second that!

You will be very happy when you have your surgery by Dr. Aceves. The whole experience was more like a vacation for me. I loved being there!

I never have this problem with Protein drinks. I can drink a Protein Drink right down, and they are 8oz. I don't have the problem with soft foods or mushy foods either. Solid hard protein it's very hard to judge how much to eat and when I think it's only a tiny bit, it's still too much. I am learning. I eat these little tiny cans of chicken salad. They are the perfect size for me. If I eat solid protein, and pile it up so that it looks like the amount in that little can, it's still way too much, and this sliming or foamies or whatever you want to call it, goes on and on. It's miserable.

I have to have the fan blowing on me at the gym too. I freak out if all the fans are taken.

Don't worry Ruthi. It's completely different when you eat soft/mushy food than when you eat solid protein like beef or pork.

You're right, Mac. With banding the food is stuck and that's what causes it. With the sleeve, what seems to be my problem is I don't have a full signal. I eyeball what looks to me like the right portion and apparently is too much. I don't feel full at the table, but all of a sudden 10-15 min later, I feel really sick. Once it starts, it lasts a couple hours. I don't know what to call it, but my mouth will not stop watering and I have to keep a cup near me to keep spitting it out. I rarely throw food up, even though I would like to. It definitely makes me not want to eat solids.

it's only day 1-5 that it has to be clear. 3 of those days I was in the hospital. The milky color of the unflavored Protein powder didn't bother me because I used a glass that was not see through. I thought it tasted fine mixed in crystal lite. the problem now is I have all this crystal lite left over, and all I drink is Water.

If you overeat with the sleeve, it's extremely painful. You feel like your stomach is going to burst open. Then the sliming starts. It's pretty much the same as when you slime with a band. I think it would be hard for a teenager to get used to a sleeve. It's not bad with soft foods, but any kind of meat, it's like 5 bites and you are way too full. I am told it's going to stretch somewhat, but at this point, I find it very difficult to eat hard Protein.

I am glad you found us too. Welcome! I lurk at OH because there are more people who have had the sleeve a long time over there, but I love this site. I find it very difficult to keep track of things over there. I love the way this site is set up. You're going to love having a sleeve.

Mac's doctor doesn't say clear liquid, he says thin liquid. Personally, I don't know what the difference would be between thin and clear. To me, thin is as thin as water.

From what WASa says, and I know she is very knowledgeable, the mini bypass is a bad surgery to get. Maybe you should send her a pm if she doesn't chime in on this thread.

Head hunger is a crazy thing. I actually forgot to eat today. I was taking care of my grandson because my DD worked graveyard last night and needed to sleep. He was here all day and is a very busy toddler. I took him home at 5:00 and fed him his baby food and that was when I remembered that I was so busy with him all day, that I forgot to eat. Now that, is a first!

No, Isn't GERD heartburn? This only happens to me if I think my portion is correct, when in fact it's too much. The new tiny stomach is too full.. Have you ever had your mouth start watering right before you throw up? It's like that.

When you are banded, if something won't go through the band and is stuck, you start sliming. Saliva keeps coming into your mouth and you have to spit it out. Swallowing it does no good because then there is more of it. Now with the sleeve, it's difficult to figure out how much to eat when you get to solids. I've made the mistake of eating until I thought I was full, but it turned out I was actually too full. Since it takes awhile for the brain to tell the stomach that it's full, I need to learn to stop before I am full. So that's where the foamies come in. It's basically just like sliming if you have experienced that with a band. I only learned the term from trying to figure out what causes it and reading that other board. Since we have so many new people who are newly sleeved and have no band, I thought people should know what to expect if you eat too much. Maybe somebody who has had their sleeve longer than me can explain it better.

Try the unflavored whey protein in something else like sf lemonaide, crystal lite, sf punch, etc. You might have to experiment with the amount of water and the amount of protein powder.

yes, they use the muscular part of the stomach to make the sleeve stomach. It is not the stretchy part of the stomach. It does stretch a bit down the road, but not all that much.

I am two months out and I never have heartburn. I have a really hard time remembering to take my medicine that you're supposed to take for it, (for a few short months) until your stomach realizes it doesn't need to make acid because most of it is gone. None of my tastes have changed. The only difference I notice since I've had this surgery is that I get really full really fast!

I am really big on sweets. It hasn't been a real problem since I got my sleeve though. I get so full on small amounts, I feel to full to snack on anything. I usually have a sf fudgesicle sometime in the evening though.