Oregondaisy

well that's good news .Tiff I hope the pain stays GONE!

There is a reason Dr. Aceves is the surgeon who gave over half the board a sleeve. He is an excellent surgeon and practices out of a clean modern hospital. You will not find one unhappy dr. Aceves patients.

I went on a stall once that lasted 4 months. My body never wanted to lose consistently. I always lost, then would not lose again for weeks, then drop 5 lbs.

If you get the band, you'll end up just getting a revision surgery to a sleeve sometime in the future. Just read the band to sleeve stories. It's not easy to live with the band. Constant throwing up, never knowing if a food that you've eaten before is going to make you throw up this time. Constant fills "oh that's too much" time for an unfill. Then If you're like me, you start throwing up in your sleep and have to have all fill removed. An unfilled band does not work. I am thrilled with my sleeve. Eating is effortless and life is so good.

I have had hair falling out and new hair growing in since 4 months post op. It just stopped. I am hardly losing hair now at 20 months. I have new hair all different lengths all over the place. It fell out and started growing back in for the last 16 months.

If you're going to Mexico please don't decide by the price. I know everyone wants to save money because this is very expensive. Choosing a doctor whose skill level is in question with a lot of people getting infections after surgery, is not a good choice. The price may very well be lower, but research any doctor you are thinking of . It's easy to research a doctor to find out if the people who went to them and the facility which they practice out of , got any infections or leaks. This is your life. You a putting your life in someone's hands who is going to cut off 85% of your stomach.

Before we got the new layout for the board, there were a lot of us who liked chatting in the evenings. Then chat disappeared for ahwile, but it's back again. I am going to leave the window open and hope someone decides to check it out. I can hear the door bell ring when someone comes into the chat room.

Can't wait to see what the labs show Tiff. Keep us posted!

I could not lose if my carb count went over 30 per day.

I eat salads too. Salads are not all that filling. Everything chews down to nothing other than the chicken. I buy tysons cooked chicken strips to put on my salads. I usually add broccoli, zuchhini , cucumber, really whatever I feel like . I buy Spring Mix in the bag then add the other stuff. As far as other veggies, I don't do very well. If out , I always ask for extra veggies instead of the side of potato or whatever they else they have if I am eating out. I will sometimes cook asparagus. As far as fruit, it's not a good time for fruit. I add frozen blueberries to my plain yogurt, I also like those little tangerines or mandarin oranges, In the summer I eat strawberries, raspberries blueberries and nectarines

Dr, Aceves does 10 days of clear, 10 days of full, then 10 of mushies

It's called the official maintenance thread http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/11768-official-maintenance-thread/page__p__101445__hl__%2Bofficial+%2Bmaintenance+%2Bthread__fromsearch__1#entry101445

Please join us on the maintenance thread! I know very few people who kept right on losing when their body got to where it wanted to be. I can't wait to hear what Mini's nutritionist has to say.

Follow your doctors orders. The post op diet is very important because you do not want to put stress on that staple line. People do get leaks for that reason and believe me, they are completely horrible. Then you're looking at a feeding tube!

What are you eating and drinking now? Are you drinking any protein drinks? What about mushies? If I had more information about what you're eating and drinking, I would be able to steer you in the right direction.

That sounds so easy and yummy!

Mini, you really didn't go over your goal of 1500 calories by very much! 200 calories is not going to pack the weight on! Maintenance is tricky. Just weigh yourself every day.

I think I eat very normally. I go on dates and spend time with a lot of people who don't even know I had surgery. The post op diet is very important because you don't want to be stressing out that staple line. Once you're off the post op diet, life is good!

Congratulations! That is great news. If you would like to join us on the maintenance thread, we would love to have you!

Yeast infections are a real pain. I used to get them all the time. Can your doctor call a script in for you to get some dyflucan? it's a pill and is way better than those creams and suppositories. Don' t worry if you have your period on/near your surgery date. It happens all the time and I have never heard of anyone's surgery being postponed because of it.

I drink a protein shake before working out and sometimes a protein bar instead.

What Protein drinks have you tired. You should be able to find muscle milk light already made in one of the stores Most people really like muscle milk. I think it tastes just like cho. milk. there is a thread in the food section on places you can order samples. By the time they get to you though, you maybe ready for mushies. Do you have a GNC? They will often let you try Protein Drinks. You can also have egg flower soup from the Chinese places. I liked those better than cream soup. Just spit out the peas if they have those or any other veggies mixed in. there is also drink able yogurt.

There was a thread started by someone who is gay. He has not posted in awhile but I am sure you could send him a private message. I do believe his user name is Citizen Will. You can do a thread search up above in the right corner and should be able to find anything posted with the word gay in it.

A lot of people have become lactose intolerant from this surgery. I can drink a little bit of milk. If I drink a whole 8 oz glass, I get really bad gas. If I drink a larger glass than that, I get bad diarrhea. So now, I have a sip of milk. It's the same with ice cream. I can eat one scoop, but two makes me sick. Other than that, if people tolerate milk okay, they drink it. I do know a lot of people said after surgery, it didn't taste good anymore.

I never really had any goals My only goal was not to wear plus sizes anymore. i was so happy when I could stop shopping in the plus size department !!!! Then everyone started telling me I had to pick a goal weight. I looked at pictures of me and believe me , I know how much I weighed in every picture ever taken of me. I decided on 135 because I saw a picture that I thought I looked good in. My body stopped losing weight at 130 though so I was good with that. I am in size 8 in most brands of pants My levis are 8's but Old Navy does do vanity sizes. I have some 6's and some 4's from Old navy and small tops. what I am not good with, is the extra 8 lbs I gained over the holidays. Luckily, I have taken half of it off now, or I would be really depressed.