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You can find it in any drug store or store like Walmart. It's a liquid, like Malox. It's with all the other antacids. It comes in chewables too, but the ones I bought tasted nasty. I've heard there is another flavor, which I will look for if I ever get to another store besides Walmart.

People really are amazed at how fast they recover. The people who have the most trouble are the ones who hate the liquid Protein and have trouble with the post op diet. As long as they don't get dehydrated, most people's healing goes very quickly. I was back to work in less than a week, but I have a desk job and I didn't have very much weight to lose. If you read the posts, there are a lot of people who are amazed at how much better they feel in a week.

I am past the one year mark and I am having no trouble what so ever maintaining. I have made exericse a part of my daily life, but I had that habit for 3 years before band/sleeve surgery. The difference is back then, I exericsed my brains out and never lost any weight. Yes, I do gain when I have days where I eat wrong. In fact, I gained 8 lbs in 10 days when I went on a cruise. I had no trouble at all losing it though, when I went back to my regular eating and exercise. If you think the surgery is a free pass to eat whatever you want, of course you're going to gain. We always say they operated on our stomach, not our brains. Use the time when you are first sleeved to learn and make new habits. If you stay on that plan, no matter if you're one year 3 years or whatever, you CAN maintain your weightloss. Look for MacMadame's profile on OH. She is past 2 years, and has a blog that is very informative.

]I'm taking the OTC prilosec and occassionally have "break through" heart burn. What can I take for that?' Take Gavescon. It's the only thing that will not cause rebound acid.

Dimitrios, I am so happy to hear you are feeling better! That is such good news!

My pcp wants me to take Tagamet if I have acid issues. I have to do a 24 hour urine test where I collect my urine and turn it into the lab.(yuk!) They are going to test my Calcium levels. He agreed with me that it's a fine line between worrying about Barrett's esophagus which will turn into cancer of the esophagus, or Osterporosis. Since my bone density test already showed the beginning of this, I am to stay off the PPI until we can decide the best course of action. My acid is quite a bit better this past few days. I get it in the evenings, but I can take some Gavescon and it's gone in a few seconds. I will be anxious to find out what my calcium level tests show.

I never really count calories or fats. I do try to watch my carbs but not for fruits or veggies. I don't eat Pasta or bread etc. I do count my Protein, but that's the only one I am really careful about.

I know tiffy uses allrecipes.com and finds a lot of things to make. I live alone so I don't do much cooking. I eat tuna, egg, or chicken salad, different luncheon meats, colby/jack reduced fat cheese sticks, greek yogurt, sometimes I buy a whole cooked chicken and eat one piece at time. I made the chicken salad out of the breast meat. I do go out to eat a lot and bring home leftovers that last 3 more meals.

32 is very common. The difference between a 32 and a 40 is about a tablespoon.

After all she has been through, now she has another leak? I will keep her in my prayers . Thank you for keeping us udated.

You will learn and be able to eye ball your portion sizes. I ate a lot of those little tiny cans of chicken salads when I went to mushies. When I went to solids, I looked at the portion and tried to imagine it fitting into one of those cans. When you first start solids, you won't be able to eat more than a few bites of anything, so you don't need to worry about measuring. You will feel full fast.

I've been dealing with this for awhile now. It really got to be a problem. I finally told the guy I was dating and he was fine with it. I waited until I knew that I was going to be eating a lot of meals with him. I finally got tired of lieing to him. You'll know when the time is right if you want to tell him. If you are entering into a committed relationship, it would seem that he would respect your feelings and not tell others. I have a lot of friends who don't know. I don't tell very many people, that's for sure.

I did hear that on Good Morning America today. They also said some foods have the same things too.

I pretty much go by the clock. I really don't feel hungry but I dO get head hunger in the evenings. That is when I tend to snack.

Those protein shots are not a good form of protein but some doctors say that it is better than nothing.

Sorry Stacey, I don't really know what the difference is between gavescon and Tagamet. I know that Gaviscon is an antacid and Tagamet is an acid reducer you take before you eat. The generic name for it is cimetidene.

Dimitrios, You know I feel you are special because we share our Greek heritage. I hope you feel better each day. Try to find some liquid Protein. I know your doctor wants you on liquid, but liquid does not have to mean just plain Water. Your body needs protein to heal!

If you are having surgery on July 1st, then you will be at the hotel the night before. The hotel is very nice. Dr. Aceves is wonderful and you have nothing to worry about. If they sent you the list of things to take, then you are all set. If you have a lap top, I would take that too.

I am wondering the same thing. I heard on the news that PPIs make it so your bones do not absorb calcium. Since my bone density test showed the beginning of osteoporosis, this really concerned me. However, this acid rebound and heartburn is very concerning to me too. I am going to discuss it with my PCP on friday and maybe taking an acid reducer is the answer, instead of an acid blocker (PPI).

It's very common to hit stalls. I hit plenty of them. I never lost weight every single week. Our bodies like to get used to the new weight before it wants to give up anymore lbs. Just keep doing what you're doing and it will come off. Just try not to worry and realize this is normal.

I will be off my PPI three weeks on Wednesday. I am pretty good all day long, but the heartburn gets kind of bad in the evening. I take a little bit of gavescon and it gets rid of it. I have an appt. with my PCP on Friday. I am going to talk to him about all of this. I may ask for a prescription of Tagamet which is what my parents took before dinner. All in all, I think it's getting better, but I didn't expect the heartburn to last this long. Dr. Aceves said it can take 3 months to get off of them with the rebound acid.

Dimitrios, Is this your doctor's diet plan for you for the next 2 weeks? I have never heard of a doctor wanting their patient to only have Water and tea for 2 weeks. Most doctors want their patients to drink some sort of liquid Protein. sending healing thoughts your way!

it will be worth the wait to get the sleeve and not live in misery with a band. Most ins. companies want you to have a bmi 40 or above to get the sleeve. I wouldn't worry too much about failing with the sleeve. I don't know anyone who has failed with the sleeve. I know a lot of people who don't lose weight with the band. It's a pretty common fact that you will only lose half your excess weight with the band, and complications usually set in by the second year.

Honestly, the guys like it cause when you order food, you hardly order anything. I am in between guys right now, but I can tell you in the last 6 months since I have been maintaining at goal, I am not without someone to date for very long. It's too bad there are so many frogs out there. I have come to realize, if the men are single at my age, there is a reason for it. There are a lot of people who have been divorced about 3 times, and it's cause they don't know how to maintain a relationship.

It's been my experience that men just don't care. I've dated a lot since I was banded and lost most of my weight. Then I was sleeved and lost even more weight. I started online dating as soon as I felt small enough when I was banded. I never told them in the beginning. I just made wise food choices when eating with them. If I could see that I would be eating with them more frequently, I told them. They all basically said the same thing. "that's good that you did that" It probably made you healthier and you sure look good" They never asked whether I would gain weight back. They could see that it was impossible for me to eat a large portion. Being thin and having guys notice me has been so much fun and very rewarding. You'll see soon!