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I would do it again right now on a moments notice... I had no issues, I ate like i was told, went back to work in 5 days and have reccommended atleast 5 people to my doctor in the 3 months since i had my surgery.. I am now down about 50 lbs and 3 sizes in jeans and 2 sizes in shirts and I love my sleeve it makes me normal, when i sit down to eat. I dont have to finish every meal and also eat the left overs from my wifes plate... Most of the time she is picking at my plate left overs now.... I love it, it may have been the best decision of my life except for my marriage and my children..... Good luck!

great weather in Arkansas This week for riding.... I have been on vacation all week and it is great!!!!

It is not about you tolerating it, it's about how healed your suture line is... if you rush into pureed foods too fast you could cause an issue with your suture line.. Take it easy and try to follow your dr. notes as best as possible.... Good Luck!

I have a really good dry rub recipe I use on my competition bar-b-que pork shoulder. I have won several local first prize's.. The dry rub will do about (2) 12 pound shoulders depending how thick you lay it on... When I say bottle it means the type bottle that is about as tall as your hand if you are holding it... All ingrediants should be adjusted to fit you particular taste.. My family likes spicy foods so these recipies are on the spicy side...! The BBQ sauce is not low carb.... you can adjust the amount of sugar to 1 cup of brown and 1 cup of white, with diet rootbeer and no sugar added apple juice. if you prefer a less sweet sauce... DRY RUB.pdf southern comfort BBQ.pdf

it is just a hearty stew, you can leave both out but Beans are a good source of Protein... It is not really a low carb dish, i kinda intended it to be for the rest of family and i would eat it only occasionaly... but you could leave out the potato's and the Pasta and it would be much lower in carb's

You ladies are poster children for the walking it out method.. You did just the right thing you took the bull by the horns and did it CONGRATULATIONS!!! Welcome to the club!!!! and Good luck on your journey!

try the crock pot girls on face book really cool and alot of recipes

If i was leaving it all day I would put it on low then bump it to high for an hour when I get home if watching it I would cook on high untill done! enjoy...

2 turkey breast or 4-6 split chicken breast 2 fresh jalopeno's cumin to taste about 1 tsp of minced garlic 1 jar of your favorite picante sauce salt and pepper (red or black) to taste. 8-12 oz of Mexican beer for liquid.... 1/2 squeezed lime and 1/2 squeezed lemon... Add all ingrediants to crock pot cook 6-8 hours (on high if your watcing it on low if you putiing it on and leaving it) or until all chicken/turkey is falling apart tender. shred with a fork and mix well. Serve in: Hard corn or Soft flour shells.. Garnishes: Bar-b-que sauce, sour cream, pico de gallo, tomatoes, lettuce, shredded cheese. Sides: mexican rice, refried Beans, tortilla chips and queso dip You could also use flank steak or pork tenderloin, if you prefer... I have used all and it works great either way...

take your meds on time and and eat like your are told. I found that the sugar free popcicles are really a blessing. I just buy the cheap walmart ones and they are great. i ate 10 a day while I was on liquids....and still eat 2-4 a day... as a matter of fact im going to ge one now.... good luck!

Remember less in means less out. Even if you are going once per week it is ok as long as you are not experiencing pain or discomfort... I had a very ugly struggle with diarrhea in my first 4 weeks and I am now regular after some colestipol medication prescribed by surgeon. But I only go about once per week, he says thats fine as long as there is no pain or discomfort.. if so try some prune juice or just eat a few dried prunes or apricots... they will deffinately make you go....all natural as well...

two thumbs up from the Male crowd !!!!! :D Not being gross what ever makes a women happy! I am all about strong, independent females. I say if you want'em, get'em ...thats my philosophy.. All the better for us boob guy's ! good luck ladies...

my whole surgery took 1-1/2 hours. I woke up in the operating room after and was awakw all the way to the ICU and moved myself into the bed... Not bad at all but pain is subjective...

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You know I did not have that feeling at all. I can eat anything I want just, a much smaller protion of it. I just last weekend had buffalo wings and spinach dip at Fridays. Now I had about; 5 chips with dip and 3 or 4 wings and I was done. Before the sleeve, I could have eaten the whole order of both and drank three large beers with it.. Not anywhere near that now....

very nice! i am mostly riding back and forth to work right now, as rootman said; its really hot right now, 106 today!!!

Pain is not and issue, if that is what is scaring you. Then you have nothing to stop you. The medication the Dr will give you will more than take care of it.... It is by far the easiest surgery I have ever had. 1 tonsilectomy 1 appendectomy 7 knee surgeries 6 Laprascopes, 1 reconstruction 1 gall bladder removal several large wounds sewn back together 1 finger sewn back on.. 1 VSG - easiest surgery I have ever had, I went back to work in 5 days... 2 days in hospital 2 day at home 1 day spent getting the Dr. to release me for work...

I ride a 2005 Harley Davidson FXSTI and My wife ride in the second position

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You need to find a Primary care Doctor that will agree to take care of you when you return and do all of the follow up appointments... Good luck!

If any of you would like to get together some place and have a Meeting to get to know one another I am in! Lets plan it...!

Do you have your Gall Bladder? If not talk to you dr about some cholestipol i think thats it I had some bwel irratability and have no Gall bladder mr dr prescribed the cholestipol and it stomped on it like a big old giant.... Now I only take 1/2 of a pill per week and stay fairly regular... Good luck

People without weight issue tend to just think of people with weight issue as lazy or just undisciplined. I can tell you I have been on many diets for more than a year and some more than 2 years and they all make you lose weight but none of them last forever.. They just do not have the perspective of being over wieght. If they had to wear a fat suit for just one day in public it would change their mind forever.... Consider the source and move on with your life, most of the time they are not even worth wasting time to try to educate them....

good luck, I hope it works as well for you as it did for me....