Fiddleman

I had a vitamin panel, a metabolic panel and a lipid panel at 6 months. Also checked the LDL and HDL levels. They had to take like 6 vials of blood. Lol. All my levels hit the middle of the standard ranges except b12 which I had way high levels. The follow up with the AARN was very high quality and I am super happy with post op follow up meetings.

I think abstinence is the best policy for defeating food cravings. The longer you abstain the easier it will be until you have no cravings for said foods. Good luck!

No idea. Not a wine aficionado here. Iggychic can probably answer that question for you as I have read many wine posts from her.

Yup, I am no longer a sleeve baby.

Verismo is the best purchase I made post op at $199 as it is really easy to make cappachinos, regular coffee and expresses. Literally two button presses. I love it! I could never be patient enough to make lattes with the older SB latte machine that my wife got 5-8 years ago. Too much skill required! Lol. One suggestion I have is to also buy a good quality frother for the milk as you will save money by not buying the milk pods and will also make a much better cappuccino then using the built in milk frothing function of the verismo. SB also does not sell non fat milk pods to use with the Verismo (why?!?!). That is the main reason I spent about $50 on a frother off of Amazon.

A combination of chia seeds and miralax work miracles for me post op

Dr. Ross McMahon. I have nothing but the best to say about him and his team of medical professionals during the entire pre op and post op phases.

Now that it is morning, I want to summarize my first fine dining experience post op: 1. One glass of wine is enough to get really intoxicated. It lasted about 45 minutes before wearing off. I sipped it before eating. I could experience all the "full" flavors of the fine white Chardonnay. 2. Two glasses was too much. I only got 1 sip into it and my body said " no." I wasted the money on the second glass, but at least I know now. 3. Had a nibble of bread for first time. No issues. 4. Had a small bite of spaghetti. No issues. 5. No hang over in the morning. Feel fine. 6. lips are slightly burning. I do not know if this was from wine or not. Anyone know? 7. Had 2-3 small spoonfuls of my wife's dessert ( some round chocolate ice cream scoop with chocolate powder on outside). No issues. First "sweet" since surgery. No issues. 8. No weight gain in the morning. In fact, down 2 lbs. it was probably from waking up my metabolism from all the new food experiences and lots of dancing and jumping around at the Muse concert we went to last night (by the way, most awesome concert, epic). Maybe it was from my 5 mile run yesterday. Don't know. I am going to run again today perhaps even further (training for upcoming race). 9. Only had room for about 3 ounces of veal Parmesan after the pre dinner wine. Rest of it was put on ice for future meals. Overall, sleeve was ok with wine, bread, spaghetti and sweet dessert. No rejections, but a little slime after done eating and some uncomfortable cramping for a couple hours. Feel fine today except the slight tingly feeling on my lips. Eating at the Italian resteraunt was completely worth it for the fine food and drink selection. It won an award for Best Italian in America for 2012. Would I drink wine, eat Pasta or dessert again? Probably not. I didn't enjoy it as much now as I did 2 years ago when dining in Roma. It was good for me to at least find out if I would enjoy it or not by taking a small bite of each. What a night for "first experiences" as a seasoned post Sleever!

Yay- welcome to the club. I just joined a week or two ago myself.

Had 3 week, 2 month, 6 month followup with nut, aarn. Next is 9 month and 1 year. I think I have follow ups until 2 years. We also have group support groups once a month.

First glass went down perfectly fine. Intoxicated about 30 seconds later after starting first glass. Took about 7 minutes on the glass. Second glass only got a couple sips. No worries though, I ran 5 miles today. First time ever breaking every...single....rule. lol.

Cool, I got 5 miles in today enjoying the run at 5.4 mph. Still waiting for my energy squares from nuts.com so I can run further.

Nope, only made it a few sips into second glass before feeling sick. To the rest room. Ah, but it was worth it. The white was a delight along with the few bites of veal parmesan

Ordered second glass, so good. Am I going to wake up with a killer hang over. Lol.