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Even chewing and spitting sends stuff into your tummy that you shouldn't be getting there, and when I was no food I was also in the hospital, so I never did. I don't think I would honestly, I didn't miss food at all when I was sick. Oh and I just cut out six twinkie costumes. You remember the scene where the twinkies sing about their fluffy white frosting filling right? Ya me either....I think someone has taken a bit of poetic license with the play LOL Barium is what both of those nasty liquids have in them. You want to ask for the white barium suspension they give babies. Make sure you say it that way or they'll just give you more of that clear crap!

I'm not sure what you're saying delta...did you see the fee section at the end of that COE link? They do pay to belong.

Then why do you continue to post and review it? If it's bothering you, and not providing you with value, and excellent way to deal with that frustration is to skip it and read something you do value.

Medical terminology does vary on this pouch thing. I have read many articles about VSG which refer to the remaining stomach as a pouch. Probably due to dinosaur doctors But the terminology is used.

What does your doctor allow? At 3 weeks out rice is typically NOT an allowed food in any form. That said, I do have a bite or two of rice on occasion (wild mushroom risotto) but I can't eat much more than 1/3 cup at most (i'm allowed 1/2 for a meal). I think I had it first at about 4 months from my first surgery (3 from the second...I have odd rules LOL). I wasn't allowed it prior to three months per both docs instructions.

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Anytime!!!

I'm glad ya'll are doing so well and I'll go look at that pic But FYI...just in case you go lower and it freaks you out LOL I was 108 just ten years ago and I am also a medium build but I was never skinny or anorexic looking. I have a big bumm and boobs even at that weight, so lots of curves At 100 or less I do get too thin....I don't feel good at that weight and it's impossible to maintain for me. I just wanted to share because sometimes we set goals and our body sets other goals, so don't freak out if you keep losing....just wait to buy your new wardrobe til you are really done LOL

Oh Honey I just want to reach out and hug you! I know all of those fears and emotions far too well. I had a pain in my arm where the picc line was and kept quiet about it for a few days until the pain became unbearable because I was so scared of being poked again! A little needle, but you get to where you just can't take any more pain...not a tiny bit of it. I TOTALLY get that (and I had a blood clot forming so that was stupid of me). You tell them about the pain just to be sure hun because if, god forbid, there is an issue you'll want to deal with it now because you know it will get worse, not better later and you need to be done with this stuff! Is it the barium you're allergic to or the clear liquid? You could ask for the barium they give to babies. It's in a white paste like liquid that I found much easier to get down. Neither tastes good, but I kept throwing up the other one. If it's just the suspension liquid than changing to the white one might help??? If it's the barium, ya that sucks, but honey you need to do it just in case right? I'll hold your hand mentally while you're there...or poke you in the butt to keep you upright which ever you need. My son was six when I had the surgery. I can relate to your pain in not caring for your baby. I remember a week or so after surgery I just wanted to do his night bath so badly I drug myself out of bed and ended up passing out in the hall on the way to his bathroom where grandma was with him. I broke down for the first time and just bawled and bawled because I so needed to be his "mom" not some sickie stuck in the guest room down the hall. He'd come in my room after school and I so desperately wanted to cuddle with him, but even a few mins wore me out so I just got to see him for a few, then at night for a few, morning for a few...gad I cry thinking about it now. My DH and grandma and his nanny helped me so much as well as friends, but a good mom wants to be a mom It's so hard not to be able to. He also has a feeding disorder and I'm his primary therapist now, and that went way backwards when I couldn't work with him. That sucked At my lowest point, I never wished I'd die, but I remember thinking that I wished I didn't have my son who needed me, so that I could give up and just be done fighting for life. Not a good place to find yourself at all And that made me cry LOL If someone would come in to my hospital room and say "oh it's a gorgeous day outside" I'd burst into tears because I was spending another gorgeous day in that damn hospital away from home Or if they asked about my son's drawings, or a painting a friend brought me...gad if they asked if I wanted Soup I'd probably have burst into tears Poor things! But darling you have admitted you are getting better right You can't put this experience behind you, but you can look forward to it fading as you take each positive step, even tiny ones like every other day feedings are positive. I know it's tough but you have a reason to be strong right Come here and tell us if it's too much and we'll be here for you every step of the way. Dawn

Best of luck dear!!!!! Take care of you and we'll see you on the bench!

More surgeries if I remember right...but where I had my first surgery they were one...it does not mean much to me

Completely uncalled for. Please go ahead and put me on ignore if you have trouble reading my posts verses the above. I have a right to share my experience just as you have.

Angel I answer my posts on an Ipad so I'm not sure if it's the same on the internet but for me, looking at the screen to the right of the name you want to quote (answer specific person's question) is a little blue v. If you touch the v it gives you options (things like to "like" a post, etc). To answer someone specifically you hit the blue v in their post and choose quote. That will bring up their comment in a blank window called new reply where you type out your thoughts below their already inserted comments.

My husband's doctor says that this has been debunked time and time again and he is allowed eggs (two daily) with the yolks of course.

My fav breakfast is red wine and jelly bellies....zero fat But I suppose an egg will do heh heh

Many people here on the forum have done it so I don't see why you can't You're already past the hard part (making the decision and having the surgery) so now you just need to sail through the easy part and watch a new you emerge from the old one. The stats say that most will lose xyz in abc period of time....but that's an average. That includes those who feel grazing while sucking down a milkshake is ok because it's "moderation". Those folks will gain eventually and that effects the percentages of xyz. Those who focus and learn what real moderation is (ie enjoy something, just don't enjoy half a gallon of it LOL) will get to their goals. The only thing holding you back from that final number will be excess skin so keep that in mind. Your body will need a long time to bounce back from where it's been, especially your out side shell. Keep that in mind when setting your goals and then just move forward one day at a time.

I'm sorry to read that you are still going through all of this Sannah. It's been too long of a road! I'm also glad to read you're going to talk to your doc, but please don't hesitate if she does not change immediately to change docs. Changing docs saved my life. I don't know how much longer I could have made it given the care I was getting from my first doc. Fresh eyes aren't a bad thing, especially given all of the complications you've gone through. The fact that anyone would tell you that a question you ask is stupid concerns me. Arrogance has no place in medical care and yet so many doctors and nurses are full of it! You have a right to ask stupid questions all day long if you feel the need And your doc should shut up and answer them with a smile on her face. I got so beat down when I was at my worst and I know that I wasn't an easy patient to deal with. I was SOOOOOO worn out and so worried about dying far from my son and husband that every time the poor docs would come to my room and ask how I was I'd start bawling This from a girl who is well known to have a heart of steel. I never cry! But a body can only take so much before you give in. I told my girlfriends I'd kind of lost "myself" during the process which was entirely true. It wasn't until they finally fixed my leak that I found me again. BTW my docs prefer not to use stents because of the pain they cause a patient. Instead they use a devise called the "claw" which is literally not felt in your body and in early cases is really successful. In late leaks (like mine) it's much less so, but they decided to go ahead because they felt that the risks of a stent and all of the continued care required might cause me even more difficulty (ie your heart issue etc). I love that little claw It worked for me and saved my life. I went from being horrifically sick to being well in a couple of days, though like you my energy was literally gone. I could barely walk when I came home but every day got better. My son suffered due to my complications. He's still scared I will "go away" again for a long time so when I travel he asks me not to go to the doctors because they might keep me far away from him I'm glad your little one is smaller than that so she won't remember this and have that worry. I know it must break your heart, as it did mine, to not be able to care for her. WHen I was going through all of this I posted on VSG almost daily. I found great support from many people here (and the standard, you must have made this up crap as well, but not too much of that). I wasn't always strong enough to post, but I'd sit in my hospital bed at night and read the kind comments from these strangers across the nation and they helped me, more than I can say. I'm glad you're reaching out, and maybe hun you could do that as well...just keep this thread going with your daily updates until you feel you've found Sannah again Whine, ask stupid questions, scream, yell and cry here and we'll do our best to help you. I had a loving family at home and many dear friends and they did help, but I also felt I had to be strong for them and here, I could just say what I felt without judgement. It helps hun. You're in my thoughts! Now go drink a Protein shake

Sounded like the same place We loved it and got similarly wonderful reactions from our team as well. They had a charred octopus special that night that was beyond devine. I had the wild boar bolonase (sp?) hold the Pasta (as I was more recently out of surgery than you were). I only tasted wine that night but they had a great menu! That was our third day out with the retreat and I must admit I was almost too tired to enjoy it. I'm looking forward to going back now that I have a much more expanded diet.

You'll do fine susie. If we were talking cigarettes or pizza or chocolate or any other vise that you can easily continue AFTER surgery, I'd say stop NOW don't wait a day, but with the soda thing...honestly you can't drink the stuff after surgery for quite some while without having a lot of pain with it, so really there is no question, you will stop. You have no option, so waiting makes sense. I for one drank champagne every day the week prior to surgery I have it now again on rare occasions, just a glass and only on an empty stomach, (because then the carbonation flows through you without getting stuck behind food and blowing up your tummy) but my other bubbly obsession is completely gone. I bet yours will be too The great thing is you are thinking about this now. So many people go into this thinking they'll be the one case who does not have to give up their vice, no matter how bad it is. You're going to do great