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Maybe try the sea bands that press on points in your wrists to help with nausea. I know they work well with me and car sickness, I get really nauseous easily if I'm not the one driving. I found mine at target and I believe they were about $7.00 for a pair. I'm just thinking if this is a reoccurring event, this may be a possibility to combat it each month. I also like the liquid tylenol and it can be found at Kroger too, this is probably the same as the CVS mentioned above, I have a hard time finding the adult version so I'll check out CVS next time.

Go to the main forums page on LBT and there is a clothing exchange section and someone may be able to help.

Thank you both, this helps me know what to be aware of.

What did you experience to know that you had gallbladder issues? This is one of my fears.

I was fortunate and my car had enough paid off and enough value that I could refinance it and use the money for the surgery, rates are really low.

Haha Jewel, I did too!

Another noisy tummy here . I work in a very quiet office and think people can hear it all of the time, but they probably don't or they would say something, lol.

I would be more than happy to visit you in Vegas, I've never been

Wow, great job and thanks for mentioning beginner because I definitely am. You are doing great and I love to read your posts, keep it up!!

Wow, that does sound like a lot, but if you are comfortable, more power to you . They had me filled with a total of 4cc on my first fill (Only 2 was supposed to be in the band at surgery, but it ended up being 3), but I got to have my first experience of a stuck episode, pbing and burping with that white liquid stuff they use for the x-ray machine at my first fill, not fun at all, so I had to have some removed that day, but now I'm up to 5, go figure .

How did this workout turn out? I keep reading good things about it.

Light queso fresco and chipotle is my favorite!

I like Isopure Dutch Chocolate Low Carb, no digestive issues and best price is at VitaminShoppe.com. It seems a little expensive at $44.00, but I only use 1 scoop versus the serving size of 2, your body can only absorb like 30 or 35 grams at a time anyway and 2 scoops is 50 grams. But I do add stevia to make it a bit sweeter.

What is this yogurt you found? I like my Danon light and Fit Greek because it has low carbs and high protein, but would be interested to know what you found?

Glad to hear it

Same here, I did it actually today, made some huge gulf shrimp and ate them like I used too, big bites, only got 2 down and then the Pbing started, so no solids for the rest of the day. It takes time to relearn, but you will be able to do it eventually and may run into hiccups along the way (I knew better than what I did today, but was not thinking).

I had to do medifast and it was limited to 5 shakes/soup/jello a day and 1 bar or a sixth liquid entree. They were not too bad, but the first few days were a little hectic with no caffeine and no sugar, but I drank a lot of flavored water in between to help. To clarify, this was my pre-op diet, I think that is what you were asking about.

Thank you!

I was advised to do 1 cup per meal. Sometimes I can actually do this and other times, I cannot. I just tried to eat a protein bar and could only eat half, it fluctuates.

Name, real or screen~ Amy Goal weight for January 29th~ 184 Weight on January 1st~ 192 Age~ 35 Dietary goal for January~ Keep eating good and tracking Exercise goal for January~ To exercise period Personal goal for January~ Get finances straight and work toward big 2013 goals. Date banded~ July 9, 2012 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 69 lbs. What is your favorite New Year Activity?~ Not working

I tried a couple of wines recently and keep running into carbonation, is no one else running into this problem? And for beer, do you let it go flat before you drink it? I was primarily a beer drinker before lapband, but have not touched it since surgery due to carbonation, so I tried wine, and keep running into carbonation again.

The left shoulder area of pain is usually gas, I had it for about a week after surgery, it lessened as the days went by, but it was there. Some say gas x and a heating pad will help, I did take gas x, but not sure if it helped.

Here's a virtual high five! I cleaned out my closet and dropped off a lot at Goodwill recently too and it was fun . I loved trying all of the clothes on the closet floor (always throw them there when they did not fit) and they all fit and most were too large, woohoo!

Do you have another web browser you can use? I use firefox and can access it just fine. For me, internet explorer does not work half the time.

I like the Celebrate cherry chewable multi-vitamins, they don't make me nauseous like the Vitaband vitamins. I notice that when people around me are getting colds, I do not, and I know for a fact that my immunity system is not 100% (past smoker). Hair and nails do seem better, but I also take biotin, so I'm not sure which to contribute that to as biotin is supposed to be for that purpose.