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Left shoulder blade is referred pain from the vagus nerve, which gets irritated by a gall bladder attack. Drink lots of water and use a heating pad or stand in the shower as hot as you can stand it. Talk to your doctor about it.

Kelliv I am on my way to mass and will say a prayer for your friend. Sue, your story is inspirational. I will try to remember about the morphine. I do love that numb feeling after surgery though. LOL

Kefir is the oldest method of culturing and thus preserving milk. It doesn't need refrigeration so that was good before fridges existed. It is also self-perpetuating. Yogurt culture only lasts a few batches before it stops making yogurt but there are kefir cultures that have been around hundreds of years. You strain out the grains (they look like tiny cauliflower) and just add them to new milk. We used to have dairy goats and this is one of the ways we used the milk. Kefir is a little stronger tasting than yogurt.

The article is actually anti-band. I realized I linked to just one page of the article at first. It is actually pro-VSG and pro-DS and very anti-band and RNY.

Anybody heard from Lissa or Dean or Scotty lately?

Do you use the same name there, kelliv?

I got a liquid vitamin called Liquivita only to discover it has next to no vitamins in it. It does not get me even close to the recommended daily levels. I have ordered mini multivitamins from Chemist Warehouse for when I'm out of the liquid phase. I got a b12 sublingual spray from Healthy Life in Brisbane. I have not found chewable calcium citrate yet.

Thanks for sharing the incision photo, Jimbo! I have had a few laparoscopic surgeries and it looks similar. Not bad at all. I hope I don't step on any toes by suggesting this but there is another really good forum at http://m.obesityhelp.com/forums/vsg/a,messageboard/ that I have found that looks really food. I am still pre-op but I find VST to be very repetitive except the Veterans board, this thread, and the Man Room! I think the other website might have more info. There are some great articles in another section of the site too. I'm not suggesting that anyone leave VST but consider adding the other one to your tool belt. I do get frustrated seeing the same questions over and over but I guess some people don't take the time to search. I certainly hope everyone takes the time to find out what and how much they should be eating, BEFORE getting up on the operating room. Is anyone on My Fitness Pal?

No they don't. But they get smaller as you lose weight. People who aren't even fat get them too so don't stress out about it. My husband has them and he has never been fat.

Hi Jimbo and congratulations! I will be joining you in 9 days!

Good luck!

Great idea, Bec! I think I will cook some broth too and maybe pea soup. I pre-registered for the hospital! This is getting real. I also would like to report that, at least for pre-op, the Celebrity Slim shakes are pretty good! And the shaker is awesome. The lid screws on rather than snapping on. There is a jagged ball inside that helps mix up the shake when you shake it. And there is a screw-off compartment in the bottom to hold a serve or two of shake powder! I wish I had this when I was doing optifast! The cheap shaker I had was leaky, the lid was almost impossible to remove without splashing shake everywhere.

Most adults have it. It is bacteria that causes ulcers. You just have to take nexium which has antibiotics in it. They test for it by making you drink something and then breathe into a balloon. They can see if you still have it by what you breathe out. It's not always a problem to have h. Pylori.

I am pre-op but I read this book, as well as most of the other WLS books available for the Kindle, during my research phase. I saved this one to read again later, it was so good! Another great one is The Sleeved Life.

Yeny and smsgrl2009 and chickyslim been sleeved! According to their dates at least. Congratulations and hope to hear from you soon!

Thanks for the advice. The worst callous is at the front of the ball of my foot, right behind my second and third toe. The edges of my heels look crusty too.

I paid for my surgery today!

Coming up quick!

I ordered two boxes of Optislim shakes (chocolate, espresso) and three boxes of soups (chicken, tomato, pumpkin) from Chemist Warehouse online. Free shipping! Hopefully I will be able to tolerate them for the first 2-3 weeks after the surgery until I decide what shakes I can handle and maybe get to the purée stage. I paid for my surgery today!

Every morning I wake up and think, "Another day closer to being sleeved!"

Ketosis from the high protein low carb diet. It's normal.

I'm so sorry for your loss, kelliv. How sad. When is the funeral? I have begun taste-testing Protein Shakes to see what I should order for the first couple weeks post-op. I just tried one from the same place where I got my Vitamins. It is called Garden of Life Raw Protein. It was awful. Chalky and had a weird taste. I could only get about half of it down and had to stop before I threw it back up. Ugh. I suspected this one would not be good so I'm glad I only got a couple of sample packets.

Thanks for that info, one_elle and welcome back!

I will check thanks! What about the gall bladder? I think I would rather have it removed than have to have another surgery. What does it do anyway?