FlyGirl

I just remembered this super good snack that I used to eat when I was doing the low carb diet So I made it today!!! Parmesan cheese chips they are SO good. In 1/4 cup of the cheese there is 110 cal, 1 carb & 9 Proteins. I use the Kraft shredded parmesan cheese, measure 1/4 cup then seperate it into 5-6 piles and pat down on a cookie sheet with parchement paper. (if you don't use parchement, you'll need to spray some nonstick cooking spray on a cookie sheet) Personally I like it better without the spray. Then bake on 350 for about 5 minutes or until the edges are a light brown. let them cool and the should be nice and crispy and FULL of yummy flavor.

That sounds so good! I'm def going to try it! Thx

I am 32yrs old.... I was sleeved on 11/16/10.

I haven't been hungry since my surgery. I have had a couple dreams of eating pizza, lol. Before you have the surgery it's hard to imagine not being hungry. I thought there is no way I'd not be hungry... BUT it worked. Sometimes when I see others eating something that I used to love I wish that I would be able to stuff my face then I have a couple bites and I'm good. The craving is gone and I feel full. I'm happy with my sleeve and it feels SO good to be losing weight and it feels even better knowing that it's gone forever! ~Kelli

I'm having a hard time getting mine in too. I'm only getting about 20g but today I had the Carbmaster yogurt (Kroger brand) that has 12g of Protein and 4 carbs in 6oz. I'm going to start eating at least 2 of those per day. I also just remembered this super good snack that I used to eat when I was doing the low carb diet. I made Parmesan cheese chips they are SO good. In 1/4 cup of the cheese there is 110 cal, 1 carb & 9 Proteins. I use the Kraft shredded parmesan cheese, measure 1/4 cup then seperate it into 5-6 piles and pat down on a cookie sheet with parchement paper. (if you don't use parchement, you'll need to spray some nonstick cooking spray on a cookie sheet) Personally I like it better without the spray. Then bake on 350 for about 5 minutes or until the edges are a light brown. let them cool and the should be nice and crispy and FULL of yummy flavor.

Hi! I work at an airline and you MUST have a passport to travel internationally . Yes a few years ago a valid ID and birth cert would work, but not anymore. Hope this helps and good luck with your surgery! You're going to love your sleeve.

BCBS of GA didn't require that. I had to be over 40 bmi or 35 bmi with two morbitities like high bp, cholesterol, sleep apnea, etc. Good luck, I hope you get approved!

Smoking increases you odds of gettin a blood clot. To me that wasn't worth the risk. I quit a month before surgery which was my DRs orders. I havent cheated once. BUT 20 days after my surery they found a HUGE clot. Every nurse and DR would ask me if i was smoking or on the BC pill. I quit them both preop and haden't started them since the surery. Clots are danerous so maybe if you think of the complecations that may come from smoking before surgery, maybe it'll help you quit. I'm on blood thinners for at least 6 months and possibly the rest of my life. I don't know how long after the surgery it's safe to do it. ~~Kelli

I wouldn't have had any other surgery but the sleeve. After researching it so much and reading the stories and actual personal experinces that people post on here. I've heard of people who have GERD get the sleeve done and as long you find a PPI that will work for you. My Suregon said in the seminar that most people will have heartburn for about a year after surgery. I'm 7 weeks out and have only had it once and that was because I forgot to take my PPI. And Ive seen many people regain weight with RNY because they are still hungry, with the sleeve for the most part we are never hungry. I'd check around for another DR who would do it. I know mine in Dayton OH would. So if you don't live that far, msg me and Ill give you his details. Kelli

Great job HOTsteve!

I found some great soup from a Chinese takeout restaurant. I'm a vegetarian so I got the vegetable soup and just ate the broth but if you like any of those like wonton or egg drop that might help with you fluids. The first night I tried the soup I had about 2 1/2-3 cups and it was the most Fluid I had in a while. It was great! Just remember it is packed with sodium so it's probably not a good idea to have that much in one day. When i have some now I limit it to about 2 cups at the most otherwise I just feel even more thirsty. I'm almost 7 weeks out and still struggle EVERY day to get my liquid in, I only get about 20-30oz. I'm thirsty all the time I just can't drink much no matter how much I sip sip sip.

Wow you can really tell a difference! Looking great!

Congrats Becca! I'm glad everything went well. Welcome to the losers bench.

I'm dealing with that problem too. Feeling dehydrated is awful! I have been dying for a pop aka soda recently and I just found some pop flavored freezer pops at WAlmart, it's like dr pepper, 7up, rootbeer and orange.. I've been eating them all day. They're not sugar free but at this point I just needed hydration and this helped a little. Maybe you could try that. The medicine cup sugestion that Oregondaisy said works very well too. Good luck

I take the RX omeprazole 40 mg, They are too big for me to swallow at this time and make me gag. The are BIG capsuls with beeds in them, So I asked my Pharmacist today and she suggested I open them up and put the little balls in a bite of applesauce to get them down. It worked, thank God. Otherwise I would of had try the OTC Omeprazole 20mg and take 2x/day for pCK OF 42 the Walmart brand was $19.99, My insurance charges $5 for the Omeprazole 40mg which is generic Prilose. Maybe you could tell your pharmasist that you prefer generic.

I just wanted to update everyone and to see if anyone has had these complications... I was sleeved Nov 16, 2010. Everything had been going great. I felt my recovery was taking slightly longer than other peoples just because I was still feeling enough pain to be taking pain meds until day 12ish. Other than that everything was normal. Until Sat 12/4 I was feeling extreme nausea and couldn't keep even a sip down, I'd throw it back up then start dry heaving. So the next day I started having horrible pain from under my rib cage down to my hips, my whole abdominal area. I was able to drink about 5oz of an EAS Protein shake, which I sipped throughout the day. I was feeling very dehydrated at that time. Monday morning finally gets here and I call my Dr office as soon as they opened. He says I need to get to the ER ASAP. My pain level at this point was deffinatly a 10!! So they run some tests and a CT scan and find out I have a huge blood clot that has formed from the vessels in the stomach and I have pancreatitus. He said both were very painful and that I'd have to be admitted and put on blood thinkers until the clot dissolved, and NPO for the enlarged pancreaus. I might have to have a PICC line or feeding tube put in. I'm totally freaking out about both. I'm typing all this from my phone while all drugged up, so I apologize I left out some details.. just seeing if this has happened to anyone. Because I thought I had read about everything that could go wrong... but I never read about this. I'm so sad right now and worried about what's going to happen... Thanks for listening, Kelli

I had my surgery with DR Donovan Teel at Premier Metabolic Batiatrics in Dayton Ohio at Miami Valley Hospital. He was great and his staff is excellent. They are a Center of Excellence which is one of the reasons I chose him.

I ended up having mesenteric venious thrombosis (blood clot) AND pancreatitus! It was absolutly horrible. I spent 9 days in the hospital. Since you are able to get liquids down I'm sure it's not that. I read with the pancreatitus nothing will stay down and it's true! These new sensations without a stomach are crazy.. I don't really know how to explain it but I just feel like everything is not stuck together anymore. I notice it most when I am in bed laying on my side. It kinda grosses me out. My abdomen feels like a bag of marbles. It's not near as bad as it was in the very begining but i stll feel it. Do you have those same feelings?

If it's a consitant pain I think you should probably call your DR. I was having that same kind of pain for two days before I called my DR and ended up in the ER. It just kept getting worse and then I couldn't keep anything down. It could be just gas pains or maybe muscle spasms but better to be safe than sorry. I hope you feel better soon. Kelli

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Hi Brownbear I just wanted to say I think you are making the right decsion. I was like you, I was SO freakin scared. I just kept getting on this site and looking at everyones amazing results and their before and after pics and that gave me the strength to go through with it. I had my surgery Nov 16 and for almost 3 weeks after surgery I thought it was great. I had no regrets. Then I faced some rare complecations. I couldn't keep anything down, not even a sip, and I had horrific pain in my abdomen. I went to the ER and found out I had a blood clot and pancreatitus. I was in the hospital for 9 days. I have to be on blood thinners for at least 6 months and will have numerous DR visits, blood work and other tests to come. I am not telling you this to scare you at all, more just to make you aware that most likely, you.. like most people, will not have any complecations at all.. but there is always that tiny chance. I want you to know that if it happens you WILL get through it. I've spent the last couple weeks down and depressed regreting this whole thing, but this morning I thought to myself I can either cry about it or be tough and face it and make the best out of it. So that's what I'm going to do. So just trust in your Doctors and try not to stress too much. I'm confident you will do just fine. And good choice using the "ulcer" problem as your cover... That's what I told everyone at work. I said I had peptic ulcer disease. It worked out perfect because I blamed that for my preop diet and everything. I almost went with having my gallbladder removed, but I'm glad I didn't because I may have to actually have it removed someday! Keep thinking of how great you will feel once you lose that weight. On the day of my surgery (Nov 16) I weighed 260!! Most I ever weighed in my life.. now I weigh 227! I've lost 33 lbs in 5 weeks. My old jeans just fall off of me! Good luck to you! Kelli