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I agree it is wonderful. I really like the texture and they have many flavors. If you don't have a Kroger nearby, think Smith's-- they are owned by the same people and carry many of the same or similar products.

Unjury has a chicken broth protein thing. I have not tried it, but do use and love their other flavors. You may could call them (number on their web site) and ask for a free sample. They are very helpful folks.

I love my sleeve!!! The best thing is the lack of hunger. Just have to watch that grazing.......

If you cannot stick to the pre-op diet after changing Protein shakes and all--- give it up. You will find the post-op diet to be harder still. And yes, my doctor's NUT assured me that the doc had opened patients, saw the liver and knew they had not done the diet, closed them and sent them home. Do it if you are serious, no matter what it takes. Call the doctor's office and talk to someone. Surely you are not the first patient to have this trouble. Variety is the spice of life, so don't stick to just one kind of supplement.

You'll have lots of big pants really soon. Be patient about another week. My biggest problem now is finding pants that fit halfway decent and stay that way for a few weeks. I buy them too tight and wear them until they won't stay on. I need to invent some suspenders that are "flesh" colored (that's a joke right there) and go UNDER my shirts......

Has any one found a good site that will TELL you an estimated or average cost of surgery. Most of them just say "the value cannot be measured in dollars...". I guess they are not talking about MY dollars!

It seems that you are losing at a good rate--- people are all different and we lose at different rates. Glad you are so close to goal. Keep going, you will get there!

Sounds like you may need a new doctor......

Yep, it happened to me, too. Amazing. Some things that used to taste wonderful I cannot even imagine eating. Can't really say I have acquired a taste for anything new, though. No coffee anymore--- just don't want it. Don't know why..........

The one on my calf is smaller, one on ankle, not so much. I was surprised to see that they shrank at all.

Remember, those artificial sweeteners may be 300 to 600 times sweeter than sugar, but you only get a tiny, tiny bit of the sweeteners in a packet (or tube of Crys.lite, for that matter). The rest of the stuff in the splenda/whatever envelope is dextrose and some other non-sweet junk so it will flow smoothly....

Please, please, get your daughter some help--- whatever it takes. Do not, for an instant, assume it could "never" be drugs. Medical professionals have more access than most others.

I agree. You may not have to go all the way back to liquids, but portion control seems like a logical place to start. That and lots of Water. Oh, you so do not want to go backwards!!! Good luck to you. It will be work, for sure, but so worth it. Think of all you have gained by being normal sized!!!

Some drug stores have little 32 oz tubes that have mega-protein. I understand they are very sweet, but at least they are smaller quantity. You may want to get one and try that.

Way to go!!! Life is all about the little pleasures--- and we avoided so many of them just because we were "too big".