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disney2013

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  1. I occasionally use smooth move tea. It does not give me cramps. You only need to drink one cup and you will go that day or the next. I also really like Natural Vitality Calm raspberry lemon magnesium supplement. You mix 2 teaspoons in Water. I like heating up 3 ounces water and adding it.
  2. I use my fitness pal but I also like the features in Monitor your weight and Happy Scale. I use all three. They are free apps so you can download them all and see which ones you like best.
  3. My nutritionist recommends to all sleeve patients that they take a bariatric multivitamin, 500 mcg sublingual B12, 1500 mg calcium citrate, 5000 IUs D14, and 30 mg iron for premenopausal women (18 mg for men or post menopausal women)
  4. If you have a stall you may try upping your calories a little and definitely make sure you are getting in your protein. Our bodies are shocked into starvation mode and try to hold on to everything.
  5. I probably should have taken a couple of extra days off but it really wasn't too bad. It was just physically draining. No they don't give you an abdominal binder. I did buy one and wore it the first 2 weeks. I did not wear it all of the time but it helped when I started hurting a little and helped me sit and stand straight. Too much bending hurt.
  6. The first two days were pretty hard but mainly because of the nausea. I went back to work 6 days after surgery and was a little tired and exhausted but was able to get through the day. Each day gets much easier. Now I occasionally forget I had the surgery because I feel fine and I accidentally pick up my almost 2 year old.
  7. Dr. Yu performed my surgery on 7/9. He is a fantastic surgeon and is very thorough and commuted to helping you reach your goals. The insurance adjuster was fabulous. I had previously been denied and she wrote a letter to my insurance company and kept calling them to follow up and they eventually approved the surgery.
  8. I had the exact same problem. They told me it was a side affect of the pain medication and anesthesia. It went away on day 4.
  9. Dr Sherman Yu in Houston is amazing.
  10. At first I wasn't able to get much protein in but I am now up to 60-70 grams a day. The protein shakes I liked pre-op makes me gag now so I get my protein from Greek yogurt and I get a gladiator smoothie from Smoothie King at lunch which has 40 grams of protein.
  11. Wow, you must have super human strength. I thought I was doing good just being able to walk and work and get all my fluids in. There is no way I could be exercising that much especially on clears. I am on full liquids and have been enjoying Greek yogurt.
  12. I had my band removed and waited a year to get the sleeve. In that year I gained 50 of the 80 pounds I had lost with the sleeve.
  13. How is everyone doing? I went back to work yesterday and was a little uncomfortable and tired but made it thru my 9 hour workday. I was hurting some last night tho. I hope today goes a little better.

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