swimbikerun

I think you've got a wise head on your shoulders.

Great post! I'm more worried about eating and getting healthy than I am the weight. The doctors worry about the weight. That's why I'm not well ... they're either not worried when they should be because they don't know what they're looking at or don't know how to figure it out because they're so stuck on weight they don't get the symptoms.

LOL my GI system is so bad I dont dare try it any way.

I think someone posted about 60 grams or getting less causes muscle wasting. I've seen people get lower than that and be ok, so I was wondering if any one has seen the studies on that. Just curious.

I'm sure the pizza joints already did that the year before I surgery. We had a year long monitored diet. I dropped 30-35 pounds or so. Pizza was one of the things given up but Jason's Deli more than made up for that. LOL.

I am very very relieved to hear that you are doing well. I can imagine many were wondering how you would do. Did they find out what happened? If you find out why it happened, then you know how to prevent it (learn from your mistakes).

Yes! Way to go! I am happy to not have contributed to the soda $$$ machine any longer.

Yeah I think you were told wrong because 2 weeks is the most I've seen.

More like at least 50. I do eggs, chicken, and turkey. Not including adding up (even if it is a few pieces) everything in the peas, chickpeas, etc. that I do, and protein packets, its at least 50.

It was Fontana. I have no one now. Chesapeake is FABULOUS!! You have a great doctor.

Whooo hooo yay you!!! Fabulous!

Howdy!! Best of luck. Give us a shout if you need it. I'm in Chesapeake, a stones' throw from Va. Beach.

Where are you at in terms of grams?

This is actually normal, having food. It depends on who you go around with. In my case, I work with many Indians (Hindu's) and others with restrictions (Muslims, etc.) so it sort of makes it easy. Granted the Thanksgiving feast was almost every kind of meat, but hey ... once a year ...

Most people probably don't eat like I do. Fresh veggies and fruit, nor do they schedule out Protein sources like Beans, peas and eggs, etc. That's the difference. I eat a fresh salad every day. Spinach is the main base. I've got a malnutrition problem but that is all the complications. Dang sure isn't for anything else.

Stretching exercises? How about removing your trash can? I do that so I have to walk to the other end of the office to throw something away. Same for food, opposite end of the office. Bathroom too. That being said it doesn't help my edema, but at least I can walk still for now.

True.

Agreed. I think if you do some different types of checks, you could probably get by with it.

I second all the above. Great job everyone.

Yeah even the people I know supporting the program, after a couple of years, what is the point in going back? Pay extra money and only have a couple or one day open to me, I may or may not see the surgeon, and if it is a COE, I have to wonder that it isn't for their ASMBS records. They do nothing for those who are farther out having weight gain except to say pay more $$$ to join their non surgery weight loss program. Then there are other places you can go and compare what you get. I've seen the surgeries and done the investigation: what a racket. I'm getting ready to do a blog post. The surgeon's office I had? They asked for people to give them recipes that they'll publish and SELL a book for. Now why would I want to give my recipes up for free so THEY can make $$ off of it and possibly have the copyright too? Who's making $$$ off me? Is this how you want to be treated by your surgeon's office?

Jem you are in our prayers. I've been there and if there is anything I can help you with ask away. I even took my own bloodwork, etc. so I'm not afraid of doing stuff.

You are lucky. Most insurances I know require more $$ for a specialist. From what I've seen, they sort of ignore you and there are a number I know that are not in the first year, so they're at the bottom of the barrel. They tend to stop coming because they've gotten on with their lives and the fact that practices, when it comes to aftercare after a year out, seem to shuff it off on others (not a surgery issue). Besides, easier to get the PCP or go to urgent care than trotting half way out in many of our cases, to the surgeon. Any one can run the labs.

I posted a slew of them on one of the other forums: milk (of any type), yogurt, eggs, Protein drinks or powders mixed in with food. When you get a little farther out, Beans of all types, peas, nuts, tofu, tempeh, quinoa, chickpeas, hemp, poppy/sunflower & other types of seeds, seitan, oatmeal, Peanut Butter, lentils, veggie prepared patties, TVH, spinach, cheese, cottage cheese (you have vegan cheeses), spirulina, broccoli, soy stuff, tahini, chia seeds .... and one of my favorites for Fiber and natural sugar: Medjool dates! OMB ...

Actually they all tell you to come back at one year or yearly intervals but the labs they run can be run by any doctor. I have wondered if it is not due to the fact that Centers of Excellence use the data for medical research. My surgeon is a different story. What they tell people and what they do can sometimes be two different things, so that's why I tell people verify, verify, verify. When you have problems and the docs office doesn't follow you up like the other doctors ask them too, but says any one can treat stuff, that should alert you.

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