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It depends on the cause of the PCOS, if the root cause was being overweight then it will resolve. I have a friend that is very very thin and has PCOS and hers was caused from Endometriosis. I hope yours resolves because Im telling you I felt so bad for her when she had her flair ups....brought her to her knees.

Just for everyone who seems to have a huge issue with the mashed potatoes they are instant and thinned and I eat like 3 bites I've had no problems with dumping (I too am terrified of that) but it is on my approved foods list... Definitely not as much sugar as Greek yogurt and some of the other things people are posting about... Everyone responds differently to different foods so why the need to criticize one another? I for one joined this for support... Guess ill be looking else where... How disappointing

I think Im going to dry mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes....my doc said mashed potatoes are ok in small amounts. Everyone is different....what someone may dump with, someone else wont.

So I got my staples out today YEAH...no more itching. I have lost 22 lbs since preop and Im on pureed foods finally. Im so excited. I ate some pinto Beans and cheese mashed up for lunch....it was so good.

Omg I'm soooo excited I had to get a new jacket today instead of a size 24-26 I am now sporting a size 18-20 & not to mention none of my blue jeans fit me anymore lol

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dinner was great tonight I fixed my family some spaghetti and now that I can eat pureed food I put some of the spaghetti sauce cooked mushrooms, onions, and ground beef in my processor and blended it up really well then added some fat free mozzarella cheese and fat free cottage cheese it was amazing... I know it sounds like alot however I do have leftovers because I was only able to eat about an 8th of a cup and am full now getting used to waiting 30 mins after eating is a trick lol

Btw I don't think men are immune to hormone changes... An episode of law and order just made me bawl for 20 mins

Praying for you two. Just another resource " Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook for Dummies" about 7.00 on Amazon. Good luck!

Also not to scare you but I had a friend that had a sleeve, he drank a diet sprite as soon as he got home, it expanded his stomach, tore his suture lines, and caused a massive leak. He almost died and was in ICU for a month on IV antibiotics. So it is vitally important to measure and follow post op rules, it could be a life or death situation.

I just want some normalcy
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that is way too much food. his pouch was resized to hold only 2 ounces. that is why it is very important for us to measure our food. he definitely can stretch his pouch. also. up until 4-6 weeks the nerve endings in his stomach is not working yet that is why he doesn't feel full and again important to measure his foods.

There is absolutely no way I could get that in one meal. It's taking me 4 hours to finish an 8 oz shake right now.

I was nervous to go home myself all I had to do was push a button and somebody was at my beckon call but once I got home I was very glad to see my daughter and my wife has taken amazing care of me so all was well

Praying for the surgeries tomorrow.

I am so glad to see you are doing well.

I made it! Move over I'm coming on the losers bench now!

I hope that everyone who had surgery today is recovering well. Good luck to all of you who have surgery tomorrow.
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I am praying everything goes down good I would chew it really good and you can prob mix it with some bullion if you think its too dry.

Glad to hear that our more recent December dates are doing so well....So glad you are on the losers bench, but don't forget to get up and walk! I'm returning to work tomorrow and after the tragedy in CT can't wait to see MY kids (students) and tell them how much I missed them all. Bittersweet homecoming, but looking so forward to it! Stay healthy and keep healing everyone!

The incentive spirometer works!!! Thats how I coughed all of that junk out of my lungs. My pulse ox was 93% the day of surgery and went up to 100% the next day just by using it!!

And on another note I am only 3lbs away from my weight when I went in for surgery!! So excited!

For the Calcium citrate I am using some samples I have from Bariatric Advantage, they are lozenges/chewables. Some companies have the chocolate chews for Calcium as well. Try to get calcium citrate with Vitamin D. For the rest of my Vitamins I am using Celebrate. My B12 is sublingual liquid.