OleHippieGal

What kind of meds, specifically?

The one your surgeon needs you to take to keep away the acid. Prilosec is a good one 40 mg

Hi! I'm a nail tech and also do hair. Just curious, how long did you wait to go back to work? I'm nervous about leaning over on the incisions/port area. Being in this business, I really don't have any frills (medical leave, vacation time, etc.)

I had surgery 12/31/12 and started beauty school 1/22/13. I didn't worry about my incisions and didn't have any ports.

I was really ok doctor said you can return back to work in a week just becareful and take little rest

I just downloaded a coupon for it, I thought that was great!

They are really good

Tonight whole grain spaghetti homemade sauce, baked meatballs using turkey and lean beef

Baked chicken tenders with panko bread crumbs, cayenne pepper, egg white and Water as the wash. With wild rice

What section are they in they look great

I got them in the lunch meat else at Walmart. I bought 15 different packages. 3 different styles $1.00 each great buy!

Have yall seen these. You can get at Walmart. Ham, cheese, and roasted peanuts. 13 grams of Protein. 4 carbs, 170 calories

The one with chicken has 14 grams of Protein

Fixing a roast tonight using a recipe i found on Pinterest. Packet of hidden valley ranch, packet if italian dressing, and a packet of brown gravy. Mix it all together with cup of Water. Put roast in crockpot. Then pour mixture over roast cook 7 hours. Also fixing new potatoes and green Beans. Baking in oven.

Yea i had to wait till 6 months out and could only eat 2 handfuls at a time

No popcorn for now or nuts of any kind, i ate small qtys and after i ate them it fell like they were stuck. I had such pain in my left boob area under the rib. We thought i was having a heart attack. Trust me i love popcorn and eat it plain. I dont use the pop secret kind anymore i bought one of those air poppers and a microwave popcorn bowl. Love the real thing. And no chemicals. I eat popcorn every day!!

Get off all chemically enhanced products. If you must use a sweetener use pure sugar or honey. It has been proven over and over all the artificial sweeteners hide bad chemicals. All of them. Dont be fooled by the hype. They give other triggers you dont need. Just use real stuff. Organic.

Dont do it!!! I had popcorn 2 months after surgery and it would not digest right. I was able to start eating it regularly 6 months post op.

Missouri people roll call. Are you there?

Joplin Mo here. Would love to find a WLS buddy.

Never will I again, I got acute gastritis because I ran out of my stomach meds. Hadn't had any in 6 days I was hurting so freaking bad. Thought it was my gall bladder but it was mostly my left side not right. Had to go to the ER because I was hurting so bad. So nauseated vomiting foam mostly. Thought it was a heart attack to. Starting to feel better now. Keep taking your pills!!

Used to hate and wouldn't allow myself to throw up ever. But since my surgery over a year ago I have almost became a pro. When something doesn't settle right in my pouch I lean over the sink get my toothbrush get it wet and just barely stick it on my tongue and up the foam comes. Doesn't hurt and doesn't scare me and wow I feel so much better. Thank goodness it doesn't happen a lot. But if my pouch starts to feel bad I gotta do it. I don't want to be in pain and feel bad.

Loving these new Adkins meals from Walmart. Tonight was crust less chicken pot pie. It had big chunks of chicken, broccoli, cauliflower and I think kale, with a little bit of a sauce in it. 360 calories 23 grams of Protein, 5 gram of carb no sugar. It was really good

Thank you. It started last night after dinner i am 13 months post op. I ate about 4 bites of food. Felt very full but just didnt feel right. About 2 hours later i felt nausea and thought i had to throw up but had foamies. My heart started doing palpitation on and off all night. Had the pain under my breast al the way to my shoulder blades. Blood pressure is real good as is my blood sugar. So i just couldnt pin point what was going on. Then started remembering people talking about gall bladder problems after surgery. So going to get with the doc to do a scan and hope no stones

Has anyone had any gall bladder problems after surgery? What were your symptoms?

Gall bladder

Has anyone after WLS had gall bladder problems? What symptoms? How did it feel?

Tonight pork chops steamed corn whole grain brown rice. Didnt eat much if it and did not sit well on my pouch. Had foamies then stuck my finger down my throat to get it out. Was hurting me

Home made BLT, light mayo on Texas toast lots of bacon and Tomato very good

Super Bowl party at the Inlaws boiled shrimp, lots of celery, green olives, black olives. I did have some tortilla chips with my homemade salsa I made. But mostly ate the shrimp and celery it was so good.

Where do you get chickpeas? Are they fresh or canned

Chickpeas are also called garbanzo Beans. Mostly in a can

I made chicken enchilada casserole using carb control white tortilla 6 grams of carb in 1. Fat free refried Beans . Enchalida sauce

I like that one too!! They went down in price at Walmart too now. They were too expensive at first.

They just got adkin meals at our walmart. They dont have many choices yet. Hope they get more