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I was deficient as well and my psychiatrist (Gasp! YES have one!) wrote me an RX for the once a week dose till it came back up then I take 5000 IU a day. Low Vit D is very dangerous and CAN add to depression as well as other things. I do not "do" the sun because of skin cancer

Amen and a lot of it is jealousy

Is that dumping or you just got something stuck? I had that when I ate too fast last month and it was a tiny pc of peach stuck......

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I had to lose the wt I gained during the surgery...actually twice. I lost pre op 17 lbs in two week diet, and then gained during the surgery from all the Fluid... at one month I had lost a total of 37 lbs including the 17 during the pre op diet. Every one is different, so don't compare yourself with others. Stay the course, it will happen.

I only had broth twice.......but my surgeon said I could have the protein shakes after I got out of the hospital, between that and my water, I did not want anything else. Hang in there.......ignore the ignorant

I did the same thing and to this day, almost 6 mos out, only one sister knows and I didn't tell her until 3 mos out. I agree with you.......it is not their business!!

No matter how much food we eat, it will NOT help people starving in other countries LOL. Good for you

I may try that, where do you get it??

Almost 6 mos out. I used it some years back and it caused Gas. I may discuss it with my doc in Sept. Thanks

Maybe it is my IBS causing the problem...

Then by all means, go

But...but...but...but....reading a lot of buts here

PS. A lot of "traditions" must change after WLS

Buffets have a no sharing policy...go if you must but prepare to pay full price and over stuff............

I have to put Miralax in my shake for constipation and it caused me such gas. Anyone else???

I don't think the coconut oil would be a problem. My doctor did tell me he had a patient who ate too much coconut and had to be "cleaned out".

These were too small before surgery. I think it is time to downsize LOL

I still don't eat many vegetables. My doctor warned me that broccoli stems and cauliflower stems could hang, so if I eat those at all, I make sure they are cooked. I still haven't tried salad. I keep my meals pretty simple and sure learned from that one time incident.....

I bought a bunch of this and then found out that I need Calcium Citrate. I will ship it anyone who is interested and can pay me via Paypal. If interested, let me know and I will give details (Calcium Caltrate Chewables)

I have said that after 5 months I sometimes forget I have had surgery because I am so into the routine of what I eat but I guess I forgot yesterday. I fixed a peach, small pieces and a small amount of cottage cheese. I was sitting at the table and TALKING to my husband while I ate and about half way through I got an awful pain but could not pinpoint exactly where it was. I stopped eating. Then for about the next 15 minutes I had that salivating feeling we get before we throw up, I was unsuccessful in doing so but I knew something was stuck so I finally made myself throw up and was shocked to see it looked like a raw egg dropped in Water, just a small pc of peach and lots of slime. I googled it and read this was "foamies" because something had stuck and my esophagus was producing lots of saliva to get it moved. It took about another hour for the pain to go away after that but you can bet your sweet bippy I will be more careful. All this time I have been so fortunate to have none of this, even after eating meat, and no nausea or vomiting at all. Consider this a friendly reminder that we have had our guts rearranged!!

good description. LOL. I don't know if anything can tighten this 60 yr old butt

So I had never looked at myself from behind, since wt loss I was only looking at my flat tummy that reappeared from my 2005 tummy tuck. We are on vacation and they have a huge mirror in the bathroom at the resort. Last night I saw myself from the back and I look like a deflated blow up doll! LOL. My butt is sagging and all wrinkled at the base of my legs......gee and the doc wants me to lose 60 more pounds!!! I already knew I have sock boobs and skin hanging under my arms but I was so shocked to see my sagging butt. I guess I will have to live with it because I would need a full body lift and cannot afford that, don't get me wrong, I would not want to fill all the skin up with fat again, but spanx will love me when I reach my goal!!!

Hi Gingersnaps, Yes, hot again. but thank God I am about ten degrees cooler than Tucson. We are going to San Diego for a week starting Friday so it will be cooler and I will also have access to a pool. I weighed this morning and the scale finally moved a little. It is true that sometimes we just need to listen to our bodies and let them rest a bit. I see you are doing well..congrats.......thanks for the encouragement

That's what I did when I went to PT. It is a 42 mile drive one way and I have to pay to use the pool. It WAS great though.