shmily

Follow the doctors plan and you will do just fine

I just wanted to write a myriad of things here. My hair has been falling out now for about 2 weeks. It is more of a nuisance than a concern. Also, I was at Sam's Club yesterday to get Premier Protein drinks and they have gone up to $18.88 for 12!! SIGH.........If I can get a better deal at Costco I may have to get a card for there. The last things is this. Has anyone else had a problem with BO since surgery? It seems I cannot find a deodorant that works and I never had this problem before......

Betcha a dollar you can ... Mine has security settings, too, but hey ... it's electronic ... there's always a workaround. PM me your make and model. You'll have to disconnect the phone, for sure, but also know many, many people are dropping their home phone lines now, so ... Yep, I sure do. After much adoo and many phone calls, I finally got my pulmo to work with the provider until they got mine set on auto, to only give me what I need. It is SO much better. I told her If they don't hurry up and get it done, I will just do it myself since I found a youtube video that shows me how". She replied "You shouldn't mess with your machine". I replied, "That is better than not wearing it at all". The data showed since my wt loss I had only stopped breathing three times an hour and the mask loss was 47% per night. I find since I have started using it again, I don't wake up with a headache and do feel less sleepy during the day.

I got this sometime back, they are good but very high in fat, for my plan

On myfatsecret......how do I manually add food? For example I only ate 1/4 c 1% cottage cheese and it didn't have that portion selection

I have a machine with a modem and I cannot change the settings

When I saw my doctor for my 2 mos checkup, I told him I was eating his suggested 400-500 calories a day. He said "great". He also told me I would lose more wt if I kept up with the 2 shakes a day and I am happy to do that. He suggested 600 cal a day for the phase I am in....(almost 3 months) so that is what I do

Did they do an endoscopy and stomach scope on you prior to surgery? If not, you may have a hernia... please do talk with your doctor about this

I don't understand why this is here

Thank you. I just d/l my fat secret. That is one I can figure out!!

I have not had caffeine since Feb 24 but I do have 2 c decaf coffee on weekends. I don't think I want to put caffeine back in my body

It didn't work for me through them

What program do you use to track your food? MYFITNESSPAL says I should have close to 1500 calories a day and 49 gr carbs. I don't think so...

You will LOVE the Premier shakes

That's the way ours was....I took some Premier Protein bars for emergency...

I do that too

I went to my pulmonologist April 28 and she was going to order a "smart setting" from Apria which is great as it enables a new pressure number without a new study. It hasn't happened yet. I am going to call her office tomorrow and raise heck. I have been sleeping w/o it for a few nights, NO snoring and I feel great but I will pursue her opinion

My favorite!! Sams Club prices are about $16.00 for a pack of 12. In June they will start carrying the Strawberry Cream.

We were on the beach for a week and this is the first time I have ever lost weight on vacation. I stayed on plan good. I tried to eat a Prawn Cocktail one night but they were so big, I was stuffed after eating only 3 prawn! Some days, especially travel days, it was hard to get all my Water in so I started retaining Fluid. My body decided to release the fluid on my trip home yesterday!! LOL We had a full kitchen there so I cooked for my husband and I had shakes. My only down fall I think was the wonderful fresh fruit.....I probably ate too much. But I did good and had fun

I have had good luck with it in the past. In 2003 my husband was killed and my hair started falling out bad from stress. I started using Nioxin and it stopped. I used it before and after surgery and my hair is starting to fall out, hitting almost 3 months post op. I will keep using it because it helps to encourage regrowth

I had to attend all the classes prior to surgery. Then I saw my surgeon at 2 weeks, the 2 mos, blood work will be at 3 mos, and I will see him at 4 mos and 6 mos. He set goals for me for the first year. Only blood work for the first year. I don't know after that. He knows I live 2 hrs from the support group and that I attend it here. LOL

For sure, every doctor is different.................I see it on here more and more

I saw my surgeon today for the first time since my 2 week checkup. He was absolutely thrilled with my progress and the fact that I surpassed his first goal for me!! He said he recommends that his patients stay on the 2 Protein drinks a day as I would lose more weight that way. I told him I did not mind at all. I will get labs done at 3 mos and see him afterwards....Keeping my eye on the prize!!! Edited to say, We are leaving tomorrow morning for vacation. I guess it is time to pack!!!

Hard to say as everyone is different and has their own way of doing things

This has been addressed MANY times. If you do a forum search on Vitamins, you will find a host of information