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I wear a PatchMD Multi Plus and had my bloodwork done and saw my doc last week and they said ALL my numbers were great and they were impressed at how well the patch works. I love the patch!!

I'm right with you on not getting your protein in. I'm 4 weeks post op and I'm stuggling big time. I'm lucky if I get 40 gms of protein a day and as for water, I'm only getting about 32 oz a day. I usually start my day with a premier protein drink which I only can drink 2/3 of one. I then start sipping my water about 40 minutes later but I'm still full from the shake so I dont' get much water in. I usually have lunch about 4 hours later and then I'm full for the rest of the day. I have to force some yogurt or cottage cheese down but that still doesn't bring my protein intake up much. I'm getting frustrated and hoping I'll be able to eat more at some point. Oh, also strugging with the b-vitamins. They sour my stomach. ARGH!!!

Yes, I'm one week post op and have had this horrific breath since starting my pre-op diet. I drink Premier Shakes as well and can hardly live with my own breath. I hope it goes away once I start eating real food again. I carry a listerine breath spray with me and that does help somewhat.

Thanks chrisredjeep! I am so impatient. I want this done now!!! This next three months will drag until I have the surgery done.

Glad to see there are other Grannies out there having or had the sleeve. I'm 64 and will be having the sleeve in June. I keep asking myself if I'm too old to be doing this. I wish I had started this process 10 yrs ago. I feel I've missed a good part of my life because of my weight. I now want to be thin and healthy so I can sit on the floor with my granddaughter. I know if I did sit down I'd never be able to get back up. Time to make changes and enjoy the grandkids!!!

I personally think that the hair loss is more related to the actual trauma of the surgery. I've had quite a few surgeries over the years including 2 total knee replacements and have to say that I've lost some hair with each of the them and that they seem to come a few months after the actual surgery. I had my lalpband in may and have been again having hair loss. I wouldn't worry about it. It comes back. Just hang in there!!

I am going through the exact same thing. I had my second fill about 8 weeks ago and can eat a good amount of food without feeling full yet, certain foods get stuck. I'm going for my third fill on wednesday. Right now I have a total of 3.5 cc's in my 10 cc band. Hopefully one of these fills will really kick in. My weight has been the same for a few weeks now and I expected it to keep going down.

After going through this fiasco today, and reading all the responses, I think a couple things caused my problem. One, it was noon and I had not had one thing to drink or eat yet for the day (tsk tsk) and therefore my band was still tight. Carla mentioned in her response that it's happened to her when she hadn't eaten for 4 hours. Also, I think the weather may also have played a part. I'm in west central fla and even though hurricane ike is south of us, we still are feeling some weather from it. I'm wondering if the lower barometer may have made my band tighter. It's felt tight all day. For whatever reason, I will still be extra careful with meats for awhile. I did have a few bites of chicken tonight with no problems. As for the person who asked what sliming was. The only way for me to describe it is that your body produces copious amounts of saliva to help the food go down and if the food doesn't go down, you keep producing it and it has nowhere to go so it comes up. I've done it before but today was a whole new experience. I had huge amounts of it and the best way to describe it is that it reminds me of egg whites that have been slightly whipped. Really gross and really slimey. Sorry to be graphic but I'm sure everyone on this board at one time will have an episode to some degree. I'm glad I had known ahead of time what to expect or it would have scared the dickens out of me.

#%@#@!$ %:cursing:...... Today I had a long awaited lunch date with a friend of that I haven't seen since march. She was aware of my surgery and I was anxious to show her my 50 lb weight loss. She was very happy to see my weight loss and we were seated and ordered our lunch. Everything was going fine UNTIL I took my first bite. I has spent a decent amount of time thinking over the menu but opted for the roast beef manhattan which is one of the best things you can order at an Amish restaurant. I don't know what I was thinking because immediately after the first bite, I knew it was stuck. I sat and waited figuring it would work it's way down like most things stuck. NOT!! :eek: I told her I was having a little discomfort and was explaining to her what goes on with food being stuck. Thank heavens she has a strong stomach and nothing bothers her. I excused myself to the ladies room but to no avail. It wasn't ready to do it's thing. I then told her I needed to leave the restaurant and go to my car. At this point the poor girl was shoving her food in her mouth as fast as she could. I can't say as I blame her...it was tasty. I then headed to my car and just in time. :crying: Fortunately I had a towel in my car (something I will make sure I always have). After repeated bouts of sliming, I headed home. What a drive home it was.....again, that towel was great to have. I would say the whole episode lasted about an hour but it was awful. I have learned my lesson and will not try pot roast type meats again.:thumbdown: Too stringy and hard to go down. Oh, I did call her to apologize and we have set another lunch date for next week.

After much dread, I had my first fill today and it was nothing....simple...painless... For some reason I built this up in my head as something to dread. 20 yrs ago I had an amnio from heck. After many attempted tries, my ob/gyn could not get the needle through the placenta. She had to reschedule me for another day to again attempt it. It was not a pleasant experience therefore I didn't reschedule. I would not have aborted my child anyway so saw no sense in trying again...I digress... Sooo, when my doc was preparing the needle, I didn't look at it. He wiped me with some alchohol and said 'quick pinch" and stuck the needle in. I thought he was numbing me. NOT! He was filling me. It took all of 20 seconds and voila' it was done. What a waste of energy worrying about nothing. I'm on full liquids the rest of the day. Ahh, what a relief!:thumbup:

I had a rectocele repair done about 15 yrs ago and the recovery on that was fairly easy. Five years later I had a hysterectomy with a bladder repair and that was harder. The hyst itself would have been fairly routine but having the bladder repair along with it made the recovery harder. The pain from the bladder part was very intense for me. Who knows, maybe I wasn't taking enough pain med's but I've had many surgeries and found that bladder repair to be the most painful (even over my two knee replacements). Unfortunately, the bladder is again prolapsed some. Don't let any of this scare you because I've heard many people have a much easier time and I may not be the norm. Good Luck!

Oh Baby, I've never met a meatball I didn't like. I think the best meal in the whole world is a meatball sandwich with melted mozzarella cheese on top....See what you've done!! Now I won't rest until I have one. All kidding aside, I make mine with 97/3% ground beef so that help somewhat. I also bake mine for about 20 minutes before adding them to the sauce to get rid of any excess oil. Use a little jarred sauce, add a little romano cheese and you're good to go. If I'm really low on Protein and in a hurry, I'll pop some morningstar farms (or boca, I forget the brand) of meatballs in the microwave and they make a good quick meal and believe it or not, they do taste like real meatballs but much higher in protein. YUM!

Is it possible you could be allergic to one of the ingredients in whatever protein supplement you are using? If you are using a few different kinds, you might want to limit yourself to one particular kind for a few days and sort of weed out which one could be causing problems. I know that was a concern of mine since I have many food allergies. Fortunately, I did ok but there are a few protein bars I ate pre surgery that made my mouth itch so I stopped eating them right away. Good luck with finding the culprit!!