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There are also Vitamin sources that cater specifically to bariatric patients, but they seem pretty pricey to me so I haven't used them. Others might be able to provide more insight on those.

You can get bariatric one a day chewables and take Calcium ciltrate 1200mg and that will cover what you need if you had the sleeve and you can get the chewables and then one a day pills one procarehealth.com

I bought it through the Unjury website, www.unjury.com.

I found the liquid Calcium with d3 and the liquid B12 at Walmart but had to settle for Flintstone complete chewable vitamins. Just till I can swallow at 1 month. I'm 3 weeks out.

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You can have sugarfree popcycles and sugarfree Jello, but after midnight nothing to eat or drink.

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I start my pre op diet Thursday and I've been trying out the Protein Drinks. I too feel these shaky "low blood sugar" feelings 20 mins after drinking one. Mine have no sugar or fake sugar, just plain grassfed whey.

ive been searching on google and it's a thing: whey is insulinogenic. I don't know what this means but here is a study.
https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-7075-9-48

Don't forget to drink lots of Water. I had the worst Constipation on my life. If this happens to you, you can get some citrate...and a few other things. I wish i would have known there were thing out there for constipation relief...i really suffered. It's ans embarrassing subject, but one that needs to be talked about. You can also get Miralax and put it in your Protein shake..

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Try sipping them really slow. I take about 20-30 min to drink one

I know...i think Iam going to have to avoid my loved ones, as I don't want to be angry at them..at the end of these 2 weeks, I feel like I should be down 20 pounds[emoji20]

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As mentioned above this is an epic journey like the Odessey. I recommend that you don't get ahead. Don't eat or drink things you're not supposed to. You will be tempted. Also, invest in baby plates, cups, spoons. It is soo helpful. Don't get into the habit of weighing yourself, you will gain and lose by doing nothing and something. Buy some weights, if you're not up to walking sometimes at least you can strengthen your body. Most of all, be proud of yourself, it takes courage to go on this journey. Every day I have learned something new. Message me if you have a question.

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I made bone broth and al.ost threw up when I tasted it. There's gotta be a better recipe

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Oh good! I've been thinking about you and praying you feel better- it sounds like it was an unrelated bug- it will pass- then you can move on to more exciting things! Like moving to the losers' bench [emoji16]

I have been reading about the hair and skin benefits of collagen in Bone Broth. Has anyone tried this to help with loose skin?

I have gigantic tonsils and went through surgery fine. If it's something your doc finds concerning they may want you to do a sleep study.

Can you just freeze the already made shakes you can buy without the pb (powder peanut butter) or do you have to use it. I have the Premier Protein shake strawberry and cream and was wanting to make like an ice cream out of just the shake like you made it above by blendering it in my blender until whipped and freezing it and than blendering it again and put back in the freezer until is like ice cream

Oh no, I know that feeling. The first few weeks were rough for me, too. I think that we are really not fit for "normal" life like running errands and leaving the house for a while afterwards. But with kids, what are you going to do, right?
What helped me was accepting that this was okay, and not asking myself to do more than absolutely minimally necessary. I think normally as a mom and if you work, etc., you take care of so much, and it will just exhaust you when you are fresh out of surgery and eating almost nothing. Your body is in shock. That was SO frustrating for me, feeling like I couldn't keep up with my life without failing at the damn fluid/protein goals or feeling weak and sick. Even if you can't stop doing everything, maybe you can really lower your expectations for now and be gentle with yourself. It will get better eventually, I think, when you are on regular food and you start to get some energy back.
And if you need to leave the house, as you will, try to find the one thing that doesn't make you ill-- Powerade Zero, or whatever drink you favor-- and take it with you, so you have one "trusted" source of Fluid. I love Powerade, I swear it gave me so much more energy in the first weeks.
Good luck! It really sucks in the beginning. I'm sure you are doing great, and it may take a while, but it WILL eventually get better and you will feel more normal.

Good news!

I just started the 2 week shake diet before surgery. I don't know if I can do this! Iam about ready to rip anybody's head off!!!
I'm hungry and Iam starting to get a bad headache.
Is or has anyone else experienced this? I need to do this. I have come so far...
Also, has anyone else had a problem because of large tonsils? Iam worried about them trying to get that thing down my throat during surgery.
I had arthroscopic surgery for my knee and when I woke up, I couldn't swallow, breath or speak. It really scared me.
They must of just crammed that thing down my throat. That's what it felt like...
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Added a little banana, I think that helped. Will be going to tnx tomorrow, thanks[emoji4]

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Better now than after surgery.
What's your surgery date? I think you still might wanna be on the lookout for a different shake or unflavored Protein powder. You don't want to be facing this post op.

You need to look for a Protein that is whey isolate. It breaks it further down than just whey and is way more gentle on the tummy. I bought mine at GNC

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I just love smartphone, it likes to spell for me.
Sorry

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I'm really wondering if you have a bug. No fever or anything?

Yes,it did, Thank You

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Thank you Berry!

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