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hmm I dunno.. I know we talked about that last winter, I want to say to stay away from it.. Have you ever tried Tylenol cold and flu? that works for me also get some zycam, my doctor even recommends Zycam he says him and his wife both use it and notice a big difference.. Im trying to get a cold also so I have been hitting the zycam, tylenol and breathing treatments... Like I said, me personally would say no about it, but maybe call Jeannie and see what her thoughts are on it. Hope you get feeling better

I dont think she is mailing them yet. You should have gotten it at the meeting

I used to go to Family Fitness, but cant afford it anymore. Dry foods are ROUGH, be careful with them. I wont be at the Monday meeting, Im going to try to be at the Thursday meeting though

We have support group tonight at 6.. As for the mushies, sounds like that would be fine just be careful make sure it is good and soft.. is the the puree stage or the soft? puree, just make sure it is good and blended, you could feed it to a baby. Be careful, dont push it and enjoy :blushing:

Just a reminder for all of you who are banded already by Kaplan. Support group is tonight at 6 in the Banding Center. See you there

great. one of them was my cousin and of course me and another girl. Everyone seems to be doing great. I was the one who has had it the longest

I wonder if now that things are moving, if you should start up on lactulose again. See what Jeannie says. I sent her an email a week or so ago and I havent heard anything back from her either. Last night meeting went very well. I think there were 3 of us who have had the lap band 5 who have had bypass and then just 1 checking things out. Everyone told their stories and we could all relate with each other. It was nice. They are going to have them every 3rd monday of the month at 6:30 at the library

Milk of Mag worked over the Lactulose?? hmm, I would have thought it would have been the other way around lol. Make sure you bring that up to Jeannie though. I was taking, oh Im drawing a blank on what I was taking, its a powder that you can not taste.. Anyway, they said it is ok for a little while, but dont want us taking stimulants. One reason is our body will get used to them and then we will be on them the rest of our lives. UGH my grandma was laxative dependent..I dont know if M.O.M (milk of mag) is a stimulant or not though Hey whatever works See you at the meeting Monday :hurray:

yeah, you would think it would work by now. Are you drinking enough water? Maybe you need an Enema lol.. Sorry, I dont mean to be making jokes, I know what you are going through and it IS miserable.

HAHAHA Elephant Farts! I think EVERYONE that takes it has that problem at first. Once your body gets used to it, it isnt as bad. How long have you been taking it now? The yellowish color is the "unflavored" kind. Mix it in at least 8oz of something. I tried to take 10cc in a 4 oz drink once and I still tasted it. Like I said, I do juice at night and dont taste it at all. My cousin who doesnt have the band but is on it mixes hers with Crystal Light and she said she doesnt taste it in that either. Good luck. LOL, once you get rid of the "plug" it wont stop lol.. just kidding. Gotta love this topic, but I think 99% of the lapband people go through it

Welcome to the world of constipation! LOL.. Are you mixing your lactulose with anything? I put mine in juice and dont even taste it. Mom puts hers in Tea and it just makes it sweeter. Now, the question is, is yours the green one? If so, I refuse to take that one and demand the unflavored from the pharmacy. I take 10cc nightly and that keeps me going. It will take a couple days to get you moving again.

yea!! good for you! Good luck Thursday.

does your doctor not have you watching carbs? Kaplan stresses more on the carbs with us then the calories. 70 pounds in 6 months is great. I have just hit the 70 pound mark and I am 12 1/2 months out. My goal is NOT to lose it fast, thats not healthy. Its funny, when Kaplan first started this program, they were saying you would hit goal in 2-3 years. You dont hear that anymore, its almost like a competition on who is going to hit goal the fastest. I have noticed that the people that are loosing fast, are the ones having the most problems, they also have all that skin hanging that their bodies cant absorb. If I wanted to lose it fast I would have done the bypass. Oh yeah, MEASURE YOUR FOOD. lol.. Kaplan is on that kick

you eat just cottage cheese for lunch? YUCK!! LOL, I have to be craving cottage cheese to eat it and thats not very often. you sick-o . JUST KIDDING :wink2:

Our doctor would consider the bullets a "slider food" We are to have 1200 calories a day. He does not want us to have liquid meals except for in the first couple weeks and 24 hours after a fill