vicki s

How sweet Janine, well i am your buddy for sure, i also did everything backwards and started college in my thirties, so your not alone. yes, i had the band 2x and i wont miss it one bit, be glad you didnt go for it. My doc told me they will be obsolete in about 4-5 yrs. Its probably good you have a lot of homework, will keep your ming off things...

click on what gurlfriend, i clicked on the little box and nothing happened and this is gonna be a treat cause i couldnt log in in jan and they said it was the wrong password? so they assigned me a numerical one and i dont know it......:thumbup: PS. what the heck are u doing up at 3:47 am, i was too, but not by choice, LOL

Wow, you would think my doctor would have discussed this with me since i am already depressed and on paxil...i already take prilosec so that is good....thanks so much for the info...my surg is nov 1. i hope you get your date soon ....good luck, vicki

I have heart problems and my ekg came back abnormal, but my surgeon and my pmd cleared me for surg. I'm putting it all in God's hands. i will pray for you and hopefully it is just a benign glitch...best of luck..vicki

I was told they do, tummy and breast, gotta say u have rashes under the skin folds. talk to your doc. he will tell u all the details...good luck, vicki :thumbup: ANYONE KNOW HOW TO UPDATE THIS THING, I NEVER HEARD OF DOING THIS BEFORE?

I've been reading alot of posts, and i notice 2 things that keep pooping up, stomach acid and hunger and depression due to hormones released from fat? I'm not sure how stomach acid makes you hungry, i've had reflux and heart burn, and the last thing i felt was hunger, also, does the over production of acid decrease over time? does hormones really get released from body fat? Sorry about all the questions, but i find these 2 topics facinating and scary...thanks for listening, vicki~

I would love a buddy, I am 53 yrs old and have had the lapband for 2 1/2 yrs, it prolapsed in march of this yr and i had it fixed, now 7 months later and 40 lbs heavier i am going in for surgery on mon. nov. 1st. for the sleeve. I am soo scared, but so hopeful all goes well and i will be more active and just generally happier with myself. I am going to visit my daughter and her fam. at christmas time and will be traveling with them to savannah Ga. about 4 hrs from their home by car and hope this is not too optomistic at 7 weeks post op. I am also going on a cruise in Feb. and am so excited about the things i will be able to do (snorkle) that i wouldn't be able to do today if i went..I hope there is some one i can just talk to along this journey. and I am a good listener too...lol Thanks for hearing me out, Vicki~

Glad to see your home and everything is well, my surg is mon and im having such anxiety and cant sleep, did u feel like me pre op. everyone seems so excited about their surg and im just nervouse...glad your doing well....~vicki

LOL, thats funny, well, really J, if your not up to it, what r ya gonna do right? hahaha,.. i dont know if i told u but i have to have a phase 1 south beach Breakfast and then clean myself out with magnesium citrate...aaaahhhhhhh.....

thanks again, no, i dont have either of those, i have a wegmans and a tops and walmart, is it an unflavored yorgurt or artificially sweetened? i tried the greek yorgurt and almost puked,,,LOL....sorry but true, thanks again vicki

yeah, that would be nice, although i already had the 5 hole procedure, and then a revision of my band after that, he did cut over the old incisions, but now they are thicker and redder. I guess its a lilltle late for a belly button procedure for me..LOL

thanks Mini, so, how do u know how much to put in and does it make the food thick? can u taste it? sorry for all the questions, i never dealt with unflavored before, I don't have a kroger here,, My daughter is coming from atlanta for my surg, but i dont think the yogurt would fare well...LOL thanks,,vicki

I bought it at GNC and the guy didn't know what to do with it either,,,can anyone give me ideas. i just want to add it into something but he said it would change the consistency, but i thought i could just sprinkle it in my food or soup or something like that, cause i already drink EAS Myoplex and like that as a protien drink.... thanks, vicki

I bought the GNC unflavored protien powder and the guy in there didnt have a clue. He just looked at me and said I dunno, well, I dunno either LOL. can anyone help with ideas, i asked him if i could mix it with food and he said it probably wouldn't be a good idea..... thanks vicki

YES Janine I am STARViNG, or so my head tells me, i dont know... my scale said i was up a lb today too. they actually have a name for the people starting a diet and it called the last supper..LOL.....i think we all go thru it. I dont know how some people on this site do 1 or 2 weeks of Clear liquids before theyre diet, i cant do phase 1 south beach...i had grits with my eggs and i had dannon lite and fit yogurt with whipped cream! i am chewing gum like crazy, but all i can think about is food....what diet are you on if any? did u find out what ur doctor allows after surg?..I'm curious...thanks, vicki

OK, so i feel a little inexperienced writing this, but i have had the band and a revision in the last 2 1/2 yrs and am being sleeved in 6 days. i have done so much reading and researching for the past several weeks that it sounds like it could be a stricture. Don't want to scare you, because I really dont know, but i have read that scar tissue can form inside the sleeve and pull the stomach together forming a stricture, you should probably make an appt with your doctor and maybe get a swallow study done...good luck to you. i hope it is just something simple and will go away on its own... ~vicki

Will post ASAP because i know what it is like to wait for the latest response....

they probably put those non slip socks on u anyway, i quit bringing slippers and robes cause with the iv lines and telemetry its too hard to wear a robe so if i walk the halls i just put another surgical gown on open to the front and they always give me the non slip socks. as far as the non flavored protien, i have never used it before, i was going to get it, but now my doc says i can use the pre made choc. eas myoplex that i have been using, he is also lettting us have v 8 juice and strained creamed Soup, so i would ask your doc. i have to have a phase 1 south beach Breakfast the morning before and then no more solids before surg, just liquids till mid. and I also have to cleanse with magnesium citrate ugh.>>> my final weigh in today i was down 3 lbs so at 221. keep me posted....~vicki

I have seen on the site that crystal light popcycles are a fovorite, also juice which will be diluted 1/2/& 1/2 with Water, broth, gatorade, sugar free Jello, and my pre op diet starts tomorrow and i already know it is south beach phase 1, i also need to bring my c-pap, so if you have one, bring it, they told me no c=pap, no surg....Oh and protien powder unflavored or citrus flavored...hope this helps, if u hear of anything else let me know cause i know we will get bored...lol I wish i could feel excited but im too scared, i dont work anymore, but i heard 2-4 weeks depending on what u do...good luck and keep me posted.

i'll be watching for a response LOL. cause im being sleeved the same day as you.....good luck, i am going in for my final wiegh in tomorrow, so i figured i would ask them then....~vicki

November 1st for me, freaking out cause its only 1 week from today...eeeeeeek!

congtats~ my surgery is nov 1st and i cant imagine them calling and telling me its tomorrow! but in some ways its probably better your not on a count down lol...good luck and let ME know how it feels, brutally honest..haha.....talk to you soon....~vicki:)

thanks for all the info. will be checking it out....