Hi, I live in England and had the sleeve done on the 12th May 09. Although I am only a recent sleeve sister I am happy to help and try to answer questions from people in the UK. I did not uses the NHS though so I can't help with any questions on that.

How did your appointment go willow? I text my daughter (she's had bypass surgery a year ago) and she suggested sugar free jelly and drink plain skinny milk. Dunno if that is any good to you?? Good luck and look forward to hearing from you

How did your appointment go willow? I text my daughter (she's had bypass surgery a year ago) and she suggested sugar free jelly and drink plain skinny milk. Dunno if that is any good to you?? Good luck and look forward to hearing from you

hi and thanks for asking.
I can't drink even plain milk, I know I am strange lol. She has given me really low carb diet sheets to follow for 2 weeks prior to the operation, so I start those on the 17th feb (I will copy some of that out later to let you see). Afterwards she has said she thinks there are drinks more juice based that I can have but she will find out for definite, I think I stumped her by not liking milks and shakes as most are told to take them.

Willow, I'm in the UK and you can get Isopure clear from Monster supplements online. Its a clear fruit-flavoured drink with 32g of Protein in it.

I bought 8 cases of the stuff, drank only half of it, up until I got onto week 4-6, when real food kicked in and I'm going to have to shift the remainder on ebay.

So, my advice and if you can't handle milk-based anything - is to go for that.

I found it invaluable for the first two weeks - even though it tastes like foot and arse!

if you have any questions, just shout

Edited February 10, 201412 yr by Madam Reverie

Thanks for that madam, I will have a look now for that. Does it really taste that bad lol.

I dont suppose you have a link for the juice do you, I can only find the powders.

http://monstersupplements.com/store/p/5677/1/ - although I don't know why, but on my screen it doesn't allow you to add to basket.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Isopure-Protein-Isolate-Clear-Flavour/dp/B0089A657U/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1391990069&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=isopure+clear+buy+uk

This is amazon.co.uk - not a bad price, too. Half the price of what I paid originally with Monster supplements.

As for taste - they're not completely awful. I stomached them because I needed the 32g of Protein they provided me whilst I could only drink Clear liquids. Don't buy 8 cases like I did though!

In my humble opinion, the green one is better than the yellow and the yellow is much better than the red - but it is all personal choice.

Sadly, we only get the three varieties over here. In the states they have over 40 flavours or something! I'm sure the others taste much better - but we have to cope with what we can get and for what they deliver, they're ideal for us.

Best of luck

Thank you so very much for that, its a shame we do not get catered for, the same as the people in the states do.

Another option, if you like yoghurt? Is a product called 'Upbeat'. You can find it in Tescos next to all the yoplait/benecol/yakhult drinks.

Its a strawberry or mango flavoured Protein drink that seriously tastes like yoplait. It has 20g of protein in a small bottle. Its amazing. They were my go-to thing for about 8 weeks. Bit pricey at between £1.50-£1.70 a bottle. But if you can get them on special, they're fabulous.

It really is like taking a yakhult and super tasty, too. No gammy protein aftertaste.

You are a star, I do like yoghurt so I will definitely get hold of some of them and the best bit is if its tescos I can buy as I need them.

Exactly. They are very tasty and very handy indeed. Best of luck

Exactly. They are very tasty and very handy indeed. Best of luck

Hi which tesco do you get it? I could not find it. I live in Nottingham. thanks

Hi which tesco do you get it? I could not find it. I live in Nottingham. thanks

Seen them on the top shelf in the Isle of Wight store. The strawberry on offer just at the moment x

Seen them on the top shelf in the Isle of Wight store. The strawberry on offer just at the moment x

Thanks

Seen them on the top shelf in the Isle of Wight store. The strawberry on offer just at the moment x

Thanks