Yup....the public (especially the Canuck public) want to know!!!

*shoves mike in Argon's mug (face!)*

So, Mandi....tell us....we want to know, how is NB life compared to SK life? Details please!

- job info

- living arrangement info

- people info

- shopping info

- town info (where the heck are ya livin' in NB anyways?)

- boyfriend info (most important!)

Any regrets? Happy? Content? Satisfied? DETAILS DETAILS!!!!

Sadly yes, we are a nosy bunch. (to be completely honest though, Cloe and CanadaSunshine put me up to this!). I'm merely the one who chose the short stick!!!

:scared: :)

wellllll... that's kind of 'iffy'. You might have seen, if you've read elsewhere on the message board, lots of Dr's say NO carbonated anything. *I* don't recall ever being told that, for any reason other that 'liquid calories' that I should stay away from carbonation. BUT, I do stay away. I'd KILL to drink a few diet cokes a day. The fizziness just doesn't sit well with me, and it would take SO long to drink, tiny sip by tiny sip, that it's not worth it. I have the odd sip of my boyfriends, but never order/buy for myself anymore. That's HUGE for me, cause I could have easily drank several cans of diet coke, or a big bottle a day, before.

Anyways... beer. That's another story! Let's say I'm going out somewhere... prepared to have more than just 1 or 2 drinks... I'll start out with a Caesar. THEN... once I realize I'm running out of money, I'll often switch to beer. (too bad the beer I like is as expensive, if not more!) It just seems to go down very effortlessly after a couple 'prep' drinks. I just figure the alcohol 'loosens' me up (in all aspects!!! LOL, just kidding!). I'm also able to eat ALOT more freely at that point... so watch out for that, as well.

Sooooo... if you're told "no carbonation, cause it will kill you!", listen. But if it's because it has too many calories, and/or may cause discomfort, I'd say, determine for yourself if you can do it.

Oh yeah, and I wouldn't drink til at least 6 weeks after surgery.

ok,it does make sense from the calorie end of things for sure,I'm not sure why the carbonation is a problem but there's likely a good reason,thanks a bunch.

Carbonation in pop hurts Astrotoes! take from one who has tried it!

Hey argon, I drink caesars now too! and i tend to get looser when drinking booze too.

i tend to get looser when drinking booze too.

Yeah, I heard that about you Neenagh....ummm....I think I read it on a bathroom wall in a bar somewhere!!!

:rolleyes

Damn, they swore they'd never tell! btw what were you doing in the mens room HMMMM?

maybe it WAS in the ladies room!!! :omg: LOL

Astrotoes - the way I thought of it, is that when you drink a mouth ful of pop or whatever, it stops in your 'pouch' for a sec before it funnels down to yer belly. *I* think it feels bad cause the fizz kind of expands in your 'pouch' before it goes down... you know, like when you pour a glass of coke, it foams over... maybe that happening in your 'pouch' causes the discomfort? And it didn't hurt before, cause our stomachs being so huge, there's lots of area to expand in, and we don't notice. I dunno... it's just what I tell myself. It gets me through the day. haha

and I say 'pouch', with these thingys : ' ', cause I don't like calling it a 'pouch'

Yoda,

Thanks girls. Hubby says he can't wait for the summer and bathing suit/lingerie shopping (he he) I can't wait for the weekend for two!!

I'm back in the swing of things but man I am STARVED! The last week I'm not restricted at all and I'm hungry between meals. I've added some fruit and more protein but I know I need a fill so I'll touch base with the clinic this week.

On the carbonated drinks it's not just the calories - the fizz is painful. I don't know what it's doing to the band but I tried (just out of curiosity cause I'm like the cat) diet rootbeer and I've never attempted it since. I don't chew gum though and I don't want to find out about that!

mmmm looser Neenagh... in what way????

astrotoes, Dr. Cobourn told me that if I wanted to have carbonation, like pop and beer, go ahead, but, be aware of calories. I believe that carbonation really bothers banders that may already have indigestion problems, especially prior to banding. Some surgeons say NO to carbonation, so make sure you listen to your doc!!

Yoda, I too read that about neenaugh, we must have been to the same bathroom stall, it was at a truck stop I believe.lol

Mandi, well Mandi, what can I say..................I'm glad everything so far hasn't gotten stuck in your 'hole'. u hem :ermm

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Yes Cloe....come to think of it, I do believe it was at one of those dirty ol' truck stops.....hmmmm.....................off the 401 I think!!!

Ok fine, it was the husky truck stop on the 401 and it was for the money, i needed it to get a cheeseburger! okay, you all happy now!!! hmmm???

Knew it !!!!

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I BELIEVE I ACTUALLY MANAGED TO SHOCK YODA!!!!!

*innocent look*....who? me?????

well, it ain't hard to shock me!!! I am so very incredibly innocent and naive, afterall, ya know!!!

:) :) :)