Hi all..my questions today are these:

1) Anyone have a drain hole thats still healing RIGHT under their breast and how are you dealing with a bra?!

2) When can I eat a bananna? I am a November 12th sleever!

3) My breath STINKS and I think it's the Protein I'm ingesting! I mean it's like a film on my tongue practically! (I know gross!) Anyone else? And they say NO gum! So now what?!

Thanks everyone!

The breath thing is ketosis. You can do a search in these forums and find a lot of info.

Can't help you on #1- at least not that I will admit.

For #2- you should be able to eat banana in the pureed stage since they are so mushy. i was grinding them into my shakes for a little flavor and bulk in liquids. It mostly depends on your doctor's timeline for you.

For #3- welcome to ketosis. Now that you are burning fat for energy, bad breath is your new best friend. There is nothing you can do to stop it, unfortunately.

I am gonna need some mints! How are you all dealing with the breath thing?! Any good recommendations?

Tums refreshers are the best! They are really minty so they help with bad breath, they help with nausea and they help with gas and reflux. They are all around pretty good!

One word: Genie (as seen on TV). I have seen them in Walgreens, Wal-Mart and you can get similar ones at Costco. They are really comfortable with the incision site being fresh and they "shrink" with you! And last, they are CHEAP!

I will look for both of those! I'm desperate! haha Does anyone know how long we will have the bad breath? I'm assuming it goes away eventually...

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They are also full of Calcium, which you need!

The bad breath is with you as long as you keep your carbs really low and the protein intake high. I TRY and drink a lot of water but still having problems with that and I do chew gum. I don't chew it with my mouth open and swallow air, but do have to keep some on hand since I do a lot of teaching.

The bra - yes I was sleeved on the 6th and that little bugger right where the bra sits is still healing. It's annoying. I kept a bandaid on it with neosporin for the 1st week or 2, but even at 3 weeks I sometimes have to take my bra off at home.

The banana - if you're still on liquids like I am - don't try the banana until pureeds. I was just rereading the booklet the surgeon's office gave us and they talked about complications - in particular strictures and said they can happen up to 8 weeks out and usually are caused by ppl straying from the surgeon's dietary restrictions and trying to add foods into their diet before they are supposed to. Obviously, it's up to you and everyone's surgeon is different with dietary restrictions.

Bad breath I haven't noticed - but yes I get this gross film on my mouth and teeth from the Protein. I drink those Isopure waters and they are just as bad if not worse than the Protein shakes for the film. It's nasty!!

Hi all..my questions today are these:

1) Anyone have a drain hole thats still healing RIGHT under their breast and how are you dealing with a bra?!

2) When can I eat a bananna? I am a November 12th sleever!

3) My breath STINKS and I think it's the Protein I'm ingesting! I mean it's like a film on my tongue practically! (I know gross!) Anyone else? And they say NO gum! So now what?!

Thanks everyone!

Read my thread on bad breathe! :-)

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Read my thread on bad breathe! :-)

I just did! Thanks! I'm glad it's a good thing but this sorta stinks too! (literally!)lol

Between ketosis and the protein shakes, I feel like each of my teeth has a very fuzzy, green sock on it!