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swerdygnome    1

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Hi Everyone! I'm in Royal Palm Beach and have been posting in a few places to see if anyone in the area would want to start meeting up in person to be friends and hang out with other people who can relate. I went ahead and started this MeetUp group: www.meetup.com/WLS-Palm-Beach-County. Feel free to join and invite others. I thought it'd be fun to start with maybe 2 meet ups a month somewhere central to hang out and get advice, support, etc. Please share. Thanks! :)

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Colleen Rothberg    13

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@@ssflbelle

Hi ladies!

I had my sleeve on Monday the 19th, with Dr. Shillingford. He is s super guy, as well as the hospital staff!

I was worried for the usual pre surgical reasons. But I am very happy I finally did this for me.

I have been taking it slow, walking, and eating. I have to say, from what I have read Dr. Shillingford's pt have a more liberal eating schedule post op-

I have been eating yogurt, cottage cheese, Soup ( I bought the powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury Protein to add to everything) very thinly sliced chicken breast,(chew , chew chew) and Protein drinks.

Sipping is hard but you only forget ONCE. Eating slower is a new one for me as well.

I ws planning to go back to work on Monday , but Im thinking I was being way to ambitious thinking that .....maybe Wednesday.

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ssflbelle    829

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Hi Everyone! I'm in Royal Palm Beach and have been posting in a few places to see if anyone in the area would want to start meeting up in person to be friends and hang out with other people who can relate. I went ahead and started this MeetUp group: www.meetup.com/WLS-Palm-Beach-County. Feel free to join and invite others. I thought it'd be fun to start with maybe 2 meet ups a month somewhere central to hang out and get advice, support, etc. Please share. Thanks! :)

Thanks for starting this. I joined tonight. I had been in other meetups over the years. My id over there is ssbeadlady. I hope more will joined so we can soon plan a meeting day and time.

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doubledinfla    84

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I don't know if I count but I'm across the way in Fort Myers. My surgeon is Dr. Thomas Bass and I should get my surgery date any day now.

Hi! I had dr bass too! (I live in Naples). My surgery was end of July -it went well- did you have yours yet?

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rwoods200    39

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@@doubledinfla I had surgery on Aug 17th. Everything went really well except my Iron anemia is really bad but other than that I'm a very happy camper!

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rwoods200    39

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@@doubledinfla I'm using the Pure Protein powder. I haven't had any issues with it so far.

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SalOdyssey    441

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@@doubledinfla I'm using the Pure Protein Powder. I haven't had any issues with it so far.

I miss my Pure Protein, this Chike crap the surgeon uses is off tasting.
Hello how is that pure protein ? what flavor do you use ? Is it foamy ? What do you mix it with? Have you had Premier Protein does it taste like that?

The Chike is quiet horrible in comparison to the Pure Protein. Surgeon's pre-op plane only calls for the Chike, and I use mostly chocolate and on occasion a vanilla one. I can't wait to be done with them and go back to my preferred brand. I use just Water and ice direct or blended. It is not foamy at all.

I don't believe I've had Premier Protein.

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rwoods200    39

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I use skim or almond milk with my Protein shake mix. I use both vanilla and chocolate flavors of the Pure Protein mix. I personally think the chocolate one tastes like cake mix and the vanilla one is quite pleasant tasting. I've also used orange juice with the vanilla powder and it tastes like an orange julius drink.

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