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International Travel - 5 months post op

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ummyasmin    1,603

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Tons of fresh seafood, and smoked salmon as well. Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon is a standard Breakfast offering, and pretty perfect for us, BPs.
Oh yeah - the salmon and fish here is tasty too!

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On 12/24/2018 at 00:13, ummyasmin said:

Our Protein Bars are Fulfil and Carb Killa. You can get them at pretty much any supermarket like Tesco or Supervalu. You can also buy Protein Powder and RTD shakes from Holland & Barrets (they're all over the place).

The produce, meat, cheese here is pretty good quality. Beef that is grass-fed is normal here. You'd struggle to get non-grass-fed beef.

You don't need to tip in restaurants here unless you get outstanding service.

Most coffee places will have Skim milk or soy available (some, like Costa also do coconut and almond milk).

I'm trying to think what else might be helpful to tell you. I'm not in Dublin so I can't recommend any specific markets but is there anything else I can tell you?

We have Aldi and Lidl which are discount supermarkets but you'll get a wider range of products at Tesco.


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Thank you so much for those Protein tips!! Very helpful I really appreciate it!! I’ll let you know if any other questions come up, I’m just thrilled to be here!!

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Thank you so much for those Protein tips!! Very helpful I really appreciate it!! I’ll let you know if any other questions come up, I’m just thrilled to be here!!
Welcome!! Wish the weather was nicer for you but as they say "she'd be a grand country if only they could put a roof on her" [emoji6]

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On 12/25/2018 at 17:41, ummyasmin said:

Welcome!! Wish the weather was nicer for you but as they say "she'd be a grand country if only they could put a roof on her" [emoji6]

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Haha, we’re coming from Minnesota so anything above freezing is delightful weather! Also, when we first looked at the forecast it was supposed to be pouring every day and we’ve only had one brief and light drizzle so far, so we’re delighted! Hoping 50s and cloudy holds for today’s trip to Giants Causeway!!

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Haha, we’re coming from Minnesota so anything above freezing is delightful weather! Also, when we first looked at the forecast it was supposed to be pouring every day and we’ve only had one brief and light drizzle so far, so we’re delighted! Hoping 50s and cloudy holds for today’s trip to Giants Causeway!!
Oooh they're supposed to be spectacular! I'm jealous, I've never seen them. Have you done a hop-on hop-off bus tour in Dublin? That's good fun!

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On 12/26/2018 at 23:40, ummyasmin said:

Oooh they're supposed to be spectacular! I'm jealous, I've never seen them. Have you done a hop-on hop-off bus tour in Dublin? That's good fun!

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Haven’t done a hop on hop off bus tour in Dublin, we’ve been doing a lot of walking around the city since most things were closed our first two days here for Christmas Eve and Christmas. This morning we’re heading over to Kilmainham Gaol!

Quick question: are NSAIDS called something different here? Have a terrible sore throat and was going to stop by pharmacy to get something for it and want to make sure that I don’t accidentally take something I shouldn’t! Thanks!!

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Not sure but I think the UK has the same or similar products to Aus. So what you should be looking for is paracetamol - possibly panadol or panado but there would be lots of generics too. Avoid the ibuprofen

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On 12/27/2018 at 11:52, elcee said:



Not sure but I think the UK has the same or similar products to Aus. So what you should be looking for is paracetamol - possibly panadol or panado but there would be lots of generics too. Avoid the ibuprofen


Thanks! Got something with paracetamol after I let the person at the pharmacy know I couldn’t do ibuprofen/nsaids! Hoping it kicks in sooooon!!

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Thanks! Got something with paracetamol after I let the person at the pharmacy know I couldn’t do ibuprofen/nsaids! Hoping it kicks in sooooon!!
Yeah paracetamol (Panadol is the brand name) is what you want.

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