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I think Gavescon works way better than Mylanta. Has your doctor considered changing your PPI? Some that work for one person may not work at all for another. I do really well on Protonix.

All of my old clothes are what saved me as I was going down in sizes. I didn't want to buy a bunch of stuff that would not fit as I was losing. I finally was able to get rid of it all and much more. At 3 years, I hope I stay this size forever.

What did your doctor say you could have at one week post op? I was on liquids for 3 weeks, so I took RTD protein drinks to work.

I am Greek and this is a Greek soup all my relatives make. I have been too lazy to make it, but your recipe makes it sound so much easier. I am going to attempt to make it. I have always been afraid because my mother told me so many times how easy it is to curdle it.

Stress causes me to lose weight. I lost about 35 lbs when my husband died. (a long time before I was sleeved) I wasn't eating differently. If anything, I was eating more because I turn to sweets in times like that. Recently, around Christmas, I had a big family emergency and I was stressed out for about a month, and I lost 10 lbs. During that time, I went to Disneyland, and ate junk food for a week. Unfortunately, once the problem was resolved, I gained it back. I was not overeating or anything. I just went back to my normal weight.

I've never heard of revisions having a 30% chance of a leak. Dr. Aceves does many, many revisions, and I am sure he would have told me that. He rarely does anything but doing the band removal and the sleeve all in one surgery. He did mine all at once, and never said one word about this being more chance of getting a leak. I am sure he would have told me that.

I bought some pills online that are supposed to get rid of the smell if you take them before you eat. I don't even know if they work because I can never smell mine. Other people do though. I get plenty of comments. I know sugar causes it. I had like a 5 min long one at my daughter's house after eating some of my grandson's birthday cake. Luckily, she was the only one in the room. She said I stunk up the whole room. I could smell nothing. I should have remembered to take that pill!

If you go to that subforum, you can order samples of different things. some people seem to do better if they wait until after surgery because things they like before surgery taste different to them after surgery. There is a good list of recipes there too where you can make protein drinks taste a lot better.

It's funny but even though eggs are soft and mushie, everyone seems to have problems with them. It seems to be a common thing that people don't digest them well until they are a lot farther out.

I am 3 years out and it hasn't gotten any better for me. I don't burp but I'd rather burp than have it come out the other end. It's a horrible problem!

The thing with perimenopause is cycles can be normal for awhile and then go haywire for awhile. this can go on for years.

I am having trouble figuring out how to add my foods there. I like that site but I'm still figuring it out.

Jay Robb uses Stevia too but it's kind of expensive. The containers are small.

The calcium I take is from bariatric advantage. They are calicum citrate chocolate chews. I also take capsules I get from vitacost.com

You're going to have to use unflavored protein powder and put it in something that you can have that's low calorie.

Where do you get protein jello?

I bought a single serving blender really cheap at Walmart. It's Hamilton Beach and I have been using it for 5 years. I can even put ice in it, blend it up and it really turns it into a shake. It makes the best smoothies.

I take Centrum.

Sorry, I have never heard of that one.

Look on the ingredients and see if it's calcium citrate or calcium carbonate. We don't absorb calcium carbonate.

Did Kirstie have WLS? I heard she did. I saw her on TV recentlly and she definitely is way thinner.