JackieOMonroe

I second this suggestion. You can get those cartons of Soup at Henry's, Sprouts, and Whole Foods too. My regular grocery stores carry them, but not in as wide a variety. Although depending on the type of soup, the calories may not be the lowest. I've never checked on the sodium. I'm partial to Progresso and Healthy Choice canned Soups. They make a good number of low cal soups, but again I never pay attention to the sodium.

Congratulations to all of you. You'll be just fine, your recovery will be over before you know it, and it really is one of the best decisions that you could make for yourself. Don't be afraid. Be proud that you're taking charge of a really important aspect of your lives. See you all on the other side.

I just signed up! I'm gonna find you all. I'll take all the support I can get. haha

we're birthday twins!

I'm over 2 months out of surgery and it still sometimes hurts me to eat or drink. For instance, when I start drinking my first bottle of Water for the day, the first few sips hurt my tummy but then it usually stops. The same thing happens with the first few bites of food, regardless of how soft the food is or the size of the bite. Does this happen to anyone else? When will it stop? On a positive note, the gurgling that I used to feel all the time when I would eat or drink only happens now when I get full. If I under eat my sleeve, it doesn't usually happen.

Thanks for the input everyone. I'm thinking that it's a combination of a still healing tummy and possibly swelling overnight. I've noticed that the pain really only happens in the morning when I have my first food or drink of the day.

MyFitnessPal you say? Thanks! I had no idea that existed!

I love beans more than words can express. I wanna make this. Do you have the nutritional info?

Centrum VitaCraves are the first multivitamins that I've been able to take that cause me absolutely no issues. Bariatric Advantage and Celebrate vitamins make me throw up.

I'm still on pantoprazole and I wouldn't dream of quitting them yet. I still have breakthrough acid. When it gets bad, I start popping a Prilosec at bedtime.

A friend of mine is planning on lap band surgery as well. I really wish she'd choose a different surgery.

Congratulations! My husband and I are planning to adopt as well. How was the process for you, if you don't mind the question?

it took me a week to have a BM and it was horrible. I had severe constipation. I still don't poop normally. It's my least favorite thing about the surgery.

be warned, the texture is more frittata than quiche, but it's pretty yummy.

My doctor prescribed me Vicodin for pain (unrelated to the surgery) and I've been taking it for almost 2 months without issue.

Someone mentioned in one of the June sleevers thread that they would like to see a master list of everyone who was sleeved in June. I'm bored, so I decided to tackle that project. Please let me know if you need to be added to the list, removed from the list, or if your date is wrong. I've based this info off of only a few threads and I'm sure it's incomplete. I'll update the information as needed. My hope is that this will make it easier to connect with your sleeve brothers and sleeve sisters to compare progress, make new friends, and swap recipes, gripes, and successes. ***JEWELS OF JUNE*** JUNE 1 nraeh prairiedawn soon to be skinny kwikwits Good Goose DaniellaRN biglittleb JUNE 2 SCW2011 JUNE 3 JUNE 4 JUNE 5 JUNE 6 GreginMI Day Dreamer mnbsleeve Neanie in Texas Always singing Valentina sleevetina Adri JUNE 7 Meandmylittledog mjs6172 LeslieT slimsinger Hubie JUNE 8 Yorkie Fan MsNewBooty pyt1908 JUNE 9 A New Me wannabskinee JUNE 10 Bevgonnadothis Crabadams72 Special K AnnSpeaks Brightstar JUNE 11 mina JUNE 12 JUNE 13 ejsmith TonyaG Hopeful24 Patti Sue JUNE 14 JackieOMonroe gonnagetthere FlawedMan MrsPositive MoreThanAPrettyFace JUNE 15 Aarik moongirl JUNE 16 anonynurse imawhodat JUNE 17 Jax JUNE 18 donniej Dannymac Alejandra1975 JUNE 19 JUNE 20 mac LissaD Lovely Lo VSGDestiny NewSkinnyChick30 Douceur72 kpbrighton mybutterflies JUNE 21 ASBgirl purplepeace79 jcollins510 Sylvia21967 SleeveGirl-TX JUNE 22 RebaC Cassie805 JUNE 23 Penpen kekerene Deerpark2010 juzmejnee JUNE 24 exoticheart JUNE 25 lyndynojo JUNE 26 JUNE 27 bleelawry shordee0751 Terry in Loxahatchee StephieLynn Jinjin JUNE 28 coffeetx JUNE 29 DivaDee84 JUNE 30 ChubbyBritneySpears Rainydayz

This week is the first one where I've felt 100% back to normal. I'm positive that it's because I finally started taking vitamins. It's so nice to feel like myself again, I can't even express it.

What a great NSV!