TiffanyIsMajor

Lol this has just gotten hilarious.....If you guys DO have something to say about an "unnamed clinic" Or a particular "dr" .....wth is with all this hilarious code, why dont you use the real name?..We ALL know that you are talking about Dr. Almanza and his kids. Why all the bullshit speak. I am sorry but this post has just gotten sooo funny to read..I feel like I am reading a comic of James Bond or Inspector Gaget with all the code and secretive language... I dont care what you post about him honestly, He can have a third nipple and be missing two fingers...doesnt matter, he is still my choice. Am I scared to go to him, not anymore scared than I would be to go anywhere else in MX. I agree that there should not be any good or bad On this site when it comes to a decision like picking a surgeon..If you want someone opinion you should just have to ask.

I currently take 10,000 Mcg's Of Biotin a day for my hair, I have been more about 3 months....Just hoping it helps later. I havent bought my good Vitamins yet, I WILL be taking twinlab Daily Ones, because I wont need them for like the first two weeks because I will be on chewables anyway.Also I started a vlog on Youtube about a week ago to document all the stuff I am doing before, during, and after. You guys can watch all of my useless info I spew at: YouTube - MyChunkyChannel's Channel

mine is just a liquid diet 3 day prior..Nothing too horrible...but just enough to make me wish I didnt have one lol...

Honestly I really think that drinking while eating is how I take in such a gigantic volume of food when I sit down. This is one of the only things I am scared of after surgery. I can drink a whole 32 oz coke, or water or whatever, just while I am eating ONE meal. I am VERY worried about this aspect of recovery....I will have to just keep my drinks in the fridge and then go to my room to eat or something....Hope I can break it too...Best of luck = D

Uhhh for a while I couldn't find the Carb Control Dannon in my walmart...WELL magically it popped up and it is carb and sugar control...has it always been this way, I dont know, but what i do know is, IT IS SO GOOD, and with only 3 carbs and 50 cals I am sold...I hope my taste dont change too much cause I love this stuff...:cursing:

@tiffy......OH so that's where you were at...Going on Vaca without me.....I knew I felt my twin senses tingling!

4/20 here!! BUT I fly out on the 19th = D

Does anyone actually use a FORUM, full of people's opinions, to make their sugery decisions? Like REALLY? I doubt it. And honestly, if this website is ALL that someone would take into consideration when choosing a surgeon, then I must say, I FEEL that isnt very bright idea. Shit happens, in America, In Mexico, at my house, at your house....EVERYWHERE.

And I put it here for a reason, I feel like hardly anyone looks at the protein and supplement links = [..I accidentally, because I was not paying attention, just bought the first calcium I found. It was Caltrate. Well Now that I read the back of it I discovered that it is calcium carbonate, which I don't know why but i feel like i am not supposed to take after surgery. Can someone tell me why? I AM taking them back tomorrow to get calcium citrate, so no big deal...BUT I also bought tums, which I had NO IDEA but they are also calcium carbonate..Can I take those after surgery?

Lol I am not married but my whole family sounds a lot like this. Honestly there really inst any talking to them about it either, because they just DONT get it. They dont understand why we just dont put down the cheeseburger, Or get off our ass and run marathons. I am having my surgery in two weeks. I am super excited. I talk to people her about it because they are excited and supportive. I do not talk to my family about it because they have comments like that to make. BUT they do have the understanding that whatever I do they are required to be supportive...I mean my sisters do stupid shit all the time that i disagree with...Do i tell them i think it is totally stupid, YES. If i cant change their minds with logic, then i STILL have to support them. I mean that is just how it is, that IS family. We just have this unwritten agreement at this point that , my mind is made up, and I am doing it., and unless you have something PRODUCTIVE to say, keep your f'n mouth shut.

Yeah I just read the back of tums, and then the back of the caltrate....uhh they are mostly the same thing Except tums actually says it has more calcium in it than the way more expensive caltrate...Tums= 800 mgs in 2 /Caltrate= 600 mg in 2....wow the things you learn...

Ok so some of you know my dad ran his mouth to my ENTIRE family and now all of them are up in my business. My uncle sent me a text stating that he was going to call me tomorrow to "talk" about my decision. While I give two shits honestly, I WOULD like to be armed with some concrete info to tell him, but I really don't know what exactly to say. Can sone of you help me out, Like maybe the statistics on the regain rate in someone without surgery...things of that nature?

Ok so some of you may or may not have read my threads here and there but most of you dont know a bunch about me. So I guess it is show and tell for me, for my sanity sake. Ok, here is the story, I am in love with a guy that I recently reconnected with. I have known him since I was very young. My family moved away, and we ran back into each other like 2 weeks before he left for Iraq, (we bumped into each other in a bar,intoxicated) he only saw me the once and to be honest I dont think he remembers it much. I HAVE NOT told him about the surgery mostly because I dont want him to have "Oh, she is fat?" on his brain. I just think it will have a stigma attached to it. Well he is coming home at the beginning of October, so I already have this mind frame that I need to do everything I can do Before he comes home, and then Ill explain why I can barely eat or drink..lol. BUT THE REASON I AM FREAKING OUT IS.... We were talking about taking a little vaca when he gets home..well I said "We should go on vacation" and he said "Ok, lets go to Key West"...Which didnt totally hit me until he said "We can go to fantasy fest, everyone is naked, body painted and drinks in the streets" Now I dont know about you, but RIGHT NOW that actually sounds more like my own personal hell. I am about to jump the nearest cliff...NAKED? BODY PAINT? WTH? Now he is totally serious and I may have to go..We arent "together" I just dont want him to come home go to Key West after being in Iraq for a year, and somehow magically find a girlfriend...mostly because i'll have to kill her, and I dont want to go to jail! Ugh this is just badddd.

Honestly I talk to him everyday and told him I wasnt going a while ago. But now I want to go, so I changed my mind...IT really is like super motivation when you know you have somewhere to be in front of someone you like. I AM pretty sure I wont be naked and body painted...we are just friends...so maybe it will be awesome and he will fall in love...Or maybe he wont and ill find a bf while I am down there lol. The one thing I do VERY well is keep my options open.

Yeah you are right... I guess I am not looking for the "Best" just an idea about it.

I stopped looking for things with the highest protein content and instead started looking for things that I could mix into anything. The reason being is that I KEEP hearing that your stomach will only absorb about 20 gr of protein in on sitting. Id like to be able to mix protein in my iced tea and throw some raspberry sf syrup in it, or something of that nature. you know so no matter what I am taking in I can put protein in it so I am safe.

Ok soooo as I am getting closer to surgery (YAY) and I have started stocking up on things that I will need. Not protein powders because I know my taste will change BUT I have been getting vitamins lately. My question now is about acid reducers. I have never had a real issue in my whole life where I have had to take one. On the other hand I have read that a lot of people's answer to hunger pains after surgery is an acid reducer (because people are confusing the feelings of hunger and acid)..SOOO should I or shouldn't I? and do I just get like an over the counter Prilosec, or do I need a real script? And is it a once a day thing?

OH! We have a Publix!...I googled that milk and it said that it was only sold in New England...Lies!...

I dont think I can get that milk here and I am so MAD about it. It looks and sounds amazing!

LOL I wish I could clarify...I have no idea what it is supposed to feel like but I have heard after surgery that people complain that they have a "hungry" feeling. In response to that lots of people say you should be taking an acid reducer because it getts rid of that feeling because you aren't really hungry, it is just the acid in your stomach..Probably acid indigestion.

Well I found a camcorder today..BUT now we are not sure if it will last that long as the surgery because it is a mini-dvd camcorder. They were saying something like the longest mini dvd-r you can buy are only 30 mins. Since I am going alone, i'll be knocked out during surgery (duh) and wont be able to switch over to a new dvd when it gets full. I cant afford to fly you out either, but thanks anyway, you are sooo sweet = ] Dr. Betancourt says he totally doesnt mind that I am doing this, but he also says I have to do it on my own, he said there wouldnt really be anyone around to help, unless I brought someone or used a tripod with a camera that will last long enough.

Hey everyone! I mentioned earlier that I was going to start a Vlog channel on youtube, and I have. I have already posted one video, and am in the process of posing another for you guys. I like it because I dont really think people understand how stupid I am so I am sure the videos will give you an idea. I am hoping that people later on can use them as a reference for what happens before during and after the sleeve. Take a look! = D YouTube - MyChunkyChannel's Channel

Yep just realized I have been spelling his name wrong this whole time lol.

I fly to San Diego April 19th, and my Surgery date is the next day.. the 20th.