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I bought the softens toilet tissue I could find. Before doing this, I felt the worst part of the surgery experience was my toilet tissue. IF that is all that I have to complain about--not bad.

Bless your HEART. I had my Sleeve down with Dr. Aceves in may, I am 57, and I am down 55 lbs. I just went back for my 4 month check up and they told me I am doing FANTASTIC. I think Dr. Aceves is one of the BEST out there doing this surgery. My scars are smaller than my little finger nail--trust me--there are alot of women reading this that have huge scars--that would depress me. YES--you have your HEAD to deal with because it has told you to eat eat eat. Talk with your head and tell it NO-no-NO and start living the life you want to live. YES you have to make some adjustments. I lost 45 lbs and 45 inches in 45 days. Here is what I did every day for that 45 days. 1 small Isopure shake in the morning [50 grams of protein] 1 zero carb isopure drink in the day [40 grams of protein] THAT IS 90 GRAMS OF Protein and you are NOT hungry and it helped me with my depression. I also added some ZINC in capsule form and LYSINE in capsule form to my shakes. This helped with my immune system and depression. I also take D-3. Then if you call Bountiful Nutrition [(801) 298-7076] and ask them about their super Vitamin produced in UT [they will ship it to you] this has so much B-Vit's in it, it will wipe out your depression. I can tell when I dont take it after 2-3 days. IT is the best on the market--but not widely distributed. LOVE IT for ridding me of ALL depression during this process and before when I would get blue. Now this is a horse pill and Dr. Campos says no big pills for 90 days minimum, so I ground it up in a coffee grinder, just swallowed the powder raw with juice as a chaser. [add it to a drink if you like] I also squeezed one LEMON and one LIME daily and put that in a 30 oz container of Water with just a little stevia to sweeten [get rid of the blue-pink-yellow packages since they all 3 are BAD for you and your insulin levels]. Give yourself permission to grieve over what you did to yourself and the time you wasted EATING to comfort you. Get your tennis shoes on [i got the shape-ups by sketcher] and walk 15 minutes to 30 minutes twice a day. You will be amazed as the weight comes off how much faster you are walking. I have 2-dogs and we are not running in the mornings. I never thought I would be doing that!! The super vitamin, my walks, the way I look has me feeling soooooo good about myself. AND for you, by Christmas, you will be able to eat little bits of things, even sweets, then get back onto your routine. Also, I did not tell anyone about my surgery. NOT their business--this is all about ME--for me--it is my journey. For me--that was a GREAT choice because I am not answering to anyone. Consider how you can gift yourself with a closed mouth and not answer to anyone. Blessed Be.

Get the surgery--you will never regret this decision!!

I really used the first 3 months to lose weight and to forget my cravings. Coffee was a biggie for me--but I waited for 90 days to drink coffee. Now I drink 1-cup [usually only part of 1-cup/day]. I know a doctor who has the sleeve who is a coffee lover. DITTO on the 90 days minimum for him since you need to give your stomach some time to heal. He deals with some acid reflux and said he would NOT have that at all if he did not drink coffee, but that is a trade off he is willing to make because he loves coffee. Now if the Acid Reflux got bad enough he would go off coffee. PS for me more that 1-small cup of coffee makes my insulin go nutzo and I want FOOD--like a donut. THAT is NOT a trade off that I am willing to make, so I have tested how much satisfies my craving without pushing me into a "problem". ALL foods should be tested 1 at a time. For example I ate some raw coconut straight out of the coconut [high in protein], but it was too soon, I ate too much, too fast and wow did that HURT. I am 57, I lost 45 lbs + 45 inches in 45 days. The first 90 days for me was about WEIGHT LOSS using my Isopure shakes [50 grms of protein] and zero carb drink [40 grams of protein]. Add it up--90 grams of Protein / day and WOW o WOW you will lose weight FAST. I have slowed down now at 4 months, but I am down 55 lbs total. Think more about your goal and less about cravings at this point in the game.

My doctor prescribed 6-months worth of NEXIUM-mups for acid reflux. While in surgery they fixed a hiatial hernia that they found -- and that did the trick for me. I only needed part of what I bought in Mexico, so I have a 2- month supply available for someone. I have 4 boxes of Nexium-mups 14 tablets per box manufactured by AstraZeneca [20 mgs / tablet] Each box has the original seal on it and the tablets are sealed in the protective dispenser plastic/foil sheets I will sell you all 4 boxes for $100 and I will pay for the shipping anywhere in the USA Write to Liquid Protein [isopure shakes + the Isopure zero carb drink], and Soups to achieve this result. IF I do an Isopure shake [50 grams of protein] and a Zero Carb drink [40 grams of protein], that is 90 GRAMS of PROTEIN for my day. You are not hungry with this routine. I lost 45 pounds--45 inches over all--in only 45 days. Then over the last month I have slowed down because I got off my routine. But if you will do this routine for your first 45 days--you too will have fantastic results. Best wishes to you. And if you know you are going to need Nexium for your acid reflux and I can help you, please let me know. I will mail these to you this week. Everything is in the original SEALED boxes and the protective plastic/foil despenser sheets.

My doctor prescribed 6-months worth of NEXIUM-mups for acid reflux. While in surgery they fixed a hiatial hernia that they found -- and that did the trick for me. I only needed part of what I bought in Mexico, so I have a 2- month supply available for someone. I have 4 boxes of Nexium-mups 14 tablets per box manufactured by AstraZeneca Each box has the original seal on it and the tablets are sealed on a plastic/foil sheet I will sell you all 4 boxes for $100 and I will pay for the shipping anywhere in the USA Write to liquid Protein [Isopure shakes + the Isopure zero carb drink], and Soups to achieve this result. IF I do an Isopure shake [50 grams of protein and a Zero Carb drink [40 grams of protein], that is 90 GRAMS of PROTEIN for my day. You are not hungry with this routine. I lost 45 pounds--45 inches over all--in only 45 days. Then over the last month I have slowed down because I got off my routine. But if you will do this routine for your first 45 days--you too will have fantastic results. Best wishes to you. And if you know you are going to need Nexium for your acid reflux and I can help you, please let me know. I will mail these to you this week. Everything is in the original SEALED boxes and the protective plastic/foil despenser sheets.

OK--I was already completely impressed by Doctor Aceves, but now I am over the Moon with his gracious way of being in the world. I got a personal thank you note for doing my surgery with him on May 2-2011. WOW-o-WOW So let me share a few things. I lost 25 lbs in 22 days--now I have plateaued for a couple of days. My incisions are sooooooo teeny weeny that I will be in a 2-piece bathing suit by the 4th of July. I heard that Doctor Aceves once considered being a plastic surgeon--which answer the question why HE is so good at making the incisions so small. Even the one where my stomach was pulled out--that one is smaller than the head of a fingernail clipper. I am now using Fougera Vitamin A & Vitamin D Ointment and wheat germ oil on the scars--I can barely see them. I first heard about a Vertical Gastric Sleeve from a woman from Morroco who had her surgery in France. She told me all about the surgery, different from my incisions, hers were huge and her scars looked bad. That is what I had prepared myself for because I felt it was worth the weightloss. OK-now don't I feel good that I found the right surgeon who has not only performed 3500 weight loss surgeries, has been a board certified surgeon for over 25 years, he also knows how to make his incisions so small that many would wish that they would have come to him. Now Doctor Aceves is also realistic. Before he takes you into surgery, you can expect a 30 minute lecture about what he is doing to help you, and then WHAT is your responsibility to get where you want to go with your long-term weightloss. SUCCESS depends on YOU. [more on this on another post]. I do read on this forum about acid reflux. Dr. A requires that his patients take Nexium for a minimum of 3-mo's. What has helped me to lose the 25 lbs so quickly is the quality and the amount of PROTEIN I am bringing into my body. Doctor A. does a great blood test before the surgery, and even though I thought I was doing alot of protein before the surgery, it was low quality protein. My bloodtest came back extremely low in my protein levels!! WOW--who knew? So finally I am hydrating my body with 64 oz of water daily and I went to GNC [not my normal place to shop] to pick up the ZERO carb Iso-pure drink [40 gm of protein per drink] and then I picked up the Vanilla IsoPure shakes, which is 50 gm of protein/shake. So one drink + one shake - I am getting 90 gm of protein/day and the minimum he feels we should have is 60 gm/day. It is important to get that protein into your body the first thing in the morning so I mix a 16 oz shake [two scoops] and put half of it in the fridge. Then throughout the day, I drink one zero-carb drink. My body is really responding well to THAT daily routine. Check me out on YouTubes! Search for: I left my stomach in Mexicali.