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Celebrate makes a great Multivitamin tab and a Calcium supplement and they are actually sort of pleasant. one tab a day with a 60 day supply is 20$ or so, and they have a sublingual weekly b complex 90 for 25$ but that is a very long term supply for the b complex. These are the vitamins i will be taking. I am finding GMC to not have very tasty or very WLS friendly products. I am sorry you are having problems! Do you Skype? I would be glad to talk to you - or anyone here - and of course you can skype with others also! There is no need for anyone to be alone!

Egads, yogurt and vinegar - double acidic whammy! Dont take anything that could react, like baking soda, etc. Problem with home remedies is that they are not inert, or else they wouldn't be remedies, so you have to ask what the possible reaction could be. Not to be crude but for constipation for awhile you may be best focusing on the, er, other end of the problem. A mild glycerin based enema should work. Hope you feel better soon!

Did you wake up with this problem or has it emerged? You may have a nasal drip that is from infection. Talking makes the drainage flow easily. Now here is another issue - nasal drip and a constant cough can easily create inflammation that can make you more prone to both viral and bacterial bronchial infections. Get this resolved soon. Good luck!

I do not have my sleeve yet but my Christmas goal is my surgery date gloal also. I want to be at 235 when I go under. CW 239 GW 235 Small but I only have two weeks.

I have heard (no sleeve yet cannot confirm) that drinking too soon will do that, too.

Keep focusing on the really expensive items, ask for the wine and dessert list, and then when you order a chicken ceasar salad they will be so happy they won't ask any questions! If it is going to be a talk and chat dinner, perhaps soup would be a good option. You can take sips all through the dinner. Perhaps this would be a good time to mention the surgery?

Good to see you up and about! Keep hydrated!

I am going to try to start running again once I drop at least another 30 lbs - I have a half a knee cap due to a sports injury several years back. I want to do the www.runforyourlives.com for my 1 year surgery gift to myself. It is a 5k that goes through obstacles and you are chased by zombies! I will be following your post. I had hope to be on moderately normal foods within half a year so I was going to focus on food in steady balanced portions and go from there. I had a young lady I discussed fluids for cycling and she said she takes a saline solution before hand. She had cancer and the treatment affected her Water intake somehow. She told me that for her personally the after cycling water was not an issue, it was during. she could drink freely, she just did not get enough at times.

Lissa, I "liked" your post - you are very brave and I know going through this is very hurtful. My Sister married an alcoholic after dating two alcoholics. They werent back-toback-to back but I can tell you you are much better off filing for a divorce. Reoccurence in alcoholics is high, and the chances of an enabler changing the situation for an alcoholic is slim. I dated an alcoholic for awhile and we were very serious, until they wrapped their graduation present around an oak tree. It may sound horrible but what if they hadn't? I would have probably spent years and years putting up with an escalating situation that could already get bad at times. I would have never met my wonderful Spouse, left the town I really needed to get out of...you are out, and you see it for what it is. Be brave. Be prepared too. Do what you need to to be protected. Get your handgun license if you don't have it yet. Please don't take offense. I didn't say you needed to get a gun, i just said get the license. The license takes longer, and you don't want to be two or three months out from legally carrying one if you decide you need to. This step, from what I observed with people I knew, can be really hard. This is the physical and spiritual representation of your marriage, and you are going to have to separate all of this out. Be really careful, get a lawyer and email me if you ever need to talk.

My bet is they have noticed but they may be afraid to say anything...they may be thinking "alot of weight loss after surgery could be something serious".

Thank you for your story! I have not been on onderland in twenty years. I plan to move there, very soon.

yay! Way to go!

I have dreamed I could do a pull up...

in the pre op forum there is a pinned topic - its right in top of the forum - that is a list of what to take to surgery. If you are going into Mexico take sanitary wipes, and I would suggest your own sheets or a t least a couple of unfitted sheets for the hotel. Not to be gross, but I saw a blog that referenced the thought that the sleever thinks she may have brought bedbugs back from MX. She did the traditional everything in a bag for two weeks usually but that time she was so tired she did not. Be prepared to isolate everything you take for 2 weeks or better...hot wash everythign and you suitcase should be in a bag, too. Good luck on your surgery. Don't push yourself and be really careful driving. (((huggs!)))

Your doctor is not going to put you on medication to get your BG levels under control?

"Wee Ahnn, ah haf bin tinking - eew shood nawt haf da zurgerhy", my flemmish giant rabbit Cadmiun says to me, as I lay in the floor and pet her and her brother, Antimony. "ah haf to ehgree", says Antimony "whaaf sumzing haffins doe eew?" I pat Cadmium on the head, and touch noses with Antimony "I think I will be okay. I have done alot of studying and I have picked a very good doctor" "i herdz eew whill beh all hurty fer daz" says Cadmium. "eew whill notz beh aybelz tew pay wif uz!" says Antimony, as he jumps on my back. "I will be very sore, and it will be awhile before I can crawl around and stuff, but I will be home and I am gong to have Jonathan make me a really comfortable bed on the floor with the air mattress when it is playtime, so I can still pet you." I reassure Cadmium with a good head scratch. "okays" says Cadmium "gotz strahberrez?" "yes little one, I have some strawberries". Our fleeting conversation is done, and we continue to play. I need to remember to be in the moment through all of this. Thank you friends for reminding me to not lose sight of the little things as I take such a big step. I do not want to miss the wonderful things I have now while waiting for surgery, and then waiting ot lose weight.