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Just wondering what everyones experience was like. How much & what did you drink? Did you feel more inebriated than you would have before surgery? How long after surgery did you have your first drink? I'm only 13days post op but I'd really like to have some wine at a wedding in september....I haven't asked my doc how long I have to wait before drinking yet.

congrats!!!!

My doctor told me that birth control pills will work eventually, that isn't true? You guys are making me nervous...I guess I need to find another option

I was just curious if anyone else is on the same Vitamin regime is me, i'd assume we are all similar. 2 Centrum chewables daily 1 1000mg b12 subl daily 1 1000mg Calcium citrate chewable. I am having sooo much trouble finding calcium citrate chewables, does anyone know where to buy this??

Just thought i'd share, Chike recently came out with iced coffee with 20g of Protein per serving. shakes lol. "Chike Iced Coffee is officially here! With 2 Espresso Shots, 20 grams of whey Protein, 23 Vitamins & Minerals & only 2 grams of Sugar - it's the perfect drink to kickstart your day or fight the midday slump! The excuses for skipping Breakfast are officially over!"

The typical UA they would do [if they did one-mine never has in the office] would just check your urine for protein, glucose, ketones, specific gravity, leukocytes[for infection]

No they can't drug test you without your knowledge. (I'm a nurse)

hahahaha awesome, I love that feeling

I was in severe pain in the hospital after surgery but I also had a 3cm hiatal hernia repair and they took out my gallbladder. They gave me iv dilaudid every 2 hrs. They offered me percosett to take home but i've had bad experiences in the past so I asked for vicodin. Vicodin is like a horse pill, so they had me cut it into 4 small pieces and swallow each. You can also crush some pain pills and mix them with applesauce, depending on what it is.

Are the biotin pills chewable?

I'm only 12days out but I agree. Sometimes my stomach is growling and the idea of food just seems gross....I feel like I force myself to drink a protein shake, which sometimes takes me 2hrs!

thanks for reassuring me... i needed that! oh i hope it does take some with it lol

I had surgery on july 20th and i'm doing really well, lost 16lbs total so far....but my stomach looks bigger than before surgery! is this normal? I was thinking maybe everything inside was swollen. My surgery saw me on tuesday and said everything looked fine but I didn't mention it. Anybody else get bloated? (side note-i had my gallbladder removed and a 3cm hiatal hernia repair as well)

I'm getting real sick of eating the same things lol. What did you eat on your full liquid stage? Give me some ideas so far i have: dannon light and fit yogurt coconut vanilla tomato Soup chicken broth [sooo sick of it] strained cream Soups [mushroom, asparagus, chicken] sf ice pops. what else can i have?

thanks for all the ideas....for some reason i'm really looking forward to a sunny side up egg lol....and i was never really an egg person before. so weird.

chike makes high protein coffee

I had one of those frozen pizzas and 4 chicken nuggets 2 days before surgery, followed the pre-op diet for 2 weeks but added more meat than they told me and my liver still shrunk enough. You'll be okay.

Hi, my name is Samantha and i'm getting my sleeve july 30th. I am shocked at what an amazing source of information this forum is and am excited to be part of it. My biggest issue right now is the pre-op Protein shakes, what was your favorite? I tried Bariatric Advantage so far and i couldn't finish it, it was gross.