pookybear

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I'd suggest double checking with your surgeon or nutritionist first. It was STRONGLY recommended to me that I never take gummy vitamins. I was told chewable is best. Easiest to digest and for your body to absorb.

That is exactly how it felt! The good news is its gone. But if I get it again I am definitely getting checked. I know what pain from not chewing enough feels like, and this wasn't it.

Tonight, after dinner, I suddenly had some aching back pain. Now it's spread across my back, about where my kidneys are, and across the front in the same area. Its a very achy pain, like I got kicked in the ribs, and it's making me slightly nauseous. I keep getting chills too. It's almost hard to breathe. Not sure if it's something I should be worried about...I did just start my period today so it could be partly related to that. I tried walking around and it got worse. Any thoughts??

I still cannot tolerate beef or pork a year and a half out, and I'm allergic to salmon. I stick with chicken, turkey, and tuna. If I didn't need the protein so much I'd probably just become vegetarian.

I spoke with the on call surgeon. He said it's probably not my gallbladder because that's usually right side pain and this is across both sides. Said I probably didn't chew dinner enough. I don't think that's what it is because I've experienced that and it feels completely different. But he said if I still have it tomorrow morning to call them again for an ultrasound. For now I took some Tylenol and it's eased up to tolerable. No longer in tears at least, now just achy.

I had a roommate. She was a former RNY patient but she was in due to complications from having her gallbladder removed. I kept the curtain closed between the beds all the time for privacy but having a roomie didn't really bother me. She was a bit noisy at times with crying and talking, but not too bad.

I do. I basically do the same thing. I keep Snacks in my desk drawer at work. I try to keep something in my purse if I'm going out but I'm not that great at remembering. Usually I'll buy a drink or a little snack if it's needed. My problem is If it gets too low and my head gets foggy, I'll go into a store and buy a ton of snacky things. Then I'll get my sugar up, and I have to figure out what to do with all the stuff I bought lol I've come to recognize the feeling I get when it's starting to get low so I can usually catch it before it gets too bad.

I have lots of fruit in my diet. I have a fruit and green smoothie every morning for Breakfast. I put banana, strawberries, spinach, and Chia seeds. I'm a year and a half out though. I waited quite awhile before trying anything with seeds. I tried Fiber supplements, salads for lunch, etc. This has been by far the most help with boosting my fiber intake and helping with 'problems', if you know what I mean.

The past several days I've been pooping green. Like, legit green thru and thru. Is this something that happens from supplements? Has anyone else had this? I haven't done or eaten anything different the last few days.

I use Body Fortress vanilla powder and mix it into black iced coffee.

Anything greasy or oily. Don't really dump, just sick until it comes up then I'm fine. Nothing has ever actually made me dump.

For breakfast every morning I have a green smoothie. I put banana, strawberries, spinach, Water, and Chia seeds. Sometimes I also add almonds. It gives me some much needed fiber and some liquids as well, and I have plenty of opportunity to get all my Protein in during the rest of the day. You could also add in some Protein powder. I researched which fruits and veggies have the most fiber. With this shake I get about 17g fiber and less than 150 calories (without the almonds).

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I did it as I tried things on. I kept an empty tote in the bedroom and as I tried things on and found them too big, they went in the tote. Once it was full I bagged them up and put them aside to donate. Mine all went to Savers. They support the Epilepsy Foundation, and I do most of my shopping there. Plus you can get a tax write-off for your donations if you ask. I kept clothes as long as possible, especially pants. I had very saggy rear ends before I finally purged all of them. It gets expensive to replace everything constantly. Congrats on the smaller size!

Really?? My program allows 14g per food item or 25g per meal. I don't dump, so I'm not as strict about it as some people. It should be an allowable amount for most people, I'd think.

I think capsules would be better. You could open them up and swallow with a bite of applesauce.

My abdomen gets very bloated and uncomfortable until the air comes back out.

Try taking a picture on your anniversary each month and compare it to a pre-op pic. You'll notice the differences

I'm surprised too. I still have problems with straws and I'm over a year out. I forget and drink from straws all the time, and I almost always regret it.

I've been lucky and haven't dumped at all since surgery over a year ago.

I had to wait a full year. Wine depends on how you handle sugar. Some wines are very sweet.

I'm surprised because I'm almost a year and a half out and I've never noticed it green before. If it was from the supplements you'd think I would've had it before.

I can eat well over my 'limit' with certain foods. I can eat almost an entire plate of salad, but add chicken or some kind of dense protein and it cuts it waaay back.

Get some Papaya enzyme chewable. They help a LOT with stuck foods.