Rae

Southern Idaho

I take Optisource. It is formulated for use after bariatric surgery. Kind of a mild orange flavor, and very easy to chew. It is made by Resource and you can get it at Walgreens (some have them and some do not). Or you can order them on the Walgreens website.

Activia is wonderful.......found in the dairy case by the yogurt. It comes in many different flavors and works. Just eat 1 a day.

How are you doing Vines? I have not been keeping up on here. Hope you are doing okay. Thinking of you even if I am not here a lot. RAE

I call mine El Bee (LB for lapband).

Banded May 2005 1st fill July 2005 .5cc 2nd fill Sept. 2005 .5cc Total 1cc in 4 cc band Have had good restriction and no more fills needed so far.

A few years ago we went on vacation to the east coast. One day when we were in New York this gentleman found out we were from Idaho and asked if we still had to circle the wagon train at night!!! and he was serious. Another time somebody asked if we still had to worry about the indians scalping us. DH took off his hat and said "not any more." ( he is bald) lol

We went on vacation last year and I thought why didn't I get an unfill. But then I said, this is the purpose of the band. Had I been on any other diet, I would have gone off the diet for vacation and probably not gone back after returning home. I tasted every thing I wanted to taste. I missed out on nothing. I just had a bite or two and it felt good to know I stayed on track with my band. :clap2:

Crystal.......sending very positive thoughts your way......wishing you the very best and speedy recovery. We will be waiting to hear from you again. RAE:angel: (group hug for Crystal)

Vegaswildflower........I asked my pharmacist about this ( he is also my son lol) and here is the email he sent back to me. Hope it helps. well the first five ingredients are different kinds Vitamin b's. Iodine surprises me because that is very hard to find either otc or rx caffeine is good to get you going if this is suppose to increase energy and weight loss grape fruit extract - there are a lot of drug interactions with this one so be careful if you are on a lot of drugs - most important, either consistently take this or not, not for as needed use 5-HTP (for short) is the ingredient found in turkey that makes you drowsy - not sure why it would be in this the rest I have never heard of or are basic building blocks that your muscles need to grow and function RAE

I use Champion Nutrition Pure Whey Stacked. I order it from www.vitalady.com . I mix it with water and it disolves very easily (no blender needed) They have 4 or 5 flavors. 23 grams of protein, 4 grams of carbs. Tastes good to me. Good Luck RAE

My doctor uses Huber needle 22 guage X 1 1/2 inches

I emailed don.mills@inamed.com and ask about the teal band. In 3 days he emailed back and said it is in the mail and 2 days later I recieved it.:clap2:

Welcome to the board. It is good to see somebody else from Idaho. Just keep plugging along and it will happen. Where in Idaho are you? I am in Burley. Again welcome and let us know how your progress is going. RAE :clap2: