TEXASLADY52

LOL! The other day I went in to see the NP.....she said I can tell in your face you are losing weight....I laughed and said "I am waiting for the day that you tell me that you can tell with my butt that I am losing weight"!

I praise God when I reach your point. The main reason I wanted this surgery was so I could walk again. My knees and joints have worn out carry around all of this weight. I have not been to the mall in about seven years (which is not always a bad thing). I just want to be able to walk and go places with my kids and grandkids......just enjoy life.

@@TEXASLADY52 What kind of cheese do you use to bake? This sounds delish! . I use whatever I have on hand... Usually shredded....I put a size of a tablespoon. You can add different spices

My surgery was in June also. I haven't been able to eat any of what you listed. I can only eat half of a poached egg. I went back to work this week. Thankfully I have a Dorm refrigerator in my office. My main source of Protein is Isopure.....40 grams of protein a bottle.....I mix a little of Crystal Light in with it. The other source I turn to is cottage cheese. I also drop cheese on parchment paper and bake until the edges turn brown...makes cheese chips...aprox 7 grams of protein each. I keep them in a ziplock bag on my desk.

I don't want to sound discouraging and everyone is different. I had my surgery 06/10/2014 and there was no way I could have gone on vacation three weeks out. I went back to work this week and I'm exhausted. I had stretching and pulling pain on my left side around two incisions until last week.

Are you in Lubbock? Charlotte Hodges with Barker Bariatrics did mine. I had my month checkup yesterday and I have lost 30lbs....so right now I average a pound a day. I have not started eating a lot. I am still mostly on blended food. They really worked with my insurance. I work for the State and we have horrible insurance. The legislator sets our insurance. It took forever to get bariatrics in our insurance plan. All my insurance will pay is a flat rate of $13,000. The only problem I am having is I cannot take any arthritis medicine. I am so stiff and my knees hurt so bad that I cannot not get in any walking or exercising.

Five weeks out...... I have had a terrible time finding a Protein that I could tolerate. The Whey Protein Bullets smelled like vinegar and tasted like it....after I got it down...it came right back up. Premier was too thick and I just could not stand them. I am still struggling. I started drinking the Isopure. These are lot better than anything I have tried and they have 40 protein. I like them over ice and I add Crystal Light to them to flavor it up.

I had my surgery June 10. I had bad pulling and stinging on my left side around two incisions. When I laid down was the worst. I could not get any sleep because I could not turn or move without the pulling and hurting. I was constantly holding my side when I sneezed or coughed or tried to pull myself up out of bed. I ran out of my pain medicine and they would not give me anymore. So about a week I could not sleep at all and dreaded to even to lay down. Then this past weekend.....all of a sudden I didn't hurt anymore. It seemed to quit over night........it will get better.

I had DS last month thru Barker Bariatrics.