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I agree, Chili or a broth type soup would be a good bet.

That happened to me too. My dietician said to switch from low sodium to regular sodium broth. The extra salt will help pull more Water into your blood. I made the change and in a day or so I was better. Keep sipping!

I am on Celebrate multi, calcium, Iron and b12. They all make my stomach upset. The calcium is way too big and it tastes bad. The b12 is a small meltaway, iron doesn't taste bad and the multi is so so. They are all fruity flavored and I find that after my surgery 2 months ago, the taste of them is almost unbearable. I haven't been taking them as I should and I know that's bad, but hopefully I can switch to the pill form soon. Also switching to the calcium chews which taste much better.

Hey guys, I had my vsg on 11/15/16 and am now cleared to start exercising. I am in the market for some new workout clothes. I was wondering what brands that you have noticed had sizes such as 4x or 5x? I notice Under Armour has some sizes up to 5x and Nike has some up to 4x. Any recommendations on brands, stores, particular garments would be great. Thanks in advance, Sam

I find MyFitnessPal to be easy to use and great for tracking. Check it out.

In fall of 2013 I became sick, thought it was typical chest cold, etc, but it progressed. I kept going to the DR and they kept giving me more medicines, steroids, etc. One day I am at home resting, and I start to feel my left calf start burning. I thought it was a pulled muscle. Got the heating pad and about 2-3 days of the burning sensation and not being able to sleep. I decided to go to another dr for a second opinion. That dr saw that my leg has swollen a lot in size. He said go to the ER immediately, by the time I had gotten there, I literally so out of breath, I could only walk about 3 steps and had to stop. At the time I weight probably close to 500lbs. They immediately admit me, do ultrasounds, etc. As I am awaiting the next step, my blood pressure starts dropping bad. They get me stable and wanted to do a cat scan. The problem was the cat scan machine was too small and couldn't really hold my weight. The ER fought to get the cat scan because he said it would give him the best idea of how much clot buster to administer. Too much and I could have brain bleeding. Too little and the clot wouldn't bust. At this time, the clot that started in my leg, broke and caused a pulmonary embolism. Only 20 percent of my lungs were working and kidneys were shutting down. Mind you, I am stubborn, so during the early stages, I kept going to work. One particular morning it was 2 degrees and felt like -20. I went to work, walking up the walkway into work, I blacked out. I couldn't breathe from the wind and cold and much less with 20% lung function. Back to the ER, the chapel comes in and starts talking to my wife. My wife immediately starts crying. The DR told her that I was probably within 2hrs of my life and the next few hrs would be critical. 3 days in ICU, 7 more in a regular room to get my warfarin levels stable. To this day, I have no idea why the clot happened. The dr says it was unprovoked but I know it was from being over weight and not mobile while I was sick. For this reason I still to this day take blood thinners. I had a #vsg on Nov 15, 2016. Started the journey on March 7th, 2016 @ 491 lbs. Starting weight at surgery day was about 413.4 lbs. I currently am at 384.4, 1 month after surgery. Originally, I had no reasons to have the bypass, but that's the surgery I wanted because in my mind, the vsg was for people who didn't have a lot of weight to lose. My insurance and dr said it was my choice but said I would do great on either. I also considered the amount of time under anesthesia per surgery in relation to blood clotting issues. Sleeve was 1 hr 45 mins versus over 2 hours for the RNY. On wavered back and forth for months and in the end I decided on the RNY. I go into surgery and wake up and my wife tells me I got a sleeve. Dr said that he couldn't do the RNY due to how my intestines were situated. Prior to surgery, a few days before I switched to lovenox shots, stopped the day of surgery and then a few days after I was home, I resumed the lovenox shots. Then I switched back to warfarin. Moral of the story, I guess it all depends on your particular health, but don't let them deter you because of blood clots. I thought it was gonna be an issue in my case, but my dr was 100% with it and so was the hematologist. Stay focus and take care of your self.

The starting weight was after I started during pre vsg. Right side was right after vsg. Hw 518 Sw 413.4. Cw 385.4, 1 month after surgery Sent from my Nexus 6 using the BariatricPal App

The lack of Vitamin k is because K thickens your blood. This is important for those on blood thinners Sent from my Nexus 6 using the BariatricPal App