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Just wondering if anyone has tried LiquaCel Concentrated Liquid Protein Packs? and if you did, what did you think?

I'll keep looking, thanks

Thanks, I have, but I'll never pay $42+ just to SHIP a pack of 5... the shipping rates are absolutely ridiculous.

awesome, thanks for the info!

Has anybody tried the Syntrax Nectar or other fruity protein mixes? All of the reviews on websites are all 5 star... looking for real reviews, not paid fake ones. Thanks

I think that's the same number I tried. But the call doesn't connect from in canada.

I even tried calling Syntrax directly (the number that I've seen listed over and over that everyone was ordering from) but the call doesnt connect in Canada

I've only liked one out of 3 that I've tried so far.. but very interested to try the rest, but I would definitely just use water I think? I went to order them from here again, then it said 50.12US just for shipping to Canada hahah that's crazy!! I found a place in canada, but they dont have grape to try (really wanted that one) and I'm waiting for one more quote from somewhere else, fingers crossed I can get them! I'm closer! just really wanted grape too!

I ended up going to a supplement store today and they had a sample station, so I was able to try a couple flavors that they had available. I tried the fuzzy navel, carribean cooler (gross) and strawberry kiwi (gross) haha. I also tried the revolution nutrition candy flavors they had 2 of 4 to sample... so i tried gummy bear and red raspberry. They were sweeter so I added more water to both, and they were honestly both very good. They normally had peach to sample but they were completely sold out. I ended up getting the syntrax nectar in fuzzy navel and revolution nutrition in gummy bear. I also tried a protein pancake mix... and smart sweets protein gummy bears. I am dying to try a few more flavors of the syntrax, but cant find any place in canada to get the sample packets. I would have to drive 2 hours to go pick up the packets in the US. I really wanted to try the ice tea, lemonade, cherry, grapefruit, apple, crystal sky, strawberry, and grape.

Glad to hear you're doing alright!

Thanks I was looking at them and by looking at them, I mean I put allllll the fruit flavored ones in my cart lol. Then saw that it was over 30 just to ship them I'm deciding between those and... https://www.supplementscanada.com/revolution_nutrition_candy_flavour_whey_isolate.html so hard to decide!!!

That's awesome, they do sound very good! Wish there were samples I could by in my town

I just had the revision from sleeve to bypass for severe GERD on Jan 10th. They also found my stomach in my chest cavity with a huge hernia they did not see after a year of tests. So far so good but I am on a meds for 6 months post op, then I can go off of them

I just had the exact same thing January 10th...too soon out to answer any of those questions though. Good luck

Sorry to hear about your loss But... I had surgery Wed, and left the hospital Friday at lunch... I was out shopping on saturday and Sunday! Complete with gas (I could only get rid of mine while completely laying down, walking did not help this time around) I was fine to go out (on pain meds) at that point I was on oxycodone 10mg every 4 hours and liquid Tylenol. So if yours is Tuesday, you will go home Thursday. It is very possible for you to go on Friday. Pants are not comfortable, even to where im at now 10 days out. What i did when i was out was just wore work out stretchy pants, and rolled the front part down so it was not on my stomach and that was a little more comfortable (wearing a jacket, no one can tell) I even do that with some of my pj pants still oh the liquid diet.... i am dying.... 3 weeks post op (same i had for the sleeve) plus now 2 weeks after surgery (I feel like it was only 1 week post op for the sleeve but i could be wrong, i dont remember...but i feel like the post op was very different.. in terms of what and when) so I am going to stay on liquid until Tuesday.. then go to pureed for 2 weeks! and progress through more stages from there. I dont know what i have a craving for... i know i am looking forward to scrambled eggs but i cant have that until the following week after i start pureed. I am looking forward to chicken for sure... i am dying for a tomato slice (i love tomatoes) or a cesaer salad ... just anything besides, broth, jello, yogurt, oatmeal, cottage cheese and soup... I will not be eating ANY of those foods for a VERY VERY long time after I get through this. I dont have a craving for cake, but i know I will be having something in the near future. My boyfriends birthday is feb, mine is march and our anniversary is also march. So on those occasions I will probably have a little something. In terms of pain meds... I was released on Friday and stopped taking pain meds the following Friday after I got out of the hospital. But I also had the extra work done so i feel like i might have had more pain than others who did not. You've got a couple days to go then it'll all be over! Onwards and upwards! Good luck! Let me know how it goes when you're feeling up to it. And if you really want to attend on Friday, I honestly think it is possible. I was out and about, walking around walmart, grocery stores, shopping for shoes with my bf, and then another store for pants for him... I can't even remember what else, as long as you have your pain meds, you'll be good

I was just thinking about the differences this morning actually. The surgery went well. I was a mess before surgery, even though I've had plenty in my life. My boyfriend works 2 weeks out of town and 1 week in. He was flying in the morning of my surgery so I wouldn't see him until after I was out of recovery and hadn't seen him in 2 weeks, he's super confused about the surgery and doesn't understand why... so I was really stressed out going in. I remember being wheeled into recovery (the hospital is way beyond gridlock) and only had 7 beds in recovery. I heard them say it took them an extra 45 minutes in the OR so I was late coming, but don't remember anything beyond that. I do remember the pain. I remember asking for pain meds but they couldn't give me anymore than they did because I wasn't breathing enough. I thought I was breathing just fine! but apparently it wasn't a lot lol. Since they had a room for me already, they ricked me to the curb in recovery, pain not controlled and went to my room. I told them about the pain, they showed me the monitor and said my breathing wasn't enough to give me more yet, and had to keep the oxygen on. I saw the monitor and I know that it was much much lower than I normally am at so that I understood and could see visually myself. They gave me what they could when they could, and I cold eventually tkae the oxygen off and they made me comfortable with meds. (So difference #1 - Pain. much worse than i remember with the sleeve). Difference #2 is the gas. I didn't have any issues with the gas first time around. This time... the gas went to my chest and the left side of my face. They could feel the crackle of the gas under my skin. That was very uncomfortable, i couldn't take a deep breath without a lot of pain (explains the breathing earlier) I didn't have any issues with gas, I was able to walk the first time and release the gas, well that was... this time around walking didn't do anything at all... took a few days to release gas that way, and only when I was laying down. Difference # 3 - Bowel movements... im a week post op, and still no bowel movement, after using milk of mag etc. I am not uncomfortable with no bowel movement yet, but with the sleeve I was running to the bathroom fairly quickly without any meds for that. so those are the bad differences... the good differences are the eating and drinking.... I have ZERO issue getting water in, or now eating cottage cheese and soup. no pain or discomfort with that at all. So some things have been bette and some things worse this time around. The pain was definitley worse, and i ran out of pain meds, sat in emerg like the clinic told me to do to see my surgeon on call, and i didn't even get to see him... and i got pain meds from someone else that were very similar. they called me today to confirm and apologize since thats where they sent me. The hospital also ran some tests when i was there and my surgeon wants them rerun at his office... my blood work was "prestige" the day after surgery and "perfect" the morning of discharge. The hospital ran some other tests and went on a tangent when i was there for pain meds and some live enzymes came back high and low.. so they want me to come back tomorrow or Friday to run some stuff and they'll call me after that. So when the surgeon came to see me after surgery the next day.... he said they were a little surprised to see my stomach/sleeve was in my chest cavity... and there was a huge hernia. So that's why I was in the OR an extra 45 minutes. They said I would see significant improvement with my acid issues just based on where my stomach was. None of that came up on my pre-op tests. So other than the pain/ no bowel movement yet. I am doing perfectly fine, no major issues or concerns! Why was yours moved back a week?

I just had a revision from sleeve to bypass on Jan 10th.... how are you guys doing ?