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I hated cottage cheese before and was so grossed out by it. Now I love blending it with eggs to make a high protein omelette. I also add it to a bunch of sauces. Still trying to explore new recipes.

Yes! I accidentally dropped my phone into the water when I was getting a pedicure because I set my phone down in my "lap"...and the lap was a gap 😂

Omg this is so cute!

I currently take 20 mg of Omeprazole once daily. This is down from the original 40. It seems to be controlling things as long as I take it every day. Thank you so much for the info!

I am on 20 mg Omeprazole daily. I was prescribed 20 mg Famotodine, but it isn't working. I am relieved to hear your surgeon is okay with a low dose. At my 6 month, my surgeon's office wanted me to get off of Omeprazole, but my PCP wanted to keep me on as long as the reflux is happening (for fear of ulcers, cancer, etc.). I was hoping the reflux would have gone away by now, so I am just trying to prepare myself for my 1 year check up and to hear what my options are. Thank you for sharing the info with me.

I'm 9 months PO and I am having some reflux issues. I am trying to figure out how serious they are and what my next steps should be. The pain doesn't sound as intense as what you've been through, but I can really only keep it from happening with taking a PPI. My PCP advised me against taking PPIs this long, but I have been unsuccessful in weaning myself off of them. I really don't want to have a revision if I can help it, but I also know I can't be on PPIs forever.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm sorry you had to go through that.

Can you tell me more about your symptoms? What did the gastritis and esophagitis feel like? How long did it take you to develop polyps and how did you know? Thank you so much in advance!

I love this story! Yes, it's funny how "off" my eyes can be sometimes. Just yesterday I was shocked when I fit into new pants that looked WAY too small. This is such a fun process, especially since for so long it was the other way around (not fitting into clothes that looked huge).

I am five weeks post op and finally starting to feel hungry enough to want a small snack in between lunch and dinner. I was wondering if you enforce the no-drinking 30 mins before/after rule with small snacks. I've been holding firm to the rule and totally understand the rationale behind it, but it definitely is making it hard for me to reach my water goals. I have no problem drinking, but having to give up 1.5 hours of drinking time per meal really adds up! It seems like giving up another ~1.5 hours for a snack just isn't worth it. How do you handle drinking around snacks? TIA!

That's so amazing! Congratulations!!!

This makes SO much sense. Thank you for taking the time to explain it!

I feel so much better knowing I’m not alone in feeling like my water and protein goals are a full time job 😂 Thanks for the words of advice!

Yes, exactly this! My friend and I were crunching the numbers, too! We are both teachers and were joking that we were probably the only ones to taken written directions so seriously 😂 Thank you for the advice (and the validation)!

Woohooo! Congrats!

Omg that's amazing! Way to go!!!

Woohoooo! That's amazing, congratulations! I am very much looking forward to that milestone. It's so amazing how much you have improved your health. Thank you for sharing your story