AngelaT

Where do you find high protein, low carb powders for smoothies for the first two weeks? So many are Not low carb! Thanks!

How much of a protein smoothie should I have a few days after surgery? They are not too thick, but I need to drink enough protein without stretching the pouch??? One smoothie is 100 calsa and 25grms of protein. We need at least 60. Not sure if I should brake it in sections but them I might not get enough in a day...less than 800cals and not enough protein...:help:

Hi November bandsters! Let's keep this going to support our efforts though out the wonderful we are soon to begin. Let's start with the date we are being banded and where? Our weight and goal weight... My date will be November 7 Dr. Aceves I weighed myself this morning and I have gained!!! :faint: Starting weight 225 (highest ever!!! ) Goal 150 10/26 Jdru (Jessica) 215/215/125 Dr. Hansen (Honorary Nov Bandster) 11/1 melany72 Dr. Hargroder 11/2 DeniseC (Denise) 226/219/130 Dr. Carbonell 11/2 prbrooksie 252/252/150 Dr. Malley 11/2 Kym828 (Kim) 278/278/175 Dr. Ortiz 11/2 pebbles4388 249/249/150 11/3 Jess333 (Jessica ("Lil" Red)) Dr. Ortiz 11/7 AngelaT (Angela) 225/225/150 Dr. Aceves 11/7 Jackye 225/225/150-45 Dr. Rumbaut 11/8 L8BloomR (Karen) goal: -105 Dr. Francis 11/8 dpingl goal: -92 Dr. Hoehn 11/8 niecyrenee goal: -232, down 8 Dr. Pitt 11/9 Keekahari (Kee) 280/245/175 Dr. Moazzez 11/10 FullofGRACE Dr. Curry 11/10 alix_1 (Alix) 222/222/140 Dr. Garza 11/13 swilborn (Sherrie) Size 22/???/140 Dr. Rodriquez 11/14 ahaizlip (Amy) goal: -129 Dr. Liu 11/17 Asmallerchick (Kelly) goal: -200 Dr. Aceves 11/20 Diana_G 234/234/145 Dr. Huacuz 11/20 Veggestyle 275/?/150 Dr. M 11/20 Laurba 11/21 Jess02 (Jess) Dr. Rumbaut 11/24 aussie_bandit 153kg/153kg/75kg 11/30 Inner_me (Chris) 350/350/200 Dr. Cahill

Help!

I ahve not had a fill yet and it's been over one month since surgery...what does it mean when my left shoulder hurts as if it's gas pain? Is it I ate too much or what? :help: Thanks!

llitltweety, It was so nice meeting you today! I hope everything went well. I will try to call you a bit later today. As you saw at the hospital it is hard for me to have a normal lunch at work since I tend to get paged away in the middle. Take lots of care! Angela :ranger:

Hi Vikki and everyone! It was great meeting all of you yesterday. Let's keep in touch on this thread and via e-mail. Have a wonderful day!! Angela

Hi Vikki! Did you get my e-mail? Did you check out our new rainforest group thread yet? You looked soooooo beautiful Sunday!! I use Neutrogena tanning and firming lotion...no orange :-) Great to see you again and so nice to meet other bandsters!:clap2:

I am bumping this one so you can see it is around...sorry I did not mention at lunch that we should do this. I e-mailed Vikki and I hope she will let you know via private e-mail! BUMP.......

Click on my name next to my avatar(pic) and choose the private message option once the window opens. You can also find me at www.band2gether.net and under professional advice click ask Dr. trumbauer. Have a great day!:welldoneclap:

Hello everyone! I am back from Kauai... it as wonderful!! I have been reading your posts... Tom or anyone if you are interested in helping your symptoms in a more natural way please private mail me... remember that isd what I do for sa living... and I REVERSED my multiple sclerosis symptoms!!! I No longer take anything more than an occassional aspirin and have NO health problems what so ever. A few years ago I could NOT walk, now I do anything (almost) I want... snorkeling in Hawaii, trkking through ther Amazon, climbing Machu Picchu in Peru... believe me pharmaceuticals can actually make you sicker in many cases plus we also need to treat Mind, Body and Spirit not just one as they are aall linked! Tom...I am worried about you... private message me... take lots of care and please eat MORE calories... good ones!

It was for tose in Southern Cal, but if you can make it...great!!! it is June 10 for lunch at Downtown Disney. Vikki posted it a while back. It will be right after my first fill so I will have soup! Let Vikki know if you can make it!:eek:

where is everyone????? Tom, what did the doc say?

Dear Tom, You are probably doing TOO MUCH! I would be exhausted if I did all that You do!! Make sure you are eating plenty of good foods, no sugar or caffeine since these are Not good for RA and please yahe Vitamins..good ones from a health food store especially the B's! Go to www.band2gether.net and go to Ask Dr. Trumbauer and you will see some suggestions I wrote for RA and autoimmune diseases. remember your good fats...Omega 3 mostly aas flaxseed oil, almonds avocado, and eating fish...but avoid fish oil capsules...they can hurt the liver if taken too much. Make sure you get 8 hours of sleep. Take care!

They have chewables at Whole Foods. So is Disney still on?

Hi Connie, Actually your best bet is Calcium and magnesium combined so if you have not opened the bottle exchange it for the combo..they help each other absorb and together they help your muscles relax better and it is good for your bones. take after exercise one pill and before bedtime to help you sleep better. Only take two on days you exercise...otherwise I like to take it before bed so I can sleep better.

Thanks Vikki! How wonderful! What adorable children... Happy mother's day to you and to all the Mom's on this thread.

MIsty...I am SO sorry to hear about your band...but I am happy that you will be healthy. That is the most important thing. You lost a lot of weight and you have learned now how to eat better and smaller portions so you can continue on your journey. Please update us and continue posting...you will ALWAYS be a November bandster! You are part of the family! A BIG HUG!!!

WOW Tom, you are SOOOOOOO busy!! You are getting a workout just with what you are doing at home!! It is like having 2 full-time jobs! MAybe you can pay someone to come in half a day once a week to help clean the house and maybe do a load of laundry or two. A HS student would not charge too much.

I want to take a group of just bandsters to swim with dolphins. It is very healing and an experience of a lifetime!!!:clap2: There is a cruise for bandsters in June and I don't want to interfere with that...I know some people do not like cruises.... I was thinking of May, but if you tell me which month you would more likely go to one of the most beautiful reefs in the world,,,then I can plan it for the majority... the choices are: May, September, October...which one? www.myspace.com/atrumbauer

Tom, That is a wonderful story!!! Congratulations!!! Glad to hear from you again...I guess due to nicer weather it has been rather quiet here in Nov. Bandsters.... I guess you have been busy woth the goats...and I htought maybe you had found a grilfriend since you do not show up much lately :-)

This is my last post/...like I said I have an advice column on the other one but then you must be from Dr Aceves board...been a looon g time since I went there and Nina wanted to plan the same trip in the future...she just wanted to make sure we did it together. The other board has NO sponsors and AGAIN it was a trip for us to get together.... so now we are getting together but it was just easier to do so at Disneyland instead. I still do my private trips I charge for...just not for bandsters... anything on these boards are free. In fact I do not like the new layout full of ads all over the place. When I first mentioned the possibility of a trip it was long before they even thought of ads and sponsors! About 6 months ago???The other one I give official advice as I was asked to by the owners/sponsors...along with the rest of advice in other threads whic we all do. You do NOT know me, have no idea who I am and threfore do not have the RIGHT to lie about my intentions. How sad to be where you are at! Hope you can become a happier person someday.

I has posted the poll here first and the only reason they asked me to refrain from posting is because YOU had conplained. Also because they are planning to have payed sponsors soon and since I had not talked to them first about thr trip it was best if I deleted it. By the way,,,tge cost of these trips goes up wuth time and gas prices... the lower the room availability the higher the prices...or don't you know that. The other board likes me and respects me enough to be their UNPAID natural advisor... they said in the future we could try to plan the same trip together. Most of the work I do is for FREE! I have heard from a few others you are a trounle maker and to not pay attention to you... I am glad i got those PM... you had really broken my heart, but now I know iit is not worth it. I just really hope You treat your patients well and with love and respect as you are a nurse and should be totally dedicated to them.

YEs I am. I have been working in western medicine for over 20 years and switched over when nothing could help me there and I saw the bigger picture.I still work with hospitals that are open to natural means such as Stanford medical center. MAny medical schools now have classes on holistic studies or complmentary medicine. Dr. Weil MD has a post- graduate program for M.D.'s in holistic medicine. I believe that sometimes a combination of the two is necessary and I think that in cases of trauma and lost causes like terminal organ failure or severe accidents, broken bones and such western medicine is great. Here in California with Stanford and other medical centers we are succesfully combining both, to heal the patient faster and to decrease the times pt.s come into the hospital and also use less pharmaceutical meds which have many side effects. CAncer patients feel better throgh their chemotherapy if that is what they choose to do for their CA. The State of Washington is also very good at combining both and so is Oregon. Open heart surgeries and others recover faster when they have holistic counseling and modalities such as healing touch and reiki before surgery. Patients who recive natural therapies during the hospital stay also go home faster and with less complications. I know from my personal experience that if I had not tries all of the naturopathic things I did, and chiropractic and yoga the doctor who told me I would be in a wheelchair by now or dead...would have been right!! I am here to prove and to show others that a person CAn reverse many symptoms even in chronic illness and can live a much fuller life full of hope, love and even happiness. That is my goal in life...to give hope and teach people how to improve in mind, body and spirit.

NOOO!!!! The trip is NOT $5,000!! That is what I charge when I take private parties for 10 days to spend 7 days swiming with dolphins and snorkeling and classes everyday!! It includes hotel, food, trips to the reef, dolphin swims, parties, kayaking, and much more!!!! The trip for bandsters was going to be about $1,800 one week ALL inclusive except for airfare! That is COST and noone can do that by themselves...setting up all of the boat trips to the reef and classes, parties etc. it has to be done by someone. that was going to be me. Who in the US can offer all inclusive, hotel, food, boats, snorkeling, dolphins, classes, etc. for that price??? No-one. This was a VERY OLD post and it was meant to stay that way precisely because many people do not understand the power of these tuype of experiences on ones health and growth. So for any one else wanting to inquire...please i am NO LONGER OFFERING this to bandsters. ONLY to private parties interested in these experiences. Any one is welcome to contact me privately if they have an intererest in ever going. Much love to ALL... Peace, Angela