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I have not checked for sure but I would imagine you can order anything you want on line and they will deliver to a Canadian address. I prefer to do things that way even when I don't have to. Might I recommend Micellar Milk? 40 grams of Protein in one drink.

That's why I like those Micellar Milk Protein shakes. 12 oz of liquid (like a can of soda), 40 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat, 4 grams of sugar, 220 calories. I usually start the day with one. They are OK straight, but a little bland. No major protein taste. Usually I blend up a chocolate one with a banana and a little Peanut Butter, or I blend up a vanilla one with a banana and some yogurt. It takes a while to drink the whole thing but that's not a big problem. I feel like once I start the day with that combo I'm off to a good start on the necessaries. I also have a Centrum chewable Vitamin, a couple Viactive Calcium chewy things, and a tablespoon of cod liver oil. I found a brand of cod liver oil that is virtually tasteless. It's still a bit gross swallowing a tablespoon of oil but it's not too bad if you chase it with something. It covers those Omega 3s. Once all that stuff is in me I feel like Priapus of the tribe of Inamed. I have not told my wife about this.

I agree. They're the quicker picker upper, if you catch my drift.

I do think it differs depending on weight. I often get only 60 or 80 grams but at my weight, 310, I'm supposed to get quite a bit more, so the chart says. Here's a link to one of many Protein calculators on line. You can check out what you are supposed to consume based on your weight and extent of daily activity. With other calculators the numbers are a bit different, so I don't think it is a hard science type of calculation. Also, as Bubblebutt says, your lean body mass may be more important. In my case my lean body mass is probably about 22 pounds. http://www.inch-aweigh.com/calc_protein.htm

Hilarious. That would work for sure. By the way, I just realized why my weight loss is stalled in the last couple weeks. Every time I read one of your posts I get hungry. Are you going to share that sub already?

Most of us have a fatty liver. If you were told you have a fatty liver that does not necessarily mean that you are different from everyone else here. We all have that problem. The pre-op diet is intended to help reduce it. This apparently works most of the time as evidenced by the fact that doctors do a lot of these surgeries and almost never stop them because of too much fat on the liver. However, it can happen that the doc stops in the middle of the surgery because he or she can't reach the stomach. I've heard of it a couple times. So, when the time comes, do try to stick with your pre-op diet. The odds are very good that your liver is not that much different from everyone else's around here, and that the surgery can go forward with no problem. But, it must be said that every once in a great while this there is a problem with too much fat on the liver, and the doc stops the surgery.

I do the same. I'm reluctant to remove the peel because you know what they always say, "all the nutrients are in the peel." I'm not ready to give up on apple peels just yet. I'm able to get them down if I eat slowly, and I feel like the nutritional value makes the process worth it. Another thing to keep in mind is that these things can be blended. If you make your own apple sauce in the blender with the peel on, you can get the machine to do most of the chewing for you.

Yes, I confess, I was kidding. But from the sound of some of these evaluations, something like that would not be impossible to imagine. To me the psych eval process is a bit questionable in general. My doctor did not require them, which was a big plus as far as I was concerned. Now, if you'll all pardon me, Walt Disney and I need to continue giving Tango lessons to the TeleTubbies. Ole!~!

Just Kidding!! :heh: :heh: :heh: :peace: :peace: :peace: :scared: :scared: :lalala: :lalala: :lalala: :kev: :kev: :blabla: :blabla: :yield: :yield: :fencing: :fencing: :banplease: :banplease: :deadhorse: :deadhorse:

In my psych eval the doctor had Krispy Kreme donuts surrounded by an electric fence. I just didn't think that was funny.

The handcuffs worked! Hooray :clap2:

You Colorado sorts all really ought to check out the web site in my signature block below. My doc is Dr. Kirshenbaum in Aurora, CO. Near Denver as I'm sure you know. He charges $9950 for everything, and then fills for life are $15. And he is an extremely experienced laparoscopic surgeon with over 10,000 procedures. He has also pioneered certain types of laparoscopic surgeries and trained hundreds of other doctors. I went to him and I live in Maryland. If you live in Colorado I believe this is a total no-brainer. You really should check him out. If you more info about him run a search on this forum for "Kirshenbaum." You'll see he has quite a number of happy patients who post on this forum.

I understand people when they say we have no right to tell Janiee to divorce her husband. But actually, I have more faith in her than that. I have faith that Janiee will make her own decision in this important matter, and that she will not divorce her husband because of what a few people said on an internet forum. Ultimately, I disagree that we should feel out of line for giving Janiee the advice you see here. Janiee has she presented a small amount of information to us an asked for opinions. That is part of her process of collecting information and getting feedback to make her own decision. Based on the information she chose to give us, her husband sounds like quite a loser. I think there is nothing wrong with responding based on that information. And again, I have every expectation that Janiee will make her own decision based on what she actually wants to do, and not based on what a few people said on a forum. I don't think we need to protect Janiee from herself.

The difference in my case, though, is that I actually am the sane one in the group. :heh:

What are they concerned about here? That you will defeat the band by using too much whipped cream? That the 8 year olds you are dating like to go to McDonalds too often? I mean, whats the issue here?

It is very sad to me to see someone who chooses to believe in a god who administers mercy to such a tiny percentage of human souls. The god in this story offers mercy only to those very few who meet criteria that the majority of humans could never possibly meet because those humans never heard of the game or the rules. Under the plan set forth in this story, the vast majority of humans would always fail to attain gods mercy simply because they never even heard about the alleged on true path to gods mercy. A god of that type is unfair, cruel, heartless, and arbitrary. If I were god I believe I would have little patience for any person who reached the conclusion that my nature could possibly unclude this level unfairness and cruelty. I would have much greater esteem for any human who used his or her capacity to reason in order to see that god loves all and offers mercy to all.

Yeah, it's true. You don't want your stomach to have to work to digest stuff right now. The stomach needs the path of least resistance for a while so that the band can settle in to one spot and not move around.

The only feeling I had was like something inside me was strangling my esophagus from where the band was placed on my upper stomach. Just kidding. I was a little disoriented, and a little short of breath at first. They gave me some oxygen for an hour or so. But I recovered after a couple hours and then went on my merry way. There was a little pain by I did not have much of that, either from incisions or gas.

That's the spirit. I've only been there once, for about a month, from Kenai to Denali with a couple stops in Anchorage. What a place. Nothing like it. I'm not sure I could handle the winter, mostly for the darkness. But the summer is a blaze of glory. Hope to get back there sometime soon.

I think you need to get assertive on this situation. If I were you, I'd handcuff myself to the boss's office and refuse to move until they tell you whether or not you got the job. [A little humor there. Good for the stress, they say]

This quote below does not solve anything or prove that someone is right or wrong, but it does show that this "goat" vs "ghost" discussion has come up before. The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5 ghost » goat Chiefly in: give up the goat Classification: English – idiom-related Spotted in the wild: My old 14″ monitor went completely wrong and after a few years trusty service it finally gave up the goat, hence my need to find a new monitor for my little machine. (Ciao.co.uk review, Feb. 18, 2001) The INS had finally given up the goat, and we were standby gauges only. (Naval Safety Center, Approach Magazine, 2004) Canon mp760 gave up the goat. (TGForumz, Sep. 22, 2005) One could argue that since he’s focused his practice largely on documentary filmmaking since the Eighties … he might as well have given up the goat for all the attention given to the form in theaters in the media until recently. (Reverse Shot Online, Winter 2006) Luckily our old Toyota just got us through and then gave up the goat. (ABC Rural, SA Country Hour, Jan. 11, 2006) Stay calm, collected, and don’t give up the goat. (Paul Davidson, Ten Rules for Making Rules, Apr. 16, 2006) Analyzed or reported by: Jeanette Winterson (The Times, May 13, 2006) Jeanette Winterson writes: The other day my elderly country neighbour asked for a bit of help to get his new washing machine into the kitchen. That generation never use “it”, always, “he” or “she”, so I wasn’t surprised to hear the washing machine called “he”, but I was surprised by what followed: “My old washing machine, he’s given up the goat,” he said, in a broad Gloucestershire accent. “The goat?” I replied. “Are you sure?” “Oh, yes,” said my neighbour, “ain’t you never heard that expression before, given up the goat?” “Well, not exactly . . . where does it come from?” “Ah well,” said my neighbour, “in the old days, when folks didn’t have much, and mainly worked the land, a man would set store by his animals, especially his goat, and when he come to die, he would bequeath that goat to his heirs, and that is why we say, ‘he’s given up the goat’.” I am thrilled with this and from now on there will be no more ghosts, only goats. | link | entered by Ben Zimmer, 2006/05/20 | 4 Commentaries on “goat” <LI class=shara id=comment-37886>4 Commentary by Shara , 2006/10/17 at 5:15 pm Actually folks, if you read that paragraph of explanation just a bit closer, you might see that Winterson knew that the original expression was “give up the ghost.” She was simply saying that she liked the old man’s explanation better because it was rather funny that he explained it so matter-of-factly, even though he was entirely incorrect. <LI class=minos id=comment-32309>3 Commentary by Minos , 2006/10/02 at 9:32 pm I think that “give up the goat” is what you do when someone “gets your goat”. <LI class=royjacobsen id=comment-25180>2 Commentary by Roy Jacobsen , 2006/08/21 at 7:42 pm Actually, the King James version of the Bible has several passages with “gave up the ghost:” www.biblegateway.com/quic… There are a couple for “give up the ghost” as well: www.biblegateway.com/quic…1 Commentary by BabyCharmander , 2006/08/21 at 7:18 pm Isn’t “given up the ghost” a refrence to the Bible passage in which Jesus dies? I recall the verse saying something along the lines of “gave up the ghost.”

Nicole, people here will be willing to be your life line. But it would also help a lot if you would be your own lifeline. To be honest, you are asking questions that have been asked and answered countless times on this forum. That is OK, especially if a person is new. But after a year and a half, you need to help yourself also by doing some research. You could help yourself a lot if you spend some time running searches on this forum and reading information. And I have to tell you, your situation of having the band, struggling with it, and being isolated from medical help is dangerous. It could be seriously dangerous. I would at least try to contact your original surgeon to ask some questions about what is going on. If that is not possible I would get to a doctor in Seattle as soon as you can. Don't worry too much about losing a lot of additional weight right now. I would focus on doing what you need to do to make sure you are in good shape with your health. So, please keep posting here, asking questions and staying in contact. Let us know how it is going. That is what we are here for. But also do some work on your own to help get some answers. Keep in touch!

I do understand how your husband feels but when you weigh each side of the equation the support for waiting 3 or 4 years just is not there, especially at your age. On one side of the equation there is a very, very small risk of serious complications like a coma that could be expensive. On the other side of the equation is all of the following: dramatically improved quality and enjoyment of life, significant increase in life expectancy, resolution of obesity related health problems that you very likely have now (diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, knee and ankle problems, sleep apnea, etc., etc.). This really is a no-brainer. Choosing to live out your remaining years as a cripple because you are afraid of a very tiny chance of something serious happening is just not a good choice. Spouses often have a hard time when their other half makes a major change. My wife resisted the lap band surgery for all kinds of reasons. She was mainly just afraid that a major change in my life could mean a major change in her life. I think some of that may be going on with your husband. I think he is a little bit nervous about you becoming a happier, healthier, more active person. That's understandable. But I really think that the resistance you describe about the possible cost of a coma is really not about the coma, but is more about the change.

Based on what you are describing, all hope is lost. You seem to be suffering from cheese-nipsolepsy. :hungry: But seriously, just try to get back on track. As I understand it the goal with pre-op diets is to shrink the liver so it does not get in the way during banding. This can be quite a serious problem, and has caused doctors to stop the surgery. But I'm sure a couple crackers will not cause "fois gras" syndrome. Just do the best you can with this.

I think the usual advice here would be to get another fill, but I hear what you are saying about how you might just try to force food down a hole that is even smaller than before and risk hurting yourself. My advice is not to get a fill right now. If anything, I'd get completely unfilled, begin a program of therapy, and only return to the band when you are ready. There is nothing the band can do for the stuff going on in your head. I feel like if you get another fill right now and deal with serious restriction, you could hurt yourself, and you will almost surely head down the path toward having the band removed. Personally, I think you should feel quite good about the fact that you are able to be so honest with yourself about what is going on. I think you sense that another fill is not the answer right now, and that you need some help with what is going on in your head. Follow those instincts. But that does not mean you need to have the band permanently removed. I suggest getting a complete unfill and putting the band on the backburner for a while. You can always return to it later when you are ready. There is no need to have it removed. In a few months, you may be ready for it. Good luck and please keep us informed. Take advantage of this group. That's what we are here for.