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ok its been a looong week. i had my surgery on Monday the 10th and by Wednesday i had such bad diarrhea and was dehydrated so they had me go get checked and i have a bloody C-Diff infection! in the hospital i went and have been here ever since in stupid infectious disease quarantine! ok...

Weill I'm home. been an interesting few days. I can not keep the nausea at bay, cannot get all my fluids in and have been told to stop my protein intake until I can. I feel like I have a football sized "knot" that constantly grumbles where my stomach used to be. I often wake up with wonderful...

Hi, me2012. I completed my last dietician requirement on August 8th and August 21st they called to tell me I had been approved. We scheduled the pre-op appt(which I am headed to in about an hour) for the 29th and I could have had the surgery tomorrow but I chose to wait until the 10th because it...

Just wanted to check in and tell y'all that my surgery is scheduled for September 10th. Two weeks of busy prepping and getting ready so that my family doesn't have to do much while I'm recovering. Going to my pre-op appt with the surgeon tomorrow, and then I'm assuming there with be some labs to...

Hi pat99. My program recommends IsoPure simply because the research the dietician has done has shown it to meet what they want for us. She says if I can find an equivalent I am certainly welcome to use it, but so far I haven't. She wants it to be Whey Protein Isolate, and one scoop should have...

I have not had my surgery yet, its getting close tho. What I was wondering is what most of you got for pain management at home? I have had several other surgeries and with each I didn't feel like I was scribed strong enough, nor enough quantity to adequately manage the pain and I am a little...

Hi everyone. I seen my dietician today and I asked about the issue of tastes changing after surgery and she told me they used to get a lot of complaints about that from patients but about two years ago they discovered that vitamin deficiency, in particular a zinc deficiency, seemed to be the...

Hi everyone. I had my 5th visit with the dietician today and they gave me a revised eating plan that includes drinking a bottle of IsoPure daily after surgery. I know from previous post that I should expect my tastes to change but still.. that stuff is expensive and so I'd like to hear from...

Hi, I take Bariatric Fusion chewables. in addition I take 1000mg of vitamin C and 5000 IU high potency vitamin D. My labs are perfect every time and with the extra vitamin C I find I don't get sick as much or for as long if I do.

Hi, I have not yet had my surgery, its guesstimated to happen about Augusts end. But I'd like to talk with y'all about skin. I will not be having any reconstructive/plastic surgeries and so my end result is going to be wholly up to me. I have come to terms with the fact that there is going to be...

DONNA! How absolutely marvelous! I cant wait for you haha. I really like the diet plan my dietician has me on. its not fast working obviously... ive just now lost the whole 15 lbs and it has been almost 5 months. but there approach here was to take it off slow and and comfortable and when I...

Hi Tom, thanks for the greeting. So you started the shakes and bars BEFORE your surgery? Was this just for the sake of trying the flavors? What are your favorite brands and flavors and is there someplace where you can get a good deal?

Hello Bigtallsis Donna. Thank you so much for the welcome! My insurance requirements included 6 months of meetings with a dietician and a 5% (for me that totaled 15lbs) weight loss before the surgery. My dietician put me on the "Plate Method", which is 3 meals per day, 4-5 hrs apart consisting...

Thank you Pat99, I appreciate your reply and helpful suggestions. It prompts another question tho... WHY do things taste different after the surgery? I gave it some thought before I asked in case it was an obvious answer that I was failing to see, but I just cant find it haha. Why would your...

New! Need to talk with real people Hi My name is Jen. I also have not yet had my surgery. The guesstimated time-frame is somewhere the end of August or the beginning of September. I would love to make some new friends here and get some ideas on what to expect. I have the stacks and piles of...