Thank you! I went to the docs yesterday and she gave me meds for a yeast infection. I wish I went sooner to her, but its embrassing even though its my doc i am showing. Thank you for the advice of...

Hi, I had revision surgery from lapband to sleeve. I didn't need approvel with medicare it just went right through. Not sure ifit was because lapband was so tight that I had reflex so bad I was...

I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm ready to get rid of some extra skin. I'm down 80 lbs and want a panniculectomy. I was told by my surgeon that medicare doesn't approve this before the surgery. ...

You do need to be careful i ordered syntrex nectar shakes insmaller packages they said 24 grams of protein in one package, but the package was two servings! Si just make sure you read the labels and...

Pure protein has 1 gram of sugar 23 grams of protein (i thought it was 25) and is 120 caliries for one bottle which is 12 oz

Walmart has them they are 4 for 7.50....expensive but good. I have aeen it in the powder form..i just don't think it mixes well. I pour it over ice chips and drink it and chew the ice...my...

Tammy i love my chocolate pure protein premixed shakes...i still drink them for breakfast! 25 grams of protein! I didn't have to do full liquid diet when I had my lapband and then revision to...

Good luck to you Tammy! Keep us posted :)

Yes:) and the sleeve surgery wasn't as bad for me as the band surgery. I had no pain...was off the meds the second day.

O also had nash...i had lapband done in 2010 and lost 72 pounds my liver is fine now....i had to have revision to sleeve do to acid reflux so i was sleeved in jan of this year and weight is coming...

Oops thats doc...i really should checkmy spelling before i post from phone!!

Hi Tammy, I had the Lapland to sleeve revision in one surgery with no problems. I spent two nights in the hospital. I was told by my dic if there was a lot of swelling around band or scar tissue he...

Omg that was doc rushed me down for barium swallow

I vomited three times in the morning the day after my surgery in the hospital. The dic rushed me down for the barium swallow test to make sure i didn't get a leak. Thank goodness i was ok. I was...

The doc had a student pull mine out...she went real slow and stopped in the middle of pulling. It felt like it was wound up inside me and it wasn't fun. My advice make sure the doc does it, and...

Same here sheila. I will take out a sugar free jello and have a bite and be done or i can actually eat a whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich!! That shocked me!! Last night at supper i had to...

Sheila i hope you pass the kidney stone fast. Those are so painful :( i have had five of them in the past...the last one they had to blast cause it wouldn't pass. Take care of yourself and make...

My scale hasn't moved at all in weeks. I have gone down in sizes though. I exercise 5 times a week but i am hungry every 2 to 3 hours now!!! For weeks after surgery i wasn't hungry and had to...

Thank you Monique & Belinda, if it doesn't go away by monday i am going to call my doctor. It came on after standing for 4 hours yesterday and hasn't let up. Its not bad enough to take pain...

Was just curious if anyone else has a pain right at your sternum? It doesn't matter if I have eaten or not. Since last night I feel like there is someones foot digging in there. No other pain, no...

I saw my doc last monday. I'm down 22 lbs he is very happy with my progress I told him I thought I would of lost more by now. He said not to worry it will come off! I had already started walking...

Thank you Megan and Diane I'm just a little worried what the doctor is going to say tomorrow with my weights being up a pound and a half. I'msure it will be fine. Diane my legs are very muscular...

Anyone elses weight going up and down? I have been on a stall and now I went up a pound and a half...how in the world did that happen with the amount of calories I am eating I feel like my body is...

Njchic & Onilew, I think we will all have days where we will miss food, but we have to remember why we did this surgery. To take back our lives! To be healthy, to be able to do things we haven't...

Hi, im down 17 lbs in 22 days. The doc told me weight will come off slow because I was a revision from lapband. I saw the nutritionist last wed. And she wants me to eat more protein and drink more ...