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love me some time travel novels too! Just finished reading the Outlander series again... waiting on the next book.. I have kindle unlimited but on my iPhone - and currently reading Ghost Detective. I read to stop the insanity that is my brain... so want something that is not true or scary - ie...

causes my head to shake - - - interesting to me that a PCP wanted to do a nut consult. Especially at 2 years out. I saw the nut in my surgeons office and that was ok but this would have whizzed me off too - especially if you are paying for it!

My heart goes out to you Diane. Bless you and yours

I think labs will be ok - but what about naked Mr. Sue? I am worried about him.

Hi @Katie T. I take something every 3 or 4 hours and don't have any trouble with it upsetting my stomach. Even my iron which i was the most worried about. I take ProFErrin and it is pretty easy on the stomach.

Kirmy, you are one beautiful lady! I am so very thankful you are in a better place this New Years Eve than last. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

@DSRIGGS sedation is the treatment of choice! My daughter had one during her cancer work up and even with IV demerol sedation she still wimpered. I must also confess, it is the one test I did not want her to have to go thru. I was given the option of staying with her but for my sanity I...

@Beverly N - yes that is certainly iron infusion numbers. The iron sat is very low - how are you feeling?

I use Premier RTD when I am rushed - not the best tasting but ok. Sometimes I add SF flavored syrup to the vanilla for a taste change. every morning, I have a chocolate shake with Unjury chocolate - I make mine with ½ and ½ and water. then a scoop and a half of unjury powder. It mixes easily...

Scott honey, catching up on my reading and found your post. I don't even know what to flippin' say. I had to go read about redundant colon - had never heard that before, but when I read megacolon I knew what it was. just curious, did you have trouble with constipation before surgery? I wish...

@Svetlana Leigh were you guys eating buddies too? Maybe she has those feeling of being jealous or abandoned. If you haven't talked to anyone about your surgery and you are dropping the weight maybe she thinks you are sick and she does not know what to say to you. There could be any number of...

iceburg lettuce really messed with me, especially if I had put strawberries on it. I found that romaine did ok.

@Butterfly you will learn nurses are mean and opinionated and there really is no privacy. you already have your first story for your 'book' . I had an instructor that was so opinionated about girls that had babies out of wedlock - like me. I always got the young girls that were not married on...

i'm going to chime in here and say - Yes - if you are like most folks before WLS you are sick to death of diets - follow what you are most comfortable with. Somedays that may mean eating whatever the hell you please. for me, I tried the low carb high protein approach but was not strict strict...

@trace I wish I could stay under 50G of carbs... I aim for 100 but usually get over that. Just looked at MFP and my average over the last week is 165 - last week was 95. but, I'm happy and content where I am now. as for fat - avg this week is 244... last week was 94.. so big spread there! I...

LORD HELP! real true info!

i got a call like that because my thyroid levels were out of whack. thought it was but assed crazy 'cuz it was a brand new dx and the nurse is calling. . .

@Butterfly would love to hear how it went! i'm and old nurse and discovered in my second year of nursing school that it is similar to how we do our Nutritionists. there is the school world of nursing and the real world of nursing. you have to do and parrot to the school world so you can make...

hey @writegirl and welcome! I am in east TN and Dr B was my surgeon. the office actually increases your protein goal each time you go based on labs and weight loss. Currently I am supposed to hit 150G a day so yeah, way more than 60. :) I am little late to the welcome part - was a busy...

sounds totally yuck! I just did the suprep crap for a colonoscopy. It tasted so bad I did it in shots like tequila - lemon juice and salt on my hand - take a big drink of the Suprep and then suck the salt. Still made me shudder. Scott, I'll be thinking of you and sending good vibes