While on vacation a few years ago, we had a problem with smoke odor from the previous person in the room.  The staff brought an ozone machine and it cleared the odor really fast.  Sorry that I don't remember the brand name.

Yaaay!!!  I think just being home will help things improve for you!

I always buy those huge bags of almonds at Walmart.  They're 2 lbs!  When I have one of those "hungry-all- day" days, I grab a couple of handfuls of nuts whenever I need them.

Julanie, I would think maybe a little extra protein would help you heal, if you can manage that.   Don't worry about catching up on the vites, but I would double up on probiotics to restore your good bacteria in your gut.  BTW, what did you think of Dr. Kim?  -Jenny

Ha, ha the "wee" hours of the morning.  I never thought of that, that's funny. 

My doc told me it was perfectly safe to take a maintenance dose of Miralax everyday.  I eat lots of butter and fluids, too.

Hi Marilyn!  Nice to hear from you.  I had this problem big time.  It  wasn't just the corners of my mouth, but my lips felt like they had been sunburned.  But they had not.  I researched it, bought a bottle of B2, and wham bam - problem solved!  Can't really remember how many days it took to go away but I remember it wasn't too long.  I was so happy.  And the good thing was there wasn't suppose to be any problem with taking too much B2 as I recall.

-Jenny

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I had yogurt the first week out of the hospital.  I started with Activia and then learned to like Greek yogurt - Fage. Greek has the most protein.

Becky, don't know if this will help you any, but I had saved a couple of old post on this subject.  One was from Jenna Lynn who said she had raised her HDL taking 2 Vectomega per day.  Another was from Bearmom saying that both Coromega and Vectomega were water miscible and that when she took them it was not with fatty food - and it should improve triglyceride levels....

After I wrote to you last night. It hit me. Duh, it could be hormonal for you.  Not sure where you are in your journey.  Loosing weight is suppose to release estrogen from the fat cells. 

Here a post I found for you: 

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rny/3839476/Estrogen-in-fa t/

Maybe you should make a trip to you gyno and have your hormone levels tested. Maybe some progesterone would balance things out.  I remember there was someone here who once posted that she had success with those progesteron creams they sell in health food stores.  Just thought I'd mention it cause I know with the pain your feeling you probably are ready to try anything

virgin coconut oil is composed mainly of mct   Dr. Oz is real big on this. I guess if you were going to use oil in your cooking, it wouldn't be a bad idea...

lizzie, don't worry too much.  "This too shall pass."   It took me about three months to get over the nausea and about another month to see an improvement in my energy.  You'll adjust.  This is one of those thing that varies from person to person.  Heck, I still like the days when I can get in a little evening nap! 

Oh my, I am so sorry to hear this.  Maureen was really special.

-Jenny