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BA Vitamins - Does anyone use the daily convenience packs from Bariatric Advantage?  Try as I might, I struggle to remember my daily supplements and only take them a few times a week.  The pa...

Need to vent - Hello everyone, It has been a long time since I have been on here and I have missed.  Soooo busy.  And I need you guys, your support and words of wisdom. My mom had RNY on Ha...

Heartburn - I am over a year out and in the last week I have been having moderately bad acid reflux.  I get that sour taste in my mouth.  I hate it.  I can't identify triggers.  Sometimes, lik...

Feeling fat! - The last couple of weeks I have been snacking like crazy!  I try to limit it to my high protein pretzels and nuts and fiber bars but I feel fat.  The scale has not moved, thankfull...

Snacking and head hunger - For the last week or so I cannot seem to stop eating.  I think about food all the time and I try to keep my snacks to high protein and high fiber but I am having a hard time.  I am...

Ujury Cheese Sauce - Has anyone tried this product?  I just ordered some.  The reviews were excellent but I would like more opinions.  It is pricey but the label says 21 grams of protein in one scoop o...

Flaxseed Oil - I have really bad dry eyes and my eye doctor recommended taking flaxseed oil daily.  He said this may help.  Does anyone else take this?  What dose do you take? 

Honey - I have a bit of a sore throat and I want a hot toddy like my mom used to make with lemon and honey.  She used to put whiskey in it but I will skip that unless I really, really need...

Fiber - I have been having some bathroom probelms lately and am thinking that I need a fiber supplement.  What do you take?  I bought some Fiber Choice tablets and they are pretty good.  A...

Breakfast Ideas - I am looking for breakfast ideas.  I am so tired of cottage cheese and eggs.  I tried some Grape Nuts this morning and they were so good!  Just a touch of sugar and a little milk a...

Need to vent - My mom had RNY last Monday.  She has been home since Wednesday and I am going crazy with her!  She will not drink, she will not walk, and she has not gotten dressed since she got h...

Another Calcium Question - I have been seeing gummy calcium supplements that are tricalcium phosphate.  My chemistry is really rusty and, sadly, my pharmacist didn't know if there was a difference between th...

Who was that? - I was on call this weekend for the first time.  I had to go see a patient at 4:30 this morning because he fell.  While I was there, I caught site of a large dresser mirror and the ...

Feeling Hunger - I am almost nine months out and am starting to feel hungry again.  I have noticed it in the morning, about an hour after breakfast.  I drink water but it doesn't help.  After lunch...

Finger food lunches - Any suggestions for easy to eat cold foods for my lunch?  I have a new job that often forces me to eat in the car, sometimes on the run.  I had a half PB and J on high protien brea...

Rice - I was told that after surgery I cannot eat rice due to the fact that it expands in the pouch.  What about puffed rice or rice cakes?  Anyone know if we can eat those things?

Calcium - How much calcium do you take each day?  I have been taking 1200 per day of the Catcitral (calcuim citrate) and I wonder how much I am absorbing.  I looked at the chewables on Amazo...

Indirectly related - What do you think about sugar and its effects on children's behavior?  I am thinking about cutting out all sugars for my two boys.  Has anyone had any experience with this?

Protein Shots - I was in GNC buying Isopure the other day and they told me that they are discontinuing the drinks and going to the protein shots.  Only 3 ounces of liquid and lots of protein.  Has...

Hospital supplies - A friend of mine is having a duodenal switch done next week.  He lives several hundred miles away and I cannot be there.  He was asking what to take to the hospital.  I told him li...

Supportive Underthings - I am not sorry that I had RNY and I have to admit that clothed, I look much better.  However, without clothing I look like the saggy baggy elephant.  Does anyone wear anything unde...

Another Starbucks question - Someone in the earlier post mentioned that they get whey protien added to their drink.  I can't find any information about that on line.  Does anyone know if there is added sugar i...

Bread - Has anyone tried the bread made from sprouted grains instead of flour?  The kind I bought has 4 grams of protien per slice. 

Lab results - I just got my six month labs back and they look awsome!  The liver tests are all normal, my A1C is perfect, and my BP today was normal.  Not prehypertensive, normal.  I am psyched!...

Switching doctors - Hello everyone, I lost my job this week and with it, my insurance.  I am okay through the end of the month but when I get a new job and my insurance changes, how do I change sur...