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Lindsay A.
on 10/22/12 12:20 pm - vaudreuil, Canada
Topic: RE: High Protein Soups & Hot Chocolate @ Wal Mart
 Does it taste like beneprotein??
cause really I cannot stand it!! I gag at the smell. I'd rather not throw up at all (I am 5 days out) so I have avoided it to say the least.

OctoberRosie
on 10/22/12 4:46 am - Canada
Topic: RE: High Protein Soups & Hot Chocolate @ Wal Mart
 I made a turn at walmart and I didn't find anything, I can't help you with the name.

But I found  Unjury.com   on internet (my Dr suggest it too).  They sell whey isolate protein less expensive than the Beneprotein (I can't even smell it) and the taste is better than Beneprotein and Protein Engineered sold at Le Naturiste.

Shipping is a flat $18.80 for one or # pots.  The shipment takes something like 1 1/2 weeks to arrive here, the people over there are very nice to speak with.  
OctoberRosie
on 10/22/12 4:38 am - Canada
Topic: RE: plateau
 I'm 16 days out and I have been on a plateau since 6 days now.  I have been doing a minimum of 30 minutes walk (2 to 3.5 km) a day, eating 75 to 90 grams protein, dinking more than 64 oz water and still I hit the plateau.  I made 2 weeks pre-op diet.

I need to lose 95 pounds, I was thinking becaue it is not a greater amount of weight that could may be the reason.  

How much protein can we eat a day, I'm a bit concerned I could have been eating too much.

    

    

VSG Surgey on October 6, 2012

    
OctoberRosie
on 10/22/12 12:20 am - Canada
Topic: Diverticulosis reacting after surgery ?
 Hi guys

I'm new here.  I'm 16 days out.  I'm still on my liquid diet because I had a hiatus hernia repaired.  I have been having pain in my right lower abdomen since long time ago supposely produced by diverticulitis.  
The pain has come back since yesterday.  I have been having a bit of probems to go to the toilet since the first week, I have tryed Benefiber (one small spoon a day) with no real result.  I toke once 2 exlax chocolate which made me have craps although it worked.  
Is this pain due to the low fiber diet, should I to expect to have this problem for ever now that I'm sleeved and my diet will be mostly protein?  What do you do (the ones with diverticulitis) with this situation?
Thanks for the answers

    

    

VSG Surgey on October 6, 2012

    
Amanda J.
on 10/21/12 10:30 am - St-Laurent, Canada
Topic: RE: Today is YOUR day!
Hey lindsay,so happy all went well,i know what u mean u saw me right after surgery i had taught the same thing but its all worth it and yup the worst is over,whats this concaution ur hubby made sounds good beneprotein is the worst,talk to u soon,hopefully well see u next month,
                        
lgm
on 10/21/12 10:01 am
Topic: RE: Today is YOUR day!
 Lol... Ok thanks. Now i know what to call it!!
I'm so happy your posting.  
Lindsay A.
on 10/21/12 9:55 am - vaudreuil, Canada
Topic: RE: Today is YOUR day!
 Dry heave... = barf with no barf :):)

pretty painful.. but right after your so pooped you sleep it off :) 


lgm
on 10/21/12 9:54 am
Topic: RE: Today is YOUR day!
 Hey Linsday...
I am so happy you are doing well! I've been thinking of you alot. 
I knew you would love Rockland, isn't it state of the art!! Amazing!!

What does dry heaving mean?? You said you had that..something
i should look out for i guess??



Lindsay A.
on 10/21/12 9:24 am - vaudreuil, Canada
Topic: RE: Today is YOUR day!
 For the record.. there was paragaphs there.. but OH.com didn't accept them.. so it all looks like a blurb.. sorry :) 

    

Lindsay A.
on 10/21/12 9:23 am - vaudreuil, Canada
Topic: RE: Today is YOUR day!
 Wow this was so nice to read!!! Thank you everyone for your kind words!   Well! Its been 1 hell of a week! Monday I had my D&C (basically they scrap out all the excess endometriosis) and I had a bad reaction to the sedative they gave me. My pressure dropped to 50/30.. I have never seen nurses run that fast!! I was home and in bed the same day and recouping well.    Thursday was MY DAY!!!    Honestly I wasn't even nervous! Can you believe it! I was super excited. I mean I have been waiting for this for what... 3 years now? I've had enough time to get over the nerve part of it!    I was scheduled at Rockland MD. The place was the cream of the crop! So beautiful, flat screens everywhere,, really.. Wow!! I think my nerves started to kick in when the receptionist put my bracelet on and told me that NO ONE could see me until it was time to leave! No visitors in recovery!! :( to reduce infection blah blah... I missed that part the most.   The staff was amazing very kind, told me everything that was happening.. I was home by 5:30pm and in bed by 5:32pm :)   day 1.. was the devil! I had alot of gas pain.. I was on pain meds (empracet) every 3 hours on the nose for the first 2 days. I would dry heave (worst feeling ever) took alot out of me.    Day 3 I weaned off the meds a bit.. They cause constipation not that I have eaten anything in the past 2 weeks but took some pain meds at night to make sure I didn't wake up in pain.    Day 4.. Today! I was up and about.. Went to walmart.. used a shopping cart to brace myself, My legs feel a bit weak. I've been able to drink about 500mls of water today..  my hubby/nurse made me an apple juice water salt concoction its pretty good.. It goes down alot better then the orange juice and beneprotien.. (yuk!!!) beneprotien is DISGUSTING!! just a warning!   I had my nurse friend come over and take off my bandages today.. she says the cuts are super clean!!! Healing well and she will take the staples out on Thursday!   SO FAR I AM DOWN 30 LBS!!! I actually have bones in my legs?!?!! I have shin bones!! who knew!!!  its crazy i tell ya!    The worst is over its all up hill from here!! I am glad I did it.. Although i regretted it day 1 and 2..    Ok I am rambling on here..    once again thank you all for your support!! Losers bench here I come!!! 

    

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