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Hello Everyone,

I am just over a year post op and I am done with the straggly hair I am sporting.

Has anyone had experience with Biotin or Priorin?  I

Hello Post-ops

I am  one year out tomorrow (Dec 1) taking the prenatal vits, chewable calcium, b12, vit D and all my protein.

I have completed a 5K run at the end of September and I have been taking it easy and living life since then. I

I know we aren't to eat the "bad" carbs, and in my mind that is breads and rice etc.

My question is about fruit. For some reason I can't get enough bananas or raisins on my peanut butter & celery.

Can one of the veterans help me out?</

Hello to the Hive Mind!

Has anyone done the Opti Fast Nutritional plan? This is the one where someone has regained and didn't get approval for a revision and they go on Opti to restart the pouch.

Do you start at the orientation or can y

I was at Costco on the weekend and I remember a threat about salad & chicken.

Is this the stuff you guys were talking about? 

What a whack of excitement this week!

I stepped on the scale and found that I am down 75 pounds and I am in Onderland in less than 6 months!  I stepped on the scale 4 times to make sure!

There is hope for all of us yet!

I have a friend who has a membership whois  going for me on Saturday since I don't have one.

I am asking her for some Premier Protein shakes but what flavours do they normally carry and how many to a case? Do they carry another bars that you ca

And it was very tasty!

I decided to take advantage of Spring and had decided to try something new.

I ventured out to day and had a spinach salad with poppy seed dressing topped with slivered almonds and strawberries.

So far the

Measuring foods - Hello All!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!  I am officially 1 month post op and I get to graduate to soft foods!  Now that I am moving on, some foods have a shape to them like my mini babybel an...

Feeling like I am doing something wrong - Hello all, I am 17 days post op and I feel like I am ruining all the work I have done. I am finishing off the first week of pureed foods and I have looking through Eggface's webs...

When do we graduate...... - From the little cups every 15 minutes? Dilute juice and water are pretty much "free flowing" since I get the little cup down in 5 minutes and the soups and cream of wheat are taki...

Well it took 5 days....... - post-op but I finally had the hormonal mental breakdown they were talking about. For some reason just washing around my steri-strips caused the onslaut of tears. Who knows what wi...

I am sending the DH out....... - To get the groceries for me to eat after my surgery and the list is via email and I am at work and my binder is at home. I know the plan of types of foods to get but I can't rec...

1st Opti - Just a few questions....... -does it go foamy without ice or did inuse the wrong magic bullet blade? -can we add protein powder to it. I have only one in and I am feeling wonky l...

Colour me confused........ - If we eat too much, we vomit.  So if we do this how does the tummy stretch?  It was a thought I had the other night.

Getting Worried - Hello! I start Opti next weekend for a surgery date of December the first but I have yet to recieve a letter for my PATTS at St. Mike's with Dr. Rotstein. Am I panicking for noth...

Add me to the list! - My surgery date is December the 1st with 2 weeks of Opti. I will be under the care of Dr. Rotstein at St. Mikes. 

I need help for a friend - Hello everybody!  I have a friend that I consider a "pioneer" in her gastric surgery since she is well over 10 years post op. She had gained quite a few pounds back and was askin...

Quick question about the "girls" - Good morning........ as some of have experienced, the "girls" are a little big and will sag onto my tummy and I am afraid that the will interfere with possible incision sites.  Are...

wOOt WooT! - I got the call that I get to meet Dr. Rotstein on Sep 26th!  I have done the Nutritionist, the Therapist, the Nurse and have had the blood work taken.  The receptionist at TWH says...

TWH Nutrition Booklet - Hello Does anyone know the link for the nutrition booklet we can print off instead of paying the $10? Thanks

card - I have a counterpart in the US and she was able to get a card from her surgeon that explained her RNY and gave her authority to pay kids prices at buffets and order off the kids me...

2 more sleeps!!!!! - Anyone else going to be at the orientation at TWH this Wednesday? I will be the one with my black & white service dog.  She stands out better than my hubby LOL

WHEEE - My letter for the orientation session arrived today!  I am to go to Toronto Western Hospital.  Does that mean my surgery is there too?  It is going to be long wait until Feb!

Brampton - Are we still a go for next Tuesday?   Looking forward to it!!!!!