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Only two doses of pain meds left -  I've been taking liquid tylenol during the day since Sunday but do still take the Lortab at night because I just can't get comfortable. I'm embarassed to call and ask for more,...

Is it normal to get a gas bubble 6 days out? -  I've not had much gas since surgery but I coughed a minute ago (sheer pain and terror) and now feel like I have a gas bubble under my left rib cage.  I thought all the gas was ...

Day 6 and I'm feeling so much better! -  I've not had any problems getting my liquids in. Finally was able to finish a protein shake earlier but man, they give me a bit of a stomach ache and the runs. I know liquid in...

The dreaded WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MYSELF!?! -  Had my surgery on Wednesday but because they figured out the pain pump was making me vomit, I didn't go home until Friday. My pain is tolerable with the meds and I'm getting ab...

Tomorrow is my day! -  I can't believe it's here!! I'm nervous excited nervous excited nervous excited!! Y'all be sending me thoughts and prayers at 7:30 in the morning!

Love me some Sunny!

Better tasting chocolate protein shake! - A GIANT thank you to whomever recommended adding some unsweetened cocoa to a chocolate shake. OMG it was HEAVEN!! Thank you person I can't remember!

Another pre-op NSV - My husband is in Germany for work this past week and we've been talking on Skype. He said this morning that he can tell I've lost weight even over the blurry skype video. I can'...

Maximum amount of protein absorbed at one time - One thing our nutritionist stresses is that your body can only absorb about 25g of protein at at time. We've been told that even if we drink something with 40g of protein, we can o...

Unjury chicken VS. Unjury Unflavored - If you were going to just buy one, which one would you use more? THANKS!

Still don't understand why Gas X strips - It's not like the gas that they fill you with is INSIDE your digestive system, how do these help. Or do you also have the burp/toot kind of gas?? Thanks!

What to have on hand for when you get home? - So other than protein drinks and vitamins, what did YOU have on hand for when you came home from surgery? Did you make and freeze any foods for when you move to the pureed stage...

Pre-op appointment DONE! - Yay! I feel even more at ease with my decision. Move over looooosers, there's a big butt movin in!

What birth control do you now use? -  I'm on the pill but we think we're going to also use condoms after the surgery. My doctor seems to think the pill is sufficient (I asked him if he'd raise my tiny malnourished bab...

Pro-Op appointment tomorrow- what questions? -  Can you suggest questions I should ask tomorrow? I think I have a grip on what to expect but maybe I'm forgetting something?! (I know you can't read my mind!) Thanks!

So when you say sip sip sip sip sip... -  How long between sips? Like seconds? minutes? lots of minutes?

Vitamins -  I'm pre-op so just taking regular multi and calcium + D. What do you take after surgery? My doc said just anything chewable. Suggestions?

Coping w/ emotions without food? -  Help! What do you do to cope without eating?

Pre-op Diet- can I do this? - First an apology to all those people who posted similar issues with the pre-op diet. When I read them I thought, come on people it's just 2 weeks. Um this is kicking my ass! I'm...

A pre-op freak out last night - So my surgery is 3 weeks from tomorrow. Background: I'm scared and not good at (maybe never really have) made a decision on my own. My way of dealing with scary things is to eat...

I have a date! June 22 is my day! - I'm scared, excited, scared, excited, scared, excited....... EEK!

About that gas -  I plan on asking my doc this at my final appointment on Monday but thought I'd ask you all as well... So this gas that everyone has, is this intestinal gas (burp and poot) or i...

Other message boards? - Not that I don't love this board, but I'd love to read other boards as well... do you visit other VSG boards? Thanks :)

Do any of you celebrate your sleeve day? -  I think I'm going to celebrate it like a new birthday!

Hey USAF Wife - How's the sprout?