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Post op UTI - Bit of a drag, had to travel back to Dr. Hagen's office today,,,signs and symptoms of a UTI, so we sent a specimen and he started me on keflex....another sickly sweet liquid I'm...

Greek Yogurt - What brands of greek yogurt are sugar free? Longo's only carries brands with sugar Tx again terri

Unflavoured protein powder - My partner was just out in search of powdered unflavoured protein, without success. Suggestions please Tx Terri

I made it home - Well, according to Dr Hagen my conversion ( lapband to bypass) went well. Seems my band was adhered to my liver so I ended up with a drain. I had some nausea and gagging yes...

Three shakes (of a lambs tail!) to go - Well, I am officially less than 24 hrs til surgery. day 14 of optifast. I've had a few blips along my 2 week journey but at the end of the day I've flushed well, feel much bette...

PATT - check - Well, I guess other than showing up next Monday I'm good to go. When the anaesthetist asked about crowns etc and looked @ my throat I told her to watch those teeth, I covet ...

One week to go - Yikes, one week from today, at this time I'll be under anaesthetic. Sadly I had to stop taking my celebrex yesterday so my knee is going to be an issue this week, I'm sure pnce ...

Upside down it is!

Getting my ass in gear - I went to our local sports centre last night and got a year on the walking track, also signed up for 90 days of aquafit drop in classes. I know post opmI won't be able to go int...

O.R. Date change - Yikes, just got a call from Dr Hagen's secretary. My OR date will be Monday Nov. 4th now instead of the 5 th. He prefers to have a bigger block of time for conversions ( which I...

One day done - Opti day 1 complete. I love it, tastes yummy to me. Prefer the vanilla over the chocolate. Magic bullet, water and some ice. Felt like I had 4 milkshakes today!  13 to go ...

Opti stage has arrived - Well, tomorrow I start opti for 2 weeks. I've had many " last suppers" and am actually sick of eating. I' sure I'll take that statement back in the next few days. For those ...

Introduction - Hi, I was thrilled to stumble across this forum! I'm Terri, I'll be having revision surgery ( lapband to bypass) Nov. 5 th, which means I start optifast on Tuesday. My partn...

Running question - Ok, I've noticed lots of members posting about running. Did y'all run before surgery? Just seems everyone seems to be able to run so far, so fast! I've had a desire to run f...

process moving right along! - Initially my GP faxed a form to the registry, after a few months we realized that she had faxed an old form (don't count on the central registry to contact your GP when somethin...

B 12 question - I was just reading the thread re:B12 injection shortage. I have bought the s/l form but was wondering about making it easier by having a monthly injection. I'm wondering wha...

Vitamins USA - When I was at the Humber orientation the dietician mentioned it being worth purchasing vitamins across the border.  At Humber they recommend centrum  select 50 plus chewable...

Cross border shopping - I'm going across the border (Buffalo area) I'm planning on checking out vitamins since the woman that did my orientation told us they are way cheaper in the US. Does anyone buy ...

I had a dream. - Yikes, last night I had a dream about my surgery, woke up post op, sat in a chair ALL day because I couldn't find my bed. The nurse gave me my heparin with a HUGE needle. At...

Home from the cottage - Well, I had a fantastic week with girlfriends, we drank, ate, and laughed too much! Just what we needed.  I was joking one day about my activity that day: swam across the lake (...

my last hurrah! - I'm so excited. Five girlfriends and I booked two cottages a year ago to celebrate our 50th's .....We're all within a few years. We have an amazing menu planned, lots of beverag...

Silly question - I know that NSV is something about accomplishments and that the V probably stands for victory, but what do the N and S stand for? my partner thinks No Small Victory?