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Was feeling pretty good no pain meds for 3 days but today all off a sudden I have sharp shooting left side pain. Just got off of phone with my doctor he thinks its my abdominal wall muscle acting up so I am taking a muscle relaxer and a dose of pain meds. So well see how I am in a bit. But...

I love Vinco's whey protein as well as Muscle Milk's drinks. Low carbs high protein great nutrients and they taste great too. Make soups too. Chicken broth will be your friend. Just dissolve your protein into the chicken broth then you can add the protein to any home made or ready made soup you...

I'm 4 days post op have no hunger but can't tell when I'm full either. So I am just guessing how much I should eat and trying to error on the smaller side.

The chicken/tuna salad worked for me. I just mixed it all up in a bowl and ate with a fork. The first few times you feel like your missing something now it's just the way I like it. I'm also a big soup maker fan. Retried beans or any other smooshed bean. If you like fish tear it up real fine get...

We all know vits are so important. Don't forget about antioxidant vitamins and foods. During any major stressful event if you don't have extra antioxidant in you body lots of free radical damage will start to happen. Some common ones are CLA, a, e, blends are good to.

Had my sleeve done on July 9. I'll be anybody's buddy I just don't know how to do it yet.

What a difference a night makes. In middle of night I was awakened suddenly with severe pain in my left side by the bottom of the ribs. Figured it was another gas bubble cause their responsible for about 99% of everything else. So I muscle through my day today which was visiting with faraway...

I have never had a laparoscopic procedure and I was not prepared for the pressure feeling from the CO2 gas they used. I got shaky and cold when coming off of my pain meds, hydromorphone aka Dilaudid, in between doses. As a pharmacist I recognized it as withdrawal symptoms which surprised the...

3 days post-op now. Doing ok I think. A little hard to drink i.e. sipping with feeling like burping all the time. Thanks to all of you who have stuck around for us newbies. I'm a big reader not always a responder so thanks to you gabby folks out there keeping the discussions going.