Sande from SacBariatric runs the support group...there is one every month. They are the Coyle address in Sacramento. I'm assuming you went to their Information Seminar pre-op...it's in the same building across the hall. The Isopure in the bottles are way too sweet for me, ugh! But the chocolate is really , really good. I buy it at GNC but will start buying them at FlexSupplements.com it's ALOT cheaper. But GNC will refund your money if you don't like it...so it's a good way to start and find a good one. I probably average at least 90-100 grams of protein a day. Especially now that I eat the Fage yogurt gets in 20 grams protein easily!

Hope you can make it to a support group sometime I love to talk to people and get their experience post-op.

I had no clue there are support groups! When and where are they? I definitely would be interested in going! I heard from my dietician about the greek yogurt, but she did suggest the splenda as well. I never even thought of adding the crystal light for different flavoring. great idea! On average how much protein do you think you consumer on a daily basis?? Does the Isopure that you used taste like the bottle isopure, because I wasnt able to completely tolerate them, unless overtime I might be able to tolerate different protein supplements. Thanks for all your advice and support! Maybe I will get to meet you at a support group sometime!!!

Are you going to Monday night's support meeting? Sure hope you can make it!

I didn't have any issues with getting my protein in (luckily)...my main protein shake has been the GNC Dutch Chocolate Isopure. Hopefully it will get easier for you once you go onto soft-stage foods. I did yogurt, cottage cheese, some mashed potatoes (even though they do not have protein...), scrambled eggs, and fat-free refried beans. I found a new yoghurt that has since become my favorite stuff!! It's called Fage Greek Yogurt...mix some with Splenda and Orange Rise generic Crystal Lite and stir...an 8 ounce serving gets you 20 grams of protein. Yummy!

Good luck and hope things continue to be smooth sailing for you!

what you said makes perfect sense. Watching my family eat dinner and everything wasn't bad at first but now its starting to irritate me because I can't have what they are having. Selfish, I know. Ya I was excited to see that Dr. Machado had patients on here. I'm actually doing fairly well. The only thing is i am terrified to go back to her this thursday so possibly start my stage 2 because I havent found one protein supplement that doesn't make me sick! Hopefully once stage 2 starts my options will open for the possibility of protein but for now it worries me. How were you on your protein? Other than protein I have had a pretty smooth sailing, I was even off my pain meds by the second morning after the surgery. Its really neat you go to go through this experience with a friend. I know you were a few months apart but you both were there for support. Unfortunately being only 20 not one of my friends understands any of it, so it makes me very glad I found this website. I have already found great ideas for different stages and different stuff to prepare me through the rest of this new exoerience.

Welcome Aboard!

I think the hardest part is the head issues. There was a time early post-op that I got MAD because food was such a chore! Nothing tasted as good as I remembered. And since I was the only one (since I had the surgery) that had to "monitor" their foods, while everyone else went on with their normal lives. Does that make sense?

So...how are YOU doing? You're very newly post op... you're just beginning your journey, and that is just so exciting! Keep me posted..it's great to know that their are a few of us (Dr.Machado's patients). My best friend had surgery on 4-1-08 with Dr. Machado also.

Cathy

Hi i noticed we both have Dr. Machado for our surgeon. Seeing that you are doing amazing, what has been the toughest experience you have had to overcome after the surgery and how did you overcome it?