lactose?

I went to gnc and was talking of what i need she said i am not to have lactose ? if im not lactose tolerance than why cant i? and just what do i need getting nervouse and i also heard that if i dont take vitamines now i could suffer brain damage from surgery ? anyone else hear that cause me brain is damaged enough but i willto the store and get some any suggestions of why im hearing all this now?

Helen -

GNC's products are fine, but most of their cashiers are just that, cashiers!  There was one guy in the Middlesex GNC, Damien, who WAS studying nutrition, etc., in college and I trusted HIM, but he's not there anymore.

Listen to your doctor and his staff, first and foremost.

Tia

ya thats where im going i live right around the corner lol but the place i went was in eastpoint, never have i heard anything on lactose not being allowed only if you have an intolerance to milk so now i go to middlesex this weekend and get  some samples like ya all say to do , and i am wondering about the water , are we not allowed to have ice chips and hot tea? untill when is that supost to stop? i love my ice chips figured i put shooters  with 45 grams of protiend and munch on them but if i cant i need to know ?

Ice chips and hot tea? Do you mean post-op?  Again, your surgeon will establish those guidelines.  For many of us, we couldn't have ANYTHING by mouth post-op until our surgeon did a leak test.  But some only do the leak test DURING the surgery, and some do during AND after. 
When you go to your last pre-op with Dr. Vanguri and/or his staff, I'm SURE you'll be given guidelines to follow for life in the first 6 weeks post-op.  If memory serves me, Dr. Vanguri's patients come home on mushies - many don't.  Trust me, the guidelines will be easy to follow if they're in black and white.

By all means, if you've got questions, call his office.  You've been around here long enough now to know that each surgeon is different and what works for one is considered taboo by another!

FYI - Some people DO dump on milk sugars post-op, but not all.  I don't, but I don't drink a lot of milk, either.

Tia

Tia's right.  Those GNC people know as much about nutrition as nuclear fusion.  I went into the one in Harford Mall last month to get my Chocolate Tri-Flex.  The shelf was empty of chocolate, but they had Peanut Butter flavor.  The clerk told me there was a recall on the Chocolate a few months ago but he didn't know why (to which I thought, Great...I've been chewing them for two years.  Are my joints going to mutate or something?)  So, I didn't buy anything.  I went on their website when I got home to search for recalls.  The ONLY Tri-Flex recall was way back when they had the first peanut butter scare.  They briefly pulled them from the shelves just in case.  I bought 4 containers of chocolate flavor on line.

That Bonehead didn't have a clue, but chose to give a customer any kind of information he thought sounded good.  I'd rather hear, "we're out of them," or "I don't know why we don't have them on the shelf," instead of twisted misinformation.

Tia's right. 

I LOVE it when you talk like that, Terri!!!! 

I have heard of some people becoming intolerant to lactose after having gastric bypass.  That doesn't happen with everyone though.  You are going to hear a lot of stuff people want to say or put their 2 cents into it.  But I would just go by what your doctor is going to tell you to do and follow it.  So don't worry about what everyone is saying.

I do suggest you take vitamins daily from now on and raise your protein intake so your body has a good reserve for when you have your surgery.

Wishing you all the best.

Thanks everyone my daughter in law called she is coming down on her bday the 26th and going with me to hospital on 27th with ron then staying with me for a while to help me out she had the surgery almost 2 years ago march third i think is her new birthay she be 2
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