Found my way back here...nearly 13 years later I
That's too bad that you don't have insurance. It must be frustrating. Maybe you should find yourself a sugar daddy 
"Oderint Dum Metuant" Discover the joys of the Five Day Meat Test!
Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
Juice Plus "concentrated food capsules" are actually just vitamins (i.e. "supplements"). Juice Plus has a great MLM marketing campaign but if you research deeply enough, you find out that their "food capsules" have so little in the way of vitamins that standard vitamins are added. So in essence they are highly priced vitamin pills with a little dehydrated food powder added.
Ht 5'6" | HW 278 | SW 264, Size 28+/4-5X | GW 135ish, Size 10-12 | CW 132, Size 8-10
Surg Date 12/28/15 | NSV Goal: Go down slide w/kid!
Call me cynical, but I think the sole reason why the OP was here to promote her MLM supplements.
She deactivated, so I guess we'll never know.
"Oderint Dum Metuant" Discover the joys of the Five Day Meat Test!
Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
And I was so nice too.
Always love these vets who turn up to either brag about how great they look, to offer their help (once every couple of years), or to sell their overpriced supplements!
I'll take advice from the old timers who are here every day for years any day!
Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist
Juice Plus "concentrated food capsules" are actually just vitamins (i.e. "supplements"). Juice Plus has a great MLM marketing campaign but if you research deeply enough, you find out that their "food capsules" have so little in the way of vitamins that standard vitamins are added. So in essence they are highly priced vitamin pills with a little dehydrated food powder added.
Fantastic response. You beat me to it.
How can someone push a plant based diet with "no supplementation," yet rely on Juice Plus and concentrated food capsules? Hello?
Crazy marketing troll.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Nice to see someone back after all this time to advise us all how to do it right 
Some of us have stuck around for the long haul and while I am thrilled that you "know" how healthy you are, without blood tests, I don't think it's a good idea for anyone to follow your example.
There are lots of vets on here that offer advice and help on a daily basis. It's always good to have another join the ranks 
Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist
I am replying to this post, not because it is ridiculous, but because it could be dangerous. People who have been through the surgery know the dangers of skipping vitamins - but for anyone new to WLS - ignore what this person is saying.
Here is the latest LONG-TERM study - looking at patients 10 to 13 years post WLS.
Nutritional deficiencies were seen in 87% of these patients.
Yes - almost 9 out of every 10 patients had labs that had something out of wack!!! And these were patients that could still be reached after 10 years, so arguably, these are the patients who were most compliant.
The authors are from Depts of Surgery at NYU and Univ of Pennsylvania.
Summary: http://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(15)00109-4/abstract
Full Article: http://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(15)00109-4/pdf
Sharon 
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