Question:
is anyone 60 plus with food allergies haing roux n y revision after vgb

I have a digestive intolerance to eggs diary yeast soy and bananas; what kind of liquid protein supplements can I take; or does the intolerance go away after surgery?    — DrAbby (posted on June 19, 2009)

June 20, 2009
Kind of weird how our body works, but I never had food intolerances until my surgery. Now I can't do dairy or carbs loaded with gluten. So you may get lucky and your allergies or intolerances will dissappear!!! :)
   — dadebrito

June 20, 2009
Thank you for answering Darlene. I have been surfing and surfing tryihng to find answers and found out there is somethig called brown rice protein made by sun warrior that is smooth and not gritty and high in protein. However I went to whole foods and tried a couple of their protein drinks. OMG I need a whole new mindset cause I never have liked anything thick to drink. Are there any pills you can take to get the necessary protein in; instead of those drinks. I'm scheduled to have my surgery on the 30th and I've got to get that mindset ready because I want to do all I can to be successful. When I had the vgb in 1994 I was given no information or follow up and had no idea what I could and couldnt do so unfortunately after losing 60 pound once I got a new job and felt I couldn't take the time to walk two miles a day; it all came back and more. Now I weigh 348 have hypertension ... acid reflus ... hiatel hernia ... herniated disc ... ulcerated stomach ... gall bladder was removed ... border line high cholesterol ... my body does not process carbs and sugars well so border line diabetic as well ... anemia ... osteoarthritis; had one knee replaced ... put off having the other done and on and on and on. I am now at the highest weight ever though I have tried everything to lose it; 348 and toxic and afraid if I don't have this revision; I will die. I will be 62 soon but I believe the best years are still ahead of me if I can just find a way to get through this period in which I must have protein drinks for 5 weeks. So for all of you out there who will; please pray or me or send me some of the strength you have regained in having already gone through to the otherside of regaining your health and liberty to just be! Thank you!
   — DrAbby

June 20, 2009
I did not have the bypass but since my surgery I cannot tolerate (vomit immediately) wine, bananas and cantalope. If I get a little naseaous(sp) after eating I find that consuming a tiny amount of sugar makes me feel right again. Whatever, it is weird. Pat
   — catcat

June 20, 2009
Greetings Audrey: July 22, I will be 72 and I live my life to its fullest! You wrote, "I believe the best years are still ahead of me if I can just find a way to get through this period in which I must have protein drinks for 5 weeks." IF
   — Christine Gibson

June 20, 2009
Greetings Audrey: Can't figure out how my beginning note to you got published! Let's start again. You wrote, "I believe the best years are still ahead of me if I can just find a way to get through this period in which I must have protein drinks for 5 weeks." IF you can find a way to get through the next 5 weeks consuming protein drinks? IF? Get used to the fact that protein drinks will be part of your life for the rest of your life. Does that surprise you? Well, it did me as well. You adjust. Your life is different. It is fantabulous! Here are some helpful tools for you. (1) Go to my OH website and read my positive affirmations. It is quite a lengthy list and one I say every day. Many folks have pretty much copied what I've written (not sure about their living until they are 150, but I plan to climb Mount Kilamanjaro when I am 150! And, to do that, I must live right, eat right, sleep right, exercise right, drink water right, each and every day and it all begins with thinking and talking right (not negative). (2) Go to my OH website, www.obesityhelp.com/group/BellevueWA and look at the discussion on protein. I have presented this information a number of times to various folks including my support group, to absolute rave reviews. Third, your brain needs the right food to function. Next Sunday, 6-28-09 there will be a teleconference on eating for a healthy brain. The link is quite long and probably will get lost in the translation, so please send me an e-mail so I can directly provide you this link. E-mail me at [email protected]. (4) You are more than welcome to become a member of my support group: I have a local (Greater Seattle area of Washington) and am forming an on-line OH support group. You are welcome to contact me at any time. Blessings, Christine Gibson, MS, MA, Obesity Help Support Group Leader and Support Group Coach, Bariatric University Support Group Coach, www.ObesityHelp.com/group/BellevueWA, [email protected].
   — Christine Gibson