Oregondaisy

If you would like me to copy and paste or email all the incredible information on Dr. A credentials that WasA sent me, I would be happy to do it. He is better than a lot of American doctors . That is for sure! After reading all of this, my daughter who is an RN, felt a lot better about putting my life in his hands.

Thanks! I am sure that will be very helpful. I looked at it when Oprah and Ellen Degeneras started twittering only because they both mentioned winning money by going on twitter. I don't know who I would want to follow, but then again, I never know what goes on in the future. I never thought I would have a facebook page either.

I haven't heard of anyone feeling that nauseous. We have had quite a few people getting sleeves lately.

I only had nausea the day of surgery. That evening when I got up to use the rest room, I felt nauseous. They have me something in my IV and I have never felt any nausea since then. I hope it's still not on it's way!

Thanks Susan. I remember when you thought it was infected. Mine is yellow, not green, but like you said, I don't think it's an infection.

Are there twiiter instructions on the site? I couldn't even figure out how to update my status, or find people I was looking for.

can you have soft cheese? I really like string cheese!

you could mix it with either one. I mix it with water. I am not into adding extra calories either. It tastes fine to me mixed water. Better than fine. It's good!

I buy peanut butter chocolate whey gourmet from Netrition.com - The Internet's Premier Nutrition Superstore! It's 120 calories and it's delicious. It has 22 grams of protein 2 grams of fat and 3 grams of carbs. I highly recommend it. Their shipping is 4.99 no matter how much you order and that site has everything you could possibly want. Also, you can buy powdered peanut butter from Bell Plantation. It's dehydrated peanut butter and has way less fat and calories that peanut butter.

I wonder why I haven't gotten the email from Dr. Campos? It's pretty easy to see that the band is not good for some people. There are also some people that the band works great for, then all of a sudden, problems start occurring. That's the category I fall into. The band was great and didn't cause me any problems for nearly 2 years. Then it became a nightmare. I am so glad it's out!

I know every person is different. I am going back to work tomorrow. I could have easily gone back today, (Monday) and I had surgery last Wed. I actually would not have had a problem if it were absolutely necessary to go back yesterday, but it was a Sunday. That would have been 4 days after surgery. I was only painful the during the night of surgery. After that, I spent as much time as possible, walking around the area right outside the hospital exploring Mexicali in my bathrobe. Being in my room was boring. I didn't feel like I needed to be in the hospital. I wasn't in pain and I didn't feel sick.

Right, but when I pat it with sterile gauze, it doesn't do a thing. I can't get it off by "gently trying to clean the dried drainage." I have just been leaving it alone and changing the gauze. I really want to try to drag it off with a q tip, but I just cover it back up. That way I won't feel like I need to touch it. I showed it to my daughter and she said it looked fine. She has worked all over the hospital, and has seen those types of things all the time, so I trust her judgement that it looks the way it's supposed to.

I worry about that myself. I know I will only be able to eat small portions and I think that's great. My problem is going to be at work. They always have huge candy bowls with all every type of mini candy bar I truly love. I usually put a piece of typing paper over it so I don't have to look at it. It's right next to the copy machine so I have to go in there often. I do fine most of the time, but there are times when I am in a foul mood over something that's bothering me and I just say "the heck with it" and eat it. Once I get started it's really hard to stop. I have a feeling that I will not get that full feeling from chocolate. I really hope I lose my sweet cravings like everyone else is saying.

I never got a survey but I would like to fill one out. I am kind of worried about my friend that is a big diet coke drinker. Dr Aceves or Dr. Campos never mentioned it to me. It's something I already knew though. Dr. Campos really never spoke to me about diet at all. Dr. A spoke to me about choosing the right foods. She is the type of person that would say "well they never told me" Or "It's not in the paperwork" She is already trying to figure out a way to get out of the leak test. She made me ask Dr. Campos if they could put a tube down her instead of making her drink it. He said no, that it could damage the staples. I told him he was going to have his hands full with her.

That's great that you're doing so well Elizabeth. You'll be wearing small sizes in no time at all. I am confused when it comes to the mushy stage. I am not there yet, but I think Dr. A's idea of mushy is different from what I could have on my list after lap band surgery. For instance, I could have soft cheese like mozzarella and provelone on my other doctor's mushy diet. He called it mushy/soft. So it could be mushy or solid as long as it was soft. What is considered okay to eat during dr. A's mushy diet?

Susan, What ever happened to you drain incision? Mine looks icky but WasA tells me that's the way it's supposed to look. It has yellow little strings coming out of the hole. WasA told me to leave it alone and just keep changing the gauze. So that's what I have been doing. The hole is still deep. I am kind of glad about that. It's not closing up, but I don't like those yellow strings hanging out.

Go to the gastric sleeve section of this board. It's down at the bottom of the board if you start at forums. The sleeve is where they just make you a tiny stomach. There are no fills or unfills and you have restriction right from the beginning. There are many , many, banded people getting their bands removed and getting a revision surgery to a sleeve. There are also many people getting the sleeve now instead of the band after reading horror stories of band problems. I wish I had known about the sleeve before I got the band, but I didn't and now I am just glad that band is out of me.

One thing I think is weird is Dr. Aceves sends you home with a bunch of paperwork. I couldn't find anywhere on there that it said not to drink soda. Everyone says it will stretch the pouch, and I believe it would. I swear I can't find it in the paperwork though. I can't drink soda anyway because I have a bladder problem and it makes me burn like i have a UTI so I gave it up a long time ago.

Well the post op diet you have to do no matter where you are. Are you going to Dr. Aceves? I don't know how anyone else does their post op diet. As far as feeling bad, I wouldn't worry about feeling poorly. The only person I know who really had trouble with the surgery is WasA, but she was really sick by the time she had revision because she was unable to eat for such a long time before she had the revision surgery. Elizabeth went back to work in a week, and she's a nurse. I have a desk job. If you can get in and have it done early in May, I say go for it!

Yay! We are all going to be happy to have another happy sleeved sister join our group!

The best Protein shake in my opinion is the one WasA turned me on to. It's whey Gourmet Peanut Butter and chocolate. You get it from Netrition.com - The Internet's Premier Nutrition Superstore! It's yummy. I hear costco has a brand called Premier that is 160 calories and 25 grams of protein and several people have told me it's tasty. It's nice sometimes to not have to mix stuff up in a blender, like when traveling. It only comes in chocolate and it's whey based as well.

They say revisions are more painful so I would say that you won't have any trouble going back to work whenever you choose. Honestly, I could go to work today if I really needed to. It was only the first night that was uncomfortable. My incisions never hurt, it was that left shoulder pain that you get from the CO2 that they use during surgery. I got pain meds in my iv every 4 hours through the night, and I was fine the next day. PLus, he said I had a hiatal hernia that he fixed, and those are supposed to cause more pain with this whole deal. I feel great today and it's 5 days post op. I felt great yesterday, and had no trouble with 2 flights and a 2 hour drive home from the airport.

You're welcome Ruthi! We are glad to have you join as one as our sleeved sisters. I honestly thought this was going to be a much bigger deal that when I was banded. I could easily go back to work tomorrow, Monday. That would not even be a week off work. I am going to take the day off, and go back Tuesday. It's very nice that this whole thing was so easy and pretty much painless. My first night was bad due to left shoulder pain, but after that, it's been a breeze!

Slim Fast does make several versions of slim fast. One is a low carb slim fast. I would rather buy the Whey Gourmet peanut butter and chocolate though. It's delicious and it's whey (WAY) (pun intended) cheaper!

WasA has very good information about Dr. Aceves' credentials. It's not easy to get those FACS letters after your name. He has those for a reason. Have WasA email you all the information.