PollyBlue

I'm five weeks post op. Going ok apart from nasty headache and dizziness upon standing. Drinking abou 1.2 - 1.5 litres of fluid per day, eating, meh, a bit. I've always had good blood pressure (around 110/60) and pulse rate (60pbm). In hospital my obs were 90/50 for blood pressure and 45 for pulse. I was hooked up to the IV for fluids and pain relief. The nurses didn't seem peturbed by this and I never asked my surgeon about it - assuming he read my charts when he visited. Now that I'm out of hospital I felt dizzy again this morning and had a bit of a headache. At the chemist I asked the assistant to take my blood pressure, thinking it might be high - 110/60 - great, but a bit on the low side (she said), but then she looked worried and said "Oh, but your pulse is 48.....are you diabetic?" No I'm not. Now I'm wondering what the h*ll is going on with my pulse. I'm obviously no athlete, my BMI is 34, my exercise is 45 minutes of brisk walking four days a week. Can anyone please shed some light on this? Thanks in advance!!

Does your doctor know you're doing this? Maybe this is a joke. It is VERY dangerous to eat foods before your poor swollen little tummy is ready. You may end up in ER with a potentially fatal leak. If your doctor has given you guidelines, stick to them. It is hard and we all hate going through the stages but they are there for a reason. Cheating is not funny, it is stupid.

Don't let your husband be an enabler. This is your body. You know when you're healthy and at what weight. Having said that you can't blame your husband for your own bad eating choices. We all slip up and hit plateaus. I'm in one right now. You'll get back into the swing, and like the others have said you've lost a truckload of weight - you know what to do!!

Apparently there is not much of a difference at all. In the "olden" days they used to use 42fr bougie or larger, now I think a 34-38 is considered the norm...in Australia anyway. There was some talk a while ago (years) that the larger bougies were safer, but very little of that around now. Some doctors use a larger bougie and then oversew, which makes it marginally smaller, but seriously there is not a hell of a lot of difference. There is a picture doing the rounds on the web of textas and pens lined up, representing bougie sizes and its a little hard to tell the difference between them.

I'd suggest taking it up with your surgeon. Are you on acid reducers. You may need to up your dose or try another brand. I had the same sort of pains and it was reflux. All better now, thanks to Nexium.

Yes, there are gazillions of meal plans, meal replacements and diet books - all of which work. Until you stop. There are also pills to reduce hunger - fibre pills and amphetamines. These also work. Until you stop. Most of us here have tried some, if not all the above methods - and failed in the end.