Jump to content
×
Are you looking for the BariatricPal Store? Go now!

adele12

LAP-BAND Patients
  • Content Count

    16
  • Joined

  • Last visited

1 Follower

About adele12

  • Rank
    Novice

About Me

  • Gender
    Female
  1. adele12

    Fat On Fat Prejudice?

    Maybe you'll think I'm nuts, but I've always liked fat people. I felt like we shared a common misery and that they would be easy to connect with because they had suffered as I had and knew the cruelties of others as I did. Weird how we all have radically different views!
  2. adele12

    Sleep Apnea ?

    Oh, and they didn't need the machine, just the mask. As a funny little aside, I forgot the cap to the mask because I had washed it in the morning and left it on the sink to dry. I couldn't believe my stupidity! I asked a friend (who had just left me 45 minutes before) if she would get it for me. I told her I thought I left it on the sink. She agreed and drove the 40 minutes (in torrential rain) back to the hospital. I was relieved and oh so grateful because I was already so anxious post surgery. Well, she took out the cap and to my complete horror it was a bottle cap from a water bottle she held out to me (obviously she's not a water bottle drinker). At first I thought she was kidding, but when I saw the look on her face I knew she wasn't. This wonderful friend went back to the house (in torrential rain again) She found the cap under a washcloth I had thrown on top of it and brought it back to me (in torrential rain again!) What a nightmare, though we laugh about it now!
  3. adele12

    Sleep Apnea ?

    For me, the same as "CoolBreeze" above. They ask that you bring it with you to use after surgery for sleeping. They also watch your breathing a little more closely in recovery, however I did not need to use the mask until I was moved to a room.
  4. adele12

    Post Op Therapist

    Oops forgot to answer your question! I also would pick someone with 10 or more years of experience and can relate to pain, anger, loss, joy and sorrow in a truly empathic way. Not all therapists are deeply introspective and many have not seen the inside of a therapist's office! My personal bias. Adequate training is good but you can't beat experience, IMHO. (No offense meant to youngsters!)
  5. adele12

    Post Op Therapist

    I think you're smart to consider seeing a therapist. I am amazed at the feelings that have emerged because I cannot stuff them down with food. And I'm a clinical social worker! Physician (or social worker in this case) heal thyself!!!
  6. adele12

    Back Pain

    I'm on week 2 of pureed also. Sleeved 6/26/2012.
  7. adele12

    Back Pain

    I don't know what it is for you but for me it was gas. Incredible gas pain; lots of gas-ex strips relieves it somewhat. I don't remember ever carrying gas in my back so at first I was alarmed! Better now. Good luck!
  8. 18 lbs in the hospital....also demanded lasix; freaked out when I saw the weight gain! Lost 11 after the lasix in the hospital, the rest in the next 3 days when I was home.
  9. adele12

    Sleepy After Meals!?

    Doesn't sound crazy at all to me! I have the exact same reaction, but could find no info about it. I need to take a nap after each meal, even if it's just 15 minutes. I'm four weeks out; hope it ends soon! My nutritionist said she'd never heard of it; that maybe as the blood rushes to your stomach as it does after a huge,( ie. thanksgiving) meal causing the need for a nap; that the body reacts the same to the smaller full stomach. Kind of makes sense, I guess...

PatchAid Vitamin Patches

×