Izuri

I know there are pill sprays called pill glide. Maybe those would still work with powder? I think they're fruit flavored. I've switched all my medicine to liquids and oral disintegrating tablets right now. They taste like crap, even after having the pharmacy flavor them, but I take them in sips and chase them with Water and it's at least manageable now. Do you mix the crushed tablets with anything? Some of them can be mixed and that would probably help a little.

Since you're already having to wait a few months for the NUT and doctor visits, maybe make some regular therapy appointments between now and then? It will help you work through it and also at the time your psychologist will be at a good point to give an accurate review of their opinion on how set your are for surgery.

You look like a completely different person - wow! Really incredible, and you look so happy now! =)

A coworker of mine has been having trouble with her gallbladder and was told it's hard to see the actual problem while you're not having an attack. I hope that they figure out what it is soon, the pain sounds awful =(

August 16th will be here before you know it! If you're anything like me you'll spend all your time worrying about it and then you'll wake up one day and be like WHAT?? IT'S HERE ALREADY?

Absolutely no coffee per my doctor. I was never a huge fan, so it's not a big deal, but it is an issue in causing dehydration. Don't push yourself if your doc says no. Maybe a nice warm cup of decaf tea is something you can try to start switching over to now so that you'll be prepared by the time surgery comes.

Woo! It will be here before you know it !

Sending good healing vibes your way for tomorrow =D I'm sure it will go great !

I woke up in the recovery room with 2 nurses and I can remember telling them that it was hard to breathe. They told me that I was breathing fine and my O2 sat was 100%. I told them that I realized this but I just couldn't breathe well. They laughed and told me it was the CO2 and helped me sit up a bit so I could breathe better. I told them they were just so very nice =p Once I got back to my room I felt quite a bit better, though still in a ton of pain. The morphine helped tons and a few hours later they had me up and walking around. I think the hardest part was getting up from the bed, because it felt kind of like my insides were stretching. You'll do great =) The pain is totally worth it, and it is definitely manageable. Just don't be afraid to tell them if your pain is uncontrolled.

You are not being crazy, it's a huge deal. You're having a perfectly normal reaction =) I would have the surgery ASAP though. Having surgery the day after you start a school program and only a little under three weeks before starting a huge new job does not sound ideal to me. You wanna give yourself enough time to rest. The first couple days after surgery, I could barely keep myself awake through the day. I hope that the 15th ends up working out for you. =) Let us know how things play out.

I don't know if anyone else has noticed, or maybe there is just a part of the surgery that I did not understand correctly, but I have noticed that some posts seem to be talking about stomas and pouches. I could just be being uptight about this, but I hope people are really understanding the anatomy of the procedure they're having done. I'm not sure if this has just been introduced into the whole lingo of weight loss surgery or if some of these people haven't really read up on the differences between RNY and sleeve, but I did notice that even the nurses in the hospital were doing this post-surgery. They would say "etc, etc, your stoma, etc, etc" and I was like "...I don't have a stoma" and they were like "oh, well, the same rules apply" Don't get me wrong, the nurses were wonderfully supportive, but it seemed like everyone just lumped all the surgeries into RNY and I've been noticing a lot of that here too. So correct me if I've read up on my surgery wrong, but we have a sleeve, not a pouch, and an intact pyloric sphincter, not a stoma, right?? They are very different things that come with very different future implications (i.e. stoma = possible dumping syndrome, stricture of the stoma, etc) I realize that they are similar, but the health care needs behind them can be different. Am I the only one who has noticed this or am I just being a total b for pointing it out (In which case, I'm sorry =p)? *Edited to decrease the wide generalizations I made a bit and to add clarification =)

Straws give more air, which gives more gas. I've got enough gas to begin with! =p

I bought some random brand whey Protein, but it was in vanilla. I actually like it better than the fruit flavors so far. I prefer chicken broth, but beef broth isn't bad. I had this idea that I was really gonna like vegetable broth (No idea where I got that idea), but I had it and it tasted like boiled mashed stinky carrots. I could barely get it down, and that was pre-surgery when I could stomach almost anything! All the broths I got were the reduced sodium. You could get broth and maybe add some

3 weeks out I will be on puree foods, but call your NUT, they should be giving you more clear instructions. Better safe than sorry.

Yay! Let us know how it goes

I have had trouble sleeping in my bed. I have had to sleep in the recliner or in the other bed, which is one of the sleep numbers that you can sit up a bit. I am used to sleeping on my side, but every time I do it feels like my stomach is hanging or something, even putting a pillow under it doesn't really help. And when I do sleep I can only go about 4-6 hours without waking up with pain. Did your physician okay anything to help sleep? If they say it's fine, maybe you could try some liquid benadryl? I hope you start sleepin soon!

This might be kind of a newbie question, but do you have to continue this forever? Or is there a treatment that will remove it permanently?

I like this idea, and this meal plan sounds yummy! I'm definitely bookmarking this thread for later use =) Plus I hate cooking, so if I can knock most of it out in a day or two for the whole week, I will be set!

I just am seconding all the great reasons that were posted before me. I also wanted to say that the live to eat thing just is something you're going to have to be willing to change. Maybe I am reading the statement wrong, but it just sounds like you're giving up to that mindset. No surgery is 100% foolproof. They're tools and need the work behind them to sustain weight loss over time. That being said, sleeve seemed way more realistic for my life. Less restrictions. Fewer complications. I hope that you find what you're looking for and that it goes well =)

I'm so excited for youuu! Let us know how it goes!

Oh, and contacts. I wear the kind you can wear for a month straight and I had to switch to glasses for the few days pre/post op.

I have quite a few ear piercings and tongue ring and I was told to remove all body piercings before surgery. I would assume that your surgeon will most likely require the same. If they don't specifically tell you I'd pick the more cautious option.

Sounds like you're making some good progress. You've got a lot of time to continue to make good changes. I'm sorry to hear about your family member in the hospital. I hope that everything goes well for them. I don't know if you're religious, but even if you're not the hospitals usually employ chaplains who are happy to talk to family. Maybe just having some support and someone neutral to talk about your feelings with will help a little. I know in my clinicals there were patients that I had a hard time feeling like I could really help despite trying, but the chaplains could always seemed to provide a little more comfort. Do you think making a list of reasons you want this surgery would help? What if you made a goal to cut out one bad aspect per day for the next week? I dunno, but I know that you can do this! Sometimes it seems to me like if I can make it past the fast food place without turning in, I will be ok to get home safe. So I blast a song I like on the radio and sing along or I tell myself all the gross things I've ever heard about fast food (Or experienced! Working at McDonald's for a year kinda turned me off it for quite a while. You wouldn't believe how long that meat sits out...ick). Any pounds you can lose between now and surgery will only help lower risk and shrink your liver. Good surgery outcomes, yayy =) Keep us updated and whenever you're feeling like flying off the wagon, post! We're here for ya.

It's been pretty warm here too. Not quite as warm as there, but I've been doing laps around my house when I don't feel like sweating it out around the block. Do you have any exercise videos? I used to love those and am looking forward to getting back to them eventually. It's hard to lose pre-op, but you can do it! Any pound you lose pre-op you don't have to worry about losing post-op =p

Woohoo! The day is finally here for you =D It will fly by! That listerine swish sounds brutal, I have to buy the non-alcoholic listerine, the burning just kills my mouth. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers!