NurseGrace

If I were trying to hide it I would order something like a soup.

I was scared too. Walking into the hospital the day of my surgery I nearly turned around and left. I just kept telling myself "I'm scared to do this BUT I'm scared NOT to do this, I need this" Everything turned out great and I am off to a fairly good start.

I did a lot of really general yet critical (in my opinion) stuff I stopped eating all processed sugar. no soda, no Cookies, that kind of crap stopped. I stopped drinking all soda. I started really paying attention to what a true serving is, and YES that means pulling out the good old digital kitchen scale.

You absolutely right. There was a lot to that story, thats just my impression based on the information provided. I should have stated that in the first place.

I don't know a ton about it except that when I was a pharmacy tech we sold it and people bought it for tummy troubles. Sorry I cant be more helpful than that.

pharmacies sell it in tiny little bottles, it has all the stuff that makes your tummy feel better minus the carbonated Water

Go to the pharmacy and buy cola syrup.

It's pretty unpleasant, but it can be avoided if you take your small bites, don't try to eat more than you should and avoid bread. You'll learn what things set you off. I haven't had that experience of sliming since the sleeve surgery but with the lapband I always KNEW with the first bite of something if it was going to happen or not.

I attack dry skin in three ways - as much Fluid as I can get it - use a humidifier - body oil

its a feeling that I think is more common with lapband but you start to feel like you are going to throw up, and for some reason your saliva glands go into hyper-drive and you'll want to throw up. You'll know it if you feel it.

For me, the cost of a gym membership only hurts when I am not using it the way I should. If I am paying whatever amount of dollars (usually not more than 40 dollars a month for the 24 hour fitness SuperSport - the best gym in my area) if I am using it - I don't care one bit.

The same way you will be eating many things that are not necessarily the tastiest thing from now on. You have to find ways to cope. You are eating for different reasons now. sugar will not aide you in your journey to lose weight. I am not one of these people who are going to tell you that you are going down a terrible path or whatever if you have some flavored yogurt but do consider this - if you cant stick to the rules now as far as sugar goes how are things going to go for you later on?

nope. Plain is plain as plain, meaning the unflavored stuff. the fat free whatever is still not going to be the ideal choice because of the sugar, not the fat.

at 6 days out I am curious to know if what you are experiencing is really hunger or if you have experiencing head hunger but none the less I believe you should stick to you guidelines as best you can. I found chicken stock to be a really awesome meal. For whatever reason it really satisfied me.

Also I wanted to add that my current doctor was surprised at my lapband scars, saying they were quite large for a laparoscopic procedure and seemed to allude to the fact that they were on the sloppy side, which I already knew because I am a nurse, but wasn't going to say lol.

Since there is interest I will go into it but I wanted to preface this with saying that I was is patient for YEARS so my picture of how things go at KC Bariatric is a pretty broad one, but I will ALSO tell you that I have not been back there for about 18 months so you have to take what I am saying in light of my experience but also the time frame. Things may or may not be different now, I suspect they are not different but I just want to have that out there so everyone knows. Everything was FANTASTIC at first (I had a band from him - not my sleeve - I would not let him touch me after the band fiasco) my appointments went smoothly, surgery went pretty smooth although at the time their pain control left something to be desired. Since the band is an outpatient procedure I was pushed out the door fairly quickly even though I let it be known that my pain WAS NOT under control - whatever though, I am a nurse, I know how it goes but that did set me up for a very rough few days. Also I might add that I had warned them that I was allergic to acetaminophen ahead of time and would be needing something other than the usual lortab post op. They refused to deal with that ahead of time stating "it wouldnt be a problem" and of course - IT WAS. They ended up giving me cough medicine for the pain. That might have been OK but like I said - I wasn't even really under control when I left the hospital so it was a huge problem. I went almost all of that day without anything for the pain and then when I did get something thats what it was. I recovered from that and everything was OK for a little while. The band though - was a problem. From the very begining I was having trouble with it. This is where I want to point out that IT WAS NOT DR HOEHNS FAULT I WAS STRUGGLING Some people just do not tolerate a band well and I was one of those people. To this day I do not believe that it was anything to do with his surgical skill. He is more than likely a fine surgeon. The problems became clear in the aftercare though. I was having very unusual problems and looking back they were classic signs of a slip of a bad placement but no one would listen to me. The after care was terrible. You never see the surgeon again after you have surgery, you always see his PA, and his PA is sweet, but I would be lying if I told you that he helped me, because he didn't. For years they gave me the run around telling me that I was "too tight" or whatever when I was telling them that I could eat like I never had sugery. It was a farce. Long story short, I ended up in the emergency room and had to have the band removed. There was evidence that it had been in a bad position for a long time, but the office never even ordered as much as an xray or a barium study to see what was going on with me. I am very dissatisfied with the care I received although I do not blame the doctor specifically for everything although I do think that if he is going to deligate his aftercare he needs to make sure the people proving that care are doing what they need to do for the patients. I will not go so far as to say that you are in bad hands or anything like that, but what I want you to understand about that office is that you need to be your own advocate for your own safety. If something doesn't feel right and you KNOW its not right like I did, PLEASE DEMAND medical attention, because you might not get it otherwise.

I did it last night. I made two. One got put back in the fridge and I ate it this morning so I didn't waste it but it was a silly thing to try to do.

I am a former patient of Hoehn's and if anyone would like the "skinny" so to speak on why I left I would be happy to talk to you a little bit about why I think you should consider going elsewhere. I don't have a ton of drama to dish and NO he didn't nearly kill me or anything exciting like that but I did several eye opening experiences that really woke me up.

well, the dailymail is like getting your medical information from Perez Hilton. There is even a song about it!

yyyyeeeahhh this type of thing sort of depends who you talk too. The yolk has fat but it also contains a lot of nutrients that need fat to absorb. The egg is natures little Protein pack... perfect the way it is. Just have one a day, don't go crazy.

YES. One. Just one. Your eyes are larger than your stomach right now.

looks like its all been said but I will throw in my two cents You can only eat that much because its so soft. If you scrambled an egg or something you would be shocked. Also, why are you eating 8oz of food? You shouldn't even be putting that much in front of yourself.

I just mix a little low fat mayo in with it and throw in a spoonful or so of pickle relish and mustard if I am really getting crazy. no exact measurements. the mustard might be too much for some but I actually do not care for salmon, I just eat it because its healthy so anything to cover the taste is good in my book.

YEP I am knew with the sleeve but unfortunately not to weight loss surgery as a whole. I was one that had a lapband thinking it was going to help me a hell of a lot more than it really did so none of this is new, and I'm also older now and have seen some **** lol. I wish people slowed down a little more and considered this. I wonder how many people would still have the sleeve if they knew that they might not be losing any more than say 3 pounds a week? I bet it would be a lot less, but even then, my doctor tells me that is what I should expect and anything more than that is gravy. Expectations are too high and people underestimate how much they will give up for those three pounds.

I would say there isn't NECESSARILY anything wrong with having a personal goal that is a little heavier than what your surgeon has in mind but he/she is probably basing their numbers off a BMI. Generally in the healthcare community we are going to tell you to try your hardest to bring your BMI to a point that you are no longer considered obese or overweight because it shows that your weight loss surgery was successful and it also has an effect on things like insurance and whatnot. You will pay more weighing 180 than you would if you weighed 160, you see where I am going with this? It's something you can discuss and they can tell you a little more why they set you at what they did.