Everything posted by Arts137
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MRSA
Should, you've been cured!
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Fresh start
welcome!
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1-2 lbs consistently?
We can go any distance as long as we do not stop!
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I think this is the "holy cwap" moment
The Lovenox shots are easy. By pinching the fat (hard) they really DO NOT hurt -- you don't even have to watch. They'll teach you how during your hospital stay...
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Dehydration?
Well, those COULD be symptoms of dehydration. How much water are you getting in? Remember toi shoot for 6 to 8 8 Oz glasses... I drink a lot more (gotta go pee)...
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wow the skin!
Well, there are no magic answers. Plastic surgery does work, but 'tis expensive and (from what I've been told) hurts a bit.
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Are protein shakes the answer
More Protein!!! Any way you can!
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Sneezing everytime I eat food?
fascinating!!!!
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Food stage
I started with hummas, and then moved to any beans in moderation... Chew a lot!
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Uh-Oh, I Said Too Much
I never can keep my stories straight, so I tell anything to anyone...
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Anyone else have this during liquid pre op?
Yep, brrrrr
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surgery after surgery
Your work will be a Whole Lot Unhappier if you have a blocked kidney stone at work. (If you do, yell and scream LOUDLY)
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Multi vitamins after surgery
no, no worries!!! Always start small and slow, and build on it!!!
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Another excess/extra skin question- probably dumb...
"google" 'loose skin after weight loss' and check the images or youtubes!
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Vacation and on puréed
canned tuna, canned chicken (mash well!), yogurt, cottage cheese, pureed soups... take protein shakes or mixes... good luck.
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pre op diet
It will get better if can hold to the fast! Maybe 3, maybe 4 days...
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getting my drain removed!
For me no pain, just a "pulling" sensation that was more strange than hurtful and over in 5 seconds. Done at day 2.
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Vitamins
Buy. I use Unjury chewables.
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Day 1 optifast started today
It's hard for the first 3/4 days and will get better. BUT, if you add carbs, the 3/4 days start all over again. YES, this is hard, if it was easy, you'd a already done it! MUCH of this is detoxing from your 'regular' eatieng, both physiologically and emotionally. Hang in there, it is IMPORTANT to do this and shrink your liver so that the surgeon has an easier time of it.
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What is a bougie and how does it affect my success?
Excellent info, from a 40...
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Confession Time :(
Great topic!!! I think we can ALL relate. Some days are harder than others. Me, I can have NONE, but I can't have a little (If I have one I have many, so I work HARD to have none).
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Just ate a bagel with butter
It's not "stretching the sleeve" that you need to worry about... it's figurinjg out how to "work around" the sleeve limitations... drinking with meals, lots of slider foods eaten often, etc. Like said above, fight the head hunger, cause head hunger is powerful. I know that some hate to hear this but the sleeve IS a tool that YOU have to use to lose and maintain your loss. Good Luck... But try to be good to yourself, you family battles are so sad. Hang in there...
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help!
AMEN!!! Let your MD sort this out!!
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Warning! This is gross!
"Dumping Syndrome". You have found something (usually it is sugar) that goes right through. For you cheese. Wait a month and try again (at home).
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Verticle sleeve stent
Well done you! Keep fighting!!!