swimbikerun

I apologize. Evidence Based Medicine

I think some of the problem is what got presented and the follow up. There are certain things that because of my other problems, make it to where some "rules" I can't follow or have to modify. That is where the problem comes in: some surgeons refusing to recognize that you can't say (which my surgeon did) well no one has had those problems before so you must be the problem, not that the diagnosis you had before surgery AND after surgery AND the other GI problems together might be the issue.

Roasted, raw.

I have watched people drink alcohol and sodas, eat fried food, go to McD's, you name it. So I do agree that many patients are going to stray. There are others though who do have problems and I think could use better education. Round and round we see the complaints: after care is just not there. That is because the $$$$ aren't there. I can see a lot of the education I got was boring. With all due respect, there are a number of ways to fix that. I know mine would never ask me: they didn't want EBM when I gave it to them. Considering their actions, I'd still say that I need to see more work on behalf of the surgeons' due to the $$$$ issue.

Eggs or a salad or a chicken/turkey "sandwich".

Apparently more protein, other items in it. Just came across yesterday.

I have found online support to be infinitely better than group support. You get only one thought, mindset. The internet groups and support areas give you so much more variety, so many more options, and it is so much more convenient. You aren't stuck to one area or anything else and you have a greater chance of meeting people like you or not like you that it is wonderful!

Sleeve here. Never had reflux and boy do I ever. No chance of going back because the surgeon bailed and they apparently have legal agreements so that the other name in town can't do them. The third one won't because they know them, went to work with them, friends with them, etc.

@@McButterpants I just want to send my best wishes for you. I don't care what happened and it doesn't matter. Just hoping you will be healthy again soon.

Oh no.

I swam. Less strain on the body and you get an excellent cardio workout. I toned a lot.

There is a bariatric GI at VCU. Don't they have a program up there? I would suggest calling every program on your insurance that is within a driveable range for you. Make them earn your money. I would ask how they deal with bad problems, references for when things gone wrong, how they deal with them.

@@cookarue Sometimes people need the wakeup call to pay attention. Sadly it is sometimes a pop that does it. That being said, with the stigma of obesity & WLS, sometimes you have to simply suck it up and deal. Life is like that.

Here's the thing I had a metabolic issue after surgery. I'm like turn the heat up and leave me alone to sleep in peace. No cell phones, phones, electronic devices (I was trying to unhook the IV when it constantly went off, couldn't sleep). No one bugging me. Get that catheter out, that drain was a huge issue, let me sleep in peace. Since they just left me ill and sick without anything to fix the metabolic issue, I could have gone home and been comfortable in my own bed, not left to suffer with nothing.

The problem is that the more I studied, the more I questioned the ability of the bariatric group I had to really be able to do serious recommends. The RD that was there when I started left. After 10 months, they finally found a new one. The bariatric group could handle somewhat basic stuff but when you ran into problems, they expected you to solve them.

I pack stuff for others but not me.

Getting up at 4 am to go masters' swim at 530 am.

I don't have them. I was dumb enough to trust them and started reading and researching. They are a Center of Excellence also. There were some mistakes made, which is something I try to tell everyone about. Just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't make it right. When the thing is to get people to commit to surgery, a big $$$$ item, and no one really has common sense, studied a good number (and the outliers like me) of those with the surgery over 2, 5 years out, its the profit from the surgeries that drives things. Bariatric surgery practices run 40-45% profit. I found that out when I checked. The conflicts of interest are there to get you in. To do after care, not really. Seen people dumped right after surgery.

@dlappjr Have they proven that or just guessing? The reason why I ask is because that's a lot of money and trouble finding a product like that difference for guessing with no research. I also say that as someone who does have other stomach/intestine issues that I can get it from a carbonate source.

@@MichiganChic Bingo! Try getting bariatric practices to do that though. Its all about the $$$$/surgery. That is where the $$$ come in, and to the hospital.

@@erp I think the question comes "where is it absorbed" at? If calcium isn't absorbed in the stomach there is no basis for the carbonate/citrate difference. I'm continuously corrected about how VSG can create absorption issues. I have other GI issues that contribute to those problems. If someone doesn't, just a VSG, what is the medical basis/research of absorption problems? These are questions I've been asking (and did of my surgeon) without any science behind it, at least that I could get from then and I could find.

I went alone. Sister dropped me off at the hospital before work that morning. Told her give me a call/stop by after work. No sweat, the surgery aint all that.

I lost weight quickly. I lost 27% in the first month (27% of EW). I had basically lost almost 100% of it in 4-6 months. I had several things going on that contributed to that.

Area that has tightened, food and liquids are harder to pass, you can't each as much.

Mine was 12 months. Use it well. You will be glad you were able to prepare.