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Don't take a hot bath/shower. If your blood pressure is already low this causes vasodilation and will drop it even lower Take care,

Just bend your knees a little. It will make you shorter and hike your bmi up a little.

Vodka & water, squirt in your favorite mio flavor.

Vodka & water, squirt in your favorite mio flavor.

IV Tylenol is effective but this should be a schedule med for a few dose and you should also have a PRN (as needed) med for pain usually narcotic. I've never seen IV Tylenol used as a PRN.

I stalled for 3weeks starting the end of my third week and through a lot of trial and error I found I cannot eat more than 50grams of carbs/day. So now the only carbs I eat are in my south beach meal bars which aren't bad. Otherwise it's all protein with the occasional vegetable. Been doing that for 6 days and am already down 5 more pounds. I also won't allow my self to eat anything until I finish a whole bottle of water, good to have an incentive

I switched because my surgeon left the hospital and no longer accepted my insurance.

I switched doctors a month before my sleeve and I really feel it was for the best. It worked out great

Great idea! I'll try that

As anyone used dr smoothie mixed with protein powder? Can't stand all the pre made protein drinks I used to be able to tolerate.

Just be careful, you are at a higher risk for DVT and pulmonary embolisms due to your extended hospital stay. Shortness of breath and tachycardia are symptoms. I'm not trying to scare you, just want you to be mindful of that.

Coffee has caffeine which is a diuretic, even decaf has a small amount of caffeine in it. Prob should only drink it if your getting all your fluids in ok.

3weeks out finally no more pain, on soft foods and can sleep on my side for the first time as of yesterday!! Just in time to return to work tomorrow - Hope you all are getting better each day!

I eat my cottage cheese with pepper

You can't be a dnr and have surgery. It's contradictory. In the hospital part of our pre surgical checklist is to make sure dnr is rescinded. Intubation is a no no on a dnr.