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vanna, Are you putting it on an area that has lotion? Sometimes the soap has moisterizers that can leave a film and make it hard for Patches to stay on. You should be able to chose multiple sites of patch application, i would consult the manufacturer info and see if another site works for you.

!!!! holy crud your doc is hardcore, i respect that!

I guess i wanted to post this because people need to advocate for themselves and sometimes you dont have an CRNA or Anesthesia doc that is willing to help you out so here it goes. . . Allot of patients wake up post op with nausea. This is a common side effect to the anesthesia and can be rather uncomfortable. A wonderfull drug, IMHO should be over the counter in fact is called Zofran or Ondansetron. This medication works by stopping the feeling of nausea. I wont go into the pharmacological end of it. Surfice it to say that for most people, as long as you take it before the vomitting begins, it's a god send. Zofran comes in ODT (Oral disolving Tablets) and pills as well as injection and this october a film (like the new med film strips that melt on your tongue your seeing so popular.) 4mg or 8mg is the dosing, the ODT are a little chaulky after they disolve and you need to make sure you have a moist mouth but they are great. The best part about it is that it does not have the GIANT list of side effects that comes with the old friend Phenergan (Promethazine). If before you go into surgery your feeling anxious, you need to tell someone. They can give you medications to help you relax. Its normal to have anxiety and some very real fear before surgery. Your nurse or anesthesia doc can help you with this. Don't man up thru it, use the pharmacology to your advantage! This brings me to post op pain and the management of it. Pain meds come in several forms. I would say the most common are morphine, dilaudid, Fentanyl and then you get into the percocet and vicodin meds. My point in listing this is simple. If a med is not working for you, or is making you sick, ask for a different pain med. These all work a little differently most work on the GABA or MU receptors but each has its own little quirks. Morphine for instance is natorious for giving you an itchy nose. This is due to the histamine release and is common. Nausea with all of these can occur. there is some merit in relaxation techniques and distraction/diversion therapy. This is fairly simply and can help with minor pain or even some break thru pain that can occur post op. Talk to your dr about any concerns you have with pain or pain management or the treatment you are going to recieve. Dont be afraid to ask whats this med for? why are you giving me this? You dont have to be in the medical field to be told what a med is for, but you should know EVERY med your on. If i ask you what is in your PCA (pain pump) you should be able to tell me. Remember that a little pain is ok, your body will throw endorphines (sp) at you and help with it, but any more than that can hinder the healing process. Be informed peeps. Dont go in not knowing what you need for yourself!!! I dont know it all, in fact i would say i know very little and all of this info you can find online. I'm not trying to make myself sound smart, i'm just trying to help some of you shy ones realize that this is your body and you deserve to know whats going in it, and why. Always consult your dr. before taking any medication.

there is no test that will be done to see if you have been smoking. They go off your word. Obviously you have been doing great thus far, just be carefull to not have any more. =) Stop stressing though, if you hang out with smokers you get 10 x more toxins just breathing off the other end than you got out of those 2. Stay strong though!!! Hope this helps =)

kristaroberts, Allot of the issues with becoming pregnant after weight loss surgery, or rather immediatly after have everything to do with nutrition and stress. The issue is that you are already desperatly trying to learn how to just get enough nutrition for you let alone a baby. Also you have to think about the added stress that being pregnant puts on a normal healthy person and then imagine that on a body that has just undergone WLS. Getting pregnant soon after weight loss has a risk of several complications. I would advise you to speak to your bariatric dr as well as your nutritionist on this. Basically what i have read in some of my research is that it has happened and you can be successfull, however, the issue is that "can be". The risk vs reward is not there. That is the risk outweighs the reward. I wont go into detail but if you do some research you will find allot of issues can develop and most are in relation to the normal growth of a healthy fetus in relation to the nutritional issues that can develop. Its not the end of the world if it happens, but you will have a heck of time with the nutritional requirements. Obviously the further out the better, or at least after the majority of the rapid weight loss is done "says 2 bariatric surg. i found online info from." Great question!! Ps i'm not a lady but wanted to add my 2 cents sorry =(

not with your hand. . . HAHAHAHA

someone slap me

. . . so be on top, nothing better than swingin boobs. OMG DID I SAY THAT OUTLOUD!

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wait you cant do it in the hospital? what the hell is the dilaudid for then?

Awsome man congrats!!! No leaks WOOOT!!!! feel better!

Heck ua! And If you get irritated walk around and knife people or pistol em. Nothing says I'm mad at the world and makes you feel better than a grown man screaming at his tv because you keep knifing him.

Pain management is important for healing. That being said there are allot of options to help manage it. If one isn't working how u like then ask for a different option. In the hospital morphine, dilaudid and fentanyl are big ones. Don't be afraid to ask for a different one. Typically if your having sleep apnea in relation to the pain med your snowed. What I mean is your likely getting too much and it's suppressing your resp drive. Lower the dose or ask for something else because whatever your on your taking too much an it's dropping your resp drive. Pain is a symptom it should be treated and managed. Advocate for yourself!

Roflmao!! If you play bf3 just snipe people an pretend that they are smoking while your doing it!

Babysteps; This was the hardest part for me too! I game some and I used to smoke like a chimney while I gamed

Paramedic. I am bridging to nursing at some point but working on my critical care cert now.

They should have a form for you to fill out as well saying what diet plans you have tried and when as well as loss and gain. At least my hospital had me do that to prove what I had been doing. Also when you talk to your physician about weight it's dictated that you talked about it. Might be a prob if they want meal plans, nutritionist visits, dr weigh ins etc.

I have not and still pre op but the reward for the calories doesn't seem that great. My Protein shakes have around 28g protein with only 100 cal and 2 carbs. Might be a good treat though

That is awsome!!! How's your preop diet going

Ahh he beat me again!! Ditto lol your welcome

DLCoggin makes a great bunch of points. In the medical field I make risk vs reward decisions for patients every day and so I always look at things in those terms. I don't know your medical hx or issues but I can tell you that DLCoggin is right about the studies. The benefits for most FAR outweigh the risks. Just the CAD disease drop is worth a huge weight on scale but throw in diabetics and the renal issue and you threw a Mac truck on that scale. I'm not even talking ADL stuff like mobility. If you sit down and write it all out with mom I am confident that with a little research not only will she be ok with the surgery but happy that your removing co-morbid factors from your life!!! Great post coggin

Wooohoooo!!! That is amazing! I am soo excited for you!! Try to sleep but omg I would be so excited and a little nervouse and everything! I'm throwing out positive thoughts your way! Congrats!

My surgeon is mike Schmidt. He used to teach the procedure and worked for a company that tought the rny procedure. I open with that because he is an amazing guy and knows his stuff. He told me day 1 that I will know when enough is enough. He said that just because a chart says my ideal weight is 170 doesn't mean that I will be ok at that weight. He said he is 12 pounds over his ideal weight but when he lost that 12 and was at his ideal weight he felt horrible. His advise was to listen to your body he does not like people to set number goals but rather an idea for how much you want to lose and go from there. I think that as you lose the weight your going to find a weight that works for your body. A weight where you feel good and have energy and are enjoying life. If that is lower than the weight your doc says is good great for you! If it is not the number you set in your head don't get down on yourself as long as you feel good and are healthy!

Awsome that you are discharged and on the road to the new you!!!! I hope your feeling little or no pain! Hang in there we are all rooting for ya!

Ditto! I hope all of you are doing well and walking around the room! I am sending my thoughts your way! I hope the hoops are close together and small for you!!