Tina727

I've been a ball of nerves since I got the surgery date lol

20 minutes.. We live in Liverpool. We hired a nanny for after surgery to help out with our daughter who is 11, but has Autism and help out with general house tasks and such. Also just ordered 2 lay flat power recliners with heat and massage to sleep in after surgery because I have heard from too many people that it is horrible trying to get out of bed! This is my first surgery ever so I'm nervous, but my wife has had her appendix out and gallbladder so she says it's a piece of cake lol. I'm still very nervous

our pre-admission is on the 29th at the hospital.. oh how cool

Omg! 1pm?? That would be so friggin sweet!

how did you do that before and after pic if you haven't had your surgery yet?

you will be leaving st. joes hospital as we enter lol. sooo close! you will have to let us know how many days your in, and how the process went in the hospital! My first appointment was may 28th and my wife's first appointment was June 12. May I ask why it took you so long to get a surgery date? I literately got my surgery day 3 days after my first appointment, then when my wife had her appointment they added her to the same day as mine.. They say a lot of couples are very successful doing it the same day..

Body temperature is the result of your body generating and radiating heat. The body is adept at keeping its temperature within a narrow range even though ambient air conditions vary. A normal body temperature is 98.6°F. It is common during the period of rapid weight loss for bariatric patients to feel cold or chilled, even when their temperature reads normal. People who experience the massive weight loss associated with weight loss surgery experience feeling cold for two reasons: loss of insulation and less energy generation. Fat is a highly efficient insulator. Consider animals native to cold climates: for example sea lions and polar bears. They are loaded with insulation and thrive in cold climates. When gastric bypass patients follow the rules: eating Protein and exercising, the weight lost can only come from fat or stored energy. In effect you are losing your insulation. Less insulation increases the likelihood that you will feel cold. The second reason for feeling chilled is that the metabolic cell processes are not working as hard as when you were heavier; it takes fewer calories and less energy to maintain and move a smaller body. Think about using an electric mixer: if you are whipping egg whites for a meringue the mixer will do this task effortlessly. But use the same mixer to knead bread dough and it will become warm to the touch, it is working harder because it is moving more mass. The same thing happens with your body; the more mass it must move, the harder it works. As a result more heat is generated. Rule #2: Lots of Water The body has two well-tuned mechanisms for regulating body temperature: sweating and shivering. What overweight person hasn’t been embarrassed by a sticky bout of sweating at the most inappropriate time? Sweating is a mechanism for cooling your body when it becomes too hot inside. The body rids itself of excess heat by expanding the blood vessels in the skin so the heat may be carried to the surface. When this energy or heat in the form of sweat reaches the skin’s surface it evaporates and helps cool the body. Gastric bypass patients become more familiar with the second temperature regulator, shivering, as they lose weight. When you are too cold your blood vessels will contract reducing blood flow to the skin. The body responds by shivering which creates extra muscle activity to help generate more heat. If you allow your body to shiver it will begin to feel warmer. But this is also a good clue that it’s time to put on a sweater or turn up the heat. I think most weight loss patients will happily wear a sweater – a sweater is much easier to shed than that insulation we’ve worked so hard to lose! Most weight loss patients report that their body temperature regulates after their weight is stabilized, usually eighteen to twenty-four months after surgery. Keep in mind your body is rapidly losing weight and the rest of your body’s functions are caught off guard when this weight loss begins. The body’s thermostat needs time to catch up to the weight loss, and it will. Patients who incorporate exercise in their weight loss program experience less chilling than patients who do not exercise.

just got rid of my fitness pal actually and bought my net diary pro instead. I found my fitness was lacking many choices vs the one I have now, and also I have many more options vs my fitness pal.. personal choice I guess.

where from upstate are you?

He is amazing! (My wife is T-T lol.) Surgery Aug 19th! Were having surgery on same day! He has received many awards, and performed many surgeries.. The staff at the office are as sweet as pie! I have attempted a few times through other local hospitals, and They were much more challenging with their "rules" than Dr. Graber's office! He has been on bridge street and also has his own commercial!

what is a list of items that we need after surgery? I'm still trying to figure that out. surgery Aug 19. please someone give me some suggestions.

anyone have a problem with them before surgery and notice relief after surgery?? I recently started having a problem in the last year from them, and I have never been as heavy as I am now, I'm hoping they will get better after surgery.

reality is setting in faster than prepared lol Today we got our itinerary and now our pre appointments have been scheduled, surgery is schedules, and our first post op appointment is already scheduled. Today marks exactly 7 weeks till surgery! I'm getting butterflies, and nerves are nuts! But what I am really struggling with the most is, how do I grocery shop in the mean time. I just cleaned out my pantry, and an entire deep freezer, (sold the deep freezer) won't need it anymore lol. My mom felt like she went on a shopping spree! She ended up with like 12 grocery bags to take home lol. Now it's time to grocery shop and I don't even know what to buy or what to eat. I want to keep everything to a minimum and not buy so much and end up tossing it out. I'm so sick of food already this makes me nuts. I hate the dreaded question of "what's for dinner tonight" I'm only cooking for my wife and I so you think it would be easy right. nope. we're both so sick of food. I need some ideas please. I'm the total opposite. I'm not gonna mourn food, I'm not even gonna miss it, and I could care less to splurge or pig out. so I need some help. Thanks guys

Ok I'm sitting here with a bunch of questions.. My wife and I are doing surgery together, both our dates are the same! So this is what has happened so far. Went to a 90 min seminar, then after we met with the billing and filled a bunch Of paper work. Our PCP has already sent them notes, so what we were told was according to our insurance nothing is required! We already had a sleep study, an endoscopy, and a colonoscopy, and met with psychiatry, all prior to making the initial appt. They were pretty shocked. they said now all we have to do meet with the surgeon which we did. he gave us a h-pylori test which were negative and said your good to go. all you have to do is wait to meet with dietitian, and pre-op testing and that's it. So we were called with our surgery date 2 days later and were both scheduled for AUGUST 21st!!! We are ecstatic! main question is. anyone have United health care medicare complete choice (regional PPO) as primary and Medicaide as secondary and come across any snags?? Anyone have their surgery with their loved one??

this is such a mixed thread. I'm so emotional and have so many questions I figured why not all in one. anyone living on any of these after surgery? pepto tums stool softener Imodium any suggestions of skin rubbing from excess skin after surgery? Anyone having a problem with it. oh so many questions hair/nails or eye sight difference? how soon is anyone driving? grocery shopping, chores, errands, etc after surgery? I'm an extremely picky eater, I'm very plain with my choices and have an have a very sensitive stomach. I vomit with the simplest things. textures also give me trouble. stomach sleepers out there? what's your solution.. will I be camping out in the recliner? lol. is having a scale a good idea or bad investment? does body Oder get better? I feel like no matter how many showers I take I never smell as good as the pretty skinny ladies you stand next to in an elevator.. man you can smell there hair a mile away and there scent lingers. I'm a big girl (315)and I got a big butt. I call it my baraholic as$ old joke bit I always said in a club you could set your drink on it and walk away. does that disappear? big breast what happens to them? I'm at the stage when it's hard to shower, hard to breath or cook. Hard to get off the couch, do simple task, it's humiliating and embarrassing because I am struggling doing my told as a wife and mother. I'm depressed over it. any brittle bones? Calcium deficiency? what are people lacking the most after surgery? how soon for aerobics and working out.. I'm meaning more than just walking. sorry for the book here. please help me be not nervous. I consider this my new family.. I need a texting buddy too.. anyone willing???? texting email heck maybe a friend. I don't have any of them either because of my poor self esteem.. I lost my brother in law, my father, and my nana all in less than 2 years and really it's just my wife and our beautiful 11 year old daughter with special abilities known as Autism. sorry everyone. hope I didn't overwhelm u my name is Tina <3

add me to July for what?

oh another thing is besides being over weight I have no other health concern, and I'm a pretty energetic girl most of the time. We have an autistic daughter so were busy, busy, busy.

My surgery date is August 19th at 11:30. I have an excellent surgeon. he has performed 4,000 surgeries and counting. He has achieved many awards for his work and is highly recommended! I have completed the seminar, the paperwork and consent forms, the Breathe test (H pylori test), met with psych, and now waiting for the rest if the itinerary. Only required a 3 day liquid diet before surgery and a 1400 calorie diet the month before. all that is done and being worked on. Cut out red meat, liquid calories, ( drinking water or crystal light). I think the only steps now is preop clearance, dietitian, and EKG. our insurance required nothing. the other questions were mainly for after the surgery.