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Congrats on getting off the insulin!

i had hair loss at 4 months out. it lasted about 6 weeks, Are you more than 6 months post op? if not, i would wait for your hair's sake.

I didnt have a catheter. so, i was very happy to get up for a short time to use the bathroom a couple hours after surgery. after that i started my laps around the nurses station about every hour.

Are you allowed to have Clear Liquids? popsicles are life savers.

my first week was Clear Liquids and shakes week 2- full liquids week 3- soft week 4- start adding in regular food but check with your doc (CYA)

Hubba hubba!

The gas pain that I experienced post op was from the CO2 they use in surgery. they pump up the abdomen with CO2 gas so they can see in there. they try to get the gas out, but sometimes a bubble will remain. it gets stuck up under the diaphram and causes referred shoulder pain. it gets reabsorbed. Nothing much helped except for a heating pad and walking...and time (about 2 days, for me) I had no porblems with intestinal gas, but if you do, lots of peeps swear by Gas-X strips.

I would totally call your doc ASAP. could be a vasovagal response post op, and needs to be treated. (search under vasovagal response after surgery). Be okay.

Any fever? nausea or vomiting?

12 cups of fluids a day sounds like an awful lot. i shoot for 8 a day (and rarely get that much). im only required to get in 45 gms of Protein a day- much more realistic for me. myfitnesspal is a great program and app that will help you figure out serving sizes and nutritional content. check it out. its fun and motivating. do the tutorial- it really helps. you can make me be your first mfp friend--- kimberly2222 Best of luck on your journey!

you look beautiful!

HUGE accomplishment. Good for you!!

check with you doc (of course). but i would say that in general benedryl is very safe. remember that it will prbably make you very sleepy. Feel better!

1) this study says a lot http://abcnews.go.com/Health/study-finds-55-percent-nurses-overweight-obese/story?id=15472375 Researchers at the University of Maryland's School of Nursing found that 55 percent of the 2,103 female nurses they surveyed were obese, citing job stress and the effect on sleep of long, irregular work hours as the cause. The study, which measured obesity using estimates of body mass index, found that nursing schedules affected not only the health of the nurses but the quality of patient care. "Health care professionals are often involved in providing advice or care to patients that relates to things that aren't totally under control in their own lives. It's not uniform for health care professionals to eat well or avoid tobacco," said Dr. David Katz, the director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center. Keith-Thomas Ayoob, associate professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said nurses are just as susceptible to health problems as the rest of society. "Before we were health professionals, we were real people. Just because we became health professionals doesn't mean we stopped being members of regular society with all the problems that go along with it. It illustrates that knowledge alone isn't always enough to produce behavioral changes," said Ayoob. The same is true with smoking, Ayoob said. "We all know smoking is bad. It doesn't matter if you're a doctor or a nurse or a plumber. You might postulate that your interest in health would be higher if you were a health professional, but a lot of doctors and nurses smoke," said Ayoob. "Nurses need to understand the importance of taking care of themselves before patients or their families," Ayoob said. To combat the high obesity rate among nurses, Kihye Han, the author of the study, proposed more education on good sleep habits, and better strategies for adapting work schedules. She also called for napping at work to curb sleep deprivation, reduce fatigue and increase energy. The 2004 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses found that more than 40 percent of nurses who left nursing said they did so because of irregular and long hours, indicating that better scheduling could help nurse retention. Han also proposed increasing making healthy food more available, and allowing enough time to consume it. For instance, Han recommends on-site farmer's markets to serve health care workers who work nonstandard hours, healthier vending machine choices or having food delivered to the work unit. "There's an awful lot conspiring against weight control in nurses. The solutions are ... giving the nurses the knowledge and skills they need to manage their weight, and environmental reforms, like having opportunities for physical activity breaks in hospitals, and having nutritious food options readily available 24 hours a day," Katz said. "Nurses, who dedicate themselves to helping others," said Katz, "deserve that support from us." 2) I think that, by nature and training, we nurses are more apt to do extensive research before having any procedure done. Maybe doing all this extra research is what leads us to this site and helps us to find each other.

i wore sweats, undies, slip on shoes and no bra. best of luck to you!

What a great NSV!! Good for you!

- what if you succeed?

Congratulations. See you on the loser's bench!

Congrats on starting the pre op diet. you are getting close! Keep us up to date

cgreen, keep us up to date on your progress!

i couldnt see the pic either

congrats and welcome to the "losers bench"

Will the app chat feature work on an iPhone?

litebrite, Thank you so much! I needed to hear that! my weight loss is kinda slow so I appreciate the encouragement. But i am really enjoying the results so far. I am feeling super great! It has gotten easy over time. Its a learning process. It took a good 6 months before i felt "in touch" with my sleeve and my feelings about food. Examples of how much i can eat at a typical meal: 3 ounces sashimi tuna with about a cup full of steamed edameme pods 4 ounces of tilapia with about 7 spears of roasted asparagus. I average 850 calories a day (I faithfully log on myfitnesspal). im happy to answer any other questions you may have. todays meeting at Lovelace was nice and interesting. we talked about eating out for meals. i am looking forward to meeting you there soon.

Mom2BnB, i asked at the meeting today if people other than Lovelace patients could go to the meetings. Right now only Lovelace patients can attend (the group is pretty big). they are hoping to have smaller groups in the near future and then you can come too!