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msfitn2014

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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Everything posted by msfitn2014

  1. @ I totally agree!!! Its ALOT of different views and different advice from each doctor and nut!! I l'm just gonna follow my dr and nut orders and I hope everyone else does the same. Good luck on everyones good health and great weight lost
  2. I was told you only absorb 20-30 per setting....i drink 30 for breakfast and i drink 30 for dinner...my lunch and snack should make up any amt i need...i was told to do at least 60
  3. Well i gained weight this week so now Im down 27 pounds!! I went from size 16 to a 14 and was sleeved on April 9th....slow and steady for me!! Looking fwd to being in a 12 and dwn by at least 10-15 more pounds by my 3 mo anniversary!! Good luck ladies/gents
  4. Lol...just IGNORE them!!
  5. I will friend you, msfitn2012
  6. I THINK its normal...lol but im not a dr I was band to sleeve on 4/9 and my stomach was removed on the right side and my band was removed on the left...everyday for 2-3 weeks I woke up sore on my right side, i couldnt really sleep on my right side and if I twist/turned my right side would hurt a lil...i had no pain or soreness at all on my left side where my band and port was removed which was weird because that is where everyone said i would experience pain/soreness! Get well soon
  7. Congrats!! Yesssss it sounds like gas!! I only had it in the hospital and gasx and walking is what stopped it!!! In my back like i had been shot with a 12 gauge and in my shoulder!!
  8. You are very pretty!! Congrats and good job
  9. All of my pills are in powdered form, liquid and chewable! I didnt take any pain meds after surgery, i felt fine I just woke up every mirning a lil sore!
  10. We live and we learn!! Feel better soon!!
  11. I also have a sit down desk job, the sitting all day made me sore, so I took my 2 15 min breaks, 30 min lunch and several bathroom breaks and walked around to keep from bein sore and help with blood circulation
  12. My dr took me off for 3 weeks...I really wanted to go back after a week because I was bored and ready to go back to my normal routine!! I did get paid during the 3 weeks off though
  13. Wow thanks for sharing, very informative and helpful!!
  14. My deductible was $3000 and all the appts and test ate that up, i had to pay the hospital $1100 and the dr $750 2 weeks b4 surgery. The hospital did offer a payment plan of dwnpymnt 1/2 and pay out the rest but I didnt...waiting on the anesthesia bill
  15. I miss fried chicken and fried fish!! Now im baking, grilling and boiling my food!! I would be lieing if i said there is nothing i dont miss!! However, Im never going to eat fried foods again and Im sure after a few weeks Im goin to stop missing them!!
  16. thanks I will look for the new whey in watermelon
  17. No i take prescribed acid blocker for prevention my dr said i will be taking it for 6 months..3 mo prescribed 3 mo over the counter
  18. Im 8 weeks out and im never hungry...i was off 3 weeks and when i returned to work the first two days i was hungry i think ONLY because everyone was eating lunch, breakfast and snacks all day...so i smelled and saw food all day!! I make myself eat, i am on vacation this week an noticed it was 3pm and that I hadnt eaten anything so i fixed a shake waited an hr later and ate a baked potato
  19. Yes...i was told to take tylenol only! They prescribed me liquid hdrocodeine tylenol for pain...i was in the hospital on wed released Thursday..Im thankful that I didnt need the pain meds, NO PAIN i was sore when i woke up each morning but once I walked around the soreness was gone!
  20. Awesum!! Go celebrate and drank you a shake on the rocks!! Nothing like seeing onederland!! Enjoy!!
  21. Omg i feel you on headaches!! I used to take BC powder and drink coke to help....my dr told me No more NSAIDS and No More carbonation...i have been NSAID free and carbonation free for 6 months....if i feel a headache comin along I just drink gatorade and liquid tylenol...thank God i have not had a migraine but once and I drank the liquid hydocodeine tylenol they prescribed me!! Good luck its a struggle
  22. Are you taking Biotin for your hair? Alot of women get acne from too much Biotin and I know al whole lot of WLS patients take it to prevent hair loss and thinning? Hope you get better soon!
  23. Wow!! It happened to me also when I ate a pc of fried fish....Never again will I eat fried foods!! Sweating, severe cramps, runs, and it cramped severely for an hr before it passed, once it passed I was ok...it started abt 30 min after I ate!! Baked, boiled, grilled foods are my new friends!!

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