Everything posted by sgc
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Question about Fruit
This anti-carb craze is something when it has people questioning whether they should eat fruit.
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Catheter?
I would rather soil myself than have a catheter.
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Michigan sleevers
Somehow I gained 6 pounds since Wednesday. I'm finding it harder to lose after surgery than before.
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What the F**K Up with the Constipation!
Colace has worked for me. Much better than being in labor for 45 minutes.
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When did you.....?
Operating room. I was wheeled in on a bed and then transferred to the table. I remember them strapping my arms in and then I woke up in the recovery room.
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What the F**K Up with the Constipation!
I'm think of adding some Metamucil or something to my Protein shake as well.
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What the F**K Up with the Constipation!
Had my first issue with constipation. After the surgery I was having diarrhea but this morning was brutal. About 45 minutes and I noticed blood in the stool which has me concerned. My doctor prescribed Colace but it said to stop if I had diarrhea which I did. Hopefully I didn't wreck anything. My doctor told me to start sweating to lose weight and I was sweating passing this.
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How do people lose 40 lbs in a month?!
Usually bigger men too. I lost 37 pounds in 3 weeks but I started at 420 pounds. If you are only in the 200's, that's 20% of your weight vs less than 10% for me.
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Gallbladder
People don't have gallbladder issues because of the surgery. They have it because they lose weight in a short period of time. Before I got the sleeve, I had lost 100 pounds within 12 months and had to have my gallbladder removed so luckily I don't have to worry about it.
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Problems with gallbladder removal after sleeve
My mom had her gallbladder removed and they cut her bile duct. She never had bariatric surgery. I had mine removed before getting the sleeve with no issues. I also don't understand what is so different about your anatomy. If anything, it should be easier since there is less stomach in the way.
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Day 7; no weight loss yet - when did you start losing?
I honestly feel the same as I did before surgery just less desire to eat.
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Day 7; no weight loss yet - when did you start losing?
I'm 7 days out and lost 3 pounds. I'm actually concerned because I can easily get down fluids. I can gulp them down just like a did before and can get in my 3 Protein shakes. Sometimes I wonder if he actually did the procedure but I'm not really hungry.
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Vitamin D and B12
My doctor gave me a prescription for Vitamin D to take once a week and advised me to get a B complex vitamin.
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After surgery, when did....
I'm 5 days post op and I feel like I did before surgery. One of my strips fell off. The others are starting to look dirty around the edges. Doctor said not to wash the incisions before I went home. Anyone else notice their strips kinda dirty looking?
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Guys who started over 400 lbs.
Had the surgery this past Wednesday. My goal was to be 380 by surgery and I was 380 on the nose on my home scale (389 on the hospital scale) I was up to 383 after surgery but got a nice little drop today to 377. Hopefully the downward slide starts now.
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Michigan sleevers
How common is it to be fatigued after surgery? I don't think I can make it through a day without a nap and am usually in bed by 9. All soreness is gone, no gas pains, no nausea or vomiting. Just fatigue. I also still haven't lost weight and have gained. I'm getting a little antsy since I lost 31 pounds on the preop and thought I would be continuing that.
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Hospital stay after surgery....
My surgery was at noon and I left at 4 PM the next day.
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Michigan sleevers
I decided to weigh myself and I'm 3 pounds heavier than the morning of surgery. Anyone else have that happen? Is it excess fluids from the surgery?
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Michigan sleevers
Second day since my surgery and everything seems good. Just a little soreness if I bend down. The pain is less than when I had my gallbladder removed. Only been able to drink clear liquids. Made it through a 20 oz glass of Gatorade. I think I'm supposed to start protein shakes tomorrow. I have had no desire to eat food since the surgery.
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Michigan sleevers
Had it done yesterday. At home now. Not too much pain. Pretty rough waking up with pain and nausea but they went down. Hardest part was going that first day with no liquids as my mouth was really dry. Just have a little soreness and am slowly taking down water.
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Michigan sleevers
I'm really not nervous. It seems like a lot of people get nervous about the change and what happens afterwards but that doesn't phase me. The thing I worried about the most was surviving the surgery. I have lost a total of 90 pounds so my blood pressure has gotten back to the high normal range and my sleep apnea has improved. I passed all my pre surgery tests without any areas of concern. I had an EGD done and they used anesthesia I made it without issue so that all calmed my nerves.
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Michigan sleevers
I'm from the Detroit area and my surgery is June 22nd with Dr Hawasli at St John.
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Online dating
I was having moderate success with eHarmony. I was getting lots of matches daily that lived in my area. Now all of my matches are in Canada. I'm quite fond of Canada but I don't want to deal with a relationship in another country. Anybody else experience this where the location of matches suddenly changes?
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liquid preop diet
There exist a dark chocolate almond milk? Sounds fantastic. I always buy unsweetened vanilla almond milk. (30 calories) I picked it up at Walmart and it is fantastic. It has more calories and sugar than the light Silk so that is why I only use an ounce to give it some flavor. I was told there was a light chocolate Silk but I can only find light vanilla Silk.
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liquid preop diet
I use almond milk and it's a lot better than skim milk. I'm supposed to have three 8 oz shakes a day. I take 7 oz of light vanilla Silk almond milk and 1 oz of dark chocolate almond milk and mix with my chocolate powder.