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photoman06

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    Hi,

    I have been discharged from hospital yesterday I have had a small amount of yogurt today with the recommended half orange juice and Water taken my soft Vitamins before surgery I liked my Protein Shakes with milk but now they are making me feel sickly has anyone got any advice for these early days I feel I made the right decision having surgery but just am worried that I may start off on the wrong foot now at the beginning

    Michael.

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    Hi,

    I am on a Slimfast liquid diet prior to having Gastric Bypass on the 24th May I want to bring to the attention to anyone choosing this liquid diet I have just gone through a bad spell of severe Constipation after being on this diet for just over a week I have drunk in excess of the 2 litres of Fluid each day that is required and that has made no difference after looking on line this is very common I do not want anyone else falling in the this same trap and getting what I have had. At one stage I was going in to hospital as I did not know if I had a blockage or twisted bowel so please be warned I now am splitting up the slimfast and taking food in as well and leaving out at least 2 of the 4 slim fast drinks required each day.

    Michael.

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  7. Posted

    Hi vwlover,

    I am also in the UK I start my liquid diet this Sunday talking with my surgeon 2 weeks on this diet is the norm but 3 weeks even better I am going on 4 slim fast shakes a day with skimmed milk I have chosen different flavours to give variety I need to top fluids up to 1 to 2 ltrs total per day I do not know if this would help you at all I hope it does.

    Michael.

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    I am in the U.S., so the approach that I used may be different than yours.

    After I left the hospital I had to give myself injections of Lovenox (Enoxaparin) for a week. This is a blood thinner and used to prevent blood clots. I did not receive a prescription for this until I was leaving the hospital. So I could not obtain it prior to surgery. I picked it up on the way home. [This is not a common drug and many drug stores have to order it. But in my case since, the operation was done in a hospital that specializes in this surgery, the pharmacy located nearby had this in stock.] I had to give these shots in skin around my stomach. Because it was a blood thinner, after a few days the injection site appeared like large bruises. The length of time you need to take these shots will vary. I suspect that is the reason why they did not give a prescription until the point of discharge.

    I choose to have B12 shots rather than tablets because I only had to do this once per month. It took a prescription to obtain these shots. I loaded the syringe and I had my wife give them to me in my upper arm. But after about a year, I noticed that whenever my wife began to insert the needle in my arm, she closed her eyes. She is squeamish around blood. So I decided (for my own safety) to transition to B12 tablets. In the end this was a far easier approach. The Vitamins were off the shelf and I didn't need a prescription. They were sublingual which means that you place them under your tongue and let them dissolve. The two important things here is the 1) the type you buy must be sublingual and 2) it must be methylcobalamin. I am almost 3 years post-op RNY gastric bypass surgery and this is really the best approach.

    Hi James,

    Many thanks for your reply that information is just what I wanted to know I am most grateful thank you

    Michael.

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  9. Posted

    Hi Everyone,

    Can anyone throw any light on the Clotting Injections how did you get on with them where they easy to do and I see you have them for the first 7 days did the hospital supply all of them I am especially interested as I am in the UK did any patients get the 7 days worth of Injections? Also how has anyone got on with the Vitamin B12 Injections I see you can buy B12 tablets does this apply to us any advice or story's welcomed

    Michael.

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