Fredbear

If they are immediate release you can still take them. If they are "extended release" you need to switch to an immediate release medication.

1. Chewing releases saliva, which prompts your body to start the digestion process and therefore can make you feel hungry (real or fake).

2. Gum is an indigestible solid and bariatric surgery creates a much smaller stomach, which is even smaller in the beginning due to swelling. Swallowed gum can therefore fully block the stomach, which is a medical emergency.

3. If you must have a nervous habit, try fidgeting instead. At least you'll be burning extra calories.

I am wearing socks, underwear, slippers, flannel pajama pants, a t-shirt, a flannel button-up overshirt, and mittens. It's 69º in the house.

A week ago I would be in socks, underwear, and a t-shirt. This "cold" $h!t is real.

Down is nice, except for those of us who are allergic...

The people I specifically told ahead of surgery are: my spouse, our three best friends, my in-laws, my family. I wasn't planning on telling anyone else simply because it's none of their business. All have been supportive, though truthfully it doesn't matter if they support me or not; I'm doing what's best for me and if they didn't like it, they can lump it.

However, I have told a few other people... I told my pharmacist when she asked why I needed Lortab (liqui d Vicodin) instead of hydrocodone (generic Vicodin pills). I also told a colleague I had shared my insurance frustrations with, after which she guessed it was bariatric surgery - turns out she had a band placed two years ago and is looking at a conversion.

But other than that, I'm a private person. It's really nobody's business but your own, and I'm not the attention wh0re type that needs to tell everyone about every happening in their life because they pathologically can't shut the hell up for five seconds (the Twatter/Facebook personality type...).

I live in Florida, and cold is still too cold. It's difficult to escape.

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I had a job offer in Clearwater Florida that I turned down. There are just too many people there for our lifestyle! It was also 91 degrees with 90+% humidity when I was there in July of 2015. The area still wouldn't be for us but flip flops might be possible there.

I've been places where it's 90° and 99% humidity, and I tell you that I would take Phoenix's 120° and 1% humidity any day over that hell.

Mine took just a hair over an hour.

If you look at men in their 50's, death is almost always a heart attack. That's what was in my future if I didn't do something, and I was fully aware of that.

I'm looking forward to a Vlasic Bold & Spicy pickle, eventually! Mmm Tabasco-flavored pickles...

"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

I stayed 2 nights and left after noon on the third day.

"When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. "

At BMI of 42, you're not just obese, you're morbidly obese, and at just about my starting size. You're not just fat, you're at a dangerously unhealthy weight that is inviting diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, etc.

I call absolute bull$hit on your husband. The surgery doesn't "fail," patients "fail to change their behavior." If his OR is seeing "lots of re-dos," what that tells me is that the surgeons/hospital are not properly preparing patients for the procedure (ie., setting them up to fail).

You're 50 and morbidly obese. Ask your husband if he wants you to die within the next 5-10 years, maybe it'll change his mind. If it doesn't, maybe you need a different husband.

I'm 4 days out and this is the best I've felt in so many years. My only regret was not doing it 5 years ago.

Premier Protein is the best tasting by far. They come in pre-measured bottles and you can get a good deal on them at costco for $25. They come in chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, caramel, and banana.< /p>

I tried a bunch of different sha kes and I agree that the Premiere tasted the best for me. They are also really convenient to get (CostCo).

Maybe you should tell him you don't find shallow judgmental @$$holes attractive, either.

The month before surgery I did have some "last suppers," but instead of gorging I just had my favorite things and enjoyed smaller portions.

The last week (Thanksgiving week...) I did: pizz a (but had thin crust shwarma pizz a from a Greek restaurant), Chinese (easy on the rice, heavy on the spices), Cheesecake Factory (generally a crappy restaurant, but I love their Chinese Chicke n Salad), and Mexican (poblano chile relleño with carnitas and plenty of chips/salsa).

And during this "feast" I still lost 3 pounds since I didn't pig out. Plus I'm a firm believer in not saying "goodbye" but rather "see you later in smaller quantities."

*Effecting* Ugh! Is there a way to edit?

Affecting is the correct word.

I've decided to leave the computer at home. For now. I'm still backing everything up and and organizing so if I do need it, my husband can just come home and get it. Progress! Okay, I'm up in 8 hours to head to the hospital. Better pretend like I'm going to get any sleep at all!

Yeah, I thought about bring shtuff to do, but ultimately was glad I didn't. I may have been mentally present but I kept nodding off, and I know that just means either shoddy work or no real work at all.

I'm an IT analyst, so I have work from home capability, thank goodness.

I had the surgery on Wed, had arranged for PTO Wed through Fri, and then worked from home starting the following Monday for a week, then was back in the office 12 days post. I was discharged Thursday around noon, had little pain but was very fatigued until I could move to purees at 14 days post. Had some nausea but no vomiting.

Serious complications can happen, but they are rare. Sounds like you have planned for contingencies and you should be fine. Good luck!!

I had surgery on Tuesday and I'm planning to work from home on Monday, if I can get my surgeon's office to fax over a Return to Work release. My firm is big on the letter of the law; technically I'm off until the 13th, and they won't let me work before then without a release.

I'm not being nasty. In general most websites prohibit sockpuppets.

Sockpuppets are generally used by unscrupulous people to make it appear that other people agree with them.

So... the forum is totally okay with @RealScoobyDoo and Imdeb being the same sockpuppet?

@@LipstickLady , thoughts?

Maybe if your husband is not on board with your decision, you need to start thinking about kicking him off the ship.

You probably won't be slee ping (vitals checks every two hours, noisy compression sleeves, buzzing IVs), and neither will they. Send them home; they don't need to be there.

I just had surgery on Tuesday. The pain when I awoke was like someone had kicked me in the stomach an hour ago. By the end of the first day, it was just a very dull ache. The past two days have basically been pain-free.

Walk, like your doctor tells you to do.

My surgeon checks out the gall bladder and will remove it if it looks diseased or if there are already problems. They also check out the liver for problems and will do a biopsy if it looks bad.

If you have a healthy gall bladder, it stays.

@@JupiterinVirgo

As a person that has lost over 170 lbs and has to deal with skin every day. You are really ignorant as to what living with excess skin is like.

My need to remove skin is not just vanity. The skin I have is painful. If I don't clean my belly button very carefully multiple times a day it gets infected.

Skin is something worth worry about. I spend a lot of money on Shapewear to hold it in so it doesn't hurt when I move. I have to be careful and spend a lot of $$$$ buying bras so they work with my skin issues. I have to deal with balancing wearing shapewear all the time and not ending up with constant yeast infections.

Vanity come dead last in my concerns about my skin. I wish I had thought about the skin issues and considered them long before I let myself sit at over 300 pounds for half my life but now I am paying the price.

It isn't a frivolous concern, the health benefits far out weigh the skin issues but there still are skin issues and they are serious issues.

Next time post your rants, in rants.

That's definitely not what I got out of the original post... she was talking about people who use the "threat" of loose skin as an excuse not to lose weight/have surgery in the first place. I do see posts like that here all the time... people tipping their toes in the Water and trying desperately to find an excuse not to change their behavior, lose weight, or have surgery.

After weight loss, I don't any person here would deride someone for having plastics to remove excess skin. I understand we're all defensive, but I think that y'all are jumping the gun and reading what you want, not what was actually said.

When you're walking around the bariatric unit in the hospital and your gym shorts are sliding off your ass.

No bubble baths or hot tubs for 4 weeks.

Specifically, no Water immersion until all of your incisions have fully healed.

Swedish fish are the only fish you could convince me to eat...

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