Heatgirl03

Sleeved 08/29/16. HW 318. Sw 308. CW268. I can't see the weight lost looking in the mirror but when I put the pictures side by side I see the difference!!!!!!!!!
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I'm approved for a January date but I'm waiting on the surgeons office to call me in December for a January date!! The scheduler knows I prefer January 13th as my date! So excited for all of us! Can't wait to see what 2017 brings for all of us....
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I'm approved for a January date but I'm waiting on the surgeons office to call me in December for a January date!! The scheduler knows I prefer January 13th as my date! So excited for all of us! Can't wait to see what 2017 brings for all of us....
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I was driving on my own after a week of recovery time, probably could have done it after a few days if I'd really had to, but I was good to go after a week.

I started driving 4 days post op. A bit of incision tenderness getting into the car, I drive a Mini Cooper (new purchase, tiny car for my future tiny self...I plan to shrink into it over the next 6 months!) but drove my husband's SUV the first week because it was more comfortable. I could have driven home from the hospital if I had been allowed.

1 week post op for me. They had said one to two weeks but felt fine after a week and needed to get out! Lol xx
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You need to be off opioids for at least 24 hours in order to avoid endangering yourself and others, as well as to not be violating laws against driving under the influence. Other than that, as long as you are feeling up to it -- I could have driven 3-4 days post op if not for the opioid thing, since I was still taking those for about a week post-op, at night.
Another thing to keep in mind -- you'll likely have a lifting restriction for at least a few weeks after surgery, so if transporting your nephew to daycare (not sure how old he is) involves lifting him/his carseat in or out of your car, you'll need a work-around, such as getting someone else to do the lifting, or, if he is old enough, teaching him to climb in and out of the car on his own.
Good luck!

On my way to the hospital for a 6am check-in! Make room on the loser's bench! ????????????. Best of luck and prayers for all my Oct 18th BP Pals!

I just requested to be in the group! Hopefully my surgery will be November/December!!!
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My surgeon said no travel/flying for 6-8 weeks. I was also they are super busy at end of year for those who have met deductibles. Good luck.
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Good luck in your journey!!! You will do great!!!!!!
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I'm an advanced vaper (~6 yrs) so I'm out of touch concerning good starting kits. YouTube has some great reviews though, and if you watch a few, you may find the best system available right now for beginners. Pete Busardo, igetcha69 are the two most popular reviewer channels who are trustworthy in their reviews. Hope this helps. Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App

I took it with bipolar & depression medicine I was fine.
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I'm on Effexor and my PCP has already offered the Chantex before, so I'm assuming it is ok to take both.
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Ha! Can I take both? Lol... I need to really clean and start cleaning out my closet as well!!!! Lol
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Ha! Can I take both? Lol... I need to really clean and start cleaning out my closet as well!!!! Lol
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Unfortunately - I did not get that side effect! :-)

I was certainly irritable on chantix when I took it... However I am easily irritated anyway so most people didn't notice lol.
All I remember about the dreams was that they were extremely bright and colorful but just that. Like going from an old black and white tv to a hd tv.
I remember chantix as being mostly a deterrent for me. Once I was on it - if I smoked a cigarette I got nauseous. Therefore I lost the desire to smoke because I didn't enjoy it anymore and hated that it made me feel sick.
A side note because I saw someone mentioned Wellbutrin. It just didn't work for me the way it was supposed to. I kept smoking right along side taking it like it was nothing. But I cleaned the f*ck out of my house. Seriously I cleaned so much that by the end of it I literally had empty closets in my tiny 1922 house. Best side effect ever. My sister calls it the Wellbutrin cleaning service
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Smoking can cause significant issues post-op - I'm very surprised your surgeon didn't say you had to quit completely. I'm glad that you're not taking his advice. My surgeon had a patient that quit for surgery and started right back up post-op - she ended up ulcerating her stomach/pouch - requiring emergency surgery and a revision. Needless to say - they are even more strict about it. It also increases chance of blood clots - which is the number 1 cause of death following WLS.

I quit a couple months before surgery using a vape and tapering off the nicotine slowly until I was at 0. Then I quit the vape. I figured I was having major surgery to improve my health, and continuing to smoke didn't seem to correlate with being healthy.

My surgeon did not say how long I have to be nicotine free? I think I need to be negative when I have surgery. I'm hoping that my surgery will be some time in December. I have made an appointment for Monday to see my PCP! Thanks to all for your recommendations! I'm going to speak to my Dr to see what the best option is!
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Quit after 5 weeks on chantix. Best thing I ever did. Seven years ago. Will never ever smoke again. Changed my brain. Hate the smell of tobacco.
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I quit on chantix also. Only side affect was the crazy dreams. I still tell my stories cuz they were so bazaar and we all get a good laugh. I also went off it early (didn't ween) nothing happened.
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I work for an oxygen company. When my niece started smoking at the lovely age of 16 I took her over a cannula (oxygen nose piece) and a retired steel cylinder. I told her that she needed to wear it everywhere around the house . I also found an out of warranty oxygen concentrator that I removed the filter from so it rattled like mad and let it run 24-7 in her bedroom. I told her that if she still wanted to smoke then I'd never say another word other than "thanks for being my future paycheck". Unfortunately for her I had identity theft and was living in a travel trailer on my sisters property so as soon as I got home from work I made sure that she was wearing her "oxygen". She hated me that week but she's never smoked since.

I did quit on Chantix. It helped tremdously. I started to get irritable and having strange dreams after 3 weeks so I stopped taking Chantix immediately. Bad choice as I found out later. Although I did stop smoking 9 years ago, I suffered from very bad depression for 2 years because I quit Chantix without weaning off. I would say it was barely worth it.
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