QueenOfTheTamazons

You can share my tacoThanks...I love tacos, and since I'm allergic to fish and seafood, this is the best looking fish taco I've ever seen. Haha Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using the BariatricPal App Love it haha. I had to give up shellfish when I had my gallbladder out so I feel your pain. Now if only we could find some healthy goldfish Why did you have to give up fish? Ive had mine out for 10+ years and never had any problems. Is it a side effect? HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App I ain't no dollar back girl... Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App I snorted tea out my nose on the "aint no dolla back girl". HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

What does oral thrush look like? Ive had the fuzzy teeth and what was diagnosed as geographic tongue has returned. I have a hard time scrubbing my tongue due to near vomiting from overactive gag reflex. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

I think it would be awesome to find other WLS survivors in our areas to meet up with for advice, support and maybe even clothing swaps. You wouldnt have to be tbe only one ordering broth at a resturant. Lol If your interested, post your location (and a major metro if you are in the boonies and willing to travel a bit) and we can start to make IRL friends. What do you think? I'm in Yuba City, near Roseville/Sacramento, CA. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

Hi heather! I am in Yuba City, so not too far away. I havent felt isolated yet, mostly because my husband is really helping and i didnt hide my surgery from my coworkers. They are frequently checking up on me. I am a smidge worried about mood swings from the hormone dumps because i am bipolar and already predisposed (hence the crying over ice cream in a previous post). You can always reach out to us here... but make sure that you are not excluding, accidently or on purpose, the people around you that can be your support. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

I woukd suggest asking the ins company what the requirements are and if they would accept preo op requirements done under a different carrier. There is a good chance they will as it would be in their benefit. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

You are doing great! If i were to hit the same percentage of weight loss it would be 70lbs and you would be giving me major high fives! But we would be in exactly the same place. You need to think in terms of percentages rather than pounds. Celebrate those victories when the actual number doesnt feel as big to you. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

My surgeon said to crush any pill that i have to take. I bought liquid tylenol and am in the process of getting liquid omeprozole because i heave ecery time i try to get down the pill powder. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday and now it's my anniversary as well. It's our first anniversary but probably not going to do anything since I spent our anniversary money on surgery LOL. Next year though , there are going to be some rocking costumes since we will both be close to goal. We got married in Vegas and I want to spend our second anniversary in Vegas again doing all the cool stuff. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

Ditto what sey1008 said, but my doctor said only Tylenol that Aleve and Motrin type products could cause issues. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

Has anyone else figured out a way to deal with fuzzy teeth? Or dealing with geographic tongue? It seems like no matter how often i brush my teeth they get an icky texture soon after. I am super worried about my breath too. If it feels this gross its got to be rank. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

I think part of the clinginess is that he wasnt with me for the surgery. The hospital is 180 miles from our house. It didnt make sense for him to come with me, have the extra expense of a hotel room and boarding our three dogs for him it sit around waiting. It made more sense for him to be around post surgery. Instead he was able to get friday, saturday and sunday off. He drove down to pick me up when i was discharged and was around to haul me off the couch, off the bed, off the toilet (jk on that one). I didnt realize until yesterday how much being on the sidelines (and kinda out of the loop in case something happen) worried him. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

As for the pills surgeon said no whole pills only crushed. I would much prefer whole pills crushed is nasty. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

Not watering down my shakes... watered down juice is a seperate thing. I was given it in the hospital, it was listed as part of my preop and post op plan, and i tolerate it more than crystal light and similar. I have a hard time with plain water, and i am doing 1/4 juice to water to help get liquids down. I find that the fake sugars i was used to dont taste the same anymore. I havent tried tomato... but allergic to mushrooms. Room temp is the hardest for me to get down, prob partially because i hated it prior to surgery. HW 385 SW 359 Sleeved 10/5/16

There are a lot of people who post about inapropriate foods (tacos, pork chops, ice cream cake) and it is frusterating the regulars. Your first resource should be your surgeon, as each if us is on a slightly different plan. After that, search the forums. If you cant find the answer, post a question with enough information that people can actually help you. Otherwise it comes across kind of troll like.

How far post op are you? Or are you pre op?I was 5 days post op. It wasnt the best descision, but i was tired of everything i ate sitting so painfully in my chest. The fatman part of me was justifying it as similar to milk and the sugar not mattering because i was barely getting anything down. The realization that i could no longer resort to previous comfort measures, the first proof that my tastes had changed and that i had done this to myself, therefore could not blame an outside source or use an outside source for comfort, caused the melt down. Yup, not the best decision at all. How are your foods sitting now? What are you eating? I had a stricture so I had a ton of difficulty eating. I feel you. At your stage, I was still on full liquids. Warm soups were my best bet. What are you not tolerating? What are you tolerating? I still have near constant pressure in my chest, like someone is shoving their fist between my breasts. Dr office says its the acid in my sleeve and its a common issue. Nothing seems to be irratating my sleeve (not even the ice cream) but its hard to keep sipping with the pressure. Especially when i also sometimes get the "pill stuck in your throat" feeling and am having a painful time with hiccups. The omeprozale helps, but the taste and texture of the smashed pills makes me heave. Hopefully this will resolve with liquid omeprozale. I have been drinking premier chocolate, watered down apple juice, sugar free iced tea, hot tea with splenda, the vanilla pudding i brought home from the hospital (its good for getting powdered pills down), Jello, pureed egg drop Soup (dr ok) and broth.

I have seen tons of those. We actually met thru the medifast diet website, so losing weight together (and gaining weight together) has always been a part of our relationship. I am not trying to be braggy... i just know that if asked me for as many favors as he is offering i would be getting irratated. I am also kinda worried that he is setting a high bar, one that i will be too cranky to reach when its his turn.

Liquid omeprozale has to be made by a compounding pharmacy according to the reseach and pharmacists i have talked to, which is why you need a script. The worst part for me is getting that food/pill caught in your throat felling along with the chest pressure. Pure torture.

How do you sleep? I am a side sleeper and find that using a sobakawa cloud pillow to support my stomach makes it easier to sleep.

I had half a vicoden once i got home on my 3rd day but nothing since then. I picked up liquid tylenol but havent used it yet. I havent had a solid bm, only diarrhea, but a small amount every day. I have had cronic diarrhea since i had my gallbladder out 13 years ago, so i might be a special case. Lol

I have near constant pressure in the center of my chest that is agrivated when i drink anything. My dr office says that it is pretty common and usually is the result of the acid. They recommended any kind of acid reducer that i could tolerate. Omeprozale helps but tbe crushed pills make me gag. I am looking into getting liquid omeprozale, but it requires a prescription even though you can get it otc. I am also 6 days post op.

that I am getting a little irratated at how helpful, careful, sweet etc my husband is being? Every time i call him or grimace he is like "whats wrong? Are you ok? What do you need?" and when I get up he is asking where am i going or if i need help. I appreciate him trying to be there for me (especially since he is pretty lazy most of the time) but its getting a little trying. Tomorrow will be one week post op. I know that when he has the surgery he will be a giant baby and i will not be able to be anywhere near as doting without getting irratated, nor will i be able to be as physically helpful as i will be less than 6 weeks post op. Am i horrible?

It also depends on your surgeon. My surgeon realeased me to full liquids my second day post op and will likely give me the ok for pureed foods on my follow up on the 17th. But that is how he manages his paitents. You should follow your surgeons plans for you as he knows more about your guts than anyone.

No. Fully fledge well regarded doctor. I just did the leg work of finding a doctor that woukd take medical rather than accept the dictor assigned to me by location. If you are within a couple of hours of northern CA, i suggest Lifetime Surgical and Dr. Richard Nguyen. His staff is awesome and his fee is only $300. That includes the bariatric food packets for the two week pre op diet.

I was denied as being not medically necessary when i had a bmi of 55, sleep apnea, diabetes, arthritis and high cholestrol. Obviously it was medically necessary. I think most insurances need to deny first. When we argued they said it was because i had not completed my 6 months of medically supervised diets. I called and called the approval department, submitted a letter from my pcp and one i wrote describing my diet history and family history of disease. Since i figure the insurance would pull the same thing with my husband, we preemtively wrote a similar letter and got the pcp to write one for him as well. My husband's insurance was denied as well, saying that he didnt have a cardiac clearance. Push back. Find out why and prove them wrong.