Keenikwe
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Keenikwe got a reaction from dfw1974 in New here! Intro
Hi there! I'm new and taking a look around. I've made an attempt to request a referral back in August... but I didn't return the centers call. My husband just went thru cancer treatment and it seemed like too much for our family. So now I'm trying again. The journey begins. Here's a recent picture of me from Xmas eve with my kids and husband....
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Keenikwe reacted to WLSResources/ClothingExch in Should I be upset?
You have the "right" to feel as you do. The question is whether the feeling is reasonable. Your friends asked for your input iand you withheld the truth. There's no way of knowing whether they'd have skipped pizza, but you had the option of going off to do something on your own for a while or staying and drinking your liquids. Majority rules and the world isn't going to stop for you. You say you wouldn't have "done" that to them. They really didn't "do" anything to you.
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Keenikwe reacted to TiredOfMyself in Should I be upset?
This was the choice we made. Why should anyone else feel guilty or alter their life because of a choice we made?
It sucks the first time it happens but you get used to it.
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Keenikwe reacted to ThinJenne in Please share: What are you looking forward to about losing weight?
Im looking forward to not being the bighest person in all the pictures
5 days untill WLS
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Keenikwe reacted to ShelterDog64 in What questions to ask during pre-op appt?
Here are some of the things I wanted to know:
1) what kind of meds pre-op? (this was a good time for me to drive home about my severe nausea from inhaled anesthetics...led to me getting a scopolamine patch in pre-op area plus anesthesia was able to use primarily IV agents for surgery to reduce the nausea)
2) would I have a urinary catheter placed during surgery, and if yes, would it be removed before I went to recovery?
3) how do most patients feel immediately post-op? (this ended up being a very important question for me...I woke up in the PACU in very severe pain, right at my sternum. But I knew it wasn't abnormal and was able to stay calm until I got some dilaudid on board)
4) would I have stitches or staples or skin glue on my incisions?
5) what kind of pain relief once I got to the room where I'd stay overnight?
6) expectations for mobility/showering while I was in the hospital?
7) would I have to meet any benchmarks in order to be discharged? (ie, have to be able to urinate, have to be able to drink 'x' ounces without vomiting, etc)
8) what meds should I expect to go home on? what should I do if the meds aren't doing the job?
and then I made sure I had a VERY concrete understanding of the first month's post-op instructions were...what EXACTLY I was expected to eat/drink during that period of time.
Good luck!