mousecat88

Oh, I talked to my surgeon's office this morning. They are just giving me phenergan for now. I didn't think to mention the poop issue because, again, I don't think about it since I don't have any discomfort at all. My hesitation about taking a stronger laxative is because I am scared a stimulant might irritate the ulcer situation... so maybe try a more conservative approach first? I guess I answered my own question with that. lol. The manual is for people without complications. Water intake has not been swell the last 3 days... again... because of the stupid stomach pain. I am working on it today, though. I got 26oz down so far and hope to get another 26 down in the next 4 hours... which will be more than I get nearly any other day. Could just all be a water intake issue. I guess tomorrow I will try Colace and go from there.

I don't know how you do it. I have one relatively minor complication and I am like MY WORLD IS ENDING, LIFE IS SO UNFAIR. And you are just plowing right along. You are my hero. lol!

Yeah, that's a lot! What is that... 12 ounces? I'm currently at 2 per meal... eventually going to 6-8.

Oh, I didn't take it that way! No offense. I just try to stick to my doc's recommendations 100%. I figure they've had thousands of successful patients over who knows how long so they must do something right!

Yay! A poop thread! I just *noticed* that I haven't pooped in about 6 days (maybe longer?). I don't feel constipated at all, and the last time I went, I went A LOT multiple times that day, and had been pretty regular prior to that. I hadn't really been paying attention to it because I haven't had any discomfort but... probably need to get something moving. My book says if you haven't gone in 3 days to take Colace, but 6 days to move to a stimulant laxative or enema (NOOOO). I was told NOT to take fiber supplements (don't ask why - I don't feel like debating the logic of my surgeon, I'm just following his instructions). Should I skip right to the stronger stuff since it's been so long? Should I not do anything because it's not causing any discomfort? I did have vomiting and severe nausea last night lasting to now... so maybe I should wait til tomorrow before trying laxatives?

Maybe check it on your own at CVS every so often just to keep tabs between appointments and if it continues to go up in the next month, talk to them about it again. I figured it went up due to stress and trauma on the body? I'm just making that up though to justify the weird drastic increase I had. lol. Makes sense though. In my mind.

THIS. The exact same thing happened to me! I had low BP pre-op, or perfect. It was always like 110/70. Never in my life had high BP. Post-op, it was regularly 160/100 and crazy numbers (to me). They still said it wasn't *high enough* to warrant BP meds, but scared the crap out of me because my BP had always been perfect. I am 6 weeks out now, and it seems to be lowering. My last check was 135/90 ish... so almost normal. The nurse said she had never seen someone's BP go UP after surgery.... guess we're anomalies.

Bariatric Advantage vitamins are so expensive too. There are so many equivalent and better options out there. Celebrate is decent, but a bit expensive (much cheaper than BA, though). I have some Celebrate wafer calcium vitamins I haven't tried yet, and immediately post-op I took the Celebrate powder multivitamin, but it was too much to drink and kinda sour, so I switched the Unjury chewable.

I love my multivitamin. It is once a day. It's made by Unjury and called Opurity Optimized for Sleeve/Bypass. It's a chewable. A 90 day supply is only 28 bucks! I take that a lunch time, a 65mg iron, and 600 mg of calcium twice a day.

I was allowed to eat 3 shakes a day and a Healthy Choice/Atkins meal that was under 300 calories for 15 days prior (I may have cheated a few times, oh well. Bad patient me.) Could have no food the day prior. I found it weird I even had to follow a pre-op diet since my liver was normal-sized and not fatty whatsoever. *shrug* Standard protocol, I guess. Good luck with your surgery!

Tomorrow will be exactly 6 weeks since surgery and if I am down 8 more ounces by tomorrow (which I anticipate, given that I can't eat jack today because of some horribleness that happened last night), I will hit 30lbs lost in 6 weeks. I guess that is good. But I'm still going to complain. lmao. I'm going to complain right up until I hit 140... forewarning. There's a long road of WHY IS THIS HAPPENING SO SLOWLY threads in the coming year. Just sayin.

Ugh, I know. I don't *really* want one. But some days it is challenging getting hydrated. I shoot for 50oz a day, which I usually meet. But the days I don't... I feel like the Sahara Desert. lol. Like today. Today is a desert day. Also I am jealous your diet allows you to have potatoes! Jellllyyyy.

That is the complete opposite of what my surgeon and team stress. Every single thing I buy must be nonfat or lowfat for the rest of my life. Eventually I can have more, like nuts, etc. Everyone has different programs. No one seems to have the same recommended diet. Do whatever your surgeon tells you to do. Ultimately that is who you should listen to... not anyone from a forum or some YouTuber. The MayoClinic site also confirms that high fat diets cause dumping: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/gastric-bypass-surgery/in-depth/gastric-bypass-diet/art-20048472 amongst many other websites. Here is another: https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/dumping-syndrome-causes-foods-treatments#1

Honestly my dietitian would have rather me gotten protein in than go slightly over the recommended fat content. She did force me to try a bunch of others first, but they all made me super sick. Post-op, the Atkins also started making me sick, but likely not due to the fat content (I have a whey allergy). I LOVE soy protein. I think they all taste like brownie or pancake batter. lol. They are a little grainy, but meh. Oh, and for real, on my pre-op diet I majorly cheated like 4 times and had Burger King and Taco Bell and texmex and all kinds of other crap. You're not ruining anything. Don't worry. lol.

I am on both Carafate and Prilosec for now for the ulcer. I recently (like last Thursday) sent my daily meals to the dietitians and surgeon to confirm that I am eating correctly and they both replied that I am doing great and I am eating the right choices.

My manual and both dietitians say I should be at 400 calories a day and 800-1000 is the long-term goal by 8 months. I do feel more comfortable following my surgeon and dietitian's instructions, but I appreciate the offer.

Since surgery I've definitely felt worse than I have in a long time. lol! I am nonstop nauseous from the ulcer. I hate it so much. Last night, as seen in my other thread, I vomited nothingness in the middle of the night for no reason. I doubt taking vitamins longterm will be an issue for me. I'm so used to taking a billion pills so what's 3 more? lol. I hope I get past this mental block... maybe when I see some greater weight loss, I'll feel better about it.

Yeah... my entire diet plan is very low. Must buy the low or nonfat options of everything... cheeses... dairy... lean meats... no fatty bacon or full fat cheese or anything, ever.

I lost 60lbs on Atkins last year. You can't follow similar diets. And Atkins is all about fat. You really need to watch carbs, sugar, and fat post-op unless you want to poop forever. loll

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Yeah, but fat post-op with cause dumping. That's why your diet will be low carb and low fat.

The only thing my dietitian grumbled about is that the regular Atkins is 7g fat and the shakes should be 3g or less. But I wasn't tolerating the others so she was like whatever. lol. I don't know how much fat is in these. The fat content didn't bother me... ultimately it ended up I can't tolerate anything with whey at all... including Atkins. wompwomp.

I messaged into my surgeon about a nausea medication because I have Zofran from immediately post-op, but it does nothing. Just don't understand why I would suddenly wake up so sick when I obviously hadn't eaten or drank anything...

I have an ulcer and I am on Carafate and Prilosec. I was pulled off Pepcid in exchange for Prilosec once I was diagnosed with the ulcer.

Theres nothing wrong with these. I drank Atkins shakes for a while post-op. These just have lactose in them. Some people cant tolerate it after surgery, some can. I dont even drink whey anything anymore, just soy. Egg and rice protein is fine, too. Pea protein needs to be supplemented with amino acids.