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March Bypass Buddies
Funny how it says 09 when it’s 2019!
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Tachycardia????
Hey I found this post in a search for the term Tachycardia and I wanted to know more about how you are doing. I’ve also been noticing it as well. I hope you are doing well, and that you are able to respond!
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Symptoms you were surprised about after surgery.
So we all knew about dumping syndrome hopefully... what’s something you weren’t aware of? Personally I developed tachycardia and a fluttering/dizziness of my heart. I hope that this is temporary but I wore a heart monitor last weekend. I hope to have results soon. I am also wondering g has anyone else noticed this symptom or others like it? Any suggestions?
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Dry skin? Leathery feeling? Skin not as supple as before?
So it’s only been a little while out with my surgery. My date was on March 11th and I don’t think I’ve been getting enough water. At work I used to take breaks to fill up my water bottle and get in at least 2 kms of walking a day. Now that I’m not at work, I’ve been lazy and I’ve noticed that I haven’t been drinking enough water. My skin feels itchy and rash like to day, so I decided to try a mud mask. That tended to try my skin out even more. If anyone has been having this issue what have you found to be helpful for you?
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Exercise and RNY when to start?
So I was feeling really good about myself and having dreams I was doing sit ups. I then thought ok well let’s give it a try. I did a few before on Friday. This morning I woke up with a bit of pain in my stomach. I just had Easter dinner yesterday though, so it could have been that. It’s stupid because I’m not supposed to lift more than 10 lbs, but for how long! My check up with the dr is on the 24th and my surgery date was March 11th. I’ve lost about 40 lbs. I’ve gone to the pool once so far. So do any of you think I pushed it too much?
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March Bypass Buddies
Hey Barb I have the same issue with waking up with a dry mouth. I leave water by my bed but I think I just need to increase my intake. It could also be some of the medication but I’m not sure.
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March Bypass Buddies
So back in Jan with my WI with the dr I was 297. I’m at 258 right now. Lowest was 257. I dropped 15 lbs before my surgery on March 11th, and now another 24/25. (Depending on what day). How is everyone else doing?
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Did anyone stop taking their medications early? I stoped all of mine...
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Did anyone stop taking their medications early? I stoped all of mine...
My worry is now that I might have ulcers because one of these ones was for acid reflux but I haven’t been having any. Anyone have any suggestions? The pharmacist things I should start it up again. It’s called lansoprazole? Any advice would be helpful if you stopped this medication.
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March Bypass Buddies
I tried having fish for dinner with wilted spinach and I think I ate too quickly and didn’t chew or the fish wasn’t fresh enough and I puked ?
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Waiter, Please! Eating Out after Bariatric Surgery
I kind of wondered the same thing but to be honest we are not in ketosis mode any more when we’re adding in carbs. Healthy fats to clarify are not from meat. They are LDL = lousy and HDL = healthy. That’s how I remember them. An example of an HDL fat would be avocado, or coconut. This will cause lower levels of cholesterol and help with issues like blood pressure and lower the chances of clogged arteries. Stay away from saturated fats or trans fats which also cause the same issue. Basically anything that was man made like margarine which binds together unnaturally. Though I do wonder if they say that butter would be better since it’s not a trans or saturated fat? Something to think about ?
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Multivitamins?
If you look at the section where it says magazine it will go into more details why flintstone is a bad choice...
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Oh ?
The colour, the variation, the size... ? is a sensitive topic but we all do it... So it’s been 2 weeks out of my surgery and finally getting to have more firmer poops. The problem is before they were very runny, and still are on the mushy side, but now they are more pale in colour almost to the point of yellowy clay like colour. I have an appointment to see the dr covering for my dr and she is quite new out of college. I don’t think that she takes what I say quite seriously. For example 2 weeks ago I told her that the nurse at the hospital said my heart was a bit tacky aka tachycardia. It continued on when I got home, and every once in a while it flutters. I know it sounds like a panic attack but I’m quite sure mine isn’t... but anyways back to my poop... So I know I know... don’t google your symptoms but I already know I have a gallstone issue but I haven’t been having any pain. I just did bloodwork so I imagine that if there is a problem it will come up on there... Anyone know any remedies that have been working for you to firm up your ??
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Multivitamins?
Flintstone are not what you want to take. Take a chewable multi vitamin such as Jamison I take 2 in the morning. This was after surgery, and I take 3 chewable calcium that are made by Jamison as well. Calcium citrate is better because it’s easier to be absorbed.
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Preop diet?
If you are going to do it talk to a dietician. The reason people do it is to shrink the liver to make the surgery easier. My liquid diet was supposed to be for 3 weeks but they moved my surgery date up so it was only 2 weeks.
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Didn’t feel like eating this morning
Got up super late, showered and went back to bed. Lazed about til 3 pm upstairs and then finally had something to eat. Cup of fat free cottage cheese and a 1/2 of bread. Not supposed to eat bread yet but I warmed up the cottage cheese in the microwave and soaked it in the whey. Just didn’t feel like eating. Not sure what’s going on here. I guess lots of changes.