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mcfluffington

Duodenal Switch Patients
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  1. Hey, you just had surgery give yourself time to heal. Those issues of nausea and gas are to be expected. And if you are now lactose intolerant pay attention to that. The pain from dairy products is short lived but awful.

    When drinking your Protein take slow sips and hopefully you will avoid those problems.

    there are all kinds of protein supplements. Some aren't even creamy or don't need milk added.

    I drank Premier Protein Mango drink (it was like cool aid) and chicken broth.< /em>

    clear liquids all the way.

    Let me tell you I had such pain. Not from what I ate but from the surgery. there was nothing they could do and oxycodone wouldn't touch the pain. I just lay in bed for a month ( with intermittent bouts of walking to build myself up) and had family do everything for me. when I was in the hospital I even had the nurses lift my legs up on to the bed for me cause I knew I couldn't push past the pain. the nurses called me the screamer cause when I moved the pain was so bad.

    But now I am past that and it has been six months and I have no pain and no issues.

    Good luck Bunbun!


  2. Besides hand washing and social distancing. I change out of my work clothes before I see my mother. She is eighty-one. I am an essential worker. I am in defense. Good luck and Aj is right think about your plan for going back don't just react. If you have a plan about how you will act it should calm you. You will feel a bit safer. In the bank I go to they make sure you stay 6 feet away from the tellers by putting a table in front of their areas. I am glad they are keeping them safe.


  3. Your doctor and insurance company will determine whether you need or what kind of diet plan you go on.

    Most people do go on a diet in order to make their liver smaller. It helps to keep it out of the way during the surgery.

    Your insurance company may want you to go on a diet in order to learn new eating habits for your new digestive system.

    Good luck to you!


  4. I'm in defense and so considered essential. I am a little frazzled about the thought of being exposed to the virus at work. I have an elderly parent to care for and don't want to exposes her to the virus.


  5. For me Bupropion, an antidepressant, helped with my eating disorder. Before I had my surgery I was in control of my eating habits enough so that I didn't gain weight this was due to Bupropion which was originally a drug for OCD which eating disorders have a lot in common with. Unfortunately, I was steady at 350 lbs thus the WLS.

    There are drugs out their specifically targeted at weight loss patients and cigarette smokers that contain Bupropion.

    Contrave is the one I heard about for weightloss patients.

    The Bupropion and keeping my distance from trigger foods has always helped me.

    Not that it is perfect, I had to move in with my mom and she lived with every trigger food imaginable. During that time I gained a lot of weight. But as soon as I left her house, the bupropion helped me at least not gain anymore. Then it was hard work of dieting that helped me get down 40 lbs.

    Good Luck on your weightloss journey and I also think 204 sounds great for a six foot guy.

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