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A walking cane helped a ton for the first couple months to get up from chairs and to have a little extra support at times.

So i was prescribed Hydrocodone in liquid form a nice big bottle. throughout my post op i only ever took it once. There is pain but its manageable. most severe pain is from the gas inside your chest which pain killers can do nothing with that. Just have to keep on walking and moving to get that air to go away. Getting in and out of a chair and bed can be painful so having a cane helps a ton or better someone else to help you get up and back down.

i could not dew chewables either. i threw up every time. I ended up using bariatric pal multivitamin capsules. Because of the high iron in it i threw up. I had to lower the iron amount down from 45mg to 18mg and i stopped throwing up for the most part and i take another iron supplement later in the day because my last labs came back with my iron saturation was on the low side.

Yea when my mom went to the pharmacy to pick up my medication she was like WTF is all this? LMAO

all surgeons are different. If it becomes an issue you can get prescribed it after surgery. I dont know what surgery you are having but one other medication i was prescribed after surgery was a medication called Ursodiol for 1 year after surgery. It dissolves gall stones which many (not all) get after rapid weight loss. other than that i got hydrocodone in liquid form, The PPI medication for 1 month (they refused to renew it but i didnt need it anymore) Anti nausea medication that was a green liquid, constipation medication (only needed that for a week or so) and that was it.

what like craving it real bad? sure. Just gotta move past it. I work in a convenience store and the delicious snacks we have i miss so much lol but i just ignore it and eat something good

Were you not put on medication to dissolve gall stones after your sleeve surgery? I am on it for at least a year.

i am 4 months post op and i havent noticed anything and no one has told me anything.

LOL yea I can see it bothering people not knowing. But i like doing it this way that way i see huge changes instead of weighing myself everyday and seeing a pound gone here and a pound gain there. I weigh and take body measurements on the 4th of every month. Once in a while i may weigh myself half way to see how i am doing

VERY NORMAL... and it will happen again and again. I went a whole month only loosing a few pounds... Just stay off that scale... I only weigh myself typically once a month.

Oh gosh yes so uncomfortable especially up in the groin area lol. But no DVT. Was just simply the body going thru changes after surgery they said.

I had that ultrasound on my legs done about a month after surgery due to pain and swelling in one leg. They thought possible deep vein thrombosis which is a complication after any major surgery. (which is why we get blood thinner injections in the hospital and some get it for weeks after surgery) and that scan was so uncomfortable lol. They put a lot of pressure on that probe lol. But everything came back good. Tho i did not have that scan pre surgery

Memorial hospital on Baymeadows also does the surgery. Theirs was like 3 grand cheaper and i heard good reviews but it being a for profit hospital turned me away. The next one i considered was st vincents over on riverside because another member here said they got theirs done there and had good experience.

i mean i can do this now 4 months post op. I eat, get full and can eat again in maybe 30 minutes or so. So i try to make sure i dont by eating and finding something to drink to keep my mouth busy lol

Yea we all loose weight at different rates. some are slower some are fast. I am 4 months post op and i have lost almost 80lb, but some months i loose a good amount of weight and some i dont. Last month i only lost like 7lb because i hit a stall at 3 months. but in the last 2 weeks i have lost almost 10lb so i am hoping i am out of my stall. No hair loss at all (yet) But yea eating those carbs are getting you back into a bad habit so i would try to avoid that

So of course every surgeon is different. For me they did not want us to go into that keto flu. So we were told to avoid those protein shakes with no carbs. instead they recommended a certain one which i forget how many carbs they have in it but had a decent amount (not 50 of course) also to not avoid caffine as that would make the diet even harder. But yea it sucks. Gotta get use to it. After surgery your carbs will need to be a bear minimum. Currently at 4 months post op according to my guidelines max i can have is 30 and its no longer an issue.

Not bad. My EKG came back abnormal and i had to get a nuclear stress test done. Basically your same stress test but with me they injected me with this radioactive stuff and put me under a gamma camera, Then i got injected again with the radioactive stuff and then went on the treadmill then to the camera again lol. It was long and annoying

No because i paid cash for my surgery. So i didnt need to go thru all the hoops of insurance. Tho even tho i paid cash i still had to get blood work done, xrays, EKG, Psychological exam ect... and my EKG came back abnormal so i had to go see my cardiologist which then sent me to get a nuclear stress test done. But once i got all that done my surgery date was pretty quick. Surgery date was easy and quick for the most part.

Hi, I sure did. At Baptist Medical Center downtown. I was self pay. (My insurance would not cover it) after everything i paid roughly around $18-20K. The surgery went great, The hospital was great, Recovery was great. My surgeon was Dr Hodgett. I shopped around. This one in particular was a bit more expensive than others but i liked the place and what they offered. Here is their website. https://www.baptistjax.com/services/bariatric-surgery

Yea i bought the powder unflavored isopure before and it was just gross in soups and didnt really like the shakes i made out of it in the blender. So this one is pretty nice. every other clear drink i found has around 10 grams of protein. Its a nice change from the shakes.

Was hitting up my local dispensary and next door was a vitamin shop so i popped in and found these. 32 grams of protein and zero carbs, sugar. Taste like blue raspberry. Also had a bunch of different protein shakes that i have not seen before. Decided to get one to try out.

Here is my rate of loss. We are all different. We all hit stalls at different times. Surgery Date was April 18th. and i take measurements and weight on the 4th of every month. So last measurement was August 4th.

I was also told no on gum from my surgeon. Found this info online not to chew gum after their weight loss surgery. First, some gums can have a lot of sugar, which contributes unnecessary calories into the diet, making it harder to lose weight. But, even if they opt for a sugar free version, chewing gum can cause problems in bariatric patients. The act of chewing gum allows air to enter into your digestive tract. For people who haven’t had bariatric surgery, this may not cause any problems. But for bariatric patients having air in their digestive tract can lead to gas and abdominal discomfort. In the first few weeks after gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, or lap band surgery, some patients report excess saliva. Chewing gum can also lead to saliva production, potentially compounding their problem. Another problem with gum chewing after bariatric surgery is the potential for any swallowed gum to cause a blockage. After gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, or lap band surgery patients are educated to chew their food thoroughly to a paste like consistency. As much as you chew your piece of gum, it will never be such a consistency. The wad of gum can potentially lead to a blockage if swallowed. Most do not find the risk worth it. A great place

Sleeve. 2 weeks of liquids only. Then 2 weeks of soft foods.

Its fine. I had no issues with citric acid pre op or even post op.