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Sending an ehug your way! I have really been fighting some depression these last few weeks.
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So I remember my surgeon told me that after a few weeks I can have 1 cup of coffee but I keep reading that I shouldn't cause it causes dehydration and ulcers.. than I read people do it since day 1. So I am confused. Sent from my SM-G892A using BariatricPal mobile app
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Just a crazy food question
lbradley replied to Jillbeme65's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
it has only been three days for me since my surgery, but i can have milk now, so i don't see why you couldn't. I am eating mushy flakes with milk for breakfast and it seems to be okay.:crying: -
I have had 5 fills, 4cc-2cc-2cc-.5cc-and on Fri the 17th 1cc more, in my 15cc band. It is HERE! The sweet spot, that is! I did liquids for 1 day, mushies for 1, and today back to food. I am a lil nervouse if im too tight. NNothing hurts, but I can even feel the water taking its time thru the band! I have been losing atleast a lb per week, but I think that will turn to closer to 2 lbs a week now. A half a grilled chicken breast fills me up now, and it wasnt even that big to begin with. I am so excited. In 12 lbs I will be less than 250!:thumbup::wub::smile:
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I was banded on 7-10-08. In the first two weeks, I also experienced some back pain. I didn't even say anything to my doctor cause I thought it was normal. Now I'm in my third week post-op and I haven't had any pain for a couple days. If you are that uncomfortable and can't sleep, that definitley sounds like a red flag to me. :confused2: I would get checked out. Good luck to ya and hope your feeling better soon!
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I know what you are going through. I had to wait almost 9 weeks. It was difficult. I just put it in my head that this was my healing time and tried to eat sensibly. The fills will come soon enough...I would find out how much your doc is going to put in the first fill. I have heard of some people getting really small fills for the first one and that would be a bummer after having such a long healing time. My doc put in 3.5 cc's, which he says is his standard for all of his patients. I have heard of some only getting 1 cc on the first, so I would check...hang in there...good things come to those who wait! :biggrin2: Nuali
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Self-Sabotage & why I eat crap
BCs 1000 replied to Ruth1ess's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
@@CowgirlJane - your post resonated with me. I had lost more than 80lbs seven times in the past 20 years. Each time I did it I was pushing through the constant 24/7 hunger. Every meal was maximum quantity for minimum calories. I would eat huge bowls of Soup made with only the very lowest calorie vegetables, stuff myself with substitutes like konjac noodles. I always felt like I was holding an elastic band at maximum stretch trying to hang on. It was an impossible task and eventually there would be a situation or event that would prevent me sticking to the regime and I would break. Each time I put the weight back in at a rate of around 5lbs a week. This surgery has allowed me to lose weight eating actual food, food which has fat and Protein and actually tastes good. I am 4.5 months out and 93lbs down. I don't feel that 'just hanging on' feeling at all that previously would kick in after around 10 weeks. So far, this time around, I am feeling very positive about the possibility of long term success. -
Just remember it's only for a short time (2 weeks) and you can do ANYTHING for just two weeks. After surgery you won't be as hungry and it'll be easier, plus your stomach will be smaller so you won't be able to eat as much and the gherelin will be gone.
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I'm really, really nervous about the timing of my surgery and I could really use some encouraging words or advice. I am currently on my parents' insurance and it covers the sleeve, but I get kicked off their insurance on November 1. My surgeon's office says I am likely to be going in for surgery in September. My problem is that I am getting married in January (January 28th) and going on our 3 week honeymoon immediately afterwards. Is it completely insane to have surgery in September and only have 4 months post op before the wedding and honeymoon? If I had the ability to wait for surgery, I absolutely would, but the insurance (through work) I would switch to on Nov 1 doesn't cover bariatric surgery so it is basically now or never.
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I was banded on 3/11/10 and I know exactly what u mean. All I can think of is that old habits die hard and this will be a difficult one for me to break because I have realized that I never just ate for hunger alone. The way I see it though....I stopped smoking 25 years ago and remember reading something at that time that said after the first two weeks of stopping a habit (including nicotine) it's only the psychological addiction that could hamper progress. If this is true (and I am tending to believe it), then I need to focus on what my stomach is really saying. That is what I've been trying to do....concentrate on real "stomach/need" not "taste/desire." It hasn't been easy, but the refocusing needs to be done and as with anything else continually reinforced. Hope this helps!
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5 days out - Are Eggs ok?
Toni Pfister replied to BoerneTX's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm a week out as of today for surgery, i was on clear liquids from wed till sat, and full liquids sunday till i see doc on friday. I feel like Im starving and havent lost anything. but I am getting my Water in and protien shakes. -
5 days out - Are Eggs ok?
Skinny Steps replied to BoerneTX's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I am wondering the same thing...I want mushy beans! I'm 7 days post op and have been on clear liquids amd now full liquids. I'm keeping everything down, even tried yogurt. I feel in ready for more but my paperwork says 1 week of full liquids. I'm tired of liquids lol #thestruggleisreal -
5 days out - Are Eggs ok?
srayl61 replied to BoerneTX's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hi all, I'm two weeks out from surgery today. I've been on a liquid diet for 3 weeks now (including the week prior to surgery) and I don't see my surgeon for my post op appointment until this Friday the 24th. I'm supposed to be on the liquid diet until I see my surgeon on Friday, which will put me at almost 4 weeks on a liquid diet. I.am.so.sick.of.liquids. I'm at a point where I feel like I'm going to give in and eat something I shouldn't. So tonight I bought some low fat cottage cheese and cream of chicken and mushroom soup. I haven't been given the go ahead to eat soft foods but if I didn't have something different, I was going to go crazy. I only ate about 1/4 cup of cottage cheese (if that) and about 4 ounces of the cream of chicken soup. Not feeling sick or anything so I'm guessing I can tolerate these two items. I feel kind of bad about having these prior to seeing the dietician and surgeon but eating these is better than eating something else that we shouldn't have right? I feel fine! Actually I feel great because I had something different. -
I had my surgery on 12/1/08 in Pittsburgh PA. I just had my 2nd fill last week. I can notice some restriction but not much. I am realizing that I really must chew things better than I have been. At a valentines day dinner, I got a piece of food caught, and it wouldn't go down. It was embarrassing because the waitress was looking at me wondering what the problem was. My husband explained. She had never heard of the lap band procedure. It took about 15 minutes for the food to pass. It was pretty painful, and taught me a lesson to to eat more carefully. So far I have lost 17 pounds since the surgery on 12/1.
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Oh, ephedrine my old friend...but not. It can serioulsy affect your sleep, and it can make your moods, er, less pleasant. You need to read on the side effects AND interaction with other drugs AND any mental conditions. Heart conditions, circulation problems, and issues healing should be addressed with the doctor that issued it. When you get your prescription request it come from a supplier that your supply comes in a bottle with a foil sealed lid, rather than put into a prescription bottle. For many a mild dose issued in a three week, wean down, (on off schedule of some sort) can be safe.
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Surgery went well. Ended up statying 6 hours due to O2 sats not coming back up but finally made it home! Gas pains trapped in my chest and left shoulder even today. I went back to work on Monday. I'm a nurse practitioner and round in the hospital and see patients in an office setting. I'm wiped out by the end of the day but I'm getting through it each day. No fills for me until stomach heals; another 3 weeks per my surgeon. I have been hungry since day one so I am really having a tough time. Praying this is all worth it and that I can handle it!
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Medication adjustments
Zane's Mom replied to kimpossible67's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Sleeved on 6/17. I can't say it is the medication. I have 3 meds for depression/anxiety/etc from a psychiatrist. She was very adamant that I must continue to take my prescribed dosages as scheduled. She said it is dangerous to not have your meds because of how imbalanced you can become and with such a life altering process,you don't need to be without. I chose sleeve over band because the band opening gets so small with fills. I made that decision with all my doctors. My son was murdered two weeks before going to college three years ago. It took me 1 & 1/2 to stop being suicidal and start living again for the rest of my family who has missed their brother and son and wife and mother too. But I attribute part of my healing to the medications. My doctor has said I will most likely be on them for many years to come. Just because your size has changed doesn't mean your mind needs less of the dose you have been medically prescribed. Please contact all of your doctors concerning not feeling well and together you can find what can help. -
Overall this not been bad at all. I had my sleeve March 9th and and down 17 lbs and feeling great. Two nights in the hospital, the worst part of pain was the location where they removed the portion of the stomach. Other sites were barely sore. Came home and only tok pain med one more day. I'm up to a mile 3 days a week on the treadmill. For those posting about what to bring to the hospital, Pillow for the ride home and stretch pants. I took everything everyone suggested and didn't use any of it, including the pjs. It's easier to get up and move as well as go to the bathroom in the hospital gown. Pjs would have hit right where the incisions were. I'm trying to to look at what everyone is losing. My surgeon reminded me that everyone loses at a different rate, so to just focus on getting my calories in. I'm still having trouble with that. Since I don't really have any appetite I have to force myself to eat Anyway..just an update and I hope everyone else is having great results too!
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I am scheduled for surgery a week from today, April 15. I was told no Advil, Motrin, herbal supplements, or vitamins for 14 days before the surgery, which I have been good about. My son has had a cold and I am starting to feel a little weird; however, I can't tell if it's a cold or just seasonal allergies. I would normally take Airborne or Alka Seltzer Cold to help fight it up, but figure I should just stay away from those. He did say I could take Tylenol if I need to. Do you think that means it would be okay to take a Tylenol Cold pill too? I don't want to take one unless I KNOW it's okay. I just don't want to get sick before my surgery and having it risk getting postponed!!!
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Hi! I had my RNY on March 24th. I spent two nights in the hospital and now im home and on minimal pain medication. I went on a walk around my neighborhood so I think I am healing nicely. I am starting to really want food. Not that I am hungry but I would love something with texture. Broth and jello only go so far. I look forward to my puréed diet starting next week. I am already down 11 lbs!!
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I'm 2 weeks post op too (my surgery was the 24th) and a couple of my incisions are sore to the touch. My port gets sore if I lean on it too and forget about sleeping on my right side! We're still healing, so the tenderness is expected and normal. I doubt you are rejecting the port, that would be pretty extreme. But, if you're red, swollen, and have lots of discharge, your surgeon needs to see you, but you have an appt so it's a non-issue. I doubt pulling the steri-strips now would cause any ripping off flesh. You should be healed enough for them to come off. The tegaderms over mine were off by my 1 wk postop visit. I saw the NP at my surgeon's office yesterday because I thought I had a festering infection in one incision that has been painful and red for a couple days. She put my fears to rest a little and said it was just a result of the internal sutures still not dissolved. And today, it looks almost as clean as the other 4 incisions! :thumbup: Anyways, good luck, I'm pretty sure you're fine!
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I was exhausted for about 5 weeks after surgery. I can't believe that some sleevers go straight back to work! I slept on and off all day (in between walking and drinking fluids) and then all night for at least the first 3 weeks. Everyone is different and some have energy soon after surgery but I didn't. Listen to your body. If it's telling you to sleep then sleep! Congratulations and speedy recovery
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gas pain or something more?
MADE IT 2 MY GOAL..OH YEAH posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hey ya'll. Got a slight problem here. I have been having some pretty bad abdominal pain for about a week now. It isn't constant and stays in 1 place when it comes. It is like below my bread basket and over to the right. I am thinking it is gas pain, but Gas-X isnt helping, walking doesn't help and I have even tried rocking from side to side and back and forth and this isn't working either. When I went for my fill today I spoke to the nurse about it and she (like me) thinks it is nothing more than gas. Any ideas of what I can do to pass this gas. I can't get it out and this pain is driving me nuts. Oh yeah, it hurts more when I get up or have to walk around, if I am sitting or laying down, it doesnt bother me. -
I got banded on Aug 28, and have generally felt bad since...but the last several days have been much worse. My Dr did not give me a fill at surgery, but I have such restriction, that I have lost 10 lbs in the last week. I start feeling nauseous and having to spit in the sink even when I haven't eaten anything for hours. I went to my Dr yesterday, and he did a swallow test which was fine, but on the xray he could see that my stomach was full of air. He said the air was what was making me so uncomfortable and wrote me a rx for metoclopromide, but not to use it regulary. I took it yesterday, and after several hours, I started having very painful, almost violent burps. After which, I did feel much better...however, I feel just as bad again tonight. What is causing me to keep getting the air to fill my stomach? Has anyone had this? Does it go away? I am so tired of feeling rotten... Targa
