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GPS Essentials  

5 members have voted

  1. 1. What vitmains do you take daily?

    • Vitamin B
      2
    • Vitamin C
      4
    • Biotin
      3
    • Calcium
      3
    • Vitamin D
      4
    • Vitamin E
      1
    • Prenatal
      0
    • Fish Oil
      1
    • B-12
      2
    • Whey Powder
      1
    • Fiber
      2

  2. 2. What small appliance is a must-have?

    • Magic bullet
      1
    • Blender
      3
    • Coffee Maker
      1
    • Crock-Pot
      0
    • Pressure Cooker
      0
    • George Foreman
      0

  3. 3. Have you had the GPS?

    • No, but I am strongly considering it
      2
    • No, not enough information for me
      0
    • No, not for me
      0
    • Yes, I'm a newbie (within the last 6 months)
      3
    • Yes, I'm a "vet" (more than 6 months)
      0
    • Yes, I came over from being Banded
      0

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ATLGirl    134

ATLGirl
Posted

I am scheduled for my Gastric Plication Surgery with Dr.Jose Rodriguez in TJ on Feb. 10, 2011! I haven't decided how I will chronical this journey, but I know I want to. I am starting now getting essential items like Vitamins, pain meds, and other recommended items. I know this has been asked dozens of times, but if you have any recommendations for what to get- please let me know.

What could you not live without?

What are the Dos and Don'ts?

The Must-Haves? Got it and Love 'ems?

I am thinking about putting this information in ONE spot on my blog. Let me know what you guys thinks.

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genepha    47

genepha
Posted

Anna,

Congrats on your decision! Dr. Rod was my first choice as well, until

my insurance company decided to pay for my band removal/replacement.

I haven't had the plication yet but since I've had the band, the

most important appliance for me was the blender, although this was

before the magic bullet came out. I used my blender daily to make

Protein shakes and then I used it for Soups and to blend thicker things

like chili (in the beginning). I take 2 children's Vitamins daily and 2

Iron pills because of anemia. I also recommend taking chapstick to

the hospital with you, your own robe and slippers. You may want to

take your own pillow to help with tummy pains if you have to fly or

drive a long way home. Good luck to you!

genepha

banded Dec, 2001

Awaiting insurance approval for band removal/replacement with self-pay plication

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TijuanaPlication    87

TijuanaPlication
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Hey Anna congrats. Lip balm was very handy for the first couple of days. For hospital you need slippers and a gown - I didn't even get to use the new nighties I bought as I just used the hospital gown. Once you can wear a bra again you want one with the skinniest strap between the cups as they do a high incision and you won't be able to wear bra with a wide strap across there as it'll get the incision.

I was so tired after surgery I didn't even read the magazines I took with me! I found Yoplait yogurt drink really handy once I was allowed full liquids (you're meant to wait a week, but I started having it from day 5). You can just take a few sips and then put the lid back on it and pop it in your bag for when you want some more sips.

I look forward to checking out your blog and seeing how you get on! wink.gif

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TijuanaPlication    87

TijuanaPlication
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Oh and flight socks are good. They like you to wear their compression stockings which I did while I was in hospital, but I went over to wearing my flight socks when I left (they're paranoid about DVT). Flight socks are waaay more comfortable and easier to get on than those nasty compression stockings!

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jlo    0

jlo
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TOM products even if your not suppose to have your TOM...I started anyway and the hospital products where like diapers...lol...

Lip Gloss

Lotion....

Laptop??

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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