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wnicoleb    25

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Ok this may be a dumb question but I can't get a hold of my surgeon and I'm not sure when to pull off my bandages?! I'm 4 days post-op ... Should they be off? Can I shower w them off? Should I take them off and place new ones ontop?! Ahhhh someone help! One of them fell off and I'm about to shower should I cover it or leave it?

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NerdyMHC    76

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I'm not a medical expert, but I am 3 days post-op and I took them off today to take a shower. My husband is an RN and told me that as long as the incisions have a hard scab over them that it would be okay to shower. My surgeon said to make sure to use unscented soap so as to not irritate the incisions. I took off all of the bandages and used my hands to apply the soap, softly rubbing over the incisions and my entire stomach. I patted dry when I got out of the shower and only applied bandages to where my drain was taken out because it had not fully scabbed and to the incision right under my boobs, so it didn't get rubbed. The rest I left unbandaged, put a clean shirt on and then put my binder over that. I hope this helps!

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NerdyMHC    76

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If you have steri-strips, make sure not to mess with those until they come off by themselves!

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wnicoleb    25

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Um yes that was tons of help!!! I had surgery a day before u so I think I'll be ok to remove them!! That's awesome thanks for the quick thorough response!! Good luck to you!! ...oh wait another question have u been eating ok and have u been having gas pains?!

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Tink22-sleeve    528

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I agree with Nerdy.

I am a nurse, also.

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NerdyMHC    76

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The surgical gas pains are gone. It seems like I really only get intestinal gas pains when I take too big of a drink and then it kind of flares up to my chest and I know that I need to take a couple of minutes before drinking again, and to take smaller drinks. It's hard for me because I haven't found a Protein drink that I really like yet so I try to drink it down as fast as possible...I am learning that doing this is actually making it last longer because I have to constantly stop drinking because of the flare ups...lol...Long story short, yes and no to the gas pains...

As far as eating...My doctor put me on full liquids after getting out of the hospital and in my huge bariatric packet that I got from my nutritionist is a sample menu for the day that lists when to drink what. I follow this, only changing the content of the meals. It has helped me to make sure that I am getting all of my liquids, Protein shakes, and Vitamins in. It takes me almost an hour to get down 8 ounces of Protein shake, about half an hour to get down 8ozs of Water, and about half an hour to get down my meals, which range from 2-4 ounces.

I just really pay attention to my stomach. If it makes ANY kind of gurgling, flare up, or does anything out of the ordinary, I take that as a sign that I am getting full. I haven't felt the full feeling that I am used to, but I also haven't really felt hungry and it doesn't bother me to stop eating at these times. I eat because I have to and almost find it to be almost a nuisance.

I hope you get something out of all of this rambling! lol...Let me know if you have any more questions!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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      1. summerseeker

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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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