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curlysue86    20

curlysue86
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Help!! Advice needed!!! My girly thing is here and having heavy cramps and can't take a pill ... But i need to midol. Any advice. Should I crush it and put it in milk?? Or something ...

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NewAngela    60

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It is risky to take NSAIDs after RNY. Midol contains ibuprofen.

My surgeon said I can take NSAIDs occasionally, but I waited 3 months to reduce the risk of ulcers. Now I am taking a few low doses (300 mg) of ibuprofen at that time of the month, but it is still risky, and I am going to be following up with the doctors soon to see if this is really ok to do every month, I really can't function at all without the medication, so it is a risk versus benefit situation.

The main risk is you can get a marginal ulcer from taking an NSAIDs, mainly after RNY, although sleevers still may have risks.

You are better off taking just acetaminophen/Tylenol and you can purchase liquid for children and take the big kid dose. II tried crushing an alleve once and the taste made me really sick. Ibuprofen is pretty nasty too. If you can't get by on Tylenol which is usually ok post wls, I suggest calling your doctor.

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erp    2,016

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I take 20mL children's liquid Tylenol for cramps a few times a day.

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aelovelady    243

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I can't offer you a solution for the short term, but mine were always awfully painful. After surgery and 4 months of being in the fetal position with a heating pad on my back and my abdomen, I got an IUD, which I did not at all need for birth control (my husband had s vasectomy) and it has been miraculous! You may want to consider it. I did try the Depoprovera shot but was terrified of the weight gain side effect.

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curlysue86    20

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Already thank you for all the advice!! Everybody. I do take children's Motrin with a crushed up Excedrin in it once a day for Migraines. I have had severe Migraine since my surgery was done. It is weird everyone says to don't take the Motrin ibuprofen stuff to my surgeon recommended me to take the Motrin. He Said if it works that's what matters.

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erp    2,016

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Already thank you for all the advice!! Everybody. I do take children's Motrin with a crushed up Excedrin in it once a day for Migraines. I have had severe Migraine since my surgery was done. It is weird everyone says to don't take the Motrin ibuprofen stuff to my surgeon recommended me to take the Motrin. He Said if it works that's what matters.

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Mine said to take a PPI with ibuprofen products to help reduce ulcer risk. Not sure how that works but just letting you know in the event that it is helpful to research further. I have also heard to take it with food. Personally, I don't take ibuprofen products anymore because when I had my scope done pre-op, I saw the damage to my stomach lining that ibuprofen products had caused. However do I miss how effective NSAIDs are for pain.

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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.

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        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.

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