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I am having my surgery on Jan 30th and I want to be prepared with what I will need for dry lips , dry skin and possible issues with bowel movements. I'm sure my surgeon will tell me but I would just like to see what others have used . Thank you

Jessica

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      Congrats on getting your surgery date!!! Isnt it exciting? I was counting the days for mine. I hated the 2 weeks pre-op liquid diet. I bought Biotene spray for the dry mouth. It helped alot!!! Just ma

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      Thank you everyone. Will be keeping notes. Sent from my SM-J700T using the BariatricPal App

    • ready_to_be_thin
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      I definitely recommend taking Biotene mouthwash with you to the hospital. You can't have anything by mouth the first day, not even ice chips...well I couldn't anyway. The worst thing going was dry mou

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    Stool softener is suggested but but I found Bene Fiber (colorless n tasteless) was gentle on my stomach n helped me move... Vasalibe has a look ways been my friend for dry lips n skin..

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    Good luck on surgery

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    @@msjessy323 Congratulations on your surgery date! I've heard people taking colace for your BM's...not sure if there's a liquid type out there.

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    Congrats on getting your surgery date!!! Isnt it exciting? I was counting the days for mine. I hated the 2 weeks pre-op liquid diet. I bought Biotene spray for the dry mouth. It helped alot!!! Just make sure you dont swallow it until after the sip test. For BM i bought fiber gummies. I'm sure they have the powder for water. It helped alot as well. I also took Gas-X strips for my hospital stay but I didnt use them because I had no gas pain. Anyways good luck!!!

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    I definitely recommend taking Biotene mouthwash with you to the hospital. You can't have anything by mouth the first day, not even ice chips...well I couldn't anyway. The worst thing going was dry mouth, especially having to get up and walk so much. The Biotin will help tremendously. Good luck with everything

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    I definitely recommend taking Biotene mouthwash with you to the hospital. You can't have anything by mouth the first day, not even ice chips...well I couldn't anyway. The worst thing going was dry mouth, especially having to get up and walk so much. The Biotin will help tremendously. Good luck with everything

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    Not all docs are the same...I was able to start sipping liquids immediately after getting to my room from recovery. Went so well I had my EGD the same day and went home early the next morning.

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    These are some helpful tips. Going to put it in my journal

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