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NEWLIFE4BEV    0

NEWLIFE4BEV
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Hi everyone! Just got my surgery date of 10/2 for lap band so I am really excited!!!!!!

I was wondering if anyone has any good technigues for getting pills down?? Crush, split, applesauce????

Also, I am diabetic and the meds:frown: make it hard for me to lose weight. Has anyone had this experience?

Has anyone come off diabetic medication after lapband surgery??:unsure:

Thanks,

Bev

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Michee    2

Michee
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Please ask your doctor about medications.

Some medications cannot be crushed or cut. In some cases they can give you an liquid alternative.

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kacee    3

kacee
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I split my pills for the first three months (those that could be split) and thereafter I was able to take them in their whole form. You ned to be careful initially until you figure out how your system tolerates pills.

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Hello, I am diabetic also and take a lot meds so I have a good trick to get them down. If they can be crushed (check with doctor) mix them with sugar free choc pudding. Choc pudding is yummy! :thumbup: Applesauce does not work as well as far as covering the taste of the bitter ones, and I have some nasty tasting ones.:thumbup:

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Gail

Relize Band 9/15/08

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:thumbup:I had my lapband surgery on Oct. 1,2008. At first I broke my pills in half and took them with yogurt or applesauce. I went back for a fill on Dec. 30 and my doctor said I could start taking my pills whole. I haven't had any problems so far. I am losing slow, but the doctor says I'm doing great and that I have to remember that I don't have that much to lose. I weighed 206 before surgery. I weigh 183 now.Last year I weighed 230. I feel so much better since I've lost some weight. I am also diabetic and have decreased my Lantus insulin from 65 units every morning to 15 units. I have had 2 fills so far. I love my band!:)

Dixie

206/183/150

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nana2three    0

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Hi Bev! I am diabetic too and the pills are so big. I crush them and put them in sugar free choc. pudding. It helps with the bitter taste. I have come off the Byetta injections and have decreased the amount of Levimere injection. It may not be much yet, but my goal is to get rid of all my shots all together.

Good luck

Gail

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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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      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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