OFF 2/3 OF MY MEDS IN 2 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAW DR CASTELLONE THIS MORNING FOR BP SWINGS SINCE SURGERY. HE RE-EVALUATED ALL MY MEDS (ALL WLS PATIENTS SHOULD HAVE THIS DONE).
I WAS ON 12 PILLS A DAY & NOW, JUST 2 WEEKS OUT, I AM DOWN TO ONLY 4 PILLS A DAY. I HAVEN'T HAD THIS FEW PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS IN LITERALLY DECADES. THIS IS EVEN MORE PRECIOUS & EXCITING TO ME THAN LOSING THE WEIGHT, BECAUSE I AM REGAINING MY HEALTH! I'M DANCIN' 
ON THE CEILING!!!!!!!!!
I'M NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN I SAY THAT I WAS DYING PIECE-BY-PIECE BEFORE WLS BECAUSE OF THE RAPID DETERIORATION OF MY HEALTH. IT SEEMED EVERY TIME I WENT TO THE DR, HE HAD TO ADD ANOTHER PILL OR HAD TO INCREASE THE DOSAGE OF SOMETHING & I WAS GETTING WORSE NO MATTER.
FYI:
LEXAPRO - AN ANTIDEPRESSANT ALSO USED AS AN APPETITE SUPPRESSANT ... IF USED AS AN "A S", IT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY OR RECOMMENDED FOR POUCH BABIES.
HYZAAR - FOR BP CONTROL & A DIURETIC. DO NOT, NOT, NOT CONTINUE THIS AS IT COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO DANGEROUS DEHYDRATION. AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, POUCH BABIES SHOULD NOT BE ON DIURETICS ON A CONSISTENT OR DAILY BASIS. USE ANOTHER BP MED.
ZOCOR - FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL CONTROL - THIS INTERFERES WITH ABSORBTION, SO IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR POUCH BABIES AS WE ALREADY HAVE POOR ABSORBTION. USE ANOTHER MED. SOMETIMES, THIS WILL BECOME TOTALLY UNNECESSARY AS OUR CHOLESTEROL SHOULD DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE DIET WE EAT & THE AMOUNT WE EAT.
TOPROL XL - FOR IRREGULAR HEART BEATS, PSAT, TACHYCHARDIA & SUCH ... THIS IS TIME-RELEASED & IS WASTED WITH OUR POUCHES AS OUR FASTER DIGESTION PROCESS DOES NOT ALLOW ENOUGH TIME TO USE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF ANY TIME-RELEASED MED. USE ANOTHER MED SUCH AS LOPRESSOR.
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, SO HAVE THOSE MEDS RE-EVALUATED BY YOUR DOCTOR, LADIES & GENTS ... FOR YOUR GOOD HEALTH!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS Y'ALL DAWN & NICK
ON THE CEILING!!!!!!!!!
I'M NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN I SAY THAT I WAS DYING PIECE-BY-PIECE BEFORE WLS BECAUSE OF THE RAPID DETERIORATION OF MY HEALTH. IT SEEMED EVERY TIME I WENT TO THE DR, HE HAD TO ADD ANOTHER PILL OR HAD TO INCREASE THE DOSAGE OF SOMETHING & I WAS GETTING WORSE NO MATTER.
FYI:
LEXAPRO - AN ANTIDEPRESSANT ALSO USED AS AN APPETITE SUPPRESSANT ... IF USED AS AN "A S", IT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY OR RECOMMENDED FOR POUCH BABIES.
HYZAAR - FOR BP CONTROL & A DIURETIC. DO NOT, NOT, NOT CONTINUE THIS AS IT COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO DANGEROUS DEHYDRATION. AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, POUCH BABIES SHOULD NOT BE ON DIURETICS ON A CONSISTENT OR DAILY BASIS. USE ANOTHER BP MED.
ZOCOR - FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL CONTROL - THIS INTERFERES WITH ABSORBTION, SO IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR POUCH BABIES AS WE ALREADY HAVE POOR ABSORBTION. USE ANOTHER MED. SOMETIMES, THIS WILL BECOME TOTALLY UNNECESSARY AS OUR CHOLESTEROL SHOULD DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE DIET WE EAT & THE AMOUNT WE EAT.
TOPROL XL - FOR IRREGULAR HEART BEATS, PSAT, TACHYCHARDIA & SUCH ... THIS IS TIME-RELEASED & IS WASTED WITH OUR POUCHES AS OUR FASTER DIGESTION PROCESS DOES NOT ALLOW ENOUGH TIME TO USE THE PROPER AMOUNT OF ANY TIME-RELEASED MED. USE ANOTHER MED SUCH AS LOPRESSOR.
EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT, SO HAVE THOSE MEDS RE-EVALUATED BY YOUR DOCTOR, LADIES & GENTS ... FOR YOUR GOOD HEALTH!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS Y'ALL DAWN & NICK 
DAWN & NICK 
Dawn
I can certainly relate to you on this post.
I went into the hospital taking metafomin(twice a day)divan,glipizide, lipitor,lasix(twice a day),potassium (twice a day) synthroid.,calcium and one a day. I came home only taking synthroid,nexium and my calcium and vitamins.. I am taking the weight loss as an added bonus the meds were making me old before my time. Like you said everytime i went to the doctor he added meds for something new. It is great to be off all those pills.
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