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Linda
Try to drink as much as possible and keep your spirits up.
The first few weeks are hard, but well worth the long term results.
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I 
MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
I'm slightly anemic so my hands stay cold. Thanks for the adds!
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"I like my money right where I can see it....hanging in my closet"-Carrie Bradshaw
HW 287
SW 276
GW 145
How long will I be in the hospital?
2. Do you use a drainage tube? Why/or Why not
3. What pain meds do you prescribe?
4. Can you please keep me off from work for the entire month of December ;)
5. At what intervals are the follow up visits
6. how many incisions will i have?
7. what is your mortality rate? -
8. how many sleeves have you performed and were the patients happy with their weight loss?
9. have any of the people you sleeved had complications and if so what were they?
10. what will my exact post-op diet be? clear liquids, full liquids, purees, what is the progression...
11. when can i begin exercising?
12. how many of your wls patients had to have their gallbladder removed post op? (He said 40% and offered to remove mine at the time of surgery, which I opted to do).
13. What brands do you recommend for whey protein?
14. How many daily carbs should i have, how much protein, sodium, calories?
15. What size bougie do you use? 32, 36, 40? How does bougie size associate with the staple line? 16. how often does esophageal swelling/irritation occur?
17. will you give me a script for anti-nausea med?
18. what labs are done pre/post-op?
19. anticoagulant after surgery?
20. ppi ordered after surgery?
21. what to use for constipation/diarrhea? 22. Can you explain the association with gallbladder surgery and gastric patients?
Hospital bag:
Robe
Laptop
Camera
Gas X strips (I want a pic of my dissected stomach)
Non skid socks
DST pillow (it goes wherever I go)
Earbuds
Vitamins
Burt Bees chapstick
Toiletries
Comfy change of clothes
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"I like my money right where I can see it....hanging in my closet"-Carrie Bradshaw
~Meryl
Oh I know u weren't saying that! I just kind of differed with u on the wait thing. Different perspective there. I guess having to wait as long as I did to have mine, I think everyone should get it as soon as they can! But u are right about them working out their issues. I know a lot will say they don't eat much, but in reality..............well u know. Then there are those that really do have metabolic issues and that does need to be ruled out first.
I just hate to see ppl that can have the surgery but waste time NOT getting it thinking they just need willpower n can do it on their own.
On a different note..............how did the visit go with the nephew???
What I am saying is it should be an absolute last resort after you've tried everything else and ruled out any medical causes for your weight gain.
I absolutely would not have gone through all I have been through and still deal with every day without extensive research and failing countless attempts at diets, pills, exercise, etc. I also had a ton of health problems.
It seems to me from the original post, she hadn't tried much of anything else to lose. I am also gravely concerned by any obese person who claims they are huge but don't eat much of anything. I think a reality check is in order when you get over 250 pounds and think you don't overeat! It's just highly unlikely.
If you can't come to terms with that, even if you have wls, you likely will be a failure at it.
You don't HAVE to have surgery to lose weight. You CAN do it naturally. I'd say give your self a fighting chance at conventional weight loss before going to the extreme of having surgery. If that doesn't work, then consider wls.
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
