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. HAVE THOSE MEDS RE-EVALUATED, LADIES & GENTS ... FOR YOUR GOOD HEALTH!!!!!!! GOD BLESS Y'ALL DAWN & NICK

That is so wonderful. It is amazing how life altering this surgery is. I'm exactly 6 weeks out today. I had the day off and spent it with my four year old. We did the park and for the first time in a very long time I felt comfortable there. Its hard to believe its only going to get better from here. Congratulations again on your meds. Mary

YES MA'AM, MS MARY ... IT LITERALLY CHANGES EVERYTHING. I AM SO VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS CHANCE AT QUALITY LIFE ... ESPECIALLY NOW THAT NICK IS MY HONEY (HE'S MY 2nd HUBBY & THE ABSOLUTE BEST MAN I COULD EVER FIND)! NOW, THAT IS A CHANGE TO BE THANKFUL FOR ... BEING ABLE TO BE MORE ACTIVE WITH YOUR LITTLE ONE. THAT IS FANTASTIC! GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

A WOW!! moment. Don't you just love thoses?? I have 14 perscriptions and take 9 of them twice a day and 1 of them 3 times aday!! I can NOT wait to throw them away!!!! The day I can walk to my mail box, 1/4 mile from front door, I will be jumping for joy, cause I will know I have made it!! Great news, and keep the WOW!!'s coming!! Patty

WELL, IT HAPPENED TO ME SO IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU ... OFF THOSE MEDS & LIVING A LIFE FILLED WITH JOY &&&& ACTIVITY!!!!!!!!!!! MY DOCTOR WAS EVEN EXCITED! HE'S THE GREATEST! I WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM & BENT DOWN TO THE NURSE AT THE COMPUTER & SAID, "I JUST MAKE DR CASTELLONE HAPPY!" & SHE BURST OUT LAUGHING ... CUZ, EVEN THOUGH MY LITTLE JOKE COULD BE TAKEN MORE THAN ONE WAY ... THEY ALL KNEW ABOUT MY SURGERY! HOLD ON GIRL, THIS IS A RIDE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON! GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK

Don't cha just love it when you can get off meds??? I was shocked to go home without anymore diabetes meds! YEAH FOR YOU!!! :O Deb

YES MA'AM ... I WAS FLABERGASTED THAT HE TOOK ME OFF SO MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HE'S GONNA DO A BLOOD PANEL 12/28 TO CHECK ALL MY LEVELS & THEN RE-EVALUATE EVERYTHING AT THAT TIME. YEAHHHHH FOR YOU AS WELL, MS DEBORAH!!!!!! WE'RE ALL REVERSING THE RAVAGES OF OBESITY 1 PILL AT A TIME!!!!!!!!! WLS IS A GIFT INDEED ... GOD BLESS YOU DAWN & NICK