PRESCRIPTION RE-EVALUATION

NO ONE MENTIONED THIS TO ME; I JUST KINDA FELL INTO IT, BUT AT ABOUT 1 OR 2 MONTHS POST-OP, GET AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR PRIMARY/FAMILY PHYSICIAN (OR, WHOEVER PRESCRIBES YOUR MEDS) & HAVE THEM RE-EVALUATE YOUR MEDICATIONS AS TO WHETHER THEY CAN LOWER THE DOSAGE OR TAKE YOU OFF THEM ALL TOGETHER. BE SURE TO BRING THIS UP AGAIN WITH YOUR PHYSICIANS AS YOU LOSE MORE & MORE WEIGHT. AT 3 WEEKS POST-OP, MOST OF YOU KNOW I WAS TAKEN OFF ALL MY MEDS EXCEPT MY HEART MEDS. I CONTINUE TO TAKE ACIPHEX FOR MY OWN PEACE OF MIND EVEN THOUGH DOC DOESN'T THINK I REALLY NEED IT. I HAVE SUCH A SENSITIVE DIGESTIVE TRACK THAT I WOULD RATHER CONTINUE WITH IT. BECAUSE OUR DIETS (WATER/FLUIDS, PROTEIN, GREEN VEGES, DAIRY, WHOLE GRAINS & FRUITS ... IN THAT ORDER OF IMPORTANCE I WAS TOLD) IS SO MUCH HEALTHIER WITH LESS FATS & CARBS ... &, BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING FAT SO QUICKLY ... MANY OF THE OBESITY-RELATED OR OBESITY-AFFECTED MEDICAL CONDITIONS IMPROVE OR SIMPLY DISAPPEAR. MY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, FLUID RETENTION, & VORACIOUS APPETITE HAVE ALL DISAPPEARED. MY JOINT/ARTHRITIS PAIN IS SO MINIMAL THAT INSTEAD OF 8 - 10 DOSES OF MEDS A DAY, I'M NOW TAKING 1 DOSE, 1 OR 2 TIMES A WEEKKKKKK. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WEIGHT YOU STARTED WITH, CONDITIONS LIKE THESE SHOULD DIMINISH OR COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WEIGHT LOSS WHICH IS THE BEST NEWS EVER! FOR THE 1st TIME IN DECADES, MY BLOOD/URINE TESTS CAME BACK "NORMAL" EVEN THOUGH I HAD THEN BEEN OFF MY RELATED MEDS FOR 5 WEEKS. GEEZZZ, I HAVEN'T BEEN "NORMAL" IN I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS WILL HAPPEN TO EACH OF YOU AS WELL!!!!!! BLESSINGS FOR IMPROVED HEALTH DAWN & NICK PS: DON'T FORGET TO TELL YOUR DOCTOR (SOME AREN'T EDUCATED ON THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF GASTRIC BYPASS PATIENTS) THAT DUE TO YOUR POUCH, YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED NSAIDs, ASPIRIN PRODUCTS, TIME-RELEASED MEDS, MEDS IN CAPSULES OR PRODUCTS WITH EXCESSIVE SUGAR/GLUCOSE IN THEM.

How wonderful for you! you are an inspiration to me, Dawn~ I can hardly wait to get off my Bloodpressure medicines!! I want to be normal too!

IT'LL ALL COME IN DUE TIME, MS JAN, AS YOUR HEALTH IMPROVES WITH THE CHANGES IN YOUR DIET & WEIGHT LOSS. BE PATIENT & ENJOY EACH DAY OF THIS JOURNEY ... WHETHER A DAY OF CHALLENGES OR A DAY OF SUCCESSES. IT'S FAR BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH PRE-OP WITH NO HOPE FOR WEIGHT LOSS & ALL THE RELATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS JUST GETTING WORSE & WORSE! GOD BLESS DAWN & NICK