Visual of non-compliance

I figured I would give a visual of why you need to take your vitamins, get regular lab work and continue to see your Dr.'s for follow up care.  All the things I did not do and am now paying the price.  This is a pic of my med's that I take daily (the shots weekly).  Looks fun huh?

oh my...what happened?  Are you ok?

I was non compliant with my follow up care after a couple of years and suffered major health problems.  So now I have to take all those.  Those are my vitamins too that I take.  Every once in a while I post about the consequences of not taking care of ourselves post op.  I do it in hopes that it jars those who are also non compliant enough to take action.

Thanks for the reminder and that is nice that you turn your negative issue into something hlepful for others....I hope you are able to get your health back.

 That is a picture of why I had surgery.  I am sorry that you are having problems.  Can you give us more details?

There is the long story in my profile. Short version..didnt do what I was supposed to after a couple of years and I paid the price with crappy health. Now I take a lot of meds (hardly on any pre-WLS) and vits. The vits are a must for all of us though. I just have to take a lil extra to keep me going. Sometimes a visual aid helps people realize what they need to do. You should see all the mobility aides I have.

Thanks, Tanya. The visual sure punches your message home! I think I'm going to copy the picture, print it out, and paste it on my vitamin cupboard.

What kind of surgery did you have? Why didn't you take your vitamins? I see you're a "revision" what kind of surgery are you wanting to have now?

Good luck.  I used to take nearly 22 prescription meds PRE-Op. I'm RNY and now take arouond 15 Various vites and supplements. My labs are awesome. Our surgeon made us sign an agreement/waiver that we understood that we HAD to take vites for life. it really isn't hard at all.

RNY's and D/S are the big surgeries for HAVING to really be rigorous about vites because of the malabsorbtion.

Warmly,
Jackie

 It's a bit late for that question -- she's got irreversible brain damage.  Be gentle.

Well I had the RNY.

I took them the first few years then well I guess life happened and I didnt think they were THAT important.

I dont know were it says I want a revision.  Cause that would be a NO. 

My surgeon also stressed vitamins.  Seeing that we are all only human and have free will I screwed up.  My surgeon didnt follow me yelling at me to follow the rules.