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Why I changed from Lapband to Sleeve and Why

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Sweets and Sleeve don't mix!

Oh my God i just had 1/2 cup of rice pudding and i feel like dying!!! the sugar makes me so sick that it's not worth satisfying my sweet tooth!!! what can I do to feel better right now? besides not eating sweets for the rest of my life ever again!!!
Zazi

Zazi

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Sweets and Sleeve don't mix!

Oh my God i just had 1/2 cup of rice pudding and i feel like dying!!! the sugar makes me so sick that it's not worth satisfying my sweet tooth!!! what can I do to feel better right now? besides not eating sweets for the rest of my life ever again!!!
Zazi

Zazi

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Incisions...

I am 22 days post op and although all my incisions have healed there is one (the biggest incision) that has about a centimeter of it that's not completely healed, its red and this morning a saw pus coming out of it, its very small though, how should i treat this? Help!
Zazi

Zazi

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Ahhhh! I Forgot My Protein Shakes!

Spending the whole day at work and zero protein shake! im on full liquids/pureed food, what can I eat that would give me the needed protein for today!?
Zazi

Zazi

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64 Oz Of Liquids = A Challenge!

So i am 2 weeks post op and i was wondering if is it me or does anybody else have problems drinking the 64 oz of water a day? Every time i try to drink water i get nauseous !! Does anybody else has experienced this too?? HELP!
Zazi

Zazi

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Thanksgiving Horror!

Well it's been 11 days since my surgery and i feel fantastic! (15 lbs down) however thanksgiving day was a real torture for me!! This is the first thanksgiving i spend with my mom (she lives out of the country) and she came to visit, therefore it was a big deal for me, we cooked EVERYTHING thats soooo delicious and at the same time sooooo bad for our health! As everybody ate i started making up "excuses" and trying to convince myself to try something mushy even though im still on phase 2 (protein shakes and full liquids) so stubborn that I am, i tried a tiny bit of mashed potatoes and a piece of dark meat turkey... everything was fine and dandy until the cold sweats and the nausea started!!! I felt HORRIBLE!!! and I was so mad at myself for not following instructions! If your doctor says DO NOT EAT SOLIDS guess what?! DONT! they know what they're doing and that's why they're professionals! So after i ate i was trying for about an hour to debate whether i should or shouldn't vomit, and after taking zofran to calm the nausea i promised to myself never to eat solids until my stomach is ready to handle it. I guess what i'm trying to say is cheating it's NOT worth it!! At the end of the day the food will always be there so compromising our health and well being for food it's not worth it. Needless to say, it ruined my thanksgiving and everybodys (Since they were worried about me)
Zazi

Zazi

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From Lapband To Sleeve...elaborating...

Hello Everyone and thanks for taking a moment to read my blog. I'm Zazilia, married, no children 33 years old. On December 2009 I decided to get the lapband surgery because I was 280 lbs plus I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycistic Ovarian Syndrome) And if I didn't lose weight i had big chances of getting diabetes (I was pre-diabetic) and heart disease due to family history. Anyways i went for it and got my band put in.... i lost 83 lbs (in about a year).. yay me! however back in that time i was single, lived by myself and had the right food at home at all times. When 2011 hit (married now) I, as well, hit a huge brick wall and i stopped losing weight. Eventually i started gaining the weight back and right before surgery (last week) i was 241 lbs. I was so frustrated with myself tried to do as good as i could, adjusted my band up to 7.75 cc's and i often got a pain on my left shoulder due to the lapband. I started getting everything together for my Sleeve surgery, spoke with my surgeon, and he saw how much i struggled and he approved of me getting the Sleeve, then went through a bunch of pre-surgical testings and sent it to my insurance , after a couple of months of waiting, my insurance finally approved it! (Anthem BCBS) When i went to my pre-op a week before surgery the nurse saw i was having high blood pressure for the first time which was another motivation to start losing weight again. She prescribed me dilaudid for pain, zofran for nausea and omeprozole for acid reflux to start taking them once im back home from surgery. The day before surgery (Monday nov 12th) i was on clear liquids and had nothing to drink after midnight. Then the day of surgery got here! (Finally!!) (Tuesday 13th) I arrived to the hospital, got registered did a pregnancy urine test then went up to talk to one of the surgical nurses about my health history, then they asked me to changed into my hospital gown and lay on a stretcher and a small room and they set up my IV and gave me an anticoagulant shot on my belly to avoid blood clots. Spoke with the anesthesiologist and my surgeon to make sure i was calmed and they explained everything that was going to happen. They took me to the OR and i changed from my bed to another one where they positioned me like a cross. The anesthesiologist gave me a shot through my IV to "get me high" those were his exact words then he gave me oxygen and then he said "ok now im going to give u the good stuff" i said ok guys ''have a goodnight" and i passed out. Next thing i hear is the nurse in the recovery room telling me to take deep breaths and the first thing that came out of my mouth was : "Holy Crap this hurts where's the morphine" lol they controlled my pain rapidly and took me to my room. The nurses were so nice to me, even though apparently the anesthesia gives me low tolerance cause i was being very "bitchy" to everyone (My husband made sure he made me aware of it once i was back to my self entirely lol) They checked my vitals every 4 hours, gave me morphine when i needed and i didn't have to wait. I started walking back and forth a couple of hours right after the surgery and i the pain stood minimal. They gave me little tiny ice cups (about 3 ounces each) and it tasted like glory! since my mouth was as dry as a shoe lol My biggest struggle after surgery was trying to pee! It was almost impossible because it wouldn't come out! and the nurses told me that was normal due to the anesthesia after that the whole experience wasn't bad at all. At the next day i felt good enough to go home, i was discharged at 2 pm and came home. I was instructed to be on clear liquids until today (Sunday) i drank water, diet snapple, sugar free jello and sugar free ice pops. Today i started full liquids and had a "EAS advantage protein shake" which took me about a hour and a half to chug down and some homemade chicken broth. Am I hungry? Absolutely not! Do i crave to eat everything even the inedible YES like my friend who had the sleeve done years ago and went from a size 22 to a size 2 told me, "they operate your stomach however the don't operate your mind" I weigh myself today and i am down 12 lbs in less than a week! So i hope i can continue being successful! I will continue to post updates of my journey as a "Sleever" and hope it helped someone out there! Thanks
Zazi

Zazi

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