Suchateacher

Be really careful about thinking that you can just crush your pills. Some medicines cannot be crushed and must be compounded into a liquid form by the pharmacist. Ask your pharmacist about your particular medicines, making sure to tell the pharmacist that you are going to be sleeved. The pharmacist will let you know what can and what cannot be crushed or cut up. Then make decisions with your doctor about the medicines that cannot be compounded, liquified or crushed up. Good Luck!!!!! This is one of the tough issues for those of us that are taking multiple medications, figuring out how to handle each of them properly.

I'm scheduled to have the surgery on Dec 14. Everything has gone so quickly .... it's exciting and scary all at the same time. I've not ever been small-sized, so I don't have any idea of what I might look like after several weeks or months of weight-loss. I keep reading and watching videos on YouTube from people who've had the surgery ... some are great, a few make you wonder, but none of them are going to stop me! Sure there are people way larger than me (I'm 291 lbs as of yesterday's weigh-in at the pre-op education meeting), but to me, I'm this huge thing. I've been cutting out foods and beverages that I know I won't be able to consume after the surgery, so I have actually lost a bit of weight. The hard part for me is giving up coffee and champagne. I really like both, especially my morning coffee. But the acids that coffee produce (but tea does NOT produce) make it an item I can no longer have. I've had my last cup of coffee today. Each day for the last three months I've been reducing the number of cups of coffee. There is absolutely NO coffee product left in the apartment .... and I'm actually okay about that. I found out that tea, regular or herbal is okay, so I'll still be able to have that hot cuppa each morning or even during the school day. A hot drink eases my throat .... being a teacher, I talk alot during the school-day and need that warmth to soothe my throat. I am working on drinking more Water everyday by flavoring it with crystal light fruit punch flavor. It makes the water taste more like Kool Aid or Hawaiian Punch. Since I am one of those people who does not drink very much water at all, this is a really big issue for me. lt's a big deal that I've gotten myself to finish a 24 oz bottle of water in a day. I've really got a lot of work to do on this! Okay... l'll post again later....