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I was putting together my preop and postop plan to get myself in peak condition for surgery and I thought that some of you may be interested in what you can do to help yourself heal after surgery. I am a nurse, a lot of this I have learned over the years from managing surgical patients and from doctors. I hope that maybe some of information below will help someone recover from surgery faster and heal better. If you have any chronic illnesses or diseases be sure to speak to your doctor, in other words, don't solely take my word. ------------------------------------ Building up your Protein levels so you are in peak health for surgery is the #1 thing you can do for yourself since it is protein that facilitates healing of the stomach staple line. If your blood levels of protein and albumin is low your chances of suffering from delayed healing is greatly increased. I have started drinking 2 Protein shakes a day as a way to increase my protein stores and as a way to start getting used to the shakes so it is not such a shock mentally once that is all I am eating. PREPARING FOR SURGERY; Everything you would expect your MD to have told you. Now until 2 weeks from surgery; Below will prepare your body for surgery 1) Increase protein intake to at least 1 gram per kilogram of body weight. For my weight (260lbs) I SHOULD eat at least 120 gr of protein daily. 2) Take Omega 3's daily - Among Other Things (AOT) it will help your hair postop 3) Take Multivitamin daily 4) Take Vit C daily - AOT it helps healing 5) Take Zinc daily - AOT it helps healing 6) Take amino acids, L-Glutamine and L-arginine - AOT it helps healing 7) Take Coenzyme C-10 - AOT it helps healing 8) Take probiotic - prepares your gut for the change to liquids and possible antibiotics postop 9) Drink at least 1 ounce of Water per Kilogram of body weight daily. At least 10 days before surgery you MUST STOP below things; Causes bleeding or interacts with anesthesia 1) Stop Vitamin E, K, C and B including your daily multivitamin and all other herbals 2) Stop Fish oils, aka, omega 3's 3) Stop drinking green tea, alcohol, caffeine, aspartame (equal) 4) Stop eating cayenne pepper, ginger, flax seed, tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant, sugar, fried foods, transfats and MSG, fatty fish such as salmon 5) Stop Aspirin and NSAID's ONLY take the 5 things listed below from 10 days up to the day before surgery; 1) Zinc 2) amino acids (L-Glutamine and L-arginine) 3) Coenzyme Q-10 4) Probiotics 5) Prescription medications okayed by your surgeon Postop Day 3; RESTART everything below as okayed by your doctor; 1) Restart everything that you stopped 10 days before surgery 2) Keep your protein as high as you can; try for 1mg/kg (this helps healing and minimizes hair loss)

I am 2nd day postop. I opened my PPI capsule and placed the beads in an ounce of Water and i swallowed it down. I immediately became nauseas and spit up like a baby. Now I am afraid to do it again Has anyone else had this kind of issue.

Yippy! Celebrate with me because i have great news. I am officially below 200lbs! My surgery date was June 5th. My weight before starting the preop diet was 264lbs. Fast forward 4.5 months, today i am 198lbs! I feel amazing, this is the best thing I have ever done for "Me" in ny life and I would not go back for anything.

I finally got the results of the Manometry test this morning and scheduled my date. Dr Jawad only does sleeves on wednesdays and the earliest that I can get scheduled is June 5th! I am excited and disappointed at the same time.

Yep. Slime is evil. Taught me that 1 bite too many has consequences

Remember guys no matter where u go there is an average 0.08% 30 day mortality rate. To put the number in context that is lower than the average deaths after having your gallbladder removed. This is a very safe procedure but there is still a chance or complication or death.

HW 264 SW 244 6-5-13 CW 220 I am losing about 1-2lbs per week now.

I am pretty new, I was sleeved on June 5th. So far I have lost 22 lbs at the 6 week mark. I seem to be losing about 2 lbs a week now. I am thrilled with this rate of loss.

I was sleeved on June 5th. I am down 22 pounds since my surgery day. I feel the same way as you, I think most do. I can tell when I have not gotten in enough protein and fluids. My body holds onto everything.

http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/how-to-lose-fat-without-losing-muscle/ This gives a great overview of everything you can do to keep your muscle while we all lose our fat. Keep up the great work everyone.

I have read that guys website articles that wrote the feed the muscle book. Very interesting stuff.

I had heparin shots every 8 hours up til discharge from the hospital. Every single one left an incredible bruise which after 2.5 weeks are still with me.

Probably lactose intolerant now and that may include the whey protien shakes. Talk to your NUT.

I changed into my yoga shorts and night shirt within 4 hours of surgery. Said to the nurse "you dont mind do you since I am going to be up walking" as I walked oit my door for my second lap around the floor. ((Grin))

OMG! I was laughing so hard I was crying. My husband kept saying what...what, tell me...I just handed the phone to him and said I cant. He read down a little ways and handed the phone back and said...no....lol. On a constructive note, it may also be you are becoming lactose intolerant now. just a thought with the cheese Soup.

ROFLMAO, sounds like a perfect time with the hubby to me!

Day 14!!!! Doing pretty good. Gas pains are gone and belching after I eat is my sign to stop eating immediately. I am getting my fluids in pretty well but I am so over the protein shakes!!! But I know I have to get them in so I keep trying. Yesterday I had my first real vomiting episode, out of the blue I got nauseas and hurled. After that I was fine and nothing was different so not really sure what I did wrong that my belly didnt like. I hope everyone is doing well, good job!

I use Body Glide too, get it from athletic stores or bicycle stores.

Wow is all I can say! Congratulations.

Here we are together, He is 155lbs. Yeah, as you can see I gained all my weight back and then some from this diet but he has been one of the 5% that was able to keep it off over 6 years now! This was last New Year's, He is 170lbs.

Here is a little personal experience, take what is of use to you. My husband lost a lot of weight several years ago, 310lbs to 155lbs and everyone but him thought he went about 15 lbs to far because of how sickly he looked. He is 6'1" and went down to 155. He was a size 52 waist down to a 32. Over the years he has settled at around 170lbs and a size 34 waist, That is where he says he is most comfortable and where he looks the best. To me what made it look like he needed to gain weight was the fact that he lost too much upper body muscle, he just is not a muscular guy to begin with and the shock of him losing all the weight really highlighted the lack of upper body muscle. He couldnt really put on muscle cause he doesnt like to lift weights. I think he looks great now and I think you look great too but only you know how you feel.

From what I understand he does leak test in OR and the next morning. I havent been to a group yet. I will probably try to go to the one in July if possible.

I did the same thing. Oh btw mom I am doing XXXX next Wednesday, just thought I would let you know.

Completely agree ans understand your frustration. I have to hold my tongue around here all the time when all I want to scream is wtf are u thinking. Welcome to the party.