Nel

So, I like my pouch. It's the coolest little pouch ever! I told my friend I had a pouch and she was like, Wow! Like a Kangaroo!! It's an odd yet cool visual. Anyway: Anyone have an extensive and accurate list of meds to avoid after surgery? I have this one...but it's just one I pasted together from all over the Internet. I'm not sure how accurate it is. Hm. Let me know if anything is just glaringly wrong here, I don't even know what half of them are: Medications to Avoid after Weight Loss Surgery Advil Aches-N-Pain Aleve Tablets & Caplets Alka Seltzer Alka Seltzer Antacid/Tablets/Cold Anaprox Advil Aleve Alka Seltzer Amigesic Anacin Ascriptin Asprin Anaprox DS Anacin Tablets/Caplets/Max. Strength Ancid Ansaid Arthrotec Arthritis Pain Formula Arthritis Strength Tri-Buffered Bufferin A.S.A. Enseals Ascriptin A/D Caplets Ascriptin Ascriptin Extra Strength Caplets Asperbuf Aspergum Aspirin - all brands including childrens | Azolid BC Powder/Cold powder Bufferin-Regular & Extra Strength Buffex Befferin Bextra Bufferin Butazolidin Buffinol Cama Arthritis Strength Cataflam Celebrex Clinoril Coumadin Coricidin Cortisone Combunox Darvon Daypro EC Naprosyn Dolobin Disalcid Dipyridamole Doan's pills Dolobid Easprin EC Naprosyn Equagesic Excedrin/any type Excedrin IB Emperin Empirin Ecotrin Caplets/Tablets/Max. Strength Feldene Fiorinal Feldene Fioinol Halfrin Ibuprofen Ifen Indocin and Indocin SR Ibuprofen Indocin Indo-Lemmon Indomethagan Lodine Lodine XL Magnaprin Mictainin Maprin/Maprin 1-B Measurin Mediprin Midol Caplet/200 Midol IB Mobic Mobigesic Meclomen Motrin Motrin IB Nalfon Nalfon 200 Naprapac Naprelan Naprosyn Nupin Norgesic Naprosyn Norwich Tablets Nuprin Caplets/Tabs Orudis P-A-C Analgesic Oruvail Pamprin Persantine Pepto-Bismol Percodan Ponstel Relafen Rexolate Rimadyl Sal flex Tolectin Ticlid Tolectin Tolmetin Toradol Trendar Tab-Profen Tandearil Tolectin Tolectin 600 Tolectin DS Trigesic Uracel Ursinus Inlay/Tabs Vanquish Analgesic Voltaren Vanquish Vicoprofen Vioxx Voltaren Warfarin Wesprin Buffered Zorpin ______________

I won't miss: Being the fattest one in the office. I won't miss feeling self conscious when I walk in the room or the comments like "you have SUCH a pretty face". won't miss looks in restaurants or having the booth seats where my stomach touches the table. Ugh. I won't miss hiding myself behind clothes.

CONGRATULATIONS

Oh y'all. I'm sorry some are having trouble! I hope you'll feel better soon! I've been craving pizza so here I am looking up nutritional value of papa murphy's delite pizzas. They really aren't bad!

Totally. I hate that pill. I reach over and grab it and chew as soon as the alarm goes off. I then shower, get dressed and start the other supplements at least 2 hours later. It sucks.

I slept in my bed right after surgery when I got home. I just slept on my back and propped up on pillows. It took a pain pill for the first few nights to be able to sleep

So, I'm finally up to 30 minutes of hardcore cardio! And I went ahead and ordered a medic alert bracelet. http://www.stickyj.com/aa1047.html#.UaQYV0BwqQg I put my name (on front), then on the back: no blind ng, no nsaids, no sugar and my surgeons number.

Soy hurts the absorption of the meds and also slows it down. I love lots of soy products, but I majorly limit myself. Also, you have to take your thyroid med at least 2 hours away from any supplements. Calcium and Vitamins also block the absorption of Synthroid.

You're not even a week out. I felt like poo that first week. Pain meds were my friends. *always call your surgeon if it seems unreasonable or "different"*

Well...maybe watered down? I drink tons of zero calorie grape drink enhancer. I'll start doing fruit in the water as soon as it's really in season. I like ice cold water with lemons and strawberries.

Does that have caffeine? We aren't supposed to have caffeine. I don't drink plain water either..I use the squirt grape "drink enhancer" at walmart

That's wonderful. I am enjoying the no hunger thing.

Do you use it daily?

hey hey!! I found it. You put www.myfitnesspal.com/nella1975 !! so you can just paste peoples user name in. That's cool. I feel like an idiot

Mine is nella1975 and thank you!

how do you add with just a user name? I only see "add contacts" and "add by email"

Oh, and is anyone on fitness pal? I only have 1 friend there and would like more. I'm gangstashanel@yahoo.com *explanation on the email: I was once terribly addicted to mafia wars*

I own 3. Kitchen, and two in the bathroom.

Happy Birthday Rem Okay, now a question: Do any of you use a stool softener? If so, do you take it daily? How often do you if its not daily? Every time I have a BM, it's like giving birth. sorry for the visual. So I do have a stool softener, but I've never really had any issues before surgery. I only go about once a week...but darn. It's painful.

My surgery was 4/1/13. I never feel full or hungry. I have some head hunger of course, but nothing real. You have to remember. Most or all of the nerves to your stomach were cut. Nerves only grow back so much at a time and sometimes not at all. A friend of mine had this years ago. She hasn't felt hungry since. So I guess everyone is different.

I think mine is 1100-1200. Right now I'm to push for 800. I get between 500-800 daily. Rarely do I go over. I really gotta give up that frozen yogurt. BUT IT'S SO GOOD.

Try the egg one maybe? I have Hashimotos Thyroiditis *body is killing my thyroid the stupid twit, I honestly think my body frakking hates me* Anyway, I avoid soy. It slows down your thyroid. I'm pretty sure that's what the article will tell you. Also, as soon as I wake up, on an empty stomach, I chew up my synthroid. My levels have been way better since I started chewing, not swallowing the pill whole.

Call your surgeon. That said, I had a horrible pain right next to my bellybutton at about the same time. Freaked me out. They told me a heating pad and rest. Pain pills as needed. Still. I called my surgeon. Mine has a nurse that is always available.

Oh and welcome to the group. I'm sure you can find several people in a fabulous August thread somewhere!