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Sophie74656

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  1. Sophie74656

    Divorce after WLS?

    I am 9 months post op and going through a dicorce. We would have been married for 10 years in September. After having surgery and loosing weight I gained some self confidence and my eyes were suddenly open to how emotionally abusive he was and to all the classic warning signs that he was cheating.
  2. You are not going to get everything in right away. Most people can't. Just get in what you can without pushing yourself. As you heal and your swelling goes down it will get easier You are not going to get everything in right away. Most people can't. Just get in what you can without pushing yourself. As you heal and your swelling goes down it will get easier You are not going to get everything in right away. Most people can't. Just get in what you can without pushing yourself. As you heal and your swelling goes down it will get easier
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    Packing for hospital

    You don't need much. A book or something to entertain yourself, phone and charger, comfy clothes for the ride home and a pillow to press against your tummy for the ride home. The hospital should provide everything else
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    Business Travel

    I've been out many times and people don't really lay attention to what you are eating. Just as long as you have something. I usually order an appetizer or a salad with chicken. And just because someone else is having a drink doesn't mean you have to have one.
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    Calorie intake

    What does your plan say? What did your nutritionist tell you?
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    Does everyone but me have a nutritionist?

    I went to a bariatric center and they had a nutritionist on staff that I talked to.
  7. Sophie74656

    Coffee

    I was advised not to have coffee for the first two weeks, after that I've been having some almost every day starbucks has some great low cal drinks. Their refreshers are sweet and refreshing and have green coffee which gives you that boost. The largest size (32oz) is something like 150 calories
  8. I am 9 month post op and had ZERO complications. My recovery was great, I had no pain in the hospital or at home, I was up and walking around and running errands in a matter of days. I haven't even had much hair loss at all.
  9. I had a similar experience with my BWL surgeon, of all people. First one looked at me and asked what meds i was on for high blood pressure and diabetes. I said none, I don't have either of these. He had the damn records right in front of him, all the documentation from my PCP, and he STILL issued the lab work and had the NP take my blood pressure. This thread reminds me of the very first episode of "House" that I ever watched. A very overweight guy (around 500lbs) ended up in the hospital because of some breathing issue. The staff was 100% sure that the problem was his weight and try endlessly to test him for diabetes. He refuses, knows he's not diabetic but also knows without a doubt that something is very wrong. Long story short, he wasn't diabetic; he had lung cancer and it was too late to do anything... but nobody'd been looking for anything to be wrong other than something associated with his weight. Not that there's any prejudice against overweight people... Yes I remember that episode. I felt sympathy for him. I remember he said that he was refusing any testing they were doing on him unlessit was for something not weight related There is definately prejudice against overweight people. Just look in the media. It's no longer acceptable to say anything about people's race, gender, sexual orientation, but you can make fat jokes all day long
  10. Once again sorry for this post but i love the support here you guys are awesome. My parents have been on vacation for the past week and a half so some evenings i was kind of lonely which left me thinking about things...mainly things with the ex husband Looking back on the last 2 years I feel like an idiot. Why did I not leave the day I said I love you and he said he couldn't say it back. Why didn't I question things more when he got very possessive of his phone and wouldn't let me touch it. Why didn't I speak up when he went out with his female friends and didn't want me to come. I still want to think he wad not being unfaithful, at least physically, but all the classic signs were there and I feel like an idiot for not leaving two years ago
  11. Sophie74656

    The warning signs were all there...i was so stupid

    Thank you guys
  12. Sophie74656

    Dissolvable stitches/sutures

    You might not even have stitches at all. I only had some internal stitches on my main incision and everything just had glue
  13. I had gone to a surgeon about a cyst and he asked me what kind of diabetes medication I was on. I told him I wasn't diabetic. He even had my bloodwork that showed my sugar at normal levels but he kept asking. He flat out said that he didn't believe that a person at my weight did not have diabetes.
  14. Sophie74656

    What made you get a tat?

    I have 4 in each ear
  15. Sophie74656

    What made you get a tat?

    I don't understand the comment involving the goverment but i just like tattoos I have a small paw print on my wrist
  16. Sophie74656

    Non carbonated drinks?

    what does your program say about alcohol.
  17. Sophie74656

    Summer Reading

    I just finished a good sci fi book called Red Rising...there are two others in the trilogy but I haven't started them yet
  18. Sophie74656

    On my way

    many things depend on your insurance and your surgeon's requrements. For me I had a whole bunch of testing...bloodwork, ekg, sleep study, nutritionist, psychologis, and a couple others.
  19. I just used an antibacterial hand soap
  20. find out what your insurance requrements are, they might not be so bad and you won't have to spend all that money out of pocket. It's not a bad idea to go to the doctors they require to really make sure you are healthy enough to go through surgery. I heard one person talk about durring their pre op testing they actually discovered a serious tumor they didn't know they had.
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    Drinking problems

    your stomach is smaller, there is less food in it so the alcohol hits you harder
  22. sorry if this sounds rude but this is the most basic and important information your nutritionist should have given you. This should have been the first thing they discussed with you. You should contact them and go over this with them
  23. Sophie74656

    Hot sauce

    I had no resttriction on hot sauce. Try a little first and see how it sits with you
  24. Sophie74656

    Adult beverages after the sleeve?

    you should go by what your doctor says, not what random people online say. Just because someone has one particular experience doesn't mean it will be the same for anyone else. The best thing to do is to go by what your doctor says, they know you and your medical history and the details of your particular procedure.
  25. Sophie74656

    Adult beverages after the sleeve?

    You should discuss this with your nutrition and surgical team. Everyone gets different guodelines

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