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165B445

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  5. Posted

    I had a question for those who have been sleeved.

    My mother and I had surgery May 7th in Cancun, Mexico.

    What medication where you told to use for the next 3 months? The medicine we were given is the Spanish brand and I'm not sure what it is.

    Thanks!

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    My Dr requested I take Omeprazole (Prilosec) for 4 months post-op. Hope this helps.

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    Yes it will and you will NEED it...

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  8. Posted

    I have a little rant about stupid insensitive people who don't know how to keep their mouth shut.

    Why do people feel the need to tell you that you are fat...

    Its like .... what!!! No way! I never knew i was overweight.. i got my stomach cut off because i thought i was thin! I dieted for years because i was bored! I have spent the last month eating like a mouse because i have nothing better to do!

    I had the sleeve 4 weeks ago... and finally it is starting to show physically.. so i was feeling so good about myself.. until BAM!

    Some idiot at work felt the need to mention that i was "chubby" and that i am lucky i don't hurt myself.

    Mind you i am 5'7" and 216 pounds.. and a size 14... i thought i hold my weight really well.... even my surgeon said i don't look what i weigh...

    I just wanted to punch this guy in the face.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    Girl... just plan and plot.

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  11. Posted

    yup. that's normal and it will get better. your stomach is healing.

    do they have you on a ppi?

    Yes they do

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    Take your PPI, pls... it's helps, i promise, a VSG veteran on this site told me... I was sleeved on 5/18...once u took the prevacid... Omg!!! I could think again... I like to do a shout out to AussieGirl81!!!!

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  12. Posted

    I cheated 3 times in 10 days right at the beginning. I pulled it together for the remaining time. My liver was still large but thankfully they were still able to do it vie keyhole. However I imagine my liver must have been very fatty because I still had a good 6 days of only baratric shakes and nothing the day before surgery. I belive it must have shrunk some but not as much if I hadn't cheated. Btw-I have not cheated at all post op.

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    Pre op diet compared to post op diet.... we ate like kings!!! OMG i stayed up to midnight trying to get that last 8 oz of 48 oz fluids in...

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  13. Posted

    Sprinkle some miralax on food, warm tea, Gentle laxative...

    As far as wt loss, journal your food , let your NUT review what your eating

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    My understanding of how Miralax works is that you need to take it with Water.
    Yes Water is right... but with our patients that have swallowing thin liquids issues, we sprinkle in food also... just another route to be more effective...not saying she has dysphagia or anything...

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  17. Posted

    Hear ye, hear ye.... all the late May sleevers pls have the following items on hand:

    Instant anti acid

    Prevacid

    Gas x strips

    Decaff lemon tea with mint, WARM NOT HOT....

    Anti- nausea

    Miramax or lactulose ( pain meds antidote for constipation)

    SF popsicles, SF Jello

    Medicine cups from hospital (3cc or 1 oz.)

    Timer for 30-30-30 rule...

    Sleeved on 5/18, trial and error and these were my tried and true go to items...

    Thx for reading

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  22. Posted

    Everything is tolerable in hospital but when they take pain pump away and it's time to kick I out...????i got nervous... but talk with a friend aussiegirl and she has help me thru this with tips ... I'm just try to get 48oz of Water in with pain relieve and anti nausea meds... and walking, sipping 1-2 is a hr... you have to walk, strangely is a form of relief...

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  23. Posted

    May 18th VSG here!!@ at home now... feels like an alien is inside me...able to tolerate 1-2 oz a hour, walking, sipping, walking sipping and so on...given percocet, reglan to crush every 8 hrs... pain about 3-4

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    I'm scheduled for 11:30 tomorrow the 19th. 24 hours to go!!

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    How are you feeling?

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  24. Posted

    I will have sleeve surgery on 5/26/16 and I'm feeling anxious, not sure what to expect. I had my gall bladder out 20 years ago. It was laparoscopic surgery, and I had 4 small incisions. I think I was in surgery about an hour. I had virtually no pain from this. My surgery was in the early afternoon and by midnight I was doing laps around the ward. I had some tenderness in my abdomen for about 5 days, but that was it. I am not sure what to expect for pain with the sleeve surgery. I'd love to hear your experiences- how painful, how long did it last, etc. I know we are all different, and I'm willing to take pain meds if I need to- I just would really like some idea of what to expect!

    I was sleeve 5/18... my pain was about 2-3 with pain pump. Now that I'm home with crushing pain meds percocet Q 4 hrs and reglan Q 8 and still softener. my pain 4-6... walking helps bring it down to 4... its from left side where he suture the muscle so no hernias. ..

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