ShoppGirl

Steamed or roasted veggies like peppers and carrots could work until you can do raw. Or just eat it with a spoon. That’s what I did. Lol

Good for you for taking this approach. You will be in a great place when you officially start your journey. Congratulations on the weight loss.

We have intuition for a reason. You trusted your gut and I’m certain that was the right choice for you. You have come this far now and are so close to the finish line. Just hang in there a tiny bit longer.

If you are showing any signs of dehydration contact your surgeon. They should be able to arrange for you to get fluids as an out patient before you require going to hospital.

While technically going to different doctors looking for a different answer is doctor shopping, I think this is really only a bad thing if you are trying to get meds and stuff that you really don’t need. There is nothing wrong with getting a second or even a third opinion. I agree that knowing WHY they are saying they don’t want to do revision. Could be as simple as that your insurance doesn’t cover it or as complex as a medical issue that makes it dangerous. But if it’s the former you always should be given the option to finance and if it’s the latter than another doctor with a different approach may be able to help you. I would call and ask them why. Tell them you are seeking other answers and need to know why they feel you are not a candidate. Also, I just got an email yesterday about the use of diabetes medications now being accepted for weight loss Something like GLB-1?? They are difficult to get covered by insurance and not cheap but being covered by more and more every day Dr. Weiner, a weight loss surgeon says. Perhaps worth looking into.

Absolutely better than they “you have such a pretty face” comment.

I’m assuming you were already taking bariatric formulations of your vitamins and those didn’t work. Yea the injections seems like a logical solution since they bypass the stomach alltogether. Hopefully your primary doctor can arrange for those.

If you click on the search icon (little magnifying glass) and search July you will find a couple threads that already exist with July surgery people as well.

I think the OP may have posted this twice because I have responded to this already. My suggestion was to get their family doctor to help advocate for her with the surgeon assuming he is aware of what’s going on and more familiar with the patient.

It sounds like you did but just in case for you or for others reading this, make sure to check with the pharmacy before opening or crushing anything. With some medications this can actually be harmful. Now to answer your question. I did not have anything as big as a capsule but I did have three pills I needed to take and I took them the next day after surgery (as in swallows them whole) without any issues. Some people do have more swelling though and pills can be hard for a few days. If so, most can be opened or crushed and taken with a bit of applesauce.

Sounds like the answer is that he or she has never seen this. I do agree with making sure to take your birth control pills because it can help regulate your period but also you are super fertile right now. Many doctors recommend redundant forms of birth control immediately post op for a while. Have you asked your surgeon about your symptoms??

Sorry I missed this post yesterday not that I had any advice to share but I would have said good luck at the dr at least. We’re you able to Get any answers at least.

I wouldn’t progress without my teams permission, personally. They know what to ask to make sure you are ready. The point of the staged return to normal eating is to protect your healing tummy. It’s hard to think of it cause all the evidence is on the inside but you just had major surgery and your tummy needs time to heal. I would call them and tell them you are having a difficult time and think you are ready to progress. They can tell you how to do it safely. No matter what I would try purées before I tried soft foods.

Your husband should only have to take off the one day. And honestly my husband didn’t even do that. He dropped me off before work. Got to stay with me till they were wheeling me into the operating room cause I was an early surgery and then he came back to hospital after work to visit. I texted and dr called him to let him know everything went fine and he works less than ten minutes away but he had so much going on that he was trying to rearrange and I said reality is your just sitting there and I won’t even know you are with me. I was surrounded by plenty of people to take care of me. It wasn’t my first surgery either so I knew that I wouldn’t need him. I have anxiety so I was glad to have him there to keep me calm up until it was time though. But after that It seems like I just had my broth for lunch and got up a few times to walk and pee and took cat naps between and poof he was there already. That day went by so quick cause I slept so much. But you should be walking around well enough to go to the bathroom and grab a shake which is all you really need the next day barring any issues.

These were really good. Tried one without the pepperoni and it didn’t really taste like pizza. Could have easily subbed Turkey pepperoni though to cut calories. https://hungryhappens.net/easy-zucchini-pizza-stacks-4-ingredients-gluten-free/

I have never made eggplant but will have to give that a try.

If you do go back to caffeine just go slow with it and have it at home first. Some people have intolerances.

Personally I would just listen to my team. Of course you want to get started asap but august is not that far away. You have waited this long you can wait a little longer. If you don’t listen to them and your approval gets cancelled you will have to pay out of pocket. Not worth it in my opinion.

Those rules are not there just to help you lose weight they are to keep your healing tummy safe from injury. It’s not worth it if you ask me but of course it’s up to you.

It was Latuda (that could be the scientific name).

I have bipolar disorder and I’m on a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant. I did have to change one Med pre surgery because it requires that you take it with 350 calories to absorb properly which of course we can’t do right away post surgery. That’s a pretty uncommon situation though according to my pharmacist (it will say in the literature if a minimum calorie amount is required). The extended release medications seem to cause the most issues for people, if anything, post sleeve (some have no issues with those even). I haven’t had any issues with my medications. I am 16 months out.

Good luck to you today. Update us when your feeling up to it.

My aunt gave me some truvia to try and mine didn’t dissolve very well?? I forgot to put it into the hot coffee BEFORE I put it over ice though so maybe that’s why. I need to ask her for more to try it that way. I have been using Splenda but I want to like truvia since it is a little better for me.

You can also mix coffee with a protein shake. Or a lot of people use the torani sugar free syrups.

Well at 16 months out I can eat about one serving of most things comfortably. And if I eat that much of higher calorie foods I would gain pretty quickly. By the time you can eat a full serving size you really can’t rely on portion control as your only tool. You have to eat reasonably healthy foods as well most of the time.