Rosebud2

OK, I'm not having a stroke. :-) First, my BP machine at home was reading high. It is high right now but not nearly as high as my machine was registering. Second, she told me to stop crushing the pill and to take it whole. It is not a large pill so it is going to be OK. Dr. Campos just returned my call and he said it was ok too. I think in the early stage they are afraid of it getting stuck going down. I have no problems with that at all. I can swallow just fine.

I started out with a goal of 115 pounds to lose. It seems so intimidating. It would be like carrying my grandson on each hip and I can hardly lift him any more. Between the pre-0p diet and a few pounds since surgery, it is down to 96 pounds. Sooooooooooo much less. lol But in my head it seems better.

I love roasted vegetables. I also use little garlic on them. I also love vegetables on the BBQ. A couple of years ago costco had the greatest thing. It was a package of vegetables already cut for roasting/BBQing. It had portabellas, peppers, onions, squash all in one package so you didn't have to buy all those vegies and cut them up. It was a particularly good deal if you were cooking for one or two.

All went well. Dr. Aceves and Dr. Compas are both great. They pay a lot of attention and I never saw a doctor so often when I was in a hospital before. The surgery went smoothly. I was up and about a few hours later and felt pretty good. A little wobbly, but good. During the night my i.v. ifiltrated and started pouring out all over the bed and into my arm instead of the vein. They fussed with it all night but it did not improve, just deprived me of sleep. In the morning they tried to start another one in the other arm. They were not being successful so I made them stop and said I would speak to the doctor. When Dr. Campos came in he said I was drinking well enough and did not need it. Woohoo. Day two was the worst. The gas would just not dissipate no matter now much I walked. I was also under longer than expected because they found a hernia and repaired it too. That night I took my first pain med and some sleeping meds because I really needed the rest after the prior night, but that is all the pain meds I've needed. Yesterday I passed the last of the leak tests (the stuff didn't taste as bad as I was warned.) Then they brought me the Soup. I liked it so much better after all of the sweet stuff, plus the warmth felt better than the cold going down. Today I'm able to drink as much as I want. So I don't think I will have much trouble getting my fluids in. The only down side is the nurses. I kept hearing about how wonderful they were, but when I was there most didn't speak a word of English. Not that they weren't nice, but communication was a problem. They did what you asked for but not much more. Today the trip home was a nightmare. I got to the airport in San Diego and paid extra to move my flight to an earlier time. San Diego being San Diego it was socked in with fog. My flight circled the airport for an hour and then ran out of fuel so they sent it to another airport to be refueled. Before it came back I watched my original flight leave (I didn't have enough time to get it switched again before it left.) The terminal was freezing cold, so by the time I got to my house I was exhausted. Thanks for all of your support. It really saw me through this. There were no surprises.

It is a very noticable loss.

On the net the Johns Hopkins hospital Vertical Sleeve diet guidelines has you on modified full liquids when you leave the hospital for two weeks. It is liquids plus ricotta, cottage cheese, yogurt, puddings.

That is a possibility. But it is only about once a day so I was calling it very loose stools. Not eating anything I didn't expect well formed stools. I am going to see my PCP as soon as the office opens. My reading this morning was 170/115. I has never, ever been that high. The reason I am on the meds is because it was creeping up to 140/90. I'm afraid I'm going to stroke out. Any suggests to tell her?

I take Diovan. It is still going crazy so if it doesn't normalize by morning it is off to the PCP. The pill is very small and I'm going to take it whole in the morning.

I've been checking it every couple of hours and it seems to be adjusting. This just started happening yesterday. I'm giving it until tomorrow to see if this new method works or I will call her.

Cutting it in half seems to be working. The blood pressure is dropping. I've decided that tomorrow I am going to take half in the morning and half in the afternoon and see how that works.

I showed them to Aceves and he said it was OK to crush them. It is not one of those capsules that are time released. It really is not a large pill. Much smaller than an M&M so I don't know why I can't take it whole but he is the one who told me to crush it. I didn't know if it is because he thought it would harm the staple line. I'll be a week out tomorrow.

That goes for the entire Southwest Bubble. We all share the problems and then wonder why the states are going broke.

I disagree. It is the patient's responsibility to bring a translator.

Do you know that right here in the good old USA you often cannot get a job because you don't speak Spanish. Now why is the world is that allowed?

Say what you will, the kids are very loving and affectionate with each other. They are also pretty well behaved and are being taught manners. It could be chaos.

Me too. That is my plan.

A plastic surgeon donated a tummy tuck. Her hanging skin was worse than any ours could be. People can say what they might about her, but I've seen a few episodes and she is devoted to those children.

I understand that, but Aceves has such a thriving American business I thought he would have some nurses he either trained or were assigned to him. I was just surprised because everyone had told me in advance that they spoke enough English to communicate. I'm not complaining. Other than the IV problem it was all good. I'm feeling great. It is hard to believe I had major surgery a few short days ago. Did I tell you about the beautiful Peacock Blue poop you get when you get home?

You don't know how much I want to fire the lot of them and start from scratch. They are all corrupt or on their way to becoming corrupt. They stay there for a while and think they are above we mere mortal and have privileges.

"He promised his wife he would take her to a Broadway show after the election was over." Um, he had a couple of months to do that before he became President. Then it would have been on him.

In the middle of the night when things went sour with the IV the nurse did not speak a word of English and the other nurse on duty didn't either. In the morning the nurse spoke a little.

Well...as a mom of eight (and i have 7 in diaper due to their specialneeds) You have seven children with special needs? You deserve a reward. I know how much work a special needs child creates so I don't know how you manage with seven.

The husband is a whiney nebbish. I've never seen him use his own initiative to help out with the kids. He is passive agressive so she has to nag him to get anything done. If she weren't organized the household would be bedlam. She is a clean freak. I don't know them and don't say she is all sweetness and light, but 8 kids under 3 or 4 had to be a hell of a job. They are just now human beings who can actually do stuff for themselves.

They can go on all the dates they want as long as I'm not paying for it. Valentine's dinner in Chicago, theater in NYC. Please. They could have gone to the Kennedy Center in DC for theater.

I always say that I have no time to be sick. It doesn't fit into my schedule. :laugh: