constipation

[hbjanet 0]

I drink Aloe Vera juice. You can find it in the health food stores or Trader Joe's. Tastes awful, but 1 small glass keeps you regular and has many health benefits. No side effects at all.

[Nathalie 4]

I take Cascara Sagrada. It's all natural. If I'm really stuck, I double up with that and a Fiber laxative, but you have to drink a ton of Water with the fiber lax. CS is the shit! ((laughing))

[girlinnyc 0]

Hi,

My doctor has precribed lactulose - I hope it works - no-one told me that after the op it would be scary trying to do a poo! :help:

Yvonne

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Yvonne, I give that to my cat--who has chronic Constipation. one day, i tasted it--just to see how awful it was (since the cat has to have it daily)...it was sweet--not too terrible! (in the liquid form).

hope it works!

how are you feeling otherwise??

best wishes,

girlin

nyc

(surgery 1/8/07)

this week--saying goodbye to food!

next week--pre-op liquid diet starts!

[Yvonne 0]

Hi girlin,

How are you?

The lactulose is helping - thank god - and it does taste like Syrup - usually meds taste horrible - otherwise feeling ok ish - just struggling with my 800 cal diet and feeling tired cos I'm not sleeping well at nights.

Take care,

Yvonne

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[girlinnyc 0]

yvonne,

can the dr. give you a sleeping pill? ambien is great stuff--i take the lowest dose and break it in half=--it gives really good sleep--and not too groggy in the morning--particularly if you follow the instructions telling you to plan to get full 7 -8 hrs of sleep.

see if the dr. will prescribe a few ambien for you!

as for me--next tues, i start the dreaded 2-wk pre-op diet. ugh.

then--1/8/07--happy new lapband to me.

how are you finding life with it??

best,

girlin

nyc

[Yvonne 0]

Hi Girlin,

I have some sedatives that are supposed to help me sleep but just aren't working, my meds changed just before the op - I'm on a new anti-depressant and think it's this that's causing the sleep problems. I'd need to ask my p-doc for ambien or similar here in the UK.

Good luck on the pre-op diet - your surgery will be over before you know it and after a week you'll be right as rain.

I'm not the best person to ask about life after lap-band at the moment. I'm eating as I did before the op and don't feel banded at all. I haven't been filled and won't be till the end of Feb - long way off - seems to be different time scales here. I'm telling myself I'll get back on track after Christmas. I was told to stay on a liquid 800 cal diet for 3 months till the first fill but I couldn't handle it because I was getting hungrier by the day. I'm not stuffing my face but I'm not losing weight either - stuck in a rut! Please don't take my experience as the norm - you'll get filled much sooner and won't have these probs.

Wishing you a peaceful christmas and a happy new year,

love,

Yvonne

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