Amoxicillin at 10 days post op?

[Goonie 86]

Has anyone been prescribed amoxicillin shortly after having the sleeve? Just curious about the side effects...to be honest I wouldn't mind diarrhea about now but am kind of scared of the cramping & wondering about dehydration....good times

[PdxMan 4,292]

Have you ever been prescribed this before? Does the prescribing physician know you were just sleeved? I am assuming they do. I wouldn't worry so much about the cramping as I would about a generally known side effect of amoxicillin in women and that would be yeast infections as it does throw off the bacteria balance in your body. It is often recommended that women eat yogurt when taking amoxicillin, so, that may need to be your intake for the next week. Water and yogurt.

Otherwise, taking amoxicillin post sleeve should be fine. I was 1 month post before having it prescribed after having another (unrelated) procedure.

Edited May 2, 2014 by PdxMan

[Goonie 86]

Oh, I've had it before & have experienced their side effects (yeast included) . I'm trying to eat yogurt but can't get much down. I wasn't sure if it had any other issues since you're supposed to take it after eating...which I can't really do. Normally I get a scrip for diflucan with amoxicillin but the dr didn't think it would be good for me this early out.

I got the scrip because of bronchitis...which is a ton of fun this early . And seeing your name is PDXman you know that I'm missing out on all this fabulous weather....

[PdxMan 4,292]

Ah, yes, I see your Dr was Emma Patterson. I went to her WLS seminar 3 years ago. Yesterday was incredible ... too bad it isn't going to last. I was a chronic bronchitis suffer. Actually haven't had it since sleeve surgery. Perhaps just being healthier overall.

Well, yogurt, amoxicillin, then Water. Just keep trying to get it all in.

Since your name is Goonie, are you in the Astoria area?

[Goonie 86]

Yogurt is helping, thanks

Nope, I'm in beaverton...just a big Goonie geek!

[PdxMan 4,292]

My FIL is a big Goonies fan. Has gone to some of the events they occasionally have.

I'm on the Beaverton/Portland border. I'm going to be organizing the BariatricPal local meetings for the Portland Metro, so hopefully you can join us. I have yet to nail down a location, but I will let you know when I do.

[Kindle 8,667]

If you can get to a local health food or whole food store, check out the probiotic products in their refrigerated section. There are ones that have 30+ strains of Probiotics instead of the 1-2 strains in yogurt and at MUCH higher levels.