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Sleeved Saturday 8/8, home today 8/10.



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Sore. Tired. Glad to be home.

Found and pointed out a grammatical error on a poster that appears in every patient room.

Told my surgeon's partner, when he was rounding this morning with a bunch of residents, that I had a complaint. I had their full attention. I told them, "this is a bariatric center of excellence, and you have no bariatric blood pressure cuffs."

He says, "yeah we do."

The nurses in the doorway say, "no we don't. We have adult "long" which is not the same as adult large."

I said, "my blood pressure is normal, around 120 to 130 over 70 to 80 at my own doctor's office with an extra large cuff that covers my entire upper arm. Here, with your 'forearm' cuff, it's 180 over 120, and I have a problem with that."

The doctor turned to the other people there, and said, "let's get on that right away."

We shall see.

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Congratulations Sharon, speedy recovery :D

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That will make your blood pressure go up ;-) Here's to a swift recovery (lifting my little shot glass of water)

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@@Sharon1964

You're so right. I know for a fact that the facility I work for doesn't carry bariatric blood pressure cuffs either. Good for you and good luck on your WLS!

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Good for you! How will they know unless someone tells them?

And best of luck in your recovery! I'm glad it all seems to be going well.

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I just had gastric sleeve surgery we'd Aug 19. Went home the next day. Sore but doing better everyday. How the heck do you get 3 Protein drinks down in one day??

My surgeon discourages Protein Drinks. One week of clear fluids, one week of all fluids, then pureed foods. He doesn't expect Protein goals to be met until you're on full foods.

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