Post Date 1/9/12 1:29 pm
    Topic: RE: alcohol

    If you want a drink and you think you can handle it - then carefully go ahead. Follow your doc's advice as to when you could try alcohol after surgery. Remember it will hit you harder than before and to avoid dehydration, have water when you have a drink-or part of a drink. If you have a compulsive personality, or OCD or something else that may lead you to drink more alcohol than you need or can handle then don't do it. Transfer addictions after surgery happen to those that are compulsive/have an addictive personality BEFORE surgery. If that's you then realize where this is going and stop now. If you need help, therapy, etc - see your doc or a good therapist to get you over this patch. Alcohol for us is a personal decision. For some it's no big deal but for those that were unable to stop eating pre op - transferring that compulsion to alcohol or something else after surgery is a very real thing. See where you are. Get help if needed, realize that we're not "normal" in our digestive systems or in the way our intestines absorb and get rid of food. When we drink it effects us more and quicker and we can't drive as we don't know how it will
    bother us each time we do have a drink or a few sips. It will hit you fast but the feeling will leave you fast. That's when we get in to the mistaken belief that we're fine and we can drive. Don't. It will stay in your system and because it goes in undiluted it will mess up a breathalizer. Take care and use caution.
    Jen 10 yrs post op.
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    Post Date 1/9/12 1:20 pm
    Topic: RE: Will I really need to get skin removed after sleeve for losing 130 lbs?

    I had my surgery done when I was 44 and my doc said with my "advanced age" I'd need plastics for sure after losing all my excess weight. Well, I do have a bit of a sag here and there but now
    at 53 I don't really care. Lots of exercise-muscle under skin makes it look toned and taught, lots of water - hydrated skin shrinks back easier than dry skin, and love your plateaus. The slower you lose the more your skin has a chance to shrink back. Not everyone needs plastics - it's more a genetic, how fast you lose, age, karma thing. You won't know till you hit goal which group you're in. Good luck.
    Jen 10 yrs post op RNY
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    Post Date 1/9/12 1:16 pm
    Topic: RE: freekent low blood sugar levels

    Whenever you take orange juice or anything sugared or glucose pills you'll spike and then your body will want to drop you down that much more again. Better to keep your numbers on a more even keel. My doc suggests eating protein every couple hours if needed. If you have an episode, straight protein, but if you're already having symptoms-light headed, dizzy, etc. go for peanut butter crackers. The carb will bump up your blood sugar and the protein in the peanut butter will sustain it. Straight sugar or carbs will make it jump but drop. Any carbs are sugar. YOu may be having whole grain crackers but for us crackers are just sugar. They just take longer to digest and turn into sugar. You might as well have a bite of cookie. Try crackers if you must with protein on top-spreads with meat or seafood, cheese or something so you're not getting the carb effect.
    See what works for you. Check diabetic sites for info.
    Jen 10 yrs post op Rny
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