2 weeks Post-Op

Mar 13, 2012

I think that I have been very blessed to have the PCP that I have and to have been referred to Weight Wise in Oklahoma. I definitely knew what I was getting myself into from the moment I attended the free seminar. So by the time I went to my first appointment with the surgeon, nutritionist and exercise physiologist I was fully commited to the whole program. I had to see the surgeon, nutritionist and exercise physiologist once a month plus attend the support group at least once a month. Our final post-op diet and pre-op diets are very similar so unless you were one of the few who had to be on a liquid diet before surgery you already know what you're eating regimen will be like post-surgery when you've healed and are back on the regular foods.

Today we had our post-op diet class. This is a follow-up and repeat of our pre-op diet class. It is all about what we can eat and when to start each phase post-surgery, and when to incorporate vitamins etc. 

There was a person in the class today that did nothing but complain. They whined about everything, from not getting in their fluids to every instruction about vitamins and so forth. To give them the benefit of the doubt I am not them and they're experience during initial recovery may have been rough. However they didn't sound like they had a good reason to not get their fluids in. Honestly they sounded like a spoiled big whiney baby, it's not like you can get your stomach back after surgery.

I kept thinking "did you not listen at all during your pre-operative phase". Everyone at Weight Wise has to lose some weight before surgery. Some more than others depending on your health and BMI. Some people get to have surgery in a matter of weeks, some months. I just do not and cannot believe that this person did all of the prep work, saw the surgeon, nutritionist and exercise physiologist once a month and attended the required support group meetings and didn't know that this is not the "easy" button method to weight loss. 

If you are pre-op and have any doubts, don't have proper support and education or don't realize there will be food restrictions you need to take a step back and make sure you do know what you are getting yourself into. If you don't you may not make it to your goal. 

If this were a person in a program somewhere else where they didn't give you this kind of service I might have some sympathy, but  for a weight wise patient... I was a little perturbed at the attitude. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

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