Trish S.

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Twisted intestines and chronic constipation - Good morning all.  Just wanted to share my unfortunate happenings of the week, and share some information that my doctor gave me.  I had emergency surgery at 2am Sunday morning for...

Vitalady's bloodwork form....acceptable levels.... - I can't seem to find any of the bookmarks that I had on this site.  I'm looking for the form that Vitalady had that gave acceptable levels of all the vitamins and minerals when you...

6 months pics.....before and after - I've had a wonderful journey so far, thanks to all of you.  I wanted to share my progress so far.  This is me one week post op...... And this is me 6 months post op and do...

pre op pics and 6 month post op pics...... Never t - This is me.....1 week pre-op........ Me now!  6 months later and down 104 pounds!!!!  Thank you all for your support....I couldn't have done it without all of your h...

You are beautiful!!!! and you look soooo young!!! Congrats!!...

For pre-ops.....a little boost of moral! - I am two weeks out from my RNY.  Just wanted to share my experience with pre-ops.  I had a three day liquid diet before my surgery.  The morning of my surgery, I got my IV, bunch o...

5 days postop and feeling great! - Had my RNY on Monday, and I'm feeling great.  My stomach feels like I did a few extra situps...just a tiny bit sore...not bad at all.  I'm having no trouble getting in all of my fl...

Didn't make it home in time.... - So, I was released from the hospital yesterday morning, and my husband called and said he was running an hour behind......He said he would explain later.  I didn't know until the 2...

Home and feeling fine! Finally Farted! YAY! - I had surgery on Monday, came home today.  Feeling fine, finally FARTED!  (I guess that's a NSV for me!) What a relief!  Gas pains are rough, but didn't seem to last too long.  Sta...

Approved in the nick of time, and thank you's are - My surgery is Monday, December 5 (it was scheduled 6 months ago at my consultation).  I was approved for the surgery today.  That was a load off of my mind!  I can't wait.  I start...

New Life Bariatric Supplements. - disappointed.... - I am pre-op and have been ordering samples from several different vendors for my post-op "sampling"....  I ordered a sample pack from Life Bariatric Supplements and although the "F...

Hempmilk? - I purchased some Hempmilk today.  Dr. Oz says it's the best "milk"  you can drink.  It has 9 grams of sugar in a cup....but I would never drink a whole cup, probably half or a quar...

OT: Fluid in inner ear - How to get rid of it? - I'm scheduled in 6 weeks for my RNY and I have a lot of fluid in my inner ears....not infected, but makes me very dizzy and nauseous.  They put me in Allegra D over the weekend and...

Looking Good!!!!! Keep up the good work.....How much have...

How much protein can we absorb at one time? - I have been reading about Protein and how much RNYers need.  I have read that only 25-50% of any nutrient/calories/supplements (depending on the length of the bypass) is absorbed. ...

CPAP on in recovery area.....How does this feel? - My doctor told me that even though I don't have sleep apnea, when I wake up in recovery I will hae a CPAP machine on.......he says "don't fight it"...........ummmm I have no contro...

Low fat Yogurt and aspartame - I have difficulty with aspartame (insomnia, rapid heart rate, palpitations), and am wondering if there was any low fat yogurt out there without aspartame.  I have looked in the gro...

Low fat, Low sugar, low carb diet preop, but how l - I am not scheduled for surgery until December, but I know that we are supposed to follow a low carb, low fat, low sugar diet post-op.  I want to continue to lose weight preop so I ...