7-18-10 and 19 Days Post-Op

Jul 18, 2010

My husband and I are both doing fine, and I FINALLY made the time to get all of this on Obesity.com. It would have helped us if someone had detailed their experiences for us.  Our incisions are mostly healed, and we've had no problems.  I'm finally able to sleep on my side, and my stomach area feels more & more normal with each passing day.

We still feel low on energy at times, but we are NOT getting the recommended 60-70 gms of protein a day, and are still having trouble getting in the 64 oz. of fluid.  I have also started walking for 30 minutes in the evening. We have both lost 30 pounds in a month & 4 days (since the day we started the pre-op diet), so we are ecstatic!

We are on Phase II (Full Liquids) of our Post Op diet which involves cream soups, protein drinks, watermelon (yummy!), applesauce, s/f puddings.  We're anxious to start Phase III next week when we can finally have soft foods - eggs, beans, & oatmeal!

After surgery, my husband cut his diabetes meds in half, his blood pressure meds in half, and has quit taking his cholestrol meds totally.  Five days ago (14 days post-op), he stopped taking his diabetes meds altogether.  He's testing his glucose daily and it's been averaging 96 (it used to average 117 pre-op WITH MEDS!).  We're also watching his blood pressure daily and think he'll be off those meds shortly.  We have a visit with our PCP in August.

I would highly recommend Dr. Aceves. Our surgeries and experience with Dr. Aceves was EXCELLENT. I can't say enough about him and his staff. We sent numerous e-mails before our surgery, all of which were answered in detail. We even called a couple of times and got either Monica or Nina (no voice mail, but I'm sure they have one). His staff kept us informed at all times about what was going to happen and what we needed to be doing. We felt we were in great, caring hands. We are supposed to be checking in with them every 10 days, but I haven't done it because we've had no problems.  Dr. Campos called last week to check on us (which was very nice), and I did ask him a few questions.   

Dr. A is very professional and takes time for all his patients. I believe he is a highly skilled surgeon (my opinion), because of our surgeries, his credentials and the fact that none of his patients had any complications while we were there. I've never heard anything negative, although I know there is always a small percentage of risk & problems.

Our surgery was such a breeze & I still can't believe how easy & efficient it all was. They have this down to a fine art!

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