heading to pre-op appointment

leeann73
on 2/6/17 3:17 am

I lost my prescription for vit K that Dr. Bhojani gave me .... good start!  hopefully they can get me another one today .....

 

so nervous all the time now ..... xo

referral: early June 2016; surgery Feb 21, 2017

LauraLeafFan
on 2/6/17 4:22 am

Good luck at preop....I have mine tomorrow.   I would pop over to the bariatric clinic and explain to them that you misplaced the prescription for vitamin k and they will likely give you one or get one for you more easily then at the preop.  

Shoppers Drug Mart thought it was going to be tough to get but I had my prescription filled in 2 days.

Don't be nervous!!!  Day 7 of opti here and even that isn't too bad.

Referral MARCH 2016, Orientation JUNE 2016, Surgery FEBRUARY 14TH 2017

HW 272lbs 10 months Post-Op CW 175.7lbs

Kathy1212
on 2/6/17 2:56 pm

Good luck at your pre-op visit!  Congrats on day 7 of opti; woohoo, you're almost there!

 

Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto

1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017

Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017

  Kathy  

skinny_gigi
on 2/6/17 6:04 pm

What is the vit K for?

RNY March 1, 2017 with Dr. Reed.

LauraLeafFan
on 2/6/17 6:07 pm

I read online and the pharmacy told me it was to help clotting during surgery....maybe so we don't lose too much blood.

Referral MARCH 2016, Orientation JUNE 2016, Surgery FEBRUARY 14TH 2017

HW 272lbs 10 months Post-Op CW 175.7lbs

leeann73
on 2/7/17 10:10 am

my surgeon said it was to help with blood clotting ... I guess so I don't bleed out ... ahhhhhh .... I thought we had to worry about getting blood clots ... I am just doing what I was told ...

referral: early June 2016; surgery Feb 21, 2017

Manda32
on 2/8/17 10:37 am

Hey Lee-Ann!

Could be you have thinner blood than normal?? Just a guess. No vitamin K for me, injectable blood thinners for me (as you know)...not looking forward to that....20 days....no fun :(

 

Linda M.
on 2/6/17 6:07 am - Orillia, Canada

Good luck today Leeann.  Read all of the posts - especially from those who have had recent surgery, who said they walked in and the next thing they knew they work up feeling a bit of discomfort and little pain.  I keep comparing my upcoming surgery to my shoulder surgery a year ago next week.  It was a full thickness tear of my rotator cuff that took him four hours to repair.  I keep saying this one will be a piece of cake (or a cup of yogurt - ha, ha).  It has been so much work up until this point - consider it your reward for extreme patience.  You'll do great!

* I can now reach over my head with little pain and almost full rotation.  These surgeons sure know what they are doing.  Really thankful for our health care ...

Linda

Orientation: June 29th, 2016, Surgery March 22, 2017. Pre-surgery: 16 lbs, (Size 2x, 18/20), M1: 19 lbs. (Size 1x, 16/18), M2: 13 lbs. (Size 16, XL) M3: 10 lbs. (Size 14/16, large). M4: 6 lbs. (Size 14, large/medium). M5: 10 lbs. (Size 14, solid medium - lol), M6: 9 lbs. (Size 12, medium). M7: 8 lbs. (Size 10/12 and small/medium). M8: 7 lbs. (Size 10 and small/medium). M9: 2 lbs. (Size 8/10 - small/medium). Lost 100 lbs by Month 9! M10: 5 lbs. M11: 4 lbs. One year: 6 lbs. Total 111 lbs. lost!

Kathy1212
on 2/6/17 2:55 pm

Congratulations!  Good luck.  I'm sure you won't have any trouble getting a new prescription.

Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto

1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017

Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017

  Kathy  

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