WOW Phoenix, I was reading some of the posts and thinking, maybe 8 Vicodin is too many, (according to the doctor, he prescribed up to 12 a day!!) but your right, nobody knows the pain level of any other person, and I have what I consider a high threshold for pain, but after breaking an ankle, walking on it for three days, having pins inserted, and having surgery on both knees for ligament damage, breaking a leg, knee and having 16 screws, metal plates and a surgeon that was happy when I woke up after surgery that he saved the leg, can lead to some rather severe pain, and I got most of my relief from Motrin, but since the surgery and the elimination of said wonder drug, I am forced to attempt to deal with pain in any way I can, will the pain go away with more weight loss? Time will tell, Im down over 120 lbs now, and it is no better!!
It was interesting that Vicodin will reduce the appetite, I didnt know that.
SimplySameria....To answer your question, it is somewhat laborus to "POO" as you call it, prior to WLS, I was quite proud of the ability I poses ed to "POO", it was somewhat of an irritating issue with the girlfriend!!! Yes, she was jealous, but now...much different, Im considering stool softeners, if anyone has tried them let me know, because get NO sympathy from her!!
I had blood work done two weeks ago and didnt have any problems except for a slightly low iron count, everything else was fine.
I never heard about weining yourself off of shakes or supplements after a while, but I am finding out that if you ask the same question to 20 surgeons, your gonna get 20 answers, and they will all be different!!
