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Old 07-04-2009, 08:40 AM   #313 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Texas
Surgeon: Dr. Tim Faulkenberry
Start Weight: 456
Current Weight: 355
Goal Weight: 180
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Originally Posted by Mike View Post
You aren't supposed to drive for a week after surgery, not b/c of pain, but b/c obese people absorb the anesthesia in to the fat cells, and it can be released into the blood days later without warning. It would make you feel like you forgot what you just did, or sometimes it made me feel suddenly like I was going to fall, even if I was laying down.

Be careful.
That explains SO much. I'm 5 days out and still having occasional moments where I've said or done something and can't remember it minutes later. It was horrible the first 3 days.
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