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01-03-2006, 08:19 PM
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Tips, Tricks, Etc., Etc.....
Please list your best tips/tricks for anything that floats your boat having to do with preparation for surgery, hospital stay, dealing with emotions, food, etc. etc. I am going to compile a list of all the great advice and start preparing for the surgery since my dang 6 MONTHS NUTRITION CLASSES are over on the 12th!! WHOO HOO!! Come on everyone...don't just read the thread....post post post, I know everyone of you have great ideas!!!
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01-03-2006, 08:24 PM
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TT Master
Join Date: Sep 2005 |
Location: BC, Canada |
Surgeon: Dr. Nohr |
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Is this where I am supposed to mention the wooden spoon? Ok, I am only kidding....enough with the wooden spoon already Lisa !!
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Lisa
aka....Canadian Bear and her Canadian Bear Cubs!
Open RNY - Jan 30, 2006
Tummy Tuck - June 4, 2007
314/ 152-157/180
start/ now/goal
BMI 45.7/22.1-24/26.2
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Century Club - Sept 12, 2006
Overweight Club - Oct 19, 2006
One-der-land - Nov 8, 2006
Below Goal - Jan 30, 2007 - 1st Anniversary Date!
Holding Below Goal - 2 year surgery anniversary!
Holding at 155  - 3 year surgery anniversary (Jan 09)
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01-03-2006, 09:52 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 |
Location: Virginia Beach, VA |
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Originally Posted by LisaBoston
Is this where I am supposed to mention the wooden spoon? Ok, I am only kidding....enough with the wooden spoon already Lisa !!
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Okay Lisa - I am afraid to ask - whats the wooden spoon for?!
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Blessings,
Whitney
272/243/ 123.5/135
Highest/Pre-op/ Current/Goal
GBS 3/7/06
Dr. Stanley Klein -Torrance, CA
Hernia Repair/Tummy Tuck 3/9/07!!!!
148.5 pounds and 64.5 inches gone forever!!
GOAL REACHED 2/6/07!!!
Ducksack Member#3! And TTBear Blondbear!!
www.myspace.com/horsegalwhit
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01-03-2006, 09:54 PM
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TT Master
Join Date: Nov 2005 |
Location: Virginia Beach, VA |
Surgeon: Stanley Klein |
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I am reading everything I can get my hands on and making Excel lists after lists: what to pack for the hospital, what to get before to make life easier later, things i want to fo when I lose weight (for focus) et etc.
I also have orderedsample protein packs so I can taste then ahead of time (I know I know - our tastes may change). I also post and read on this site!!!
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Blessings,
Whitney
272/243/ 123.5/135
Highest/Pre-op/ Current/Goal
GBS 3/7/06
Dr. Stanley Klein -Torrance, CA
Hernia Repair/Tummy Tuck 3/9/07!!!!
148.5 pounds and 64.5 inches gone forever!!
GOAL REACHED 2/6/07!!!
Ducksack Member#3! And TTBear Blondbear!!
www.myspace.com/horsegalwhit
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01-04-2006, 02:15 AM
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TT Master
Join Date: Sep 2005 |
Location: FLORIDA |
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Instead of the Wooden spoon
All this talk of wooden spoons here a month back made me concerned about the ability to take care of myself post op eventhough I can reach everything now. So I invested ($25) on a personal travel bidet. You can get it on ebay. search under travel bidet and a company called hygiene for health sells them for a best offer bid. I bid 25 and 8 shipping and got it. It is basically a water pic for your private parts. Having a period on heparin may make it come in handy as well.
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 DYANN
Lap RNY 1/4/06....
46/ 19.8/23.5 BMI's 167.9 pounds gone forever as of 9/12/07 116.3%to goal
294.4/ 126.5/150
5' 7''
Jupiter, Florida
Dr. Jefferson Vaughan: GBP
Dr. P Duddly Giles: Plastic surgeon TT/BL 03.20.2007
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01-04-2006, 02:52 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 |
Location: Texas |
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Chapstick and sugar free mints .. if your dr. lets you have them. My mouth was so dry and my throat so sore and they didn't let me have ice for hours. The mints are what saved me.
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386/ 176/190
210 pounds gone!!!!
Century Club May 26, 2006
DOUBLE Century Club 4/11/2007
GOAL 3/20/2007
Tummy tuck/skin removal July 2, 2007
Lap RNY 12/21/2005 Dr. Stewart
Perfection is not the goal....
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01-04-2006, 04:57 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 |
Age: 40 |
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In the hospital I needed:
The strongest toothpaste you can find because you are going to feel as though you have literally swallowed a wad of tissues.
Blistex
Plenty of music on your IPOD, MP3 or cd player
Something to read
Extra socks (for some reason in the hospital my feet were freezing)
Really good smelling soap and shampoo (the smells of the hospital made me gag for some reason, things like disinfectant and medicine smells killed me post op)
snuggli clothing (something really comfortable)
First days at home:
Bottled water
Crystal light
Chicken soup broth
sugar free ice pops
sugar free ice pops
sugar free ice pops (seriously could not get enough of these)
good chick flicks to watch on DVD
extra gauze and tape to cover if you have any drainage from your wounds (I was not prepared for this and until the store opened the next day I had to wad up paper towel and scotch tape it over the one incision that was leaking....LOL)
oh, did I mention sugar free icepops?
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257 lbs/ 172 lbs 140 ish would be nice!
Everything here is in metric. LOL
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Proust
From Iceland to Phoenix- NOW I KNOW what HOT is.....
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01-04-2006, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005 |
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something really comfortable--and big. You will probably weigh at least 6-14 pounds more when you leave the hospital than you do when you get there.
Life savers..
crystal light (walmart makes a good knockoff)
warm cozy slippers
tomato soup
a pillow for coughing
protein, protein, protein
decaf coffee
a new water bottle
perhaps a sippy cup-have to take tiny, tiny swallows at first.
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Lap RNY 12/08/05
Dr. Courcoulas
Pittsburgh, PA
282/ 156/145 
God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, nor sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears and light for the way.
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01-04-2006, 09:20 AM
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TT Master
Join Date: Sep 2004 |
Location: El Cajon |
Surgeon: Dr. C |
Age: 37 |
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What I needed
CHAPSTICK. Please DO NOT leave home without it. Also baggy comfy PJ's. Something to read. Lots of support. When I got home I needed gas-x. Make sure you have that on hand. Also if you can get a detachable shower head that would help because I know that taking a shower was hard the first week or so. This way if you get tired you can sit down and still wash your hair. Hope this helps a little.
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Lap Dr. Callery
July 7, 2004
Savanna Annmarie was born on 10/14/2008
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01-04-2006, 10:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005 |
Location: Burnaby, BC |
Age: 36 |
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Originally Posted by coptergirl
I also have orderedsample protein packs so I can taste then ahead of time (I know I know - our tastes may change). I also post and read on this site!!!
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I cannot drink any of the protein shakes that I like pre op. The only protein that I can choke down now is the unflavored.
So my must have list:
Chapstick
Crystal Light
SF Popciciles - LOTS
Music
Slippers for hospital
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Leanne
Lap RNY 12/16/05
Dr Joya, PV Mexico
274/134/147
BA/BL - Feb 24/09 - Dr Fuentes, Mexico
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