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LisaBoston · 05-31-2007, 10:01 AM

Hugs to you. Glad you have such good communication with your doctor and keep on top of this. Have they checked you for a stricture - ie: scope you to check out the pouch and see if its all ok. You are in a prime time to have one and that might explain the eating issues. You do go through stages where food and eating is just not interesting at all. I had to make myself eat at times, and I allowed myself this as long as what I did get in was good proteins. The vials are good for this time.

Take care and keep us posted on how you are doing.

Claire-in-Texas · 05-31-2007, 06:50 PM

Deb, I am about 4 days ahead of you as to surgery date, and I can relate to everything you said about eating. I am told, and I have read, that this is totally normal. Even my surgeon said to "do the best you can" with what you need to have - fluid and protein.

I am hoping that the potassium did the trick. Please let us know.

TX DEB · 06-02-2007, 08:31 AM

Hey ya'll~

Thanks for the concern and the hugs. They only got partial lab results back by yesterday but, it did show my potassium to be very low despite what I had taken. So they upped the dose and I'm taking it everyday. He also upped the dose of my zofran for nausea. I'll see how I do and if not better by next week will go to the surgeon. I hope it's not a stricture. But some things I tolerate just fine. If it were a stricture wouldn't everything bother me?

paige52 · 06-02-2007, 01:38 PM

How are ou taking the potassium? crushing it I hope and down with a few bite sof applesauce if you can! Crushing it helps get it into your syustem faster. Do you live somewhere that avocado's are reasonable... filled with potassium, shrimp... v8 juice is a huge one.... Bananas but those make me dump for some reason...

hang in there once the potassium kicks in the nausea will get better.
I've never had a stricture personally but I've heard that if you have one you'd know it because nothing goes down and stays down!

TX DEB · 06-02-2007, 04:36 PM

Paige~

As far as the potassium, I've just been swallowing the capsules. My PCP didn't tell me to crush them. I have to take 14 pills per day and I don't crush any of them. Do I have to do that this is week 7? I'm sure my other meds are working when I do swallow them cause otherwise my symptoms would be obvious. Any advice?
As far as food I can eat alvocado. Haven't tried bananas yet but I will try.

paige52 · 06-02-2007, 04:51 PM

no wonder you can't eat if your taking 14 pills a day!

my doctor had me crush my potasium for better absorbtion and because if I took it with food it might upset my stomach less... it did. I tried taking them whoel and it made me miserable, so I tried cuttign it in half and that was okay but still not that great. So I went back to crushing them...

Your PCP probably "in tune" with all the special needs of a GBS paitent.. I always call my surgeons office and say "hey I just got this prescription for...fill in the blank... how should I take it?" Several times they have changed the med (when it was an antibiotic) and other times they just say no problem take it as prescribed.

You know I've been seeing an internist lately instead of my PCP becasue he specializes in post bariatric paitents and it's been very helpful.

TX DEB · 06-03-2007, 11:32 AM

Ok paige thanks i'll just take the potassium with some applesauce. It's already a granlated capsule. I don't take 14 pills at once. I split it up. I have a lot of medical problems and my PCP is actually my cardio/pulmonary doc and I can't switch. But before I left the hospital my surgeon gave the OK to swallow all the pills of my usual meds. I guess it depends on the surgeon because when I had a post-op wound infection they gave me keflex in pill form. Thanks for the great info.