Guest guest Posted June 2, 2000 Report Share Posted June 2, 2000 --- My nose is doing better it was weird there for awhile > --I had terrible drainage from my nose, and my throat is still sore > from the tube. About how long will this take to subside? Did this > happen to anyone else? > About the vitamins, on pg 35 of the manuel or pg 20 on the discharge > instructions. V. Supplements - " They may be started as soon as you > like after surgery " . > I figure since A & E are both healers and prevent ulcers, I d start > right away... THe bulk proteins can wait til I m eating more > yogurt.... > I will be 6 days till clinic will he take out my stitches then? I m > glad your doing well. I know my energy level lately pertains to how > much salt I intake......the less the worse........... I dont find I m > loosing alot of water weight yet? > > See you Tuesday. > Lori > > > - In MiniGastricBypass (AT) e, " e " > wrote: > > Yes, I will be at the 9:00 clinic on Tuesday. I hope to see you > there! I may be " hanging out " for awhile until late afternoon when I > go to the airport to pick up Isaac. > > > > I'm so glad to hear you're doing well! I started the whey protein > and all the other stuff right away. As I mentioned yesterday, I put > all of them (citrucel, whey, glutamine, creatine) in one smoothie and > sip on it for a couple hours. It seems to work well that way. I > don't think you are supposed to start the Vitamin A until one week > post-op and then only take it for a week. Do you have copies of the > supplement charts? If you need them I can send them to you. They've > been helpful for me. > > > > I got my staples out yesterday and that felt SO good. I have been > putting Neosporin on the little porthole wounds to help minimize > scaring. > > > > My energy has been pretty good! Today is the first time I felt a > little tired and weak, but then I realized I need to drink something > (easy to forget when you're downing a smoothie all morning). So I > drank 18 ounces of gatorade over an hour and now I feel fine. I'm > thinking about adding a potassium supplement just to make sure I get > that in. > > > > Look forward to seeing you Tuesday! > > > > Best / e > > MGB 5/25/00 > > 260/251/140 > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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