Guest guest Posted July 28, 2000 Report Share Posted July 28, 2000 Thanks to all who answered my questions! I appreciate it! Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2000 Report Share Posted July 28, 2000 happygirl0925@... wrote: > > I have a couple of questions hoping someone can answer. I notice > everyone > has to take the actigal and Carafate (don't know if I spelled these > correctly) after surgery. What are these for and how long do we take > them? After surgery, you take Prevacid and Carafate for one month to prevent ulcers. You begin taking these immediately after surgery. Either one or two weeks after surgery, you als begin taking Actigall, which is a bile salt, and you take that for six months. This is to prevent you from getting gallstones in your gallbladder and having to have your gallbladder removed due to the extra demands on it during your rapid weight loss. > Is there anything else besides those and vitamins that we have to > take? A teaspoon of Citrucell every day forever and five Tums (for calcium) everyday forever. > Is there somewhere on the web site that explains all of this? http://www.clos.net/dcinstructions.htm However, some of the information on that page is out of date, i.e., I think it refers to Prilosec instead of Prevacid. > Also, I know the vitamins are big and I saw someone asked the question > about splitting them in half because your new stomach is so small...but even > though it is small it is bigger than the pill so why would it matter? After the surgery, you can *feel* your stomach a whole lot better -- maybe a hundred times better -- than you ever did before. Things that are large, hard, and lumpy feel exactly that -- large, hard and lumpy. Especially in the first months after surgery, as soon as something like that hits your stomach, you may feel like you need to throw up. You probably won't throw up, but the feeling is annoying nonetheless. So some people tolerate the pills better cutting them in half. Personally, I just eat something first so the pill doesn't seem to " hit bottom " and I don't have any problem with them, but other people have more sensitive stomachs than I do, too. > I am just trying to make sure I understand everything as the good doc wants us > to! Thanks for any help you can give me! > Holly in Illinois Kind regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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