Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 No, I'm not having an emergency - but we've been reviewing emergency plans here at work this afternoon, and random thoughts have come together in my head as I've been reading the list. You know those emergency kits everyone warns you to keep stocked up for earthquakes and other disasters? Has anyone on this list thought to stock a WLS version of that kit? Seems to me that having a week's supply (or more) of protein drinks, easy-to-digest foods, and vitamin supplements would be an absolute necessity - along with water and all the other stuff that you'd normally put in. But if a natural disaster disrupted things, finding the specialized supplies that post-op WLS folks need might be more than a little difficult. Just a thought. . . Cathy C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 No, I'm not having an emergency - but we've been reviewing emergency plans here at work this afternoon, and random thoughts have come together in my head as I've been reading the list. You know those emergency kits everyone warns you to keep stocked up for earthquakes and other disasters? Has anyone on this list thought to stock a WLS version of that kit? Seems to me that having a week's supply (or more) of protein drinks, easy-to-digest foods, and vitamin supplements would be an absolute necessity - along with water and all the other stuff that you'd normally put in. But if a natural disaster disrupted things, finding the specialized supplies that post-op WLS folks need might be more than a little difficult. Just a thought. . . Cathy C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Yes and no. For me, the vitamins are already packaged up in daily baggies, so it would be a case of water, the pills, and a canister of protein. Good to go. Lot easier than pre-op! Definitely good thinking though, since disasters can happen anywhere. If you don't live where there are earthquakes, then you gotta worry about hurricanes, or tornadoes, or blizzards, or volcanic eruptions, or forest fires, or... At 18:15 02/14/2006, you wrote: >No, I'm not having an emergency - but we've been reviewing emergency >plans here at work this afternoon, and random thoughts have come >together in my head as I've been reading the list. > >You know those emergency kits everyone warns you to keep stocked up for >earthquakes and other disasters? Has anyone on this list thought to >stock a WLS version of that kit? Seems to me that having a week's >supply (or more) of protein drinks, easy-to-digest foods, and vitamin >supplements would be an absolute necessity - along with water and all >the other stuff that you'd normally put in. But if a natural disaster >disrupted things, finding the specialized supplies that post-op WLS >folks need might be more than a little difficult. > >Just a thought. . . > >Cathy C. Eleanor Oster eleanor@... (personal address) www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm San , CA Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) ~5'9 " tall 05/09/2003 319 Orientation 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery Current 157±2 Goal until plastics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Yes and no. For me, the vitamins are already packaged up in daily baggies, so it would be a case of water, the pills, and a canister of protein. Good to go. Lot easier than pre-op! Definitely good thinking though, since disasters can happen anywhere. If you don't live where there are earthquakes, then you gotta worry about hurricanes, or tornadoes, or blizzards, or volcanic eruptions, or forest fires, or... At 18:15 02/14/2006, you wrote: >No, I'm not having an emergency - but we've been reviewing emergency >plans here at work this afternoon, and random thoughts have come >together in my head as I've been reading the list. > >You know those emergency kits everyone warns you to keep stocked up for >earthquakes and other disasters? Has anyone on this list thought to >stock a WLS version of that kit? Seems to me that having a week's >supply (or more) of protein drinks, easy-to-digest foods, and vitamin >supplements would be an absolute necessity - along with water and all >the other stuff that you'd normally put in. But if a natural disaster >disrupted things, finding the specialized supplies that post-op WLS >folks need might be more than a little difficult. > >Just a thought. . . > >Cathy C. Eleanor Oster eleanor@... (personal address) www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm San , CA Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) ~5'9 " tall 05/09/2003 319 Orientation 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery Current 157±2 Goal until plastics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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