Re: things we should not have post-op

[Guest guest]

I wish I could remember who it was, but some time ago, this question came up

with one of our guys on the list who had been taking a baby aspirin for heart

problems every day. I believe the answer was something like an aspirin is an

aspirin, baby, adult or in between. Of course, because of your history, ask

your doctor.

So, tell, what's the revision for? And, good luck with it!

in NJ

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In a message dated 7/6/2003 6:58:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Packerturjo

writes:

> I have a question on this list...I am going for a revision in August and in

> my earlier years I have had a bloodclot...and have been on comadin...and now

> I have to take an aspirin a day...So " my " question is ....are the chewable

> aspirin's okay to take...baby ones that is...????

>

> Joy...

>

[Guest guest]

This was sent to me, but I was given permission to share with the list...

>

> >> the other problem with nsaids and the cox2's are that they contributes to

>> strictures. And apparently this is in the litature.

>>

>> D. Sellman, RN CNOR

>>

>

[Guest guest]

My surgeon prohibits any aspirin of any form, children's, chewable, tablets,

capsules......and preparations containing salicylates and or salicylamides. But

check with your doctor if you are taking these for medical reasons.

Tina

Re: Re: things we should not have post-op

I have a question on this list...I am going for a revision in August and in

my earlier years I have had a bloodclot...and have been on comadin...and now I

have to take an aspirin a day...So " my " question is ....are the chewable

aspirin's okay to take...baby ones that is...????

Joy...

[Guest guest]

I had gastroplasty done in 1992...(stomach-stapling)...I have been able to

maintain in the 250 area...and some of the foods are still hard to eat...but

when I went into the doctors after researching the " revisions " ...he (Dr.) had

ordered an upper GI...and in the testing it showed " no-staples " and as the story

goes...I finished with all of my testing and was approved with the insurance

within a two week period...and am scheduled for an August surgery...I will ask

the doctor about the aspirin part also...and many thanks to all that have

answered...you have been a big help..

Joy

[Guest guest]

I have yet to find a good reason for not having carbonated beverages.

The most frequent reason given is that it will stretch either the

gastric pouch and/or the stoma. The typical stoma, the connection point

between the gastric pouch and the intestinal tract, is 10-12 mm wide, or

about an M & M to a dime. As an experiment, cut a hole about that size in

the corner of a baggie. Then pour 8 oz of water into the baggie and

time how long it takes to drain out. It will usually be 3 seconds or

less. I just can not bring myself to believe that something that is

going to be in the gastric pouch for three second or less is going to

stretch it. I drink at least 2 liters of caffeine free diet soda a day

and have done so for 2 3/4 years of my 3 post op years. Given my

constant struggle to maintain my weight, I have seen no personal

evidence of pouch or stoma stretching from drinking carbonated

beverages. A mild case might be made for the phosphorus in carbonated

beverages leaching calcium from the bones, but that is what calcium

supplements are for, replace lost calcium.

For a good list of what foods to eat and avoid go to

http://sabariatric.com/diet_table.htm

Ray Hooks

For WLS nutrition info, visit

http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com

raggedy wrote:

>

> Since I have come on this list in the last week I have learned a lot that my

surgeon never told me.

>

> All he said was that I should never have aspirin or aspirin like drugs. I did

not know about Nsaids. I did not know that there was the belief that

carbonation expanded the pouch.

>

> I also did not know about the pouch rules that stated that we should not drink

with a meal.

>

> Now I am curious ... is there a list out there somewhere of other drugs we

should not have and other things to be aware of such as carbonation. This is

really scarey for me. I am on antidepressants. When I came home from the

hospital I was put back on the same ones ...now I wonder could any of them be

causing a problem. I have read the pouch rules that are posted on another list

but I am curious now about specific foods and drugs that could irritate the

pouch, disrupt staple lines or expand the pouch.

>

> I am two years post op and amazed by the amount I could eat if I allowed

myself to do so. I am concerned that that may be because I have been drinking

diet soda in the last 6 months because the carbonation wasn't seeming to bother

me.

>

> What is the bad stuff to avoid?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

My WLS is fond of saying 'Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.'

Easier said than done!

Jim K.

Open RNY 5/14/02

Start - 319

Goal - 174

Current - 169

Total Lost - 150

wrote: I am two years post op and amazed by the amount I

could eat if I allowed myself to do so.