Guest guest Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 I go for my nictotine screening on Monday. If it is neg. my lower body lift is on for the Next Monday. I havent smoked....so it should be Neg. This is the hardest thing i have done to date is not smoke. BTW i gained 16 lbs in the process!! i am sure with the lower body lift he will take at least that off. in CT open RNY 01-22-01 306/154/170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 In a message dated 9/20/2003 9:03:48 AM Central Daylight Time, dkeyez@... writes: > > I go for my nictotine screening on Monday. If it is neg. my lower body > lift is on for the Next Monday. I havent smoked....so it should be Neg. This is > the hardest thing i have done to date is not smoke. BTW i gained 16 lbs in > the process!! ---------------------------------------------------- Congratulations, ! You have managed a great accomplishment. As the pulmonologist said to me when I told him I'd quit smoking (a long time ago now) " that is the very best one thing you could have done for your health. " I hope you plan to continue to be a non-smoker after your LBL as well. I gained about 30 lbs when I quit (in 1989) and never lost them till I had WLS. But I'm sure that won't happen to you now, as a post-op. I chewed a lot of sugarless gum and ate a lot of sugarless candy (and had a lot of diarrhea, LOL) and to this DAY, I still chew on toothpicks and coffee stirrers. Hope you find whatever " crutchy " YOU need to stay away from those nasty cigarettes. BTW, I never really wanted to quit, and I loved every cigarette I ever smoked. But I'm certainly glad that I DID quit and very grateful that I've been able to STAY quit. Carol A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 I am also 18 mos. out and had my bone density test which showed Osteopenia. My doctor said that anyone else with my results at my age (42) would not be recomended to do anything but take more calcium and increase weight bearing exercise but since my malabsorbtion issue is most likely what caused these levels in the first place, he is putting me on Fosamax so there will not be any further deterioration. Maybe your gyno is not familiar with our issues. Why don't you see if maybe there is a gyno that your surgeon knows of who might be more familiar with our 'needs'. Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 > My doctor said that anyone else with my results at my age (42) would not be > recomended to do anything but take more calcium and increase weight bearing > exercise but since my malabsorbtion issue is most likely what caused these levels > in the first place, he is putting me on Fosamax so there will not be any > further deterioration. I don't know for sure, but I remember hearing Fosamax was bad for the pouchies -- have you checked into it? ~~ Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.