How are we all going...
Just thought I would share the experience and ask some questions {hope you understand my oz colloquilism}
I was banded last friday in Perth West Oz
4 weeks strict pre-op full all meals replacement liquid diet "Opti-Fast"
lasted about a week on that, no i lie, 3 or 4 days
then for a couple of weeks I had it about once per day
But the last week I pretty well stuck to it,, but then snuck a couple of last suppers
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Started-off at 149 kilo's, 6 foot 3 inch's BMI 43,,,,,@ 39 yrs old
went down to about 144 ,, day before surgery
today I'm about 135 kilos, still 6'3" but I'm feeling younger
Couple of issues with Op
I suffer from severe obstructed sleep apnea "CPAP every night"
had a bit of an episode during OP, low O2 levels, lazy and stopped breathing a few times
Can remember being woken in OP theatre "BREATHE DARREN BREATHE"
I bit scary,, ended up post-op in ICU under observation
later that day couldn't urinate properly I think because of the morphine,,I was really vague about-it
had a cathedor thingo that I couldn't tolerate for longer than 30 minutes even with a double shot of morph
anyhoo a really nice nurse guy removed it and I was pissing the proverbial razor blades for the next 2 days....
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The whole Keyhole OP process and some side issue's resulted in the couple of days being a bit more
hardcore that I expected..
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any how POST-OP
Just started burping today,, seems to comes up differently, but easy and smooth
Have a continual acidic hunger pains, might be heartburn, but I've never really had that so I'm not sure, milks, smoothys and sorbet icecream seem to ease
A very fine {sived and watered down} pumkin or a chicken soup I've tried seemed to give pains for upto 20 minutes post eating
So I haven't really got my post liquid eating/drinkin pattern sorted out yet,,, any ideas or experiences would be most welcome..
Also for the 4 weeks pre-op diet my flatulance stopped almost completly, the last 2 or 3 days it's hit overdrive,, is this normal?
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