Top 10 Bariatric Post-op Mistakes

CEK0220

A lady in my support group posted this. Thought you all might enjoy reading it, too.

http://www.bariatriceating.com/2015/03/02/top-10-bariatric-post-op-mistakes/

cabennett99

Amen!

lenac87

Thanks for sharing!

JenaOnTrack74

Fantastic top ten and all very true!! I have not had any alcohol since last June!

LunaGuido

Wow - great article. Thanks for sharing!

lorilbuckner1

Thanks for sharing!

KarlaYP

I can't understand why some can't get the not drinking while eating. I developed this habit five years ago, after my sleeve. Now I really see why this is good. I can maintain satiety for a couple of hours after eating with the RNY pouch. I can see that if you wash the food out you will be hungry right away. Please, develop this habit. You will be glad you did. Its not punishment, this is proven to be what is best for us!

JudiMoving2

Thank you for sharing. Great article.

JenaOnTrack74

Karlottap wrote: »

I can't understand why some can't get the not drinking while eating. I developed this habit five years ago, after my sleeve. Now I really see why this is good. I can maintain satiety for a couple of hours after eating with the RNY pouch. I can see that if you wash the food out you will be hungry right away. Please, develop this habit. You will be glad you did. Its not punishment, this is proven to be what is best for us!

Don't cha just love that look people give you when you decline a beverage and say I don't drink when I eat?? lol

JenaOnTrack74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-q3cHs3npY&feature=youtu.be

This is my surgeon and without a doubt one of my all time favorite doctors I have had the pleasure of knowing!

He is always giving us such great advice preop & post op!

Jamielynn_77

Thank you for sharing this post. It was a great reminder for me of the things I still sometimes do out of old habits. Great great advice!

asia1967

Great article and oh so true!! Thanks for sharing.

CEK0220

I am so glad you all have enjoyed this post. I need to keep this on hand for the near future and refer to it often.

Trayjay33

Very informative, thank you.

KarlaYP

I can definitely see why my mother and sister are considered to be WLS failures. They drink when they eat, drink diet cokes, eat too fast, and eat too much. My mother eats until vomiting every time we go to a restaurant. Plus neither of them take their vitamins! My mother's surgery was in the late 1980s and sister early 1990s, so educating patients wasn't priority. But they never followed up with the surgeon after their immediate post op visits either. I am a RN and it is hard for me to see patients being so non-compliant with their health, especially when it's family. I talk to them until I am blue in the face and it does no good. Oh well, cant worry about everything. Just please, don't be like them. The effects of no vitamins is showing on my mom too. She used to be six feet tall and now is 5'8". The osteoporosis, which she has known about for many years, is making her spine shrink, plus she is getting a hump on her upper back.

ac7nj

Karlottap wrote: »

I can definitely see why my mother and sister are considered to be WLS failures. They drink when they eat, drink diet cokes, eat too fast, and eat too much. My mother eats until vomiting every time we go to a restaurant. Plus neither of them take their vitamins! My mother's surgery was in the late 1980s and sister early 1990s, so educating patients wasn't priority. But they never followed up with the surgeon after their immediate post op visits either. I am a RN and it is hard for me to see patients being so non-compliant with their health, especially when it's family. I talk to them until I am blue in the face and it does no good. Oh well, cant worry about everything. Just please, don't be like them. The effects of no vitamins is showing on my mom too. She used to be six feet tall and now is 5'8". The osteoporosis, which she has known about for many years, is making her spine shrink, plus she is getting a hump on her upper back.

It's hard being a nurse and watching people we care about, going down the rabbit hole. I feel your pain.

Randy

KarlaYP

Randy, it certainly is Appreciate your understanding!

CEK0220

Wow Karlotta, that has to be so difficult. I am so sorry. {{{HUGS}}}

loveshoe

Thanks for posting the link to the article. I'm printing it and putting it on my refrigerator and next to my scales.

idalooses

what a wake up call for me!! thanks for sharing! Loveshoe, i'm printing it out too! (*)

CEK0220

Great idea!

kriskaryl

Thank you for posting this! It is all so true! I work with someone who had RNY before I did and she is breaking all the rules. She has gained a good portion of her weight back and can't figure out why she feels bad all the time. I sit 5 feet away from her and hear about all the cakes, cookies, donuts, etc she is eating. She has carbonated drinks constantly. My guilty sin is having a glass of water when my husband and I go out to eat. I set it away from me and only reach for it if I need to rinse my mouth. No gulps, just a sip will do.

I want to print this out and post it near our shared work area so she can see it. I think I'll put it up as a daily reminder to me, but if she "gets it", maybe I won't be bombarded with hearing about how much cake she ate.