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08-23-2009, 10:48 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,219
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
193 lb Weight Loss:
53.1680440771 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
24.3897959184 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Margie honey ask your surgeon or PCP about this. They will more than likey send you to a pain management specialist. They are god sends. Let me explain this a bit. PCP drs used to precribe it. However they had so many people drug seeking and acutally couldnt keep up with it so the pain management drs get them now. Its not a federal mandate yet I dont think? But in reality it should be one.
I have arthritis really bad myself. THe celebrex was very good. I had to come off it before surgery. And never take it again. My pain med Drs put me on a patch. Its a Fentynal patch. I place in on once every 2 days. I started out one every three days. It goes though the skin and never the stomach and its a miracle. I do have times I need a tylenol for break through pain.... but Its tolerable. If not then I see my ortho Doc to get either fluid pulled off the joint..... or cortizone placed if not another type of med.
Your arthritis may get alot better since you have had this surgery. Mine are old injures to my joints so it got some better but not alot.
Good luck with this and trust me its worth the mention.
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08-23-2009, 11:00 PM
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#32 (permalink)
| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lyons,Ks.
Posts: 42
Weight Statistics 7/10/09 Start Date:
7/10/09 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
248 lb Start Weight:
221 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
27 lb Weight Loss:
76 lb Lb Left to Lose:
10.8870967742 % % Lost:
7/10/10 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.564453125 BMI Start:
37.9304199219 BMI Current:
24.8864746094 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodAdjustable Gastric Band
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Thanks. I went and read the patches I have, they are called flector. The doc said they just came out about 6 months ago. They seem to help. I just put them on the place that hurts and its supposed to take the swelling out. Is that kind of what yours does?
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08-23-2009, 11:05 PM
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#33 (permalink)
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,219
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
193 lb Weight Loss:
53.1680440771 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
24.3897959184 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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No not mine but I do know what your talking about. Mine is a pain med that slowly goes though your skins like its absorbs water. The ones your talking about are really good from what I have been told. I worked for a ortho Dr who used one himself one weekend because of a old knee injury. He said he would write a RX for anyone that suffered with his pain like he did. I know we had alot of patients after giving them samples request more when they were done with the samples we handed out.
That could be a great idea. Keep me updated on them. I use to be a floater nursefor a large clinic so you will see me talk about working with different Docs from time to time.
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08-23-2009, 11:10 PM
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#34 (permalink)
| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lyons,Ks.
Posts: 42
Weight Statistics 7/10/09 Start Date:
7/10/09 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
248 lb Start Weight:
221 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
27 lb Weight Loss:
76 lb Lb Left to Lose:
10.8870967742 % % Lost:
7/10/10 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.564453125 BMI Start:
37.9304199219 BMI Current:
24.8864746094 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodAdjustable Gastric Band
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Thanks. Great to know that we have someone with your kind of experience. Not only in weight loss but the medical world. I'll let you know how they work. It probably would be alot safer then the meds........
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01-02-2010, 11:24 PM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, Tx
Posts: 1,100
Weight Statistics Liquid diet July 5, 2010 Start Date:
July 12, 2010 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
323 lb Start Weight:
221 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
71 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.5789473684 % % Lost:
24 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index61.0236495566 BMI Start:
41.7530233808 BMI Current:
28.3391561408 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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How about Nyquil? It's the only medicine that makes me feel better when I have a cold...  | |
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01-02-2010, 11:51 PM
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Check out the labels carefully. Anything with aspirin or NSAIDs in them are basically off limits.
Besides, how you react to medication can change post op.
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01-03-2010, 03:45 PM
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#37 (permalink)
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,214
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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On things like Nyquil, be sure to check the alcohol levels!! You are highly susceptible to intoxication, so don't take it when you might be embarrassed by lower inhibitions!! 
CT
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01-03-2010, 09:05 PM
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#38 (permalink)
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,219
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
193 lb Weight Loss:
53.1680440771 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
24.3897959184 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I use it. Like Doc and CT said read the label. I know it has tylenol. Its always been a good med for me to use when having a cold etc. But yes double check that label first.
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01-13-2010, 07:35 PM
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#39 (permalink)
| | Big Loser
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Poulsbo WA
Posts: 182
Weight Statistics Sept 17 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
290 lb Start Weight:
140 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
150 lb Weight Loss:
-25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
51.724137931 % % Lost:
10/01/2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.8208359588 BMI Start:
20.6721277043 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
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I don't make a habit of taking any pain killers, but I was told by my plastic surgeon that it was safe to take them for a limited time this far out. I fell down the stairs 3 days after Christmas and tore a muscle in my hip/back and went through 35 vicodin in a week--the er doc also prescribed Motrin--the pain was terrible and there was no way I could have functioned without both. The ER doc also confirmed that it was safe to take Motrin this far out...
just to be careful, I stopped all pain meds the moment I felt up to it...Vicodin addiction isn't something I want to mess with regardless of my pouch...
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01-23-2010, 11:58 AM
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#40 (permalink)
| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Roanoke, Va.
Posts: 11
Weight Statistics April 1989 Start Date:
April 1989 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
246 lb Start Weight:
137 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
109 lb Weight Loss:
12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.3089430894 % % Lost:
May 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.5721844293 BMI Start:
24.2658100277 BMI Current:
22.1403376165 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodControlled Eating & Exercise
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I am learning alot from this site and I thank you all. When I had my surgery 21 yrs. ago none of this advice was out there. I amthinking that I need to go to a Dr. who is familiar with Gastric Bypass because I haven"t seen anyone for this in 17 years and my regular docs don"t even have a clue or mention anything about the surgery. I didn't know about the meds to avoid at all.Thank you so much for this info and any other you may have that will help an old schooler.
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