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Posted 8/10/2009 12:56 AM (GMT 0)
Born and bred in GA, Griff! I've lived all over GA. My father was a preacher and we traveled from church to church over the years. As a child I loved meeting new people and going to new places. Now I've settled down and still get to meet new people through my job as a teacher. I look forward to change and meeting new people. :)

Joy
Posted 8/10/2009 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
well so u r a southern belle!:) what part of GA? change and meeting new people is part of the fun of it all!
griff
Posted 8/10/2009 2:16 PM (GMT 0)

OK you two, I love the south but I am a Minnesota Lady and lets hear it for 18 inch snowfalls and closed schools and the snowplows plowing in my driveway in the winter.......... idea

Good luck to both of you on your upcoming procedures.

Hugs and lots of support,

Kitt

Posted 8/10/2009 2:47 PM (GMT 0)
Kitt

brace urself, im coming to your house just to make angels in front of your home in that snow. This is becuz you are just that (ANGEL) too us. Besides the fact I love snow and sleigh on what big hills we have here.

Bea

Posted 8/10/2009 4:17 PM (GMT 0)
Griff, 

As long as the surgeon is preforming the surgery laproscopic

and he does a loose wrap you should be fine.  I had my surgery on Thursday and was back at work on Monday.  Really no problems as long as you eat often but small amounts.  No more than a cup at a time, every 2-3 hours as you want.  The reason for no more than a cup is if you eat more you may experience shoulder and back pain from gas.  I did not have any problems with food feeling stuck.  I ate full liquid after I got out of the hospital until I saw the surgeon again.  Oatmeal is considered full liquid and it really kept me feeling satisfied.

Get a blender and use it.  Soups, mashed potatoes etc.  Look up full liquid diet on the web and you can choose from there.

Best of luck to all who go thru this.   It was a blessing for me.  My surgeon was great, he is a bariatric surgeon, and I would do it again if I had to.  I can burp but haven't needed to up chuck and hopefully won't.  If you get a loose wrap you can burp and not as likely to feel food hanging in the throat.   Just don't eat too much at once.

 

Posted 8/10/2009 4:34 PM (GMT 0)
I got the "full" wrap and can still burp but they are very quiet... nothing like I used to do... THANK GOD!!!! I am 10days post Nissen... I have diarrhea about 10 minutes after I eat or drink anything with milk product. I also feel like I have acid coming up and burning in my throat... For pain meds I was on lortab elixir... and reglan liquid for nausea. I haven't had any problems with nausea tho. Just the diarrhea and some burning.
Posted 8/10/2009 4:42 PM (GMT 0)
I also have a full wrap but it was done loose, usually the problem is from it being too tight and many surgeons can only do it that way.  As someone said earlier, the key is having a surgeon that is good. 

Glad you are doing well PedsRN1.

I have chrons so the diarreha was already there.  The only thing I have now that I didn't have before is gas.  This I am sure would be better if I ate slower and chewed better.  Gas-x works on it though.

Posted 8/10/2009 4:44 PM (GMT 0)

Oh, to all of you who are going to have surgery.  NO COKES etc.  This needs to be until you are completely well.  I waited 4 weeks and didn't have a problem after that.  Nothing with fizz.

Let us know how it turns out.

Posted 8/10/2009 6:59 PM (GMT 0)
bea & kitt: i wish i had snow... here in southern cali we never see snow i gotta go to another state or northern cali to even see any.... it's always decent but hot weather.. ah well... i can make sand angels at the beaches?:)
griff
Posted 8/10/2009 7:02 PM (GMT 0)
good days: thanks for the advice! loose huh that seems to be the consensus to watch out for! cool ill look up the liquid details, thanks!
^_^ griff
Posted 8/10/2009 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
PedsRN1: do u burp all the time though? thats my main prob my les is practically worthless so i burp non stop...:/
griff
Posted 8/10/2009 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
PedsRN1: do u burp all the time though? thats my main prob my les is practically worthless so i burp non stop...:/
griff

good days: no cokes huh? fudge im a pepsi fan ah well ill manage...:)
Posted 8/10/2009 10:25 PM (GMT 0)
Griff, NE GA.

We rarely have snow except this last Feb, a 150 yr old limb fell on my car from 8 inches of snow. Thankfully I just needed a new trunk and a dent hammered out. We just had the 200 year old tree it came from chopped down the other day. It was hollow and dying.

I've got my surgery date. Dec. 21st.

Joy
Posted 8/11/2009 4:14 AM (GMT 0)
aw:) thats a limb of snow yipe!
yay im excited for u!!! goodluck joy! its almost time:)!!
griff
Posted 8/11/2009 11:49 AM (GMT 0)
Nope, no cokes for awhile.  Me too, I am a diet cokeaholic

But I did survive.  Drank lots of tea and cranberry juice. 

No carbinated drinks, guess it has to do with the fizz.

Posted 8/11/2009 1:22 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Guys,
Reading so many of these posts written by soda/Coke/Pepsi a-holics makes me glad that my favorite beverage has always been water!
Good luck with re-introducing soda. I always thought that it would never be tolerated, but I'm reading posts from other people who've been able to drink it again after surgery.
Hooray!
Enjoy your day.
Denise
Posted 8/11/2009 2:56 PM (GMT 0)
guess ill manage without my fizz for a while sigh:)
i luv water too just my soda sneaks thru the cracks... glad to see im not alone.. maybe we need a club for that too lol
griff
Posted 8/11/2009 3:45 PM (GMT 0)

Griff and all,

You are invited to MN anytime to see a true winter wonderland.  We can take that sleigh ride and all drink water..........but drink it quickly before it freezes.

I would love making sand angels.  cool

I love the way this thread is going and reading all the sharing and caring puts a smile on my face.

Hugs to all of you,

Kitt

Posted 8/11/2009 3:49 PM (GMT 0)

To All,

You can come to AR and enjoy all the beautiful country here.

The Ozarks, horse racing, casino and good food and drinks.  Maybe some wine from the vineyards instead of water.  Only lakes though no ocean.

Maybe we can take turns in each state.

Posted 8/11/2009 11:02 PM (GMT 0)
i wanna see this winter wonderland!!! my grandfather came from the ozarks and every pic he had he was covered in snow or was carrying dead animals over his shoulder... ah a true mountain dream lol
sand angels r all the rage here! *hugs* to everyone.. and if anyone is ever in southern california come visit me and ill show ya disneyland, water parks, six flags, or sea world where we went today... i am so burned.. and the dang surgeon called to say they r still fixing my paper work cause of the mis schedule ugh... im going to try and see if i can't have it done in la so i can get it done quicker, especially since i have school starting the 31st... ugh...
i got beaches and oceans... heck yeah we could make a healing well forum reunion.. with the original wrap club leading the festivitives... anyone wanna host?:)
best wishes to everyone! now wheres my water... hm...
griff ^_^
Posted 8/12/2009 2:47 AM (GMT 0)
yeah been here in Texas since Uncle Sam sent me here many years ago. Came here from Pennsylvania. I still miss the winter. I hate it that Texas only has 2 seasons hot and hotter. I mis the beautiful drives down the country roads in the fall. I miss playing in the snow. Heck I would even love to shovel snow again but alw when we do get snow it is barely enough play in. It is now a wet snow so you can't make snowballs well. We did twice have enough snow that I was able to build a snowman it took all the snow in my fronat and backyard but I made it. The snowman was looking kind of rough though becasue since the snow was not too deep he picked up grass and twigs along the way.

Hello my name is Mary and I too am a sodaholic.
Posted 8/12/2009 11:32 AM (GMT 0)

Hello Mary,

My name is Jayne and we will beat this sodaholicism together.

We in Arkansas get snow usually every year.  But usually just a small amount.  But sometimes, like Christmas of 2000, we get a bunch.  You can come up and build a snowman any time you want.  As a matter of fact we are building a house on a lake near LR and it is a perfect place for a snowman.  I am a weenie and don't like it too hot or too cold which we have both of here in AR.

Griff,

We can make a pact that as soon as we all become sober cokeaholics we will get together.  As we say in AR ...

YA'll come on down, you hear!

Jayne

Posted 8/12/2009 1:36 PM (GMT 0)

Oh yes, let us plan some retreats to different states.  Each of our states has so much to see and I love to travel.

Here is a picture to help you all imagine what MN looks like in all it's glory during the winter.

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Posted 8/13/2009 7:19 PM (GMT 0)
my name is griffen and im a beachaholic!:)
dang it bruing me sum snow! lol shall we get together for a coke to celebrate ? lol

wow kitt!! now thats wat im talking about for a winter wonderland!!:)
griff
Posted 8/13/2009 8:17 PM (GMT 0)
Hey everyone,

I will be gone till Monday. Ya'll stay well till then.
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