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OT-need help finding therapist - I had a therapist I really liked and had seen for several years and he retired about 18 months ago. At that time I started seeing a therapist at the county mental health agency,...

Stuff to Know About B12 - Tonight's public service announcement: After RNY, we need to take a B12 supplement. Since part of our small intestine has been bypassed we won’t absorb B12 as well as we u...

petition to ASMBS - I have written a petitition to the ASMBS, asking them to require Centers of Excellence to provide patients with the ASMBS guidelines - which means they could  no longer tell patien...

time to count our blessings - Just because I like doing this once in a while. 1.  My mother and my sister spent the day at my house and they helped with some cleaning and cooking.  Now I have some chili, hom...

seriously, why can't docs understand the NSAIDS th - They take pharmacology in med school, right?  So why is it they don't seem to understand how NSAIDS work or why we can't take them? Friday at ECT I mentioned how sore I was the ...

I am so sore today - I know it's from the ECT.  I took some Flexoril last night but I'm still very, very sore.  I'm sore in muscles I don't think I even knew I had.  Who knew you have muscle in your ch...

ECT went well today - I am feeling a bit tired and my neck is a little stiff.  I had a bit of a headache when I first woke up but some tylenol took care of it.  I was kind of disorganized when I first w...

Ick, why do pills taste so bad? - I don't chew them and don't crush them, but even so Lamictil is one of the nastiest things I've ever tasted.  I take a drink as fast as I can after I put the vile tablets in my mou...

Why RNY folks can’t take NSAIDS - I posted this on the RNY board but thought I'd post it here, too, for those that don't frequent both boards. Most docs tell patients not to take NSAIDS after RNY but they don&...

Why we can’t take NSAIDS - Today’s public service announcement. Most docs tell patients not to take NSAIDS after RNY but they don’t always explain why. NSAIDS put you at risk for ulcers. They...

time to count our blessings - I just think it's important to do this once in a while. For me it is, anyway.  Join in if you'd like.  Yesterday I was feeling kind of down about some things I don't have in my lif...

When to start our vitamins? - I see this question a lot and it seems many docs have different recommendations.  I thought I’d share what the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery says on ...

? re: fasting before procedures - When I have my ECT next week, they told me not to eat or drink anything after midnight the night before.  Which I know is very typical when you are having anesthesia. However.  ...

starting ECT on Wed - I feel good about.  Not too nervous yet but I probably will be when it gets closer.  But I get nervous about any medical procedure I haven't had.  I was horribly nervous about my e...

Reminder about calcium - Just wanted to post a little reminder about calcium.  The ASMBS says we need 1500-2000 mg calcium per day and recommends calcium citrate.  The two most common kinds of calcium fo...

errors in hospital bills - Just wanted to remind everyone to always get an itemized bill and check it carefully.  Errors on hospital bills are so common. A couple months ago I was in the ER for a migraine...

Can you drink too much water? - Sometimes I see posts, mostly by people just recently post op, wondering if they are drinking too much.  Now, more often I see posts by people saying they are having a really har...

What if we don’t get enough protein? - Someone asked me to do a post about what happens if we don’t get enough protein.  Here are some of the more common symptoms. Edema - A collection of fluid under...

consult went well - I am home and I am exhausted.  Traffice was awful and it's a 90 minute drive and we got lost trying to get from the office back to the highway.  Plus, it's hard for a depressed per...

OK,wish me luck - Very soon I will be leaving to go to the consult with the ECT doc.  I am excited about it but nervous, too.  We are just meeting and talking about the procedure, not doing any proc...

D2 vsD3 (again) - Yeah, I know I've posted this a couple times.  I feel compelled to do it every time I see someone post about taking the prescription D2 once a week when their D level is danerously...

da vinci or torani - Which brand do you prefer?  I've had da vinci caramel because that's what my grocery store carries but they only have a couple flavors and I wanna order some more.  I looked a netr...

Calcium level in your labs - Today's PSA... We all know we need to calcium, right?  And when we get labs done, one of the things they check is the calcium level in our blood.  What we need to understand, ...

reactive hypoglycemia and depression? - Anyone know if there is a link between reactive hypoglycemia and depression?   Pam?  MM?  Anybody? I know when your sugar i really low, people can have an altered mental status,...

Today's public service announcement? - What would  you like to hear about today?  A particular vitamin?  Labs?  Any particular complication after surgery?  I'm out of ideas at the moment.  Or maybe just in need of sleep...