Comments on: Dear Jello:

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 10:12:40 +0000

ello, we had two choices on the vitamins,
Flintstones complete and centrium junior.However I am
presently taking the wal-mart brand "Spring Valley"
childrens chewables complete. The taste is better and it
has every thing the Flintstone vitamins have.Good
luck to you, Cindy

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 18 Jan 2003 04:51:52 +0000

hanks for the info, Cindylu! Are the vitamins
just regular kid chewables or is there something for
adults with more trace minerals in them?
It is great
to have folks to exchange ideas with. I will be so
much better prepared!!

and a general ? for
everyone, if you are in need of anti inflammatory meds like
motrin, what can you take instead?
Thanks!!!
:~)

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 23:31:05 +0000

ello, I was eating baby food fruit for quite a
while, I liked the peaches, apricots and pears. I found
a papaya mix that was the best. I still eat the
fruit, it’s convenient for work. I also take two
chewable complete vitimans every day, I had another Dr.
tell me they were absorbed through the lining in your
mouth while you are chewing them, he recomended sucking
on them to get all I could out of them.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 18:10:18 +0000

or the first six weeks I drank a lot of juices.
Cranberry juice, apple juice and just between you and me, I
hate juice. But I stuck with it. After the six weeks
the doctor told me to start drinking water, flat diet
drinks, cyrstal light, and other things like that because
basically the fruit juices were high in calories and suger
and even though they helped in the beginning, they
would work just the opposite trying to lose weight. I
never could drink the water I was suppose to. I still
can’t now. You will just have to remember, everything
has to be taken in sips. No more gulping. Take a
swallow and wait. Believe it or not, you are going to
FEEL when you can drink again. In fact you will feel
the water move all the way down until it hits your
stomach. Very weird feeling!!! The juices your father

makes will probably be good but you would have to watch
out for calorie and sugar content. You don’t want to
sabatoge your surgery thinking you are doing something
good when you are adding more calories than you need.
You will be taking very high potency vitamins. I can
not believe you would ever be able to drink enough to
accomplish what one or two pills could. They should have you
up and walking either the day after or the night of
your surgery. As you know with your other surgery,
walking and getting active as soon as possible will help
you heal faster. However, I came home in five days
and still walked like I had been run over by a truck.
It was a good three weeks before I was up and almost
feeling normal. I needed a full eight weeks of recovery
before I was back in the swing of things. I have had two
c-sections and a gall bladder surgery and this is more
painful that those surgeries. It is manageable. The first
two weeks are the worst and then it is up hill all
the way. As the weight comes off, it gets better and
better. Just remember, don’t sabatoge this surgery by
incorporating foods that you shouldn’t have. Believe it or not,
we can all live without our candy bars, milk shakes
and ice cream. This is so important. If you are going
to work so hard to fight the weight loss, why have
the surgery at all. This advice is for anyone that is
reading this, not necessarily you. Take care…Helen

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:49:31 +0000

hank you for all the wonderful advice. it takes
someone like you to keep this going. I have a question.
My father who has is big into this JUICER claims
that it does a body good. Why take a pill when you can
drink it down which has more nutrients. I hear it is
not the best of taste from my mother. But how much
can we drink of water, fruit juice if any? Water
fills us up now..what about after the surgery? I
realize I can be asking the nutritionist about this but
that is next week. Thanks for the advice about the
vitamins. Makes me feel better. I have done so much
research on this I am getting overwhelmed and need to get
this surgery over with. I healed from my other
abdominal surgery (unrelated to weight loss) in about 1 1/2
weeks. Perhaps I had my age going for me. I was up

walking that day,right away and doing the breathing
exercises and so forth…everything the dr told me to do.
Thanks to percaset (some type of narcotic…mmm mmm
good…morphine did not do a thing for me, I was able to move
around much better and quicker with less pain. I just
wonder about taking a pill so soon after the surgery. I
will have to remember to ask the doctor about that.
That is all for now. Look forward to hearing from
everyone.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:28:43 +0000

have never heard of anyone having to eat baby
food, but I suppose it is a thought. If you can stomach
it, why not. It is full of vitamins and minerals and
certainly wouldn’t hurt you. I was on a liquid diet for
about six weeks which all most drove me crazy. I have
read many posts where the doctor gets you back on
regular food fairly soon. I feel it is too soon, but that
is just my thought. After the six weeks, I was able
to start on soups, cottage cheese, yogurt, dark meat
chicken and soft eggs…things like that. That was for
another three weeks. You can almost feel your stomach
healing and will know what you can tolerate and what you
can’t. I never gave baby food a thought. It is about the
right size serving, but some of that stuff can really
be disqusting. Your taste buds will change also, so

something you thought was going to be really yummy before
your surgery, might be really yucky after your
surgery. I have heard people saying that have drank Boost
or Ensure so that they can be sure they got the
proper amount of vitamins and minerals. I would think
that the chocolate flavored would be kind of
disqusting after surgery, though. Take care….and I am so
free with information…write any time….I should
give someone else a chance though. Helen

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:47:09 +0000

id any of you eat any baby food the first month?
i started looking at it today with some trepidation
(spell?)but if babies eat it I guess I can too.
This is
not a decision to make lightly , is it?
Life will
change forever,but for the best. I’m 45, my mom died at
age 46 …complications of obesity. Iwant to be
around for my 2 boys who are still young. this is going
to sound a little goofy, but I heard my surgery
theme song today,
Remember "The Power of Love" BY
HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS?
thanks for being there,
all!!
Jello