Random ruminations while sipping my protien!
1) My 1 year surgerversary has come and gone.
2) I am at the goal that I had wanted to achieve.
3) Life is good!
That's just a few random thoughts that I wanted to put out there. Does all this make me an expert to give advice to people? No way! I'm not a person that has spent many years, many dollar, nor many brain cells going to college so I can tell people what to do. I'm just me...a near 50, father of 1 and a husband to a lovely wife. Oh yeah...I'm a weight loss surgery patient!
This brings me to something that I have wanted to post for a while, and something that has been posted before, but needs to be posted again.
We are blessed in Nashville to have several Hospitals in the area that have been deemed Centers of Excellence in the field of weight loss surgery. We have also been blessed to have several Doctors in the area that are "experts" in the field of Bariatric surgery. The point is, everyone one of them are different!
In fact, the center where I Had my surgery, there are 3 docs. All 3 of them have somewhat different approaches to aftercare of their patients. One might say it's OK to eat this, drink that. The other says "No way"! And then the other says something like, "Well, there's no data to prove that".
The point I am making is this...If you are a Pre-op going through the motions to get approved, do me a favor. Research all your options. Educate yourself in all that is Bariatric. Talk to a multitude of folks from different hospitals. Attend several different seminars. Discuss questions you have on the weight loss forums. Then take a moment and BREATHE!!!!! At that point, make a well informed decision to what is best for you!
We see it all the time where post-ops will say, "Well, my nut says I'm not supposed to drink this, or eat that". Just because that goes against what you doc says, does not make it wrong or right. My suggestion is this. If you are that person doing your research, write those things down. Then call your nutritionist and ask, "Is this OK"? At your next Doctors appointment, carry in your notebook and say, "How do you feel about this at 1 year out"?
Research...systematic investigation to establish facts or collect information on a subject .
Folks, do your own investigation and then decide what is best for you.
As I'm typing this post, it reminds me of a stupid commercial from about 30 years ago:
My dog's better than your.
My dog's better,
Cause he eats Ken-L-Ration.
My dog's better than yours!
I have several friends who have had different surgeries from different hospitals. Guess what? I've learned from them all, and so can you.
Docs and hospitals are gonna be who they are. Just cause one says this and the other says that, does not make them better than the other. It's up to you to decide what's best for you!
Sorry this is so long, it must be that protein Coffee drink I'm slurping!
