Atkins and Surgery

What's In A Name? said:

I wanted to know what was in the IV drip that your always hooked
up to during surgery?

Normally it's just a saline solution. It's there to replace lost
fluids and to give them a quick way to get drugs into you if needed.

Quoted message said:

I know it's fluids going into your body to 'replenish' stuff but is
there sugar or something in it? Is there anything that I need to be
concerned about that the hospital could do to me that would mess up
my perfect 7 month period on Atkins?

Don't try to second guess surgeons. If they think it's a good idea to
pump something into your body during surgery, let them.

Now, the dietitians during recovery, that's a different story.

What's In A Name? said:

Is there anything that I need to be concerned about that the hospital
could do to me that would mess up my perfect 7 month period on Atkins?

yeah: dying.

What's In A Name? wrote:
:: I might be having to out outpatient surgery shortly for a personal
:: problem I'm having, I would be awake during the procedure but
:: heavily drugged obviously. I wanted to know what was in the IV drip
:: that your always hooked up to during surgery? I know it's fluids
:: going into your body to 'replenish' stuff but is there sugar or
:: something in it? Is there anything that I need to be concerned
:: about that the hospital could do to me that would mess up my perfect
:: 7 month period on Atkins?

A brief outpatient surgery alone won't mess up what you've over a 7-month
period. Don't worry about it....just back on plan asap after you recover.

I would tell your doctor that you have been on a LC WOE
and I also would tell the nurse that you are assigned to
when you are prepped - It usually has no bearing on
anything surgical but its unfair to keep things from them.

Yeah, I had to go back to the ER tonight because the paint was so intence, I
needed to get some pain killers until by appointment with the surgeon
tomorrow. They have me percocet. Anyways the nurse who registered me in
took my blood pressure, after she took it I looked at her and asked if it
was ok? She said it's excellent, I wish I could have readings like that
without taking medication. I then told her why I asked about it and that I
had been doing Atkins since March 1, she gave me the thumbs up and said you
and me both. I was telling her how my family has been on my case 24/7 the
entire time telling me that I filling my arteries and vains with fat and
that i'm going to have a heart attack. She busted out laughing and said,
are they fat? I said some of them are, yes. She said you should know by
now that no matter what diet you do, if you succeed at it, other people who
are fat who are close to you will try to bring you down because they don't
have the will power you have/did to do what you did. She said Atkins was
perfectly safe and she couldn't believe what I looked like when I showed her
my drivers permit, she said you don't even look like the same person. She
told me my vitals were flawless and to keep on doing what I was
doing...after the surgery anyways lol.

But thanks for the input about the IV's, I will be sure to discuss it with
the surgeon tomorrow as well as the nuruse who is going to be assigned to me
just to let them know what I have been doing and I will ask about the IV
thing and whats in it. Surgery might be as early as Friday but I won't know
until tomorrow. Basically what I have is a skin abscess, which is basically
an infection under the skin that is full of puss (like a big pimple) but
it's on my butt and it hurts like hell! I just wanna get this over with so
I can move on, I hate having distractions like this when I have finally had
my life in order now for the past 7 months.

Thanks again!
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Quoted message said:

I would tell your doctor that you have been on a LC WOE
and I also would tell the nurse that you are assigned to
when you are prepped - It usually has no bearing on
anything surgical but its unfair to keep things from them.

"What's In A Name?" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Is there anything that I need to be concerned about that the hospital
could do to me that would mess up my perfect 7 month period on Atkins?

Thanks.

It's surgery. Do what the docs tell you. Worry about
your diet later.

I sense a pending Darwinization......

Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to 185 your
whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one pound back
on me scares me. Don't blame me for thinking like this, blame society for
the way it treats fat people.

"Eric J. Holtman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"What's In A Name?" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Is there anything that I need to be concerned about that the hospital
could do to me that would mess up my perfect 7 month period on Atkins?

Thanks.

It's surgery. Do what the docs tell you. Worry about
your diet later.

I sense a pending Darwinization......

"What's In A Name?" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to 185
your whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one
pound back on me scares me. Don't blame me for thinking like this,
blame society for the way it treats fat people.

Not wanting to re-gain weight *is* an admirable goal.

Putting weight maintenace ahead of "safe surgery and recovery" *is not*.

It's just tardly.

It will be incredibly hard to diet if you're taking a dirt nap.

Recover, then worry about your weight.

What's In A Name? wrote:
|| Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to
|| 185 your whole life changes...for the better! The thought of
|| putting one pound back on me scares me. Don't blame me for
|| thinking like this, blame society for the way it treats fat people.

Don't be extreme. Society is not to blame for your thinking like
this...there are many, mnay overweight people walking around and society is
not beating them down, as far as I can see.

You're talking outpatient surgery here, a one-day thing, that hopefully will
be of benefit to you. Why are you worried about a few hours of something
that you need being pumped into your viens? Since you lost all of that
weight, you should have learned by now that such short term conditions have
little to no impact - it's what you do over time that matters. If you use
this one event, that only lasts a few hours or so, as an excuse to binge on
all manner of junk food, then you have learned little of use on your
journey. Surely that is not the case, right?

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|| "Eric J. Holtman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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||| "What's In A Name?" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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|||| Is there anything that I need to be concerned about that the
|||| hospital could do to me that would mess up my perfect 7 month
|||| period on Atkins?
||||
|||| Thanks.
|||
||| It's surgery. Do what the docs tell you. Worry about
||| your diet later.
|||
||| I sense a pending Darwinization......

What's In A Name? said:

Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to 185 your
whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one pound back
on me scares me. Don't blame me for thinking like this, blame society for
the way it treats fat people.

cop out much?

In article <[email hidden]>,

(The Queen of Cans and Jars) said:

What's In A Name? said:

Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to 185
your
whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one pound
back
on me scares me. Don't blame me for thinking like this, blame society
for
the way it treats fat people.

cop out much?

I'm not at all sure that's a cop-out. I fear gaining any of the weight
back, but since I had come to some sort of peace with myself prior to
losing weight (I had to - I had to live in my body, and "traditional"
higher-carb/lower-fat plans weren't doing well for me), I believe my
fear comes from the way I was (and often still am) treated.

People are aware that rudeness toward fat people isn't just accepted,
it's expected. You see it here, too.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the 😉 to send mail).

In article <[email hidden]>, DJ Delorie <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

What's In A Name? said:

I wanted to know what was in the IV drip that your always hooked
up to during surgery?

Normally it's just a saline solution. It's there to replace lost
fluids and to give them a quick way to get drugs into you if needed.

Quoted message said:

I know it's fluids going into your body to 'replenish' stuff but is
there sugar or something in it? Is there anything that I need to be
concerned about that the hospital could do to me that would mess up
my perfect 7 month period on Atkins?

Don't try to second guess surgeons. If they think it's a good idea to
pump something into your body during surgery, let them.

Now, the dietitians during recovery, that's a different story

I agree here. The glucose in the drip is necessary - but, were you to
be staying in the hospital (lucky you, you're not!) the hospital food
would be high-carb, low-fat, and not what you want.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the 😉 to send mail).

Nancy Howells <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

People are aware that rudeness toward fat people isn't just accepted,
it's expected. You see it here, too.

Well, if you ignore medical advice because you're afraid
of gaining a couple of pounds, rudeness won't be a problem.

Unless people come by to [censored] on your grave.

Nancy Howells said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

(The Queen of Cans and Jars) said:

What's In A Name? said:

Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to 185
your whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one
pound back on me scares me. Don't blame me for thinking like this,
blame society for the way it treats fat people.

cop out much?

I'm not at all sure that's a cop-out. I fear gaining any of the weight
back, but since I had come to some sort of peace with myself prior to
losing weight (I had to - I had to live in my body, and "traditional"
higher-carb/lower-fat plans weren't doing well for me), I believe my
fear comes from the way I was (and often still am) treated.

i do believe that you're smart enough to know that no one on the face of
the planet can tell whether or not your weight has fluctuated by a
single pound just from looking at you.

Quoted message said:

People are aware that rudeness toward fat people isn't just accepted,
it's expected. You see it here, too.

it didn't stop him from getting fat in the first place.

Nancy Howells wrote:
:: In article <[email hidden]>,
:: [email hidden] (The Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote:
::
::: What's In A Name? <[email hidden]> wrote:
:::
:::: Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to
:::: 185 your
:::: whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one
:::: pound back
:::: on me scares me. Don't blame me for thinking like this, blame
:::: society for
:::: the way it treats fat people.
:::
::: cop out much?
::
:: I'm not at all sure that's a cop-out. I fear gaining any of the
:: weight back, but since I had come to some sort of peace with myself
:: prior to losing weight (I had to - I had to live in my body, and
:: "traditional" higher-carb/lower-fat plans weren't doing well for
:: me), I believe my
:: fear comes from the way I was (and often still am) treated.
::
:: People are aware that rudeness toward fat people isn't just accepted,
:: it's expected. You see it here, too.

I think some people just become victims for whatever reasons. Fatness was
just one of them.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

What's In A Name? said:

Sense whatever you wanna sense, but when you have gone from 302 to 185
your
whole life changes...for the better! The thought of putting one pound
back
on me scares me.

IF you end up with a dextrose solution rather than a saline solution (and you can
probably ASK for saline and specifically decline dextrose), and IF the temporary
extra carbs in it cause you to gain any weight, that weight would only be WATER
that is retained in the liver along with the new glycogen stores. As long as you
stay low-carb otherwise, the water would be shed as that glycogen store is used
up again within the next couple of days. In any case, it would not be FAT that
would be gained, and there is a HUGE (so to speak) difference.

Is someone ELSE weighing you every day (perhaps a snide 7th grader) who is going
to ridicule you if the scale moves up a lb or 3? Are you going to be treated
differently if your liver weighs 3 lbs more than it did yesterday? Who's going
to know? Focusing on the number on the scale to the degree that you freak out
when you gain what you KNOW to be temporary water and not FAT is downright
illogical. Do you freak out whenever you need to take a big dump or after eating
a low-carb, but heavy meal? Yeah, we all look in dismay and momentary alarm at a
sudden jump upwards on the scale (sheesh, try being a WOMAN for a month and
seeing what happens on the scale just before your period arrives), but freaking
out does no good whatsoever, and it's much easier to deal with mentally if you
are prepared for it and know the situation to be temporary.

--
Saffire
205/148/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333