Posted by softheprairie on June 22, 2012, at 1:44:04
In reply to Re: Nardil - I don't feel safe, posted by Lepus on June 22, 2012, at 0:25:35
You could ask the person who prescribes your Nardil about the risk/benefit ratio of tapering off of Nardil for these procedures, then ramping back up with it. There is a possibility that it won't have the same antidepressant effectiveness after stopping and restarting. I read a few years ago in a Rolling Stone feature article about writer David Foster Wallace that that was the case for him.
Regarding the liquid diet before the procedures, Powerade Zero is a calorie-free competitor to Gatorade that also replaces electrolytes. One is owned by Pepsi, the other Coke, I believe. Or, if you want some sugar/carbs, but not as much as full Gatorade, there is G2 Gatorade. And/or the diet cranberry juice cocktails might work.
I understand what you mean about wanting to put a big sign around your neck or write with a Sharpie. I am not one for tatoos _at all_, and yet part of me would like to get a tatoo on my lower abdomen saying "do not undo my duodenal switch." It is a type of weight loss surgery I have had and love, but some surgeons do not support it, and I know of a case that to me is a horror story of someone who had one, and then needed a different emergency stomach surgery later, and the surgeon undid the intestinal part of her weight loss surgery without her consent, but had totally met the "standard of care" legally. It was devastating, the patient had a return of type 2 diabetes and obesity, but was able to travel back to Spain and self-pay to get her malabsorption back.
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