Re: New Draft of the ASBS paper

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Sounds great - very informative! Good luck! Sharons43@...

Re: Digest Number 1483

>

> > Explain to me how you feel differently physiologically.

>

> Your stomach is small and if you eat too much, first it hurts,

> then you barf. This doesn't kick in reliably until about the

> third or fourth week after surgery, but before that, you either

> are so worried about busting your new stomach, you don't eat much,

> or you are thinking " my stomach is too big, I can drink *all* this, "

> because you can drink more in the 2nd week than later. Scar tissue

> forms around the stomach and the hole into the intestine and makes

> it where you can *feel* your stomach size much better after that.

> Then, you either eat slowly and small amounts, or you barf. It

> does not take a rocket scientist to catch onto this pretty fast.

>

>

> >Should I expect

> > just to not feel hungry, or have no desire to eat.

>

> Some of both. You get full much sooner and you aren't hungry as

> often, *but* I had a *terrible* time with " head hunger " the

> third week (can you tell the third week is a big deal? That's

> when you first see real weight loss, it's when you first start

> to feel the true limits of your new stomach, and for me, it's

> when I had to fight " head hunger " like a demon. Good thing the

> barfing kicked in.) " Head hunger " is that habit of opening the

> cabinet or refrigerator, looking around, and grabbing whatever

> looks good, even though you aren't hungry (and in my case, even

> though I was *totally* full and would barf if I ate more). This,

> too, is passing, thankfully.

>

> > Some of the girls are

> > saying they don't feel full

>

> Those are the new post-ops, when you can't feel the limits of

> your stomach well, yet. Not to worry, that will change in a

> week or so.

>

> > and they are eating and apparently not

> > losing enough.

>

> It's not from eating, they are just in the first couple of weeks

> after surgery when you don't lose weight other than the initial

> water-weight loss weight. See my note below my name about that.

> We *all* think we're the only ones not losing weight, that we're

> " eating too much " (not true, you can't). I started keeping track

> of *every morsel* going into my mouth on dietwatch.com, for just

> that reason, and discovered I was eating between 350 and 600

> calories a day, virtually no fat. So there is no way I was

> " eating too much. " But I wasn't losing weight until the third

> week after my surgery (I lost 11 pounds the week of surgery),

> I finally dropped four pounds the third week and I can see I will

> likely do the same this week. My fat is shifting, changing shape,

> getting lose in a lot of places.

>

> >I feel so bad for them. I hope I lose this eating thing

> > asap. I am a Hershy girl too!!!!

> >I am sure you are right that it is not a piece of cake.

>

> But it *is* a piece of cake. Compared to *any* diet you ever went

> on, this is a dream, a coast downhill. You lose the weight, you

> do nothing to lose it, and it doesn't come back. How much easier

> can it get??!!

>

> >I had a hysterectomy a little over one year ago

> > and back surgery after that,, I made it thru both without

> >a problem, so I am hoping for the same with my MGB.

>

> I've had a hysterectomy and I couldn't function for weeks afterwards.

> It was very painful. Now, compared to that, let's say it's an " 8 "

> on the pain scale, the MGB is an easy " 2 " the first day, " 1 " the

> second day. And you don't have any loss of function or pain like

> with the hysterectomy.

>

> Best wishes in your journey!

>

> Kind regards,

>

> ( " the Barbie Wannabe " )

> email: lindat@f...

> website: http://www.fourlane.com/lindat

>

> Stats:

> 47 years old

> 5'4 " , 249 lbs., Waist 45

> Surgery date: May 18, 2000

> Wt. @ 1 week May 25, 2000: 238, Waist 45, Upper Arm 17

> Wt. @ 2 weeks, June 1, 2000: 238, Waist 45, Upper Arm 17

> Wt. @ 3 weeks, June 8, 2000: 234, Waist 42, Upper Arm 15

> Wt. @ 4 weeks, June 15, 2000:

>

> (And I am *not* sucking in my gut or stretching the

> measuring tape -- it's loose!)

>

> Note: Dr. Rutledge says that the initial weight you lose after the

> surgery in the first week or so is just water weight. I was

> concerned when I did not lose weight the second week. He explained

> this is because it takes the body longer to break down actual fat

> (and we come into the surgery " well nourished), so that true weight

> loss (fat loss) generally begins in the late second week to third

> week. He said a better measurement of actual fat loss than using a

> scale was to measure one's waist and upper arm. My abdomen was still

> slightly swollen the second week so that didn't help (so my waist

> was still 45) and since I had no prior measure for my upper arm, I

> can't tell you what it was before surgery, either). I mention this

> because it seems to be common for people to get very discouraged

> when they don't lose weight the second week. All of us are just

> sure we will be the only people to not lose weight with the MGB.

> Rest assured it is normal if you don't lose much or any weight the

> second week.

>

>

>

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