Guest guest Posted July 5, 2001 Report Share Posted July 5, 2001 Marcia Kanter shadow44@... Eight days to go and I was wondering: is there a chance I could avoid oil slicks, sprays & all that good stuff if I try to keep my " diet " post-op as fat free as possible? Any other recommendations? Marcia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2001 Report Share Posted July 5, 2001 At 10:12 AM -0400 7/5/01, Marty Kanter wrote: Marcia Kanter...Eight days to go and I was wondering: is there a chance I could avoid oil slicks, sprays & all that good stuff if I try to keep my " diet " post-op as fat free as possible? In my experience, you cannot totally avoid, but you can mitigate somewhat,especially early into the process. If you find that you do spray or leak, you may want to use some maxi-pads, concentrating on the proper anatomical depression, if you get my drift (i.e., " cover your ass " definitely applies in this instance). YMMV. Any other recommendations? Get some acidophilus culture. Better yet, get some acidophilus that actually has mixed cultures of L. Acidophilus, L. Bulgaris, and one or two others whose names i forget. These help to re-populate " good " bacteria in your gut. They can significantly cut down on intestinal distress. I know that you can get them in Fresh Fields/Whole Foods. Solgar brand is about $19. You can get them much more cheaply in Trader Joe's (around $3), but I do not know if TJ's is a mixed culture. Go get 'em, Marcia! --Steve -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2001 Report Share Posted July 5, 2001 > > Marcia Kanter...Eight days to go and I was wondering: is there a > > chance I could avoid oil slicks, sprays & all that good stuff if > > I try to keep my " diet " post-op as fat free as possible? > In my experience, you cannot totally avoid, but you can mitigate > somewhat,especially early into the process. If you find that you > do spray or leak, you may want to use some maxi-pads, concentrating > on the proper anatomical depression, if you get my drift > i.e., " cover your ass " definitely applies in this instance). YMMV. It is not a given that you will have oil leakage. My perception has been that the vast majority of DS patients do not get this particular maladay, and those that do usually see it resolve itself fairly quickly. You might want to check the archives of the DS_PostOp_Problems mailing list to read past discussions of this and what was done by the people that did have the problem: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DS_PostOp_Problems M. --- in Valrico, FL, age 38 Starting weight 299, now 156 Starting BMI 49.7, now 26.0 Lap DGB/DS by Dr. Rabkin 10-19-99 http://www.duodenalswitch.com Direct replies: mailto:melanie@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2001 Report Share Posted July 5, 2001 Thanks, , for your advice. I've flagged the site you recommended and will check it out. Marcia > Re: the good stuff > > > > > > In my experience, you cannot totally avoid, but you can mitigate > > somewhat,especially early into the process. If you find that you > > do spray or leak, you may want to use some maxi-pads, concentrating > > on the proper anatomical depression, if you get my drift > > i.e., " cover your ass " definitely applies in this instance). YMMV. > > It is not a given that you will have oil leakage. My perception has > been that the vast majority of DS patients do not get this particular > maladay, and those that do usually see it resolve itself fairly > quickly. > > You might want to check the archives of the DS_PostOp_Problems > mailing list to read past discussions of this and what was done by > the people that did have the problem: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DS_PostOp_Problems > > M. > > --- > in Valrico, FL, age 38 > Starting weight 299, now 156 > Starting BMI 49.7, now 26.0 > Lap DGB/DS by Dr. Rabkin 10-19-99 > http://www.duodenalswitch.com > > Direct replies: mailto:melanie@... > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2001 Report Share Posted July 5, 2001 In a message dated 07/05/2001 2:32:44 PM Central Daylight Time, shadow44@... writes: << Eight days to go and I was wondering: is there a chance I could avoid oil slicks, sprays & all that good stuff if I try to keep my " diet " post-op as fat free as possible? Any other recommendations? Marcia >> Why avoid it when you don't even know if you are someone that it will happen too??? You may be lucky like many of us and have very controllable bms while eating very flavorful high fat food! I had an oil problem once very early preop and never again. The only other accommodations I make are that I carry ozium in my purse and burn candles in my bathroom. I feel this is a small price to pay for eating anything I want (keeping in mind protein first) and maintaining my weight! JMHO Dawn--Chicago metro--south Dr. Hess, Bowling Green, OH BPD/DS www.duodenalswitch.com 267 to 165 5'4 " size 22 to size 10 have made size goal, weight goal may need to be adjusted. no more high blood pressure, sore feet, or dieting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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