Re: Side effect question for BPD-DS

[Guest guest]

I'm not switched (yet) but I can speak as a Xenical (orlistat) veteran.

Xenical causes you to mal-absorb fats. That's techno speak for " it comes

out looking like it did when it went in " . So if you eat a big plate of

French fries, then the quarter cup or so of oil that you just ate reappears

on the other end the next day. All the extra lubrication makes your stools

loose and gassy. The oil (warning- gross ahead) sometimes feels pretty much

like gas, so it can come out and stain your clothes when you don't expect

it.

Of course this is all self inflicted, our ancestors were designed to eat

berries and roots, not to drink vegetable oil....

So I guess that surgically induced lipid mal-absorption will act much like

chemically induced mal-absorption. I'll tell you for sure in a month or two

I thought enquiring minds might want to know....

Greg

[Guest guest]

I'm not switched (yet) but I can speak as a Xenical (orlistat) veteran.

Xenical causes you to mal-absorb fats. That's techno speak for " it comes

out looking like it did when it went in " . So if you eat a big plate of

French fries, then the quarter cup or so of oil that you just ate reappears

on the other end the next day. All the extra lubrication makes your stools

loose and gassy. The oil (warning- gross ahead) sometimes feels pretty much

like gas, so it can come out and stain your clothes when you don't expect

it.

Of course this is all self inflicted, our ancestors were designed to eat

berries and roots, not to drink vegetable oil....

So I guess that surgically induced lipid mal-absorption will act much like

chemically induced mal-absorption. I'll tell you for sure in a month or two

I thought enquiring minds might want to know....

Greg

[Guest guest]

At 11:36 PM -0700 7/31/01, Greg Porter wrote:

>I'm not switched (yet) but I can speak as a Xenical (orlistat) veteran.

>Xenical causes you to mal-absorb fats. ...So if you eat a big plate of

>French fries, ...The oil (warning- gross ahead) sometimes feels pretty much

>like gas, so it can come out and stain your clothes when you don't expect

>it.

As a DS post-op, Greg, I can not only second that, but let you in on

a useful secret: try wearing maxipads in your undies. Prevents

social embarrassments and saves on cleaning bills.

>

>Of course this is all self inflicted, our ancestors were designed to eat

>berries and roots, not to drink vegetable oil....

Not really ALL our ancestors. Some, from arctic climates, evolved to

eating the fattest part of animals (sheep, whales, etc.) and storing

the animal fat as their own fat for getting through the winters.

>

>So I guess that surgically induced lipid mal-absorption will act much like

>chemically induced mal-absorption. I'll tell you for sure in a month or two

>

You needn't wait. It can happen. Though it does not seem to happen

so extremely to everybody.

>

>I thought enquiring minds might want to know....

Don't tell OPEC, though.

>

>Greg

--Steve

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Steve Goldstein, age 61

Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001

Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia

Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51

BMI on 08/01 = 43