Re: I'm 3 weeks post-op and new...I have soooo many questions

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Thank you Colleen - that was a huge help- I'm just so frustrated with

the millions of possibilities. I don't know what " full " is - I eat

but want to eat more but can't - that is about it. Maybe it is

mental and I, like you, are looking for the old " full feeling " and

just gonna have to realize, it's just not going to happen. I too am

curious about responses to the question of fatty food reactions. I

personally have no reaction at all, none, zilch, notta.

> About your weight loss...you sound on target to me. You know you

can't loss as much weight as someone who weights 100 lbs more than

you. I have heard it would take about a year to get to your goal

weight. Check out this web site http://clos.net/predict-wt-loss.htm

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> You know you have only had surgery a little while ago. Do you

think you are really still hungry after you eat something or is it a

mental thing and you are not full? That's what I use to feel. I am

2 days shy of 2 months and up until recently I always thought I was

still hungry but came to terms, I just didn't feel 'full' like I use

to. Just a thought.

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> What reaction are we suppose to feel or experience with fatty

foods. I know we don't absorb fat like we use to.

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> Colleen

> I'm 3 weeks post-op and new...I

have soooo many questions

>

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> I hope not to overwhelm and not be overwhelmed.....I've been

working

> on getting the surgery for just over a year and had it 3/12/04.

It

> is the easiest thing I've ever been through (I've accused my

surgeon

> of giving my placebo surgery). My dr. & his staff have tried to

be

> helpful but the answers I get are so vague. Here I go.....I am

37

> and weighed 237 - I had the laparoscopic Roen-Y (yes, I know I've

> spelled it wrong). I do not have dumping syndrome and seem to be

> able to eat anything I want. I'm NEVER full and pretty much

hungry

> all the time. I can only eat 3 bites at any sitting and have

> no " pouch " pain but I do experience the throat pain (back-up). I

had

> lost only 17 lbs at 2 1/2 weeks post op. I realize I'm rattling

here

> but am trying to give a little background. I'm told that

a " meal "

> should last 20 minutes.....how can anything be palatable after 20

> min? Even when I have the throat back-up, I'm still hungry but

of

> course cannot eat any more or else it is painful and/or I have to

> throw up (have done that a couple of times). As much as I try, I

> cannot do any artificial sweetners but sugar has no negative

effect

> on me nor do fatty foods. Is there anyone out there like me?

I'm

> frustrated. I'd almost swear that they just poked some holes in

my

> stomach but did not do anything. How long until I start losing

> weight? Everything I read it seems people are much more ahead of

> me. Yes, I can eat sugar but I don't with the exception of one

cup

> of coffee each morning with one teaspoon of sugar. I drink lots

of

> water and still fight chronic constipation which I've fought all

my

> life - I can control that by drinking at least one glass of grape

or

> apple juice each day - I wonder if I'm eating things that I'm not

> supposed to and that is why I'm not losing fast (which I maintain

> that if I could do that, I wouldn't have needed the surgery in

the

> first place). I can eat anything - I had nachos with jalapeno

> peppers last night - company just came to the door - I'll be

back.....

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