Re: oil (getting detailed...just a warning)

[Guest guest]

hi,

warning...grossness ahead!

this is something that happened to me for about the first year after surgery.

if i ate things that had a substantial amount of fat, it would go through my

bowels all by it's little lonesome self. with a BPD especially, you don't

absorb fats. your bowel system is not made to hold that much oil. so, what

happens is that the oil, which has the texture of old french fry grease that has

sat in the bottom of the fryer, comes out because that particular oriface is

not meant to hold back grease.

you can help this by trying to avoid really fatty foods until your body

settles down more. after the first couple of years, i am now able to

incorporate

oils more. if i eat something really oily...like fried chicken i will see

blots of oil in my stool, but it won't just eject all by itself.

hope that wasn't more info than you wanted

peace, phyl

bpd 5/10/90

250/140 and holding 13 years!

Never quit. There is nothing less important than the score at half-time.

[Guest guest]

From what I have read, BPD, or DS surgeons generally remove

the gall bladder during the surgery, right? Would the bowel

incontinence have something to do with that instead of just the

malabsorption of oils? I know for myself since having gall

bladder removal in March that if I feel the first signal to go I'd

better heed it and soon!! I am 34 and had lap RNY so none of

this occured prior to surgery except the malabsorption of

oils/fats.

M

> hi,

>

> warning...grossness ahead!

>

> this is something that happened to me for about the first year

after surgery.

> if i ate things that had a substantial amount of fat, it would go

through my

> bowels all by it's little lonesome self. with a BPD especially,

you don't

> absorb fats. your bowel system is not made to hold that much

oil. so, what

> happens is that the oil, which has the texture of old french fry

grease that has

> sat in the bottom of the fryer, comes out because that particular

oriface is

> not meant to hold back grease.

>

> you can help this by trying to avoid really fatty foods until your

body

> settles down more. after the first couple of years, i am now

able to incorporate

> oils more. if i eat something really oily...like fried chicken i will

see

> blots of oil in my stool, but it won't just eject all by itself.

>

> hope that wasn't more info than you wanted

>

> peace, phyl

> bpd 5/10/90

> 250/140 and holding 13 years!

>

> Never quit. There is nothing less important than the score at

half-time.

>

>

>