Re: Leaks, Diarrea, Farts, ...NO FACT!!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Dear Preops,

My food for yesterday...

Two eggs in butter

1/2 half slice of rye bread...butter

Chicken gryo with 1/3 cup rice and peas

1/2 cup salad with oil herb dressing

few olives

1/2 pita bread

snack 20-30 pistachio nuts

dinner out 1/2 glass merlo wine

3/4 portion chicken contadino with sauce, onions,

mushrooms, peppers....5 or so stringbeans....1/2 CESAER salad.....1/2

wedge of bread and 1/3 wedge of CHEESE CAKE!

Snack...Tangerene plus 1/2 glass 2% milk and three small no sugar

cookies

I EAT WHAT I WANT!

Down 111 pounds in 4 and 1/2 months

Thank G__d!!!

Dan

> I'm pre-op and I honestly don't know what it is going to be like

for

> me after surgery. I still can't believe the people are saying that

> they can eat whatever they want, but I would never assume that

> means they are lying about post-op life. After a lifetime of

dieting

> and feeling conscious or guilty about food, I simply cannot

> imagine what it is like to not be like that...to eat whatever I

want. I

> certainly wouldn't mind finding out, though.

>

> I was at a post-op meeting the other night. One woman told a

> story about how for months after her surgery everything made

> her sick...that she could barely eat anything without vomiting or

> becoming nauseous. There was another post-op woman who

> was about a year post-op who said that nothing ever made her

> sick, not ever. There were others who talked about how they had

> to experiment for awhile to find out what foods they could tolerate

> for whatever reason. I imagine that, barring complications, the

> first year or so - maybe the entire window - will be a process of

> adjustment and experimentation in seeing what is going to work

> and what isn't. I'm 100% prepared for the idea that I'll become

> lactose-intolerant (I'm practically that way anyway), but other

than

> that, I'll take it as it comes...or goes, so to speak.

>

> Good luck to us all,

>

> surgery date: 1/28/02

[Guest guest]

Sheri,

I thought the very same things! My surgery was May 2, and I

thought I would never be the same. I couldn't imagine why I had

done this to my body. But, honestly, it does pass. I fought nausea

approximately the first 7-8 weeks. Then, one day it just went

away. I feel wonderful now. And...I do eat whatever I want. I've

lost 83 lbs so far. I'd like to lose about 60 more, but I'm looking at

it like this...I feel so good, anything else is just icing on the cake. I

was discouraged because I thought everyone else was

recovering faster than me too. But, don't beat yourself up. You will

feel better soon. I promise. Try to stay encouraged! Email me if

you want me phone number. I'd love to talk.

Thanks, Diane/TN

326 lbs. bmi 51

11/19/01 - 243 lbs. bmi 38

> I am hoping to eventually get to the place so many post-ops

have gotten to

> with their eating. So many have done so well right from the

beginning, but

> that has not been the case for me. I am one of the few who

had incision

> complications from surgery and have had lots of nausea since

the beginning. I

> am now 7 weeks out and am having more good days than bad,

but still suffer

> with nausea a couple times a weeks. I have not progressed up

the chain of

> food like so many becuase I am scared of getting sick, scared

of the horrible

> gas some things cause. I have had so much experience with

the sickness and

> the gas since surgery that I dont want to purposely put myself

through it.

> Because of this my food choices are getting limited. When I

find something I

> like I tend to eat it too often and then don't want it again. When I

do try

> something new I usually get sick. I am trying to be patient and

wait for

> this phase to pass, but I am starting to wonder if it will.

> I am not trying to discourage anyone from getting this surgery.

I think I am

> glad I had this, but at this stage I am not sure yet. But I have

lost 36 lbs

> in 7 weeks and that does help offset all the misery I have had.

I can't wait

> until I am one of those gleeful positive people full of energy and

happiness

> over their great weight loss.

> My main reason for writing this is so that pre-ops will see that

there may be

> a phase/time they go through where some are not going to feel

so great and

> some are not going to be able to eat, and some will wish they

had not had the

> surgery. But as everyone tells me, it will get better.

> Just waiting for the better part.

>

> Sheri Gr

> Lap/Open Ds

> MT Sinai - Dr Herron

> 9/28/01

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Only 7 weeks....I KNOW you will feel much better soon. Everyone

adjust at a differnt pace. Look foward, not behind...in my

thoughts....

Dan

> In a message dated 11/18/01 7:44:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> dberman2@o... writes:

>

> << I EAT WHAT I WANT! >>

>

> I am hoping to eventually get to the place so many post-ops have

gotten to

> with their eating. So many have done so well right from the

beginning, but

> that has not been the case for me. I am one of the few who had

incision

> complications from surgery and have had lots of nausea since the

beginning. I

> am now 7 weeks out and am having more good days than bad, but still

suffer

> with nausea a couple times a weeks. I have not progressed up the

chain of

> food like so many becuase I am scared of getting sick, scared of

the horrible

> gas some things cause. I have had so much experience with the

sickness and

> the gas since surgery that I dont want to purposely put myself

through it.

> Because of this my food choices are getting limited. When I find

something I

> like I tend to eat it too often and then don't want it again. When

I do try

> something new I usually get sick. I am trying to be patient and

wait for

> this phase to pass, but I am starting to wonder if it will.

> I am not trying to discourage anyone from getting this surgery. I

think I am

> glad I had this, but at this stage I am not sure yet. But I have

lost 36 lbs

> in 7 weeks and that does help offset all the misery I have had. I

can't wait

> until I am one of those gleeful positive people full of energy and

happiness

> over their great weight loss.

> My main reason for writing this is so that pre-ops will see that

there may be

> a phase/time they go through where some are not going to feel so

great and

> some are not going to be able to eat, and some will wish they had

not had the

> surgery. But as everyone tells me, it will get better.

> Just waiting for the better part.

>

> Sheri Gr

> Lap/Open Ds

> MT Sinai - Dr Herron

> 9/28/01

[Guest guest]

Dan,

Thanks for the encouragment.

Sheri

[Guest guest]

> << Just like a raft.

> Sometimes she is more of a submarine, and dives deep.

>

> Dan >>

>

> LOL! Only a guy would call a BM " she " !

Only a lady, would point it out!

Dan