: Re: Re: bitchin' and moanin'

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In a message dated 12/12/01 6:26:38 AM, duodenalswitch writes:

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I don't want to read about things like that so far post-op. Tell me it

isn't so, and that it won't happen to me.

>>

Sheri: it doesn't happen to everyone... I was a statistical oddity and

didn't experience this as a postop. Sure, I had gas and discomfort at times

but I could eat (4=6 oz initially!). I thought something was WRONG with

me... I even asked Dr. Gagner if my stomach was made larger than normal! He

said it was the same as everyone elses and really didn't offer much reasoning

as to why I didn't have problems eating...

I have no idea why my stomach did not have any bad reactions to food, etc. I

remember having some gassy full feeling when I ate broccoli for the first

time but that passed after about 30 minutes. I did burp a lot --- I think

being able to burp most likely helped me be less gassy and/or not let the

stuff in the stomach irritate it? I actually recall LOVING TO EAT

immediately post-op! It was like everything tasted wonderful (I was on some

weird three week post-op high, though) and I relished my tuna, cottage cheese

with fresh apple slices, chickarina soup with meatballs, soy chicken

nuggets... And I stopped when I felt full and was satisfied. It wasn't

until I was a few months post-op that I started to get episodes where I just

didn't want to eat and nothing appealed to me. I still have days like that

-- I will just not feel hungry at all and have to make myself eat something.

Other days it seems like I'm ravenous!

My severe gas episodes have been few and far between -- I'm 10 1/2 months

post-op and I can count them on one hand. When I had them they were pretty

intense, though! I'm not sure if it was stress-induced or something I

ate but I was pretty damn uncomfortable. I haven't thrown up bt one time

when I drank some iced coffee at this Korean store in Flushing. It was just

the coffee that disagreed with me... I remember thinking there really wasn't

much that can fit in there because only a little bit of coffee came up! Not

the same as throwing up pre-op! LOL

so, I've been uncomfortable after I've eaten something but it was usually a

somewhat delayed reaction (perhaps when the food hit the upper intestines -

that's where I always experienced the discomfort, not in the stomach). Then,

the feeling subsided/passed after about 30 minutes (with the exception of the

one time I had SEVERE IBS/spastic colon and it lasted an entire day!). I

would HATE to have that all the time or experience that every day. It would

be unbearable....

I totally empathize with anyone who is going through this post-op...

The thing that usually helped me when I had bad gas was taking some Maalox.

That's about all I did and it seemed to work...

all the best,

lap ds with gallbladder removal

January 25, 2001

dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

10 months postop and still feelin' fabu

preop: 307 lbs/bmi 45

now: 198 lbs/bmi 28/size sweet 16 but squeezin' into a 14! LOL

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In a message dated 12/12/01 10:56:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, ruisha@...

writes:

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scale hasn't BUDGED since then! I know, it's just a plateau, etc. but

I'm in my doubting phase now! LOL >>

,

You can't be a doubter!!. You are such a support and inspiration to

everyone. My scale actually moved down 1.5 lbs this morning, so I am sure

yours will soon do the same.

I have been through 2 marriages on the rocks. The 2nd one has managed to

come back together after almost a 9 month seperation. I will be praying for

you that things work out for the best in your situation.

Hugs,

Sheri

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> ,

> Thanks for your words of encouragement. I have come to realize

that a day

> now and then of not feeling the best, or feeling miserable for

awhile after

> eating too much is a small price to pay for the success of this

surgery.

> After all, how many times did we all eat till we were miserable with

our

> other stomachs? After my gall bladder came out 4 years ago I had

to relearn

> some eating habits, without any weight loss effects. So this has

such

> greater rewards!!!

>

Sheri: sorry - I thought you were a pre-op! I was trying to encourage

you to know that it won't always be this bad and/or that not all

people experience this problem... If I would have looked through the

messages and realized you really WERE post-op, I think I wouldn't have

said anything! I don't want to rub anything in... and it's bad enough

as it is when someone's going through the aches and pains of post-op

life.

I have had a tremendously smooth physical recovery BUT I'm

experiencing severe problems with my dh and marriage on the rocks...

so everyone has their own problems, just a different package!

Actually, I'm VERY grateful that I've been so well physically or I

think I'd be on the edge with all the emotional stuff I'm going

through.

Now, I'm getting paranoid that I'll never lose this last 28-30 lbs...

I'm 10 1/2 months post-op and still hovering around 198-199.... The

scale hasn't BUDGED since then! I know, it's just a plateau, etc. but

I'm in my doubting phase now! LOL

all the best,

lap ds with gallbladder removal

January 25, 2001

Dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

10 months post-op and still feelin fabu

preop: 307 lbs/bmi 45

now: 198 lbs/bmi 28/size sweet 16 but sq