If you are asking a question that is asked, and answered, regularly, it largely gets ignored because long timers know the answer can be found using the search function ... (or sometimes by looking further down the same page!)    I have little to offer someone who is pre-op or newly post-op because my surgery was a long time ago and things have definitely changed in 9 years!

There are, however, usually newer posters who will take their time to answer you and I should imagine you have answers by now.

Patience, Grasshopper ...

I honestly don't get why RNY would make it difficult to drink as required (there's a hole at the top and bottom of your pouch that the liquid goes through   like a funnel ...) but I don't see a problem if it takes you an hour or whatever more than expected - it's more important that you fini**** rather than the amount of time it takes!  

I had a colonoscopy about 5 years post RNY and used Moviprep - was as clean as a whistle and actually found it really easy ... 

What on earth?   Have you got so skinny you disappeared along with your post? - that'd be a first!  

Way to disrespect all the people that took time out of their day to give you opinions and suggestions - even if they weren't the ones that made you feel as special as you wanted to be.

I wish you luck!

I didn't think I was being rude, but perception is reality so ... what can I say?   I had a tummy tuck at the low BMI and I doubt my skin weighed llb - I am 6ft tall so believe me, I looked more like a very tall 12 year old boy than a woman!!!   I'll bet I looked way more "skeletal" than you do if you have 6-8lbs of fat to be removed.

If you are truly unable to physcially eat or drink more calories than you say then, yes, you have a medical problem and there's not much we can do here for you.  

If you wanted to have your hand patted and not get reassurance that you are by no means different to many of us, you should have said so - I was just giving you an opinion, albeit one you didn't want to hear.

It's 1/3 cup in volume when empty

I was hiking a week after surgery - not sure why a few neighbourhood hills would be out of the question!   Just get and do something - unless you have complications, I don't see any reason why you can't walk on any paved terrain ...

You'll read lots of reasons why you "shouldn't' do things after surgery, but we are all different - some people are great at making excuses and others just get on with it - you can decide which you are.   Your body will tell you how much and for how long you will be able to walk - don't let other people determine your success from the get go!

Try the pregnancy forum ...

http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/postop_pregnancy/

I hate it when I'm right  !  Thank you for making me so ....   As you know, the "theory" is that drinking while eating moves the food out of the pouch quicker, affecting satiety and thus people who are not as controlled as maybe you and I, eat more!

As I said in my post - drinking or not drinking while eating is a choice - like most things with this surgery, as long as it's an informed one, then have at it!   I am an adult that makes hers, as you are, and we are both successful.   Those coming behind us have to know what works for them - we can only offer our personal experiences and anecdotal "evidence" and leave them to it ...   

You only eat 800 calories a day???

I have never had my BMR measured - I kind of have a handle on it at this point, but I would certainly do so if I found I had to drastically reduce my calories to maintain.  

 I like my lifestyle and my relationship with food and the amount I am able to eat, and honestly, I really do want others to be able to do the same because I don't seem to have the struggles that my long term peers are experiencing  - but realise I can only speak to my own experience with RNY ...   I am certainly no expert on others' experience with RNY or any other surgery!    

Congratulations on maintaining at goal for 5 years! 

A calorie restricted diet like this BEFORE surgery?   Perfect way to put your metabolism into the crapper!!!!   To be honest, as soon as I see a programme that advocates low fat eating, I know they are stuck in the 1990's in terms of nutrition education.   We all need good fat in our diet to absorb nutrients and vitamins - that doesn't mean we should eat fried food or high fat processed food, but low fat food often generally means higher carb or added sugar (taste has to come from somewhere!)

Personally, I wouldn't eat any less than 1200 calories per day on any extended pre-op diet - you need to be as healthy as you can for your surgery and the weeks of recovery afterwards.

Hernias are not usually as a result of WLS;  most people have them because of their obesity and have them fixed during or after their surgery.   Bowel obstruction is a very rare complication.

From what you have posted here, I don't think you are getting very good information from your support group - you might consider doing some research elsewhere to get a true picture of what each surgery is and what percentage of complications are possible/probable with each.

These boards are not indicative either as people rarely post that all is normal and they are getting on with their lives - people post about their problems and use it as an opportunity to moan and groan about little daily difficulties.

Aside from anaemia problems (which often come with all different types of WLS), - as I said before, I haven't had any complications and I think I am the rule rather than the exception!