Pouch Rules for Dummies (intersting read)
This smiley is hilarious! I feel like this somedays! 
Right off the bat I am going to question the manner in which the observations are preformed. Cottage cheese being a slider food will become easier to eat as the swelling in your pouch reduces meaning you will have an easier time eating more. The rate at which you eat the cottage cheese will affect how much you eat before being full. I could probably eat 3-4 cups of cottage cheese if I ate at a pace that took me an hour or so, I am a very slow eater most of the time.
You are much more likely to stretch your Stoma than your pouch since the pouch is made from a part of your stomach that does not stretch easily.
You are much more likely to stretch your Stoma than your pouch since the pouch is made from a part of your stomach that does not stretch easily.
Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04
I would not put too much stock in the info on that site. (Would you really rather believe someone's "observations" than publsihed medical studies?) Not everything that is on the internet is true, of course, even if it comes from a physician (like that it is ok to take Tums and Flintstone vitamins after RNY).
MY observations, from my own experience, the experiences of those here and those in my live support group indicates that some things from that site (these are just examples) are flat out incorrect:
7. Almost all patients always feel full 24/7 for the first months, then that feeling disappears.
8. Incredible hunger will develop if there is no food or drink for eight hours.
10. By drinking water as much as possible as fast as possible (“water loading"), the patient will get a feeling of fullness that lasts 15-25 minutes.
NOT everyone gets their hunger back. I have not felt hungry since surgery (and I am 4 years out)! My blood sugar drops, though, and I get very shaky, lightheaded, and nauseous if I don't eat about every 4 hours. I would probably pass out if I went 8 non-sleeping hours without eating anything.
Although water loading makes some people feel full, it is because the intestines are full (water runs through your pouch within just a few minutes because of the funnel-like structure of your new anatomy). Many people, however, do NOT get any significant sense of fullness from just liquid in the intestines.
Lora
MY observations, from my own experience, the experiences of those here and those in my live support group indicates that some things from that site (these are just examples) are flat out incorrect:
7. Almost all patients always feel full 24/7 for the first months, then that feeling disappears.
8. Incredible hunger will develop if there is no food or drink for eight hours.
10. By drinking water as much as possible as fast as possible (“water loading"), the patient will get a feeling of fullness that lasts 15-25 minutes.
NOT everyone gets their hunger back. I have not felt hungry since surgery (and I am 4 years out)! My blood sugar drops, though, and I get very shaky, lightheaded, and nauseous if I don't eat about every 4 hours. I would probably pass out if I went 8 non-sleeping hours without eating anything.
Although water loading makes some people feel full, it is because the intestines are full (water runs through your pouch within just a few minutes because of the funnel-like structure of your new anatomy). Many people, however, do NOT get any significant sense of fullness from just liquid in the intestines.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
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