Kinda of Freaked Out
I just KNEW that you were concerned!!But maybe that's why the nutritionist told you that? Probably not, as I think they do tend to go with the standard RNY advice. I think they must feel like it's against the RD law to tell someone it's OK to eat fatty foods. I don't know if I could have done it, when I was a working nurse.
Dennie
"It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. ~Julia Child"
Thanks for posting!!! Its good to know that adding fats gradually as you go is working!!
I guess I am thinking about eating in the way / amount I eat now and keep forgetting that I won't be able to eat anywhere near that! It is just so surreal to attempt to think about what it is going to be like then from where I am NOW. Does that make sense?
Dennie
"It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. ~Julia Child"
Marci-
Dr. Anthone favors a longer common channel and a smaller stomach. He has been doing this along time and has performed probably close to 2,000 DS surgeries by now. I think you can trust his judgement. My common channel is 150 and I lost all of the weight I needed to lose. But, I will tell you that you need to discuss this with him. You need to have total confidence not only in the DS but in your surgeon. Trust me, I know that when I had problems right after surgery it was my faith in the DS and faith in my surgeon that got me through it. Not once, not even for a nano second did I regret my surgery or my choice in surgeons. I would hope you could have that kind of confidence and peace in your decision.
The nutritional advice I really cannot comment on. I am not a nutritionist. The nutritionist that works with Dr. Anthone has worked with him since he moved back to Omaha. I will say this however, people talk all the time about "shaking things up" and doing something different to break a stall -- I see what was suggested as no different from that. If you are doing one thing and it is not working -- then you try something else. Everyone is different and while all DSers have many things in common, the post op regime is not a one size fits all.
Red
Thanks!! You are putting my mind at ease! I know he has done many of them and I am confident in his ability to do them. I just freaked out and kept thinking that I have SO much to lose that a long common channel will hinder that - without really knowing ANYTHING about it. So I guess maybe I should have asked instead of freaking!! Too late now, but you all are really helping me "slow my roll" down!
Good point on the NUT just shaking things up! It was just so opposite of what I had been reading!! But so is eating carbs for getting things started...so I just jumped the gun on that thinking that the NUT would tell me that too!
Thanks for your post, really! I am going to talk my concerns over with Dr. A! I am sure it won't be the first time he heard it. Apparently a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing, in this instance. I didn't know enough about it and it freaked me out.
His sleeve is very small and tight and you have excellent restriction.
I have lost 46.2 pounds since surgery (I was 202.8 pounds today) and I had my surgery on March 30...so a little less than 2 months and 1 week ago.
I think that is a pretty good rate of loss. I think you will have no problems.
Maybe discuss it with him and see if he'll do a 100 cm cc on you....I don't know if he will, but it never hurts to ask.
Felicia
Thank for setting my mind at ease girl! I am glad to hear that he bases it off of the length of my intestines instead of an arbitrary number. I am sure this is one of the questions that I aske dhim that I forgot the answer to! Maybe I didn't know what I was talking about when I asked him!!
That is an EXCELLENT rate! You are doing great!
I will talk to him about it, but I trust him to do the best thing for me. I don't want you to think that I don't, I just got freaked out!
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