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On my own, I figured out a lot of my loose stool and flatulence issues after surgery were caused by my bariatric vitamins. They were sweetened with sugar alcohol and my body cannot tolerate that.
I switched to a vitamin without sugar alcohol and most of the issues disappeared. I also gave up all products with sugar alcohols. They were delicious but I really suffered after eating them.
A few years after surgery, I developed hyperparathyroidism. My levels were in the 300's. I spent about two years with different doctors and specialists. None of them could figure out what caused it. My calcium levels were high and they took me off of calcium supplements. Nothing helped and none of them could give me a cause. No tumors, nothing showed up on scans. I finally just accepted it and stopped worrying about it.
If I eat fresh fruit, I sometimes take an Imodium with it. I also have had constipation issues bad enough to go to the emergency room where they x-rayed and prescribed magnesium citrate. I have almost never had a time since RNY surgery when I was not treating constipation or diarrhea issues.
I am constantly aware of what I eat and what can happen. This is the price I paid for my quick and easy weight loss.
I stopped with the chewable vitamins in 2019 after I found out I have prostate cancer Because they told me any sugar the cancer feeds off of.
Starting weight 333 lb Gold weight 180 lb
On my own, I figured out a lot of my loose stool and flatulence issues after surgery were caused by my bariatric vitamins. They were sweetened with sugar alcohol and my body cannot tolerate that.
I switched to a vitamin without sugar alcohol and most of the issues disappeared. I also gave up all products with sugar alcohols. They were delicious but I really suffered after eating them.
A few years after surgery, I developed hyperparathyroidism. My levels were in the 300's. I spent about two years with different doctors and specialists. None of them could figure out what caused it. My calcium levels were high and they took me off of calcium supplements. Nothing helped and none of them could give me a cause. No tumors, nothing showed up on scans. I finally just accepted it and stopped worrying about it.
If I eat fresh fruit, I sometimes take an Imodium with it. I also have had constipation issues bad enough to go to the emergency room where they x-rayed and prescribed magnesium citrate. I have almost never had a time since RNY surgery when I was not treating constipation or diarrhea issues.
I am constantly aware of what I eat and what can happen. This is the price I paid for my quick and easy weight loss.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Hi all sorry I haven't gotten back but been having issues with my blood levels some being high some being low especially my hemoglobin levels being low and it's not Because of any of my vitamins levels they are all fine. I been having all kinds of test being done from a bone marrow test and a bone sample test to all kinds of different blood test and so far everything comes back fine but the blood specialist says something is not right but she can't figure it out. So I am going to go to the university of Penn Hospital after a lot of people told me that's where I needed to go to see if they can figure this out if they can't I give up. I asked the blood specialist doctor if my bed time issues can be related to this problem and she said no not at all. So I made a appointment but couldn't get one until November to see the doctor that I looked up and has a very high rating from Patient that have been treated by him. I am also hoping that maybe he can steer me to someone that does the DS surgery that can maybe help me with my issue. Everything I read makes me believe that I am having dumping Syndrome and that the food is going to fast through my intestines and causes my problem. Well I guess I have to wait until November and I pray they can help me with all my issues because a friend of mine told me a doctor told him that for a problem like this Jersey doctors aren't as good as the Penn doctors and after being treated by all different doctors here where I live in NJ I can say they got me frustrated and seem like they are just guessing so maybe that doctor that told my friend was right?. Anyway back to my original topic. The yogurt and me taking a daily fiber formula seems to help a little but again if I eat the extra sharp cheese like almost half of the small block that you can buy for cutting when having a party if seems to work a lot better. But eating that before I go to bed a get like a film in my mouth and it then gives me mucus. I have always have has very lose stool after my surgery but my main problem is at night I get gassy and that's when I have the bed time issues and like I said if I eat a lot of cheese it seems to help it a lot so I'm hoping there is something I can take other then eating a half of a block of extra sharp cheese. All in all I am one big mess?. If I don't answer back right away is because I am trying to deal with all of this at one time and I am very frustrated trying to deal with all of this. Thanks for all the response and help?
Starting weight 333 lb Gold weight 180 lb
Also you could try giving up dairy foods to see if it helps. I became lactose intolerant for a while after my surgery.
I don't drink milk or didn't do much if any dairy products at all except when I just tried the yogurt and after a while added cheese.
Starting weight 333 lb Gold weight 180 lb
Thank you!
SW / CW / GW 292 / 188 / 174 - Height 5'7, Size 10
My first suggestion is to go to the doctor and get her thyroid tested. It is not unheard of to have thyroid changes during and after pregnancy. Next she needs to start tracking every bite of food she is eating in My Fitness Pal or something similar. Get a simple fitness tracker to record activity. After doing this for a couple weeks she should be able to analyze her results and see what she needs to improve.
She is a long term postop. Her body has adapted to her fat malabsorbtion as much as it is going to adapt. I am also a long term postop and I will be the first to admit it is easy to fool myself about what I am eating and my propensity towards being sedentary. The first step is always to verify you are doing what you are supposed to do and technology has made that pretty easy. And eliminate the possibility of thyroid issues.
Losing weight is possible. Her DS is still there. It is just harder than it was in the beginning.
Never heard of it but since your doctor (assume your eye doctor - optometrist) said it was internal, I suggest you contact your primary doctor. You may need some labs run to confirm whether you do have some type of inflammation/infection.
Sorry your insurance doesn't cover all of your labs, but because of the DS IMHO you really should have a full set of labs done once a year (especially since your DS was 11 years ago).
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
Honestly regardless of what type of WLS one has it comes down to what one eats and how much. Does she live with you where you have seen everything she eats? Only asking because sometimes people hide or are not honest about what is being eaten.
Has she been back to her original surgeon to see if anything is going on internally or just her primary care physician?
The smoking weed before her first pregnancy in my opinion has nothing to do with the weight she gained during her other two pregnancies.
Is she tracking/weighing what she eats?
Dr. Sanchez Lapband 9/12/2003
hw305/revision w280/cw197/gw150
Revision from Lap Band to Bypass on 2/4/2015 by Dr. Pohl
My niece did not have weight loss surgery. I did and as I get older, I am able to eat less every year if I don't want to gain weight. I believe that the metabolism gets weaker so that the body can make up for not getting to absorb the calories that it takes in.
I eat much less than I did right after surgery and still gain weight.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
