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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
Thanks for replying, did your niece have a Bpd/ds? Was she a long term maintainer? I think that 16 years of staying at the same weight after the op means she wasn't over eating.
Her food intake didn't change. So hard to understand why her body did.
cheers
Lorri
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!ð?'??
Truly happy for you!
Reigny
I'm an old timer, DS 2/18/10, with a complication. I haven't been on board for a loooong time, still maneuvering the site and looking for anyone I was once aquatinted with.
Lovely meeting you!
Reigny
No, but I also take DIM and Vitex. I have been taking them for years. The last blood work was earlier this year and they were fine, but I tend to not get everything because of the insurance plus when I do they usually very normal.
I take my probiotics and sometimes take some for detoxing
SW / CW / GW 292 / 188 / 174 - Height 5'7, Size 10
Had my surgery in 2010, overall no regrets. It just requirements me to take a lot of vitamins and supplements, plus stuff for my PCOS to maintain a healthy life.
SW / CW / GW 292 / 188 / 174 - Height 5'7, Size 10
