PLEASE HELP !!!!!
There are downsides to everything you do. I don't have problems with eating, pills or anything like that. I'm 11 months out and perfectly normal. I'm tired of drinking protein but you get tired of everything if you have to do it everyday. I've had a pretty pleasant experience. Not everyone has those problems but you don't hear about that. Most people only talk about the bad and not the good. I don't dump, I don't get the shakes, and I don't puke. I start to feel sick if I eat to much but you have to learn when to stop. If you don't go overboard then you probably won't get sick. Just remember most people don't post about the good just the bad.
I've had lots of good things happen for me. First I've lost 150lbs in less than a year, that'S a whole person. I'm healthy, I'm much happier. I have no medical issues at all anymore. I've went from a size 26 to a size 12 and I'm still losing. I can eat pretty much whatever I want as long as I eat in moderation. So there are good things out there too..
Hope this helps some.
Tina
Mike, I have to agree with other posters who emphasized that negative side effects don't happen to everyone. Yes you have to make sure to get in your protein, supplements, water and exercise. Sometimes you feel bad when you eat too much but that's just how you learn what too much is. It doesn't have to be getting horribly sick. You may not dump - 35% of patients don't, including me - but if you do you just need to know what makes you dump and avoid those things. But like everyone else has said, it is definitely worth it. I don't think it's misery at all. And the results are so worth it, both in terms of health and just feeling better.
Good luck to you!
Judy
Hi, Mike. I'm about 22 days out from Lap RNY, and I'm in the thick of all that you mentioned. I've successfully eaten very small portions of chicken parmigiana and fried catfish (just have to be careful), but when I had pesto-crusted trout with grilled zucchini (forgetting that pesto is mostly olive oil and ignoring the extreme butteriness of the zucchini), I was miserable.
My point is that there's a certain balance you have to strike. I can handle a Citrical Creamy Bite at a time, so I'm sure that means I can have a piece of chocolate or a small bite or two of dessert (I've opted not to try that yet). However, I cannot handle Todd's fat-free sugar-free frozen yogurt (I now know I dump on sugar alcohols!). I'm not saddened by that, though, because it just means I have to look for things that are sweetened with Splenda, etc. Besides, I'm not really missing sweets anyway -- the day I had Todd's it was only because I realized that it was almost 4:00 and I hadn't eaten a thing all day, so I thought frozen yogurt was Lakeside's best high-protein offering.
Anyway, you get used to the new lifestyle changes you have to make. I keep all my medications and supplements in one spot, and I stop by my little pharmacy every morning and every night. I can only eat about 2 ounces of soft protein foods, which I enjoy and after which I'm really too full for anything else.
All in all, post-RNY life is really not all that bad. That said, you can certainly look into the Lap-Band as an alternative. Granted, the weight loss is a bit slower, but it seems to be a tortoise-and-hare sort of thing in that after a couple years, both procedures result in the same net weight loss.
Best of luck with whatever course you choose!
