Question about drinking liquids before meals....

Mary A.
on 6/7/12 4:29 am

On June 4, 2012 at 7:12 PM Pacific Time, Diminishing Dawn wrote:

You want your pouch to be empty and dry when your protein goes in. You want your dense protein to form a plug at the stoma. Even a little bit of liquid left in your pouch from drinking earlier will mix with the protein and make it move through you faster kinda like a tidal wave carrying it through.
Dawn

that is it exactly...

even at 3 years post-op I aboide by this practice, often telling wit staff (no, no****er either)

prior to surgery 323lbs....4 years post-op maintaining between 108- 114 lb loss.

life is AMAZING when you continue on the right path~!. Use your surgeons gift to the fullest~!

Mary
surgery done in Duluth, MN

Karen M.
on 6/7/12 9:34 am - Mississauga, Canada

RNY on 03/21/06

Mary, please tell me how your pouch can be dry when it's an internal organ? Everything inside your body is moist all the time.

Karen

Ontario Recipes Forum - http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/ontario_recipes/

Joyce J.
on 6/5/12 12:36 am - Scarborough, Canada

RNY on 08/03/05

Hi Deb,

Hope you are doing well.
Dawn has always been a wealth of knowledge.
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drinking before and with meals is a very bad habit I have, I have got to try and kick that

take care

Joyce----Today is the first day of the rest of your life

northernlight
on 6/5/12 3:44 am - Canada

VSG on 05/11/12

Hi Joyce,

Yep, I'm doing very well. My only problem is that I'm having trouble getting all my meals in because I'm always feeling full. Quite a change from before surgery when I was always hungry - lol! Like you, I always ate & drank with all my meals so that is a tough habit to break, but I'm trying.

Deb

Patti K.
on 6/5/12 12:50 am - Kingston On, Canada

RNY on 05/15/08

Deb....I'm 4 years post op, and I still follow the 30/60 rule....when you go to a restaurant the servers look at you as if you're crazy for not even wanting water before your meal...or maybe I have 2 heads!! anyways...good to follow the rules....Patti K.

northernlight
on 6/5/12 3:47 am - Canada

VSG on 05/11/12

Hi Patti - isn't it funny how certain things are just taken for granted, like something to drink before your meal or automatically having a salad or a basket of rolls or breadsticks? I think that it will be awhile before I'm ready to go to any restaurants, considering how little I eat these days.

Deb

sam1am
on 6/5/12 3:30 am

VSG on 09/08/09

Deb,

I hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that with a Pyloric Valve like you and I have with our VSG's, we don't have the same concerns. I drink almost right up to when I eat (literally 2-5 minutes) and have never had a problem. I do wait afterwards though.

Sandy
                "The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody  else up"
                              Mark Twain          Animation One

northernlight
on 6/5/12 3:50 am - Canada

VSG on 05/11/12

Hi Sandy,

I wondered about that after I came home from the hospital but couldn't find anything in my research to tell me the answer. Also, isn't the opening (stoma?) into our sleeve the same size as before surgery, since they didn't cut & re-attach our intestines? I couldn't find the answer to that either....

Deb

PatXYZ
on 6/5/12 5:31 am

You're right on the money Sandy, what Dawn said only applies to RNYers.

I had OHIP approved Duodenal Switch surgery with Dr. Dennis Hong at St. Joseph's Hamilton on March 7th, 2012. Want more information on the DS in Ontario? Send me a private message!

Diminishing Dawn
on 6/5/12 5:56 am - Windsor, Canada

RNY on 07/05/06

I forgot she was a vsg'er. Bone programs for vsg though do also set a time before not to drink. To make sure the sphincter is closed. It is usually a shorter period of time like 5 mins. Caught my error already in forgetting Deb is a vsg'er.

17+ years post op RNY. first year blog here or My LongTimer blog. Tummy Tuck Dr. Matic 2014 -Ohip funded panni Windsor WLS support group.message me anytime!
HW:290 LW:139 RW: 167 CW: 139

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