Bowel Stability
How long after surgery did it take before you felt like your bowels were really back to normal again?
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I'm 9 months out, and I would have to redefine normal to say I was there yet! I need to take Miralax daily to keep things moving. I'm curious of others have returned to normal, or if most people need an aid.
best wishes,
Carol
Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385, Surgery Weight 333, Current Weight 160. At GOAL!
Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12 8-8
9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3 18-3
Thanks, Carol! I'm sorry you're not to normal yet!
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)
I'm 7 weeks post-op. It took about 3-4 weeks for the diarrhea to stop, but then I was on a liquid diet. Liquid in, liquid out. I started on soft mushies at week 3 and since then my stools have been firm, about every day or two. Occasionally they get hard, but really, not too bad. I have had IBS for years, tending toward diarrhea so this is actually kind of a relief.
Interestingly I never had an issue and it's even more normal now that I can eat some veggies sometimes. My protein, though, has never come from just meat and shakes. Beans were highly encouraged by my doctors team and I have included black beans, pinto beans, or white beans in my diet since I started purees a week out (this was my doctors plan - others have their patients on liquids for longer periods of time). I also have eaten chili since then, too, I just pureed it when I was in that stage.