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I would call my surgical team right now and go to the ER .
I had a bowel obstruction due to dehydration and because I got to the emergency in time they just gave me an IV and I did not have to get open .... go go go ....
Just spoke with my surgeons office, she said that it doesn't sound like a Stricture because I'm able to keep some fluids down.. She wants me to eat some yogurt, wait and then drink and then to call her back to see how I did with it. She also said that not taking my protonix could be a big reason why I feel nauseous all the time. Which I haven't been taking my protonix because swallowing pills has me throwing up and very sick hours after I've taken them.
I still just feel like things getting stuck in my throat the way it has been isn't normal. Like something must be wrong. I don't know.
You also Did ask m about real personal experience. I?m telling it to you ... my experience over a decade .
You can argue but the bottom line is this is what happened to me .
I also do find that if you eat fat free ( at least at home ) you get SO much more leeway calorie wise without weight gain .
There are a lot of foods you have to stay away from ... however you pretty much get to eat what you like and ( I at least ) don?t have to weigh and measure or stop eating after twenty minutes or only eat three times a day .
Do you Actually feel like you?ll die if you don?t eat fast foods or gross mostly fake cheese pizzas ? these things are so DISGUSTING!
I literally look at food *****n the TV and want to barf ... I can?t imagine being a victim of it or ( God forbid ) wanting the horrible offerings.
This is the REAL Halloween lol ... chick -f -l chasing you around with a gross double- fried 2000 calorie sandwich lol! If you paid me fifty bux I wouldn't bite that thang .
I?m pretty relaxed about food at all .... I never thought I could enjoy real gourmet meals and even restaurants regularly post op .
I?ll just choose the most lowfat delicious option.... like a shrimp ****tail or a light soup to fill me up ... usually an appetizer sized portion of a main meal if I can get it which ( usually) comes home with me .
If i really want something fatty and exciting ( like stuffed clams ) I?ll try to split them with my partner... and usually two ( out of six or eight ) is plenty for me . I get to enjoy the taste without making myself gain or feel sick .
Now I personally love complex carbs like ( super filling) yucca ... rice n peas ... even fresh made ( not oiled or buttered ) breads in small quantities but most folks here find carbs make them gain .
I?m not sure why my body?s different but I?m glad it is .
I have however stayed away from ( most ) fats since years BEFORE my surgery... . Yes I eat fat occasionally when I crave it ... mayonnaise based commercial seafood salads , mozzarella, avocado, a restaurant meal . But very rarely.
I guess my question would be how much experience do they have in terms of weight loss surgery? Every dr will have a "first" but it all really goes down to how much experience they have in general. You could also ask some questions as to what additional complications are possible with your size as well as what they think should be done before surgery to prevent those. Asking those questions will be good to help you understand what you can do to help your surgeon with your surgery.
It is normal to be nervous about something like this but I would call your surgeon and try to talk to his nurse or pa and let them know what happened and they can tell you what to watch for. I am sure if something "tore" you'd have significant pain and bleeding. But be safe and call it will also calm your panic.
I am just at a year out and I have had my food scale since before surgery. I use it to weight out all my foods that I eat or use in to make something so I can keep my portions/calories in line. I mainly use it for meats, cheese but I have started using it for recipes that are in grams. I find it is very helpful for me to not have to guess how much and risk increasing my calories by accident. We were told by the girl who does nutrition at my program to weigh your pasta out before you cook it. There is one woman who is 11 yrs out at our group and she uses her scale daily and also plans her meals. She has maintained her 200lb weight loss by doing it.
My personal experience with this question is ABSOLUTELY NOT.
For instance... I can choose a five hundred calorie meal of salad ... fat free dressing... fat free feta cheese ... tzaziki or salsa or a couple of stuffed grape leaves ... an egg beaters omelet w fat free cheese some freeze dried butter seasoning for taste and fat free half n half , ketchup , hot sauce and ( for me not most folks here ) some fresh bread or French toast .
A big meal like this will literally get me through the day . ( and help me exercise the next morning) ( and I can still eat dinner because I have eight hundred calories left over ) . I?m full ( stuffed ) all day and all nite ... never hungry.
Or I can eat junk ... and then half an hour later crave more junk .
There are a million tasty healthy meals you can choose to eat .
First , in a lot of cases we need to learn how to cook ... not order out ... restaurant meals provenly contain far more fat ( and meat ) than we would normally eat at home .
This reminds me of Weigh****chers meetings were before the meeting, I'd overhear conversations between friends about donuts having the same amount of points as "blah blah blah", so they were going to have the donut instead!
yes - I do suppose that if you're just looking at calories, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. But nutrition aside, two items that have exactly the same amount of calories can have very different effects on me that may have an impact on weight loss/gain. For example, a 300-calorie item that is mostly sugar is going to have me eating more later, because it causes my blood sugar to spike and plunge - so I'll be hungrier sooner. A 300-calorie item that is mostly healthy fat, fiber, or protein won't have that effect - I'll stay satisfied a lot longer (for me personally, something with a lot of healthy fat lasts me a L-O-N-G time...)
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