How soon post-op did you realize you were lactose intolerant??

waitinggame
on 2/8/09 12:45 pm - Bowie, MD

So I hear lactose intolerace can occur post-op, but I wanted to know at what point were you pretty sure this was going on with you. I've just never been really great at listening to my body and I don't want to mistake it for something else.

Thanks for any opinions!

Denise

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temporarynicole
on 2/8/09 12:54 pm

Good question! I am curious about this too because Im afraid to try milk still!

Surgery Date 1-29-09
Surgery Weight 317
Lowest Weight 175
Current Weight 195
Surgeon Goal 180
Personal Goal 165

Total lost since surgery 142 pounds!!

Shelley S.
on 2/8/09 12:55 pm - Ft Lewis, WA

RNY on 03/04/08

For me it was in my 3rd month post op. I was able to drink milk up to that point, now I can't.

fudgefree
on 2/8/09 1:39 pm - Auburn, CA

RNY on 03/12/09

What's the symptoms of intolerance?
Is it gas or pains, or?

Bonnie HW 278 / SW 251.4 /3-13-10 now 179.5 / Goal 150

EGSuzie
on 2/8/09 1:39 pm - Elk Grove, CA

RNY on 01/30/07

Officially....just this week. So, at two years out.

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Sam I Am
on 2/8/09 2:25 pm - Raleigh, NC

I realized it when I was about two weeks out. I was lucky and it went away about the time I was six weeks out.

15 months and 200lbs, its my life and i'm back! Check out my blog.

Lady Lithia
on 2/8/09 2:28 pm

first glass of milk post op... 3 oz.... was okay
second glass of milk postop ... 8 oz.... gurgling tummy, painful gas, horrible diarrhea. AND I dumped.
third glass (to be sure) all of the same... dumped worse, gurgles worse, gas worse, everything worse
fourth glass... of Lactaid.... and I dumped horribly

Now I don't do milk, and I'm doing great.

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March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!

jennaflirt
on 2/8/09 3:35 pm - Las Vegas, NV

RNY on 10/13/08

I can't give up milk at all. I drink it everyday. At first i got a little gassy belly and at certain times I cant drink it. If I have an empty stomach or before i eat anything. Otherwise on its own I sip it and feel full, sometime a little gas. But I love it and have no ill effects from it.

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Hecate
on 2/8/09 9:39 pm

RNY on 01/06/09

12 days out. I had nothing in except peppermint tea and my protein shakes of whey isolate that I was mixing with 2% milk, per my NUT's instructions.

I drank a shake and promptly experienced a 40 minute gut flu. Nausea, dry heaves, diarrhea, gas,belly, cramps, cold sweats, exhaustion,

At first I thought I was dumping, but I couldn't figure out on what---but there is 15 G of sugar in milk, so I thought maybe that's my sugar limit.

Then I started mixing the shakes with ice water---------but I was still queasy, I had to make myself keep them down. The taste nor the smell bothered me. It's the whey.

I'm taking acidolpholis (sic) wafers now, and mixing my shakes with 1/2 soy milk and 1/2 yogurt with live cultures. It seems to work.

Tried the soy protein powder---too gritty.

waitinggame
on 2/8/09 11:17 pm - Bowie, MD

Ah, well I've done two shakes with 8oz 1% milk and didn't seem to be much the worse for wear. I definitely feel gassy and such whenever I eat/drink, but I figure this soon out that wouldn't be all that strange.

Thanks for the heads up!

Denise

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

How soon post-op did you realize you were lactose intolerant??

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