dumb question thread

Nik, one of my best friends from Texas that had RNY  9 years ago had a regain of around 70 lbs (can't remember the exact number) and in the past 2 years has lost those 70 lbs plus and is now below her surgeon's goal. 

She started out a 340 lbs, now 165 lbs and she has said I did it the hard way but I DID it, it just took me longer than many.

So harder, IDK if it is but I believe post-ops are able to lose regain with dedication and determination and no surgery malfunctions. 

IMO it has to do with the more insulin our body makes. 
In reaction to any carbs not only sugars, or just because.. . Insulin is responsible for putting things away in fat, and prevent fat from being release as a energy source.

Why do some people at ths surgeon's office act like it is a huge deal that I may have to lift my daughter after my husband goes back to work after 2 weeks post-op?  Yet, others say it isn't that big of a deal.  She's 20 pounds and for the most part I won't have to pick her up except for nap time.  I'll have to put her in the pack and play or crib then.  She's way too little to go to a toddler bed.  She just wouldn't get that she has to stay in bed and that would be more work than I can handle right now.  

 When they perform surgery on you, they have to cut through the muscle wall in your abdomen. That muscle wall takes a lot longer to heal than skin does.  If you lift more than y ou should (usually more than 5 pounds) for the first 6 weeks after surgery you are putting yourself at a great risk for hernia -- which is where the muscle wall doesn't heal, or splits apart before its fully healed. When you have an opening in that muscle things can "pop through" it ... like your intestine or other organs. It will require addition surgery to repair. So YES, the no lifting rule if VERY important. 

My mom and sister both had hernias after their RNY and it was very painful for both of them until they could schedule surgery to repair it. 

So I suggest you find alternative ways to care for your daughter for the first 6 weeks after your surgery. Maybe instead of putting her down for a nap in a crib, she can crawl up on the bed or sofa herself without being lifted. Or maybe she gets to take names on a stack of blankets on the bedroom floor while you're with her alone. Or maybe you need to have a friend or family member come help you in the weeks after  your surgery to avoid any physical harm to yourself.

My doctor told me that they require a pre-op diet so that you can shrink your fatty liver and it makes it easier for them when they are doing surgery.  The length of the pre-op diet depended on how much weight you had to loose. 

Ketosis...so that probably explains why I had really bad breath my first month or two post op.  I was blaming it on the protein shakes...but Ketosis makes sense to me.

I know that's the reason for the pre op diet and it does make sense to me - I've just never found any stats showing it actually makes surgery that much safer and some docs don't recommend it and it seems if it made a huge difference they probably all would.

Kelly, that's what I was thinking.  If it makes such a big difference you would think everyone would require it. 

I have no problem following my surgeon's plan.  Compared to some it is pretty easy.  Other than wanting to kill someone for a Diet Dr. Pepper and a Krispy Kreme donut the first few days I'm good now lol.

I follow my surgeon's plan  unless I think it would be harmful to me (like when he told me to take calcium carbonate instead of citrate) or if it makes absolutely no sense and I am positive he's mistaken (like when he told me carbonated drinks would stretch out my pouch).  If it's not harmful or totally stupid, I give him the benefit of the doubt and do it, even if I'm not sure it's necessary.

I was told not to lift more than 15lbs for the first month.  I guess they don't want you to pull any staples/stiches out.  I know as a mother you don't want to not pick your child up, but I'd listen to the doctors.  You don't want to end up having to go back into surgery to fix something.

Your right, there are no dumb questions. But I don't understand why someone would post a question if they are throwing up blood, pooping blood, pain so bad they black out etc., rather than going to the ER. I invision them throwing up blood then running to the computer to as if anyone else has done it. That kind of stuff I don't understand.