last question for the night

melissa22886
on 4/27/11 12:17 pm

i never asked my surgeon or NUT this question and i don't see them til may 12th. how long does it take for your pouch to expand before you can start eating more. i know most say 1/4c is the beginning, then it gradually increases. after how many months does it start increasing to about 1/2c , and then how many months til 1cup

Lady Lithia
on 4/27/11 12:27 pm

1/2 cup by six months
1 cup by a year

~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 4/27/11 12:39 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

It really varies from one person to another, and some surgeons make the pouches a little smaller or a little larger to being with, but the 6 month and 12 month answer LL gave you is the "standard" one.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

mdolan20
on 4/27/11 1:24 pm - Brick, NJ

RNY on 04/12/11

This makes me nervous...my plan says 1 cup starting at 5 weeks...3 times a day =PLUS 2 protein rich snacks.

Melissa HW:350 SW:333 CW:234 GW:128

Sharyn S.
on 4/27/11 1:33 pm - Bastrop, TX

RNY on 08/19/04 with

I'm 6+ years post-op and I can barely eat a cup of food at one sitting. I think that's too much, too soon.

Sharyn, RN

RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 4/27/11 1:39 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I agree with Sharyn... I know that I physically could not have eaten a cup of food so soon! Depending on how dense the food is, there are times that I cannot eat that much even now, and I will be 4 years out in August! I would ask your surgeon about that (perhaps it is a typo?!?)

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

mdolan20
on 4/27/11 1:50 pm - Brick, NJ

RNY on 04/12/11

Thank you...I dont' think it is becuase she even wrote 16 oz. next to it...but there is a support group tomorrow night so i will ask about it then. Thanks for the input. I don't know what I'll do if she says yeah it's a cup...you're supposed to follow your NUT but maybe I should follow YOUR NUT lol...

Melissa HW:350 SW:333 CW:234 GW:128

melissa22886
on 4/27/11 2:12 pm

RNY on 04/12/11

i wonder if they mean 1 cup total throughout the day. 5 weeks out i don't know anyone who can even eat more then 1/4 of a cup, maybe a tiny bit more but 1 cup yikes i'd probably get sick before even reaching 1/2 a cup lol

mdolan20
on 4/27/11 2:28 pm - Brick, NJ

RNY on 04/12/11

Nope...it says

3) Each meal should be about 1 cup total - or 16 tbsp or 8 oz.
4) Take 30 to 45 min to consume.
6) If solid foods are not tolerated well, go back to puree but be sure to continue with 1 cup of food even though you may be on pureed foods.

I left out the things that didn't apply ...I guess I just have to ask tomorrow but I am nervous about the answer. I'm actually googling my Dr. and food plan to see if anything pops up lol..

Melissa HW:350 SW:333 CW:234 GW:128

poet_kelly
on 4/27/11 4:19 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I was eating close to one cup at six months. No way I could have eaten that much at five weeks. And I can't imagine taking 45 min to eat a meal, even once I did eat a cup.

I think we should follow our dieticians when they make sense and when we think their advice is healthy for us. If they make no sense or we think their advice might do us harm, I personally don't think we should follow it. That's why I take calcium citrate, even though my surgeon originally told me to take calcium carbonate.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

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