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NikoNiko

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  4. Posted · Edited by NikoNiko

    7 hours ago, Ash45 said:

    @NikoNiko do you still have a lot of gas today?

    After surgery yesterday I slept like all day and tried to move while awake trying to get the gas pain to go. It finally let up today except when I’m trying to drink the broth-liquid Protein mix.

    Not as much. But I’m still very full. I still have not passed any gas. Working on my Fluid and Protein goals and walking. So far I’ve taken about 20 ounces of Water. And half of a Premier Protein shake. I bought some concentrated protein that has 18 grams/ 1 oz. I took one shot of that as well.

  7. Posted · Edited by NikoNiko

    12 hours ago, LadyH said:

    This is all so interesting. I start a 2 weeks Protein shake/clear fluids only diet tomorrow. I don't have fatty liver. I have 80-100# to lose. I'd be interested to hear other peoples' stats just because it'd be nice to find some pattern or reasoning for all the differences in everyone's diets.

    One thing I can tell you from my very experience is, you can have 20 physicians in a room and still won't find 2 to agree on anything. So evidence shows that to decrease the size of the liver, there is no consensus on how long the diet should go on for. With bypass, given they have to access the gastro-esophageal junction which the left lobe of the liver can obscure, this will definitely warrant a diet of longer duration. In the paper I read, generally the longer the diet the more shrinkage, however... A greater decrease in size was noted with higher Protein diets. Also you risk being in a catabolic state (this is not good for healing) if you are on these low calorie liquid diets for too long.

    All this to say, some surgeons change their practices to reflect the evidence. Some were just trained a certain way and stuck with it.

    Im on a week long diet and my BMI is 41

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    15 hours ago, armartin98 said:

    When I had my first Bariatric doctor visit and decided to do this, I told myself I was not going to say anything about it to my friends. Not close friends but groups of people we hang out with at times. Well, I've been telling a lot of people and I kick myself every time. I just can't shut up about it. Most people look at me like I have 2 heads and go on about how it's extreme and scary and oh "you better be aware that it will change your life a lot". I want to snap back and say, don't you think I know that and don't you think I've done a lot of research on this before I going in to it? Most don't have any clue about it. My fat friends look and feel guilty when I start talking about it, like I'm going to try and talk them in to it.

    I guess, I'm just excited and I want to talk about it. Then I get disappointed when I get weird, uneducated, ignorant responses. That's why I love to get on this site. It brings me back to why I'm doing it and how great my life will be and that I'm not alone.

    This is so common, just remain focused.

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