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newgrandmother    725

newgrandmother
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i was just wondering. why are we eating like we have the rny our valves are the same and works fine its just are tummys a smaller. have you wondered if they every really researched the sleeve after surgery. it seems we follow the same diet as rny. can someone shed some light on this.

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Fiddleman    4,376

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It might be to help people be more successful even though it may not be medically required.

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Ms skinniness    3,003

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You are so right.....

All my docs treat me like I have the R N Y. Well I don't. I don't have a pouch, I have a stomach that's reduced by at least 85%.

My intestines are all there and accounted for. Yep.

However though, I do like eating the way I do. It has helped me be very successful in my weight loss. I love my skinniness now.....

I have periods of time when I just want to sit those doctors down and share my insight with them.

:) I will continue to eat like this forever..... :)

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ArcusX    216

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Severe GERD = no sleeve. Also, if sweets are a real issue, RNY may be recommended, because you can't tolerate sweets as you can with VSG. Those are the big differentiators as I understand them.

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bkz3    17

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Well, from what I understand, they've been doing the "sleeve" procedure for a LONG time but not for weight loss, it was for patients that had stomach cancer, and/or bad stomach ulcers, and I'm not sure at what point they started doing it as a procedure strictly for weight loss, but from what I understand they haven't been tracking it for research purposes until the last 5 years. It takes that long to see how successful people really are with it, and what makes it successful, etc. I know my bariatric nurse that I saw after surgery (she has the sleeve as well), told me that she had a "dumping" incident, and it surprised me because one of the "pros" to the sleeve vs. the rny is that we weren't supposed to get that, but now after paying attention to sleeve patients for research, they find it can happen. So, I don't know if I"m just rambling, or making any sense at all, but I think they try and keep some of it the same as far as diet goes because they are learning new things all the time I'm sure. We as sleeve patients of course have to be careful what we eat for sure for the first 6 weeks and some times longer because of the risk of leaks.

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newgrandmother    725

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thanks guys for sharing your thoughts in this. i to love my control of food. i guess i wanted to know because everyone on here has differant post op instructions some go straight to puree while some cant for a few weeks. some pplcan eat popcorn where as i was told no popcorn. thnks for all the input

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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