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Remember early on when you had a bowl movement and there was an oil slick floating on the top of the water due to the fat you didn't absorb. Sorry for the visual. I knew I had stopped malabsorbing fat long, long ago. You know that diet aid, Alli? It is supposed to block fat absorption, but I've never seen anyone give any testimonials after the fact. Wynona Judd is a spokesperson, but I haven't seen that she has lost a whole lot of weight. The fat blocking part of this surgery seems to give out before too long.
I've done a lot of research on various surgeries, as we all have. I don't think there's any more success with the lapband. Personal observation is that there is less because everyone I've known has eaten around the band and ultimately stopped gettin fills. Not to say you can't eat your way around RNY. DS folks that I've known have ended up having serious corrective surgeries when their plumbing gave out and a couple of people around here have had to have as much of a reversal as they could. There's even less known about the long-term effects of the gastric sleeve.
I'll just sit on my plump RNY butt for now.
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The RNY only malabsorbs calories early out. By about 2 years or so, the intestines grow many thousands of additional villi to compensate for the caloric malabsorption--to stop starving the body to dealth--so that calories become fully absorbed. This is not the case for the vitamins and supplements, however; because they have no caloric value, they are still malabsorbed.
Elizabeth M
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Elizabeth M 
Thanks Judy. Hi Pammie!! Yeah, i bet you've noticed my cafe in disarray at facebook LOL... i haven't been on there to do that in a long time really. I played farkle for a moment but not having my keyboard working on my laptop drives me nuts.
The chemical thing started when I was pregnant with Katelyn. I never had it before. It was diagnosed as PICA on the onset. It wasn't an emotional thing, it was a purely physical thing lol... the baby was sucking up the nutrients in my body. I never recovered. obviously.
I got my liquid vitamins yesterday and took them and feel a little better. the need isn't as strong. I'm praying that this will do it. Of course its a physcial addiction of sorts... its not the need to get high... its the smell ... its so hard to explain... but i guess the need is essentially the same though... when i smell it, its like the same feeling of smelling a good steak?? i guess?? but more because the body craves it so terribly which pulls the addiction thing into play... our bodies are "addicted" to vitamins and minerals. if they dont have the proper amount "it craves". this is the best i can explain... SOOOooo hopefully this liquid vitamin along with the minerals of the protein shakes and protein bars will help balance me out. PRAYING! the liquid vitamins I got have trace minerals and copper. I hear that copper is also big in the play for this chemical smell need. which makes sense. zinc and copper being the main culprits... then iron. so we'll see...i'll keep everyone posted! :)
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