I feel like I've betrayed a friend

That's a super fantastic idea Charline. The gastric bypass booklet you get from the Dumont leaves a LOT to be desired. After day 12 you are completely on your own. It doesn't even mention altered taste or many many food intolerances. Acording to the booklet on day 11 you are able to eat toast. I tried.  Causually mentions lactose intolerance in passing. Like i said it leaves a lot to be desired. I've even called  the clinic and either got no answer or was pretty much told  to see my own doctor. Any problems I had, they made it sound like they had never heard of it before, so I stopped calling to ask about problems. My doctor has not even had another patient who has had wls. It does leave you in the dark. The health field is so underinformed about WLS in general. I went to the emergency room the noght I was discharged from the Dumont. The next morning i was to have a cat scan. you would not believe the trouble I had convincing them that my pouch was as big as a thumb and there was no way i was going to be able to drink a 20 ounce bottle of barium. I repeated it about a dozen times. On the day of discharge i was lucky to be able to drink 2 ounces let alone 20 ounces. I had more eyes rolled at me than i could count.  I could understand this reaction if I were the in the first 5 or 6 patients to have wls but it has been here in NB for the past 6 or 7 years.