It is really NOT that easy....gaining weight
After WLS....let me say RNY....if your surgery was performed correctly and your pouch cut down to at least 30cc, gaining weight back is NOT easy....and yes, being too small can become fatal.
I'll start with myself....in Sept 2003 I had RNY....pouch 30cc....my surgeon's goal for me was to get to 150...my personal goal 140....my lowest weight 133 and dropping....my height 5'7
Due to unrelated illnesses....I went pounds below my personal goal....when your pouch has went from the size of a space ship to a damn small plum, you just can't eat....and when you dump from sugars....*****ally wants to be eating all that **** and end up losing more weight barfing and ****ting?!
When I moved to Ohio in 2006...I was damn near a size 4! My target size is an 8....too make a long story short....I had to have surgery (non-WLS related) in 2007....that surgery saved my life.....and from 2007 to 2009 my body started to gain weight....too much...but my tool still works and I am losing....I survived; however, my dear friend MarJean who was a BAF member was not as lucky!
We had WLS to get healthy damnit....though she had an illness unrelated to WLS, he illness was NOT terminal!!!!!! She died....she died because she could not EAT....in order for her treatments to work, she needed to gain weight.....they even stopped the treatments.....they were not working cause she was so thin and frail....her organs were shutting down on her ~oh damn, crying out loud~
My friend starved to death! She literally starved....though I cooked for her (an entire weeks worth)....she could only eat 2 bites...if THAT!
They only wanted her to gain 10 pounds!!!!!! TEN to resume treatments....as a last resort they inserted a tube into her stomach (feeding tube).....she died that week.
I'm not trying to scare anybody....but if you are underweight....that is NOT healthy. If you get sick and can't eat, you cannot afford to lose one damn pound!!!
My friend would have turned 44 on August 25...so young, so beautiful.
If you feel you are too small.....gain some damn weight! No one knows your body like you do.
RIP my dear, dear friend...I will miss you until time indefinite!
I focus not on my disabilty; my focus is on my ABILITIES.
(Dedee, 2009)
My hearing impairment ENABLES me, not disables me.
(Dedee, 2008)
~Dedee
MSW Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Eat sensibly & enjoy moderation
Links: Are you a compulsive eater? for help OA meets on-line Keep Coming Back, One Day At a Time Overeaters Anonymous
LV'N MY RNY. WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT.
In fact, at our last mini meet and greet here in Cinci she was able to attend....she was driving, walking (with a cane) and able to eat, laugh, and be merry.
However, due to WLS and limited restrictions on eating.....once her illness took effect, she could not eat.
I focus not on my disabilty; my focus is on my ABILITIES.
(Dedee, 2009)
My hearing impairment ENABLES me, not disables me.
(Dedee, 2008)
~Dedee
~Shani~
I've been pudgy, chubby, thick, and now fat........Imma give thin a go round!!!
SW-262, size 18W, 5'6"
CW-168 1/15/2010
GW-162
94 Lbs down...6 more to go...changed goal to see Onderland for a hot second!
