Need to hear long term success...
Hello,
Although i am only 8 days post op, of course i am already worried about gaining weight back after RNY. Am i crazy? i have not even lost the weight! I had RNY, have been bopping around the boards and am second guessing my decision. LIke should i have had the duod switch (sp?).. i don't even know that much about it, i am just for some reason, freaking out about the long term possiblity of really keeping weight off.
please, any people out there who have done this, and kept it off, and can give me hope?
thanks so much
Although i am only 8 days post op, of course i am already worried about gaining weight back after RNY. Am i crazy? i have not even lost the weight! I had RNY, have been bopping around the boards and am second guessing my decision. LIke should i have had the duod switch (sp?).. i don't even know that much about it, i am just for some reason, freaking out about the long term possiblity of really keeping weight off.
please, any people out there who have done this, and kept it off, and can give me hope?
thanks so much
Hi Karil,
I had the Rny almost 5 yrs. ago. About 3 days after surgery, liquids, and protein, I asked my husband in a whiney voice of course "Why did I do this"? He replied, in a loving voice, "Because you are fat". I said "Oh yeah". and haven't second guessed it since. I have lost 90 lbs and went from 230 lbs to 136-138 lbs. Kept it off. I have Fibro and take meds for it. I use the fentanyl patch and norco as a breakthrough med. I am doing well with the bypass, fibro, but my only complaint is the fatigue. You made a good decision, on which surgery to have. Your surgeon would have recommended another one if he felt you weren't suited for the one you got. Look at my profile. I have on there a "Comparison Surgery Chart". If you can't view it or find it email me and I will direct you to the website I got it from. It is from where I had my rny. The first month is the hardest to deal with it. If you are head hungry, then dip you finger in sauce or juice that you family cooking but don't eat the food. That will cause triggers (guilt) to go off. But, if you sip a spoon of juices that will satisify the food monster. Let me know if I can help. We are all very helpful on this forum. so either way, you will do fine. Kristy
I had the Rny almost 5 yrs. ago. About 3 days after surgery, liquids, and protein, I asked my husband in a whiney voice of course "Why did I do this"? He replied, in a loving voice, "Because you are fat". I said "Oh yeah". and haven't second guessed it since. I have lost 90 lbs and went from 230 lbs to 136-138 lbs. Kept it off. I have Fibro and take meds for it. I use the fentanyl patch and norco as a breakthrough med. I am doing well with the bypass, fibro, but my only complaint is the fatigue. You made a good decision, on which surgery to have. Your surgeon would have recommended another one if he felt you weren't suited for the one you got. Look at my profile. I have on there a "Comparison Surgery Chart". If you can't view it or find it email me and I will direct you to the website I got it from. It is from where I had my rny. The first month is the hardest to deal with it. If you are head hungry, then dip you finger in sauce or juice that you family cooking but don't eat the food. That will cause triggers (guilt) to go off. But, if you sip a spoon of juices that will satisify the food monster. Let me know if I can help. We are all very helpful on this forum. so either way, you will do fine. Kristy
Hi there, please dont second quess yourself...I am 10 years out and I am doing great. I have kept the weight off for the most part. I have gained about 20 pounds in this last year and half. I am dont feeled overwelmed with this because I will always remember weight ing 260 pounds with alot of weight problems. I have to be so thankful for the RNY. I weigh about 160 right now. I do plan on seeing a dietician on wednesday but I feel that all I need is to be redirected and like I said it has been coming on for a couple of years not all at once. For the most part I have kept it off and I feel great. You will do fine. The one thing I would caution you with is making sure you stay on your supplements I did have problems with that but again I get back on track pretty quiclkly.
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