Is it that easy?
as for the original thread, yep, you can cheat your way out. just read up on Dx's posts and you'll get the whole poop on the subject. the really good thing i learned was to stop when full. i blow it sometimes but that's a really good eating habit to start to learn from day one after your surgery. good luck.......carbonblob
on 7/10/07 9:03 am - Houston, TX
Best Wishes-
Dx Aaron, Statistically, about 7 out of 10 folks have complete success, and that’s looking at 10 years of maintaining loss. (and it’s give or take approx. 8% depending on the type of procedure) Out of that 30% who don’t maintain a loss of 65% or more of their excess fat, a small percentage actually have mechanical failure of their surgery. For some it is enlarged stoma - (typically caused by continued compulsive eating beyond limits to the point of pain) and for some it is a staple-line disruption. Rare, but happens. That’s where the ‘pouch portion’ of the stomach Is only stapled off from the remaining "old stomach" with out being ‘transected’ or surgically separated, and the staples "give loose. The pouch sort of opens up like a zipper, and suddenly There is No "full after a small meal" Just big hungry stomach, but now with two opening into the intestines. Goes from small pouch and feeling of fullness to more capacity and desire to eat Than before the surgery. I know someone who has had this happen. I’ve even seen the endoscopy photos. Wow! But, like I said, it is very rare. In that case, a Revision is needed. And most docs will perform one and in most cases it is even covered by surgery. BUT- there is also a percentage of folks, who have serious emotional eating compulsions. We all CAN out eat the surgeries. Band, RNY or DS. It takes some effort, but very doable. Those folks who find themselves not losing And still eating as much as they possibly can due to compulsive urges Find it difficult to get a "Revision" in order to get a smaller pouch or more intestine bypassed to further decrease absorption, etc… Some do, even if only by swapping to a different surgical procedure. Some of them don’t even succeed in keeping off the weight after a second surgery. Those folks needed to start with a head doc before they found a gut doc. WLS is in NO WAY a magic bullet. It’s only a tool to aid life style change. Long-term maintenance of a Normal range BMI is dependant on Post-Ops
Using the first year to set up New eating habits and exercise habits to serve the rest of their life. There are multiple ways to "out eat" bariatric surgeries... Ice Cream would do it for me, if I didn't dump.... Fried food doesn't seem to bother me much at all And I CAN eat a great deal of it. Because I CAN, doesn't mean I DO... I have an old post about "pouch-stretching" I’ll dig up…. Hope all this babble helped explain a bit… Have the Greatest Next Week! Best Wishes- Dx
