"The Malabsorbtion Advantage" ..Does it go away???
It seems to me that saying weight gain would be inevitable is kind of a "defeatist" look at it.
Even if we did lose all of the malabsorbtion over time... one of the main ideas here is to get a fresh start and re-learn how to eat properly for the rest of our lives.
I see it as a second chance to correct all of the horrible eating habits that I developed the first time around. You know... a nice, little system re-boot!

Be Well,
A.J.
I agree with you AJ, and I'm losing weight pretty good, but there'll always be that lurking fear in the background of gaining the weight back. I'd like to think that my calorie intake wont be absorbed like it was pre-op even though it's impossible to eat like that anymore. And Dave, I hope you're right!
3beast,
I’m on a different computer this morning and can’t find anything on this hard drive-
But, As I Recall, One of the DS Doc-Gurus, did a study concerning the increased number of intestinal ville found in patients after removal or bypass of portions of intestine. (those little hair-like structures that absorb)
Although there was some “adaptation” (around 3 to 5%) the effect was negligible on the mal-absorption aspect of Gastric By-Pass patients.
like AJ, I was struck by- “it tells me that weight gain is eventually inevitable.”
I did have these facts in a post about “Pouch stretching /size…”
Check the statistics-
From 5 to 10 year post-op patient study....
17% of RNY patients reach their Ideal Body Weight.
68 % of RNY Patients Lose between 75% to 99% of their excess body weight.
*(That’s 85% of All RNY patients reaching a BMI in the
Capricious; Impulsive, Semi-Predictable