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I will try to post what my solution ends up being. Ii see my surgeon on Tuesday morning Jan 15 and nutrition on Thursday Jan 24. I am off of all PPI meds since surgery. Prior I was on quadruple dose of them for a full year, hence the revision to a gastric bypass. Now I am on 10 mg of Compazine 3x a day and it seems to be controlling the nausea well and allowing me to get fluids and some forms of protein down. I cannot go on like this long term though.
Most likely you need PPI, antacid meds. But ginger worked miracles for me and my nausea. Even now.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I drink water up to the time I need to eat. But I wait at least 30 min, 60 min after very dense meal to drink after eating. Proteins shakes don't count as dense meal. I wait 15 Mon after a shake to drink if I am thirsty.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
water won't stretch your pouch - it doesn't really collect in there - it just goes right through. I drink water as quickly as I did pre-surgery and have for a long time - I can't how far out I was when I started doing that, though. I think it might have just been the first two or three months when I had to go slowly. Check with your clinic to confirm, but you might be OK.
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
Hello, i wanted to ask about drinking water. I am three months out (revision from sleeve to bypass). I am doing pretty well, thank God. I was wondering if I can drink water as usual or does it have to be 4 ounces per hour? I can drink water as I have done before the surgery. I am staying well hydrated, I drink more than 64 ounces a day. Can water make my pouch grow? I do separate water from food, I wait at least 30 min before eating after I drink water.
Thanks,
S
Everyone is different but overall my weight loss has put me a few months ahead of the OH Post-Op Planner projections.
I revised from Lapband to RNY on 8/16. You can see my stats and monthly losses in my signature line.
Good luck to you! Getting the lapband out of me is the best thing I have ever done!!
Band to RNY 8/16/18
Age: 33, Height: 5'4"
HW: 299 (Pre-LB), RNY Consult: 260, SW: 248, GW: 145 (reached 3/31), New Goal: 130, CW: 133.0
Pre-op: -13, M1: -20, M2: -15, M3: -15, M4: -15, M5: -13, M6: -13, M7: -9, M8: -9, M9: -3, M10:
"I have been reading sad stories all day about hernias and bowel obstructions ..."
Hi You MAY be prone to a hernia over time if you gain weight, and the organs push on a 'weak' fascia/'tissue like' ab muscles over the organs.
I am at OH to read up on options of all kinds since I have a large incisional hernia, or 'ventral hernia," mine was from extensive emergency abdominal surgery to save my life in 2011.
The "necrotic strangulation" people fear is less with a larger hernia, a bit of intestine poking between muscles is where the strangulation can happen.
If you imagine the tough sheath (fascia)over the intestines and organs, well, it develops an opening that gets larger, like an oval or circle. Or it can be like swiss cheese with smaller holes all over, and omomentum fat pushes thru.
I am GUESSING you have no immediate fascia/belly hernia opening. Mine took til 2014 to look a little rounded, then bigger each year til now.
The solution is plastic surgery, a piece of plastic surgical 'mesh' is placed over the opening, tacked to the other tissues, and it keeps the intestines and organs from creeping out. In 40% of obese patients men and women this large hernia is likely over time because the extra visceral fat around the organs pushes out, and, with 24/7 gravity, weakening the sutures and muscle.
Wearing a tight belly wrap band, Spanx girdles over time helps. your MD can tell you more on what is done to repair, but lying down on bed, & pulling up a 'girdle' is what many do.
Hi. I had my RNY on Nov 28, 2018 due to GERD. My VSG was May 2008. I had no nausea for 2 weeks. It was like a honeymoon. Then the last 4 weeks have been horrible. I know there can be mechanical reasons for it and I see my surgeon on Jan 15, 2019. My nutritionist wants me to add protein powder to anything I can keep down for now. My gums are bleeding and even on compazine for nausea, I get break through nausea and average about 30 grams of protein per day.
I know each of our journey's are unique and my path is not your path but it would help to know the challenges that others have faced and overcome as I believe this year is going to be very challenging year for me. I am not sorry I had it done. I am off ALL GERD medications, off Metformin, and to prepare for this surgery I was weaned off of ZOLOFT.
You are drinking coffee? Wow! My sleeve from May 2008 was revised to RNY on Nov 28, 2018 and I am 6 weeks out and just now allowed to add decaf coffee into my nutrition a couple of times a week. I am told not to add a real cup of coffee until I am 6 months out at least. Caffeine dehydrates you and hydration is JOB ONE for all us. Best of Luck in your journey. I am excited. RNY is an extreme but fantastic tool in our lifelong fight against obesity.
