Body cleanse

joshie2645
on 4/11/15 9:00 am - Springdale, AR

has any body used like a colan cleanse? Is it safe after the surgery? Not right after surgery, but like a few months after. I'm thinking about doing a cleanse.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 4/11/15 9:18 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

FWIW: My surgeon was adamant that colon cleanses are not necessary before OR after WLS.

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

selhard
on 4/11/15 10:03 pm - MN

RNY on 11/26/12

Here's an idea...read and follow advice on Zonechef's post from April 8th. If you make some muffins using flax meal or oat bran, you're likely to get a colon cleanse.

Grim_Traveller
on 4/11/15 10:21 pm

RNY on 08/21/12

Why do you think a colon cleanse is a good idea? Does your doctor think so?

Doing radical things to your body just for the heck of it isn't a good idea.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

hollykim
on 4/12/15 8:53 am - Nashville, TN

Revision on 03/18/15

On April 11, 2015 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time, joshie2645 wrote:

has any body used like a colan cleanse? Is it safe after the surgery? Not right after surgery, but like a few months after. I'm thinking about doing a cleanse.

colon cleanses are fads. Our colon is perfectly adapted to cleanse themselves if we leave them alone.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 4/12/15 9:00 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I just loved {sarcasm} the commercial a couple of years ago that talked about how "many" people are carrying around "20 pounds or more" of material plastered to the walls of their intestines (and, of course, that buying their product would enable people to lose that "weight")!