Question:
I am 3 months post op and suddenly feel like i can eat anything

I feel like all i do is eat and that i never really get full...i'm not eating meat it makes me sick so i am eating alot of fruit and vegs and drinking the protein....i'm down 55 pounds so far...anyone else go through a phase like this?    — Kathy C. (posted on April 17, 2003)

April 17, 2003
It may not be a phase; personally I would have your doctor order you an upper GI test.... its possible; if you had a 'regular' RNY vs a 'fobi' rny to have a large stoma. This problem becomes evident very early on... and is a 'complication' that can arise in apx. 25% of RNY tho its NOT told... See if you have pouch function; I noticed this problem from day one; it wasnt until 6 months post my doctor ordered the test. which was positive for no pouch function. IF, and only IF this is your 'problem' - you will still continue to loose weight thru the malabsorption part of your RNY BUT you will need to 'diet' in order to maintain and to place physical limits on your food; because your body will NOT do it for you.
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April 17, 2003
Twenty-five percent?! I've heard of the enlarged stoma problem, but geez, that figure sounds awfully high to me (almost as common as a hernia???). Still, it can't hurt to sit down with the doc, with detailed information on exactly what the poster is eating and drinking, to decide if an upper GI is warranted. You sure don't want to beat yourself up for being a failure, or go around feeling hungry all the time, if the problem is really a surgical complication. On the other hand, 55 pounds gone in three months is pretty darned good -- that fact, by itself, doesn't seem to suggest a surgical failure. A question for the doc, I guess!
   — Suzy C.