Question:
Has anyone else had no problem eating the foods they ate before surgery?

I had my surgery on Nov 3rd 2003. I am 17 days out and I am finding that I can eat the same things I did before surgery. There is only one thing, I had the surgery done a little different. I had the surgery done in stages. I had the stomach pouch done lapriscopicly and then in 6-9 months I will have the bypass surgery done lapriscopicly. I am looking for anyone who has had this type of surgery done and if they could help me out with this. Thank you Shawn    — Shawn Boarts (posted on November 20, 2003)

November 20, 2003
Hey Shawn! So, are you a 2 parter DS patient? Did you have Dr. Peters? If you're a DS post-op, then eating the foods you ate before surgery would be totally normal at this point. Let me know if I can answer any questions, okay? Blessings, dina
   — Dina McBride

November 20, 2003
No answer for you. I've never heard of this. Curious about what the benefit of doing it this way is? Why did you choose it?
   — LMCLILLY

November 20, 2003
My son's doctor (Schauer of Pgh) does a lot of surgeries this way (I believe he only does Lap RNY and banding). He seems to want to do this more on the super MO's, but I'm not sure why. He actually wanted to do my son's this way also, but because he had an insurance problem, it was decided to do everything at once. If you contact Bob Haller on this site, he can tell you more about this type of surgery. He and his wife had the same doc as my son.
   — Carlita

November 20, 2003
I am 9 months post op Lap RNY and can eat just about anything except white meat chicken and grilled hamburger w/o difficulty. I think that it is a matter of texture rather than anything else.
   — Fixnmyself

November 20, 2003
Schauers group does these on the very high risk patients. Knowing some that had this one they do very well. The first surgery reduces the stomach dramatically. , but has no bypass and thus no dumping. Stage two is the bypass. 2 steps minimizes table time and risk. My buddy Bill Caretta had this his start waist size was 74 inches its about 40 today perhaps less I think he was getting plastic surgery. Even though its a long trip I encourage the poster to attend support group meetings and say hi. We attend most of them and Decembers is jens 2 year anniversary so we should be there, If you check my profile theres a link to a newspaper story about Bill and his wife both post ops with some amazing photos.
   — bob-haller

November 21, 2003
I'm over 2 months post-op and can eat anything. Absolutely anything. I have never dumped and believe you me, I have tested. I'm masochistic that way. I am actually kinda happy about that, as I can still have my favorite things if I wanted. Thus far, I just don't really want to eat all that stuff. But I could.
   — jenn_jenn