wow this was great reading, thank you so much for taking the time to do this for all of us,,,i am just over a month away from my surgery and wonder all the time many of these things and still have so many questions on my mind,,,,
everyday i come up with more,,,,and more,,,,,,this journey is exciting, scarey and mostly educational,,,,i pray all the time that i will do well with all the studying i am doing and research into this surgery and new way of life,,,i read the stories here, see the emotions and see the amazing pics of everyone and get inspired and realize that there is such graeat support here,,,,i feel sooo happy to have stumbled onto this site! my latest wonder is how the ruen y bypass,,(spelling??) i read that sugars and fats are not tolerated well after surgery...is that true? to what extent? like i love fruit and sometimes my days are nutso so i have to grab some chicken nuggets once in a blue moon,,,am i going to get sick from that?? if i have a nutso day will i still have that convenience or do i need to start carrying maybe cheese sticks with me or a little bag of carrots or something,?? sounds silly but i want to avoid "dumping or throwing up" i am reading and learning that i must eat ,,,,,,and will need to do suppliments to stay healthy,,,what is better liquid or pill form,,,,,,also how do you keep the protein intake inline with what you are supposed to? food types after surgery, what can be tolerated the best?? why are some people using protein powders?? to substitute??
i have a million of them,,,,,ha hah ha,,,,but this site by far is my best resource,,,my last nutritionally supervised appt is next monday and i will be asking more questions then,,,,that poor nutritionist?? i must sound like a 3 yr old kid in the "why?" phase....ha ha haha
this month has been the hardest,,,supposed to have no sugar and 1100 calories a day,,,,,that has been a bit tough,,,had sugar 3 times this last month,,but human i guess,,,,i am learning not to beat myself up over slip ups....human,,,remember we are all human,,,,,i keep telling myself!
hugs to all
mechelle