I’m having gastric bypass in 2 days..my BMI is 40 my weight is 230..been on this pre op diet of 4oz protien 4oz veggies 4oz fruit n 2 protien shakes daily since friday. I’ve cheated here and there with littles bites of this n that cuz dammit I’m hungry..I know I’m kinda small to be doing this surgery but I’m doing it for more reasons..I want to know has anyone else this size..by the way I’m 5 foot 4 inches..had the RNY gastric bypass, how did u do on ur pre op diet? How was ur surgery expirience and results? My nurse made it sound like since I’m young, 23, and BMI of 40, my liver should be small enough n I should heal fast. Is this true? Help I’m scared.
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A close friend of mine has had the surgery. You should try to stick to the pre-op diet as they need you to lose as much of the fat as possible before surgery.
You will find that the post-op is the most difficult. You will have to be very careful about what you eat. You will still see food and want it. You will still try to eat a huge plate of food, but won’t be able to keep it down. You must chew, chew, chew your food and chew slowly – not swallow quickly, or you will keep on vomiting the food back up.
This operation will change your life – you will definitely lose weight, but you may not lose as much as you hope if you keep eating junk food. You will need to change your way of thinking about food – that is the hardest part. You will probably not enjoy eating in restaurants anymore, because you can’t eat much. This can be hard to deal with.
However, at least you are prolonging your life. YOu have to be strong and see this as positive and life-changing for your health and happiness.
Good luck!!
My best friend had RNY on February 23rd & he ate macaroni & cheese the day before his surgery & he had no major issues. He had a GI bleed a week after his surgery, but that had nothing to do with his eating macaroni & cheese. I guess all surgeons are different, but mine wants me to be on a high protein low calorie diet (ie. OptiFast) for 2 weeks before surgery. That is what shrinks the liver & helps flatten the stomach to make surgery easier on both me & the surgeon.
Either way, good luck with your surgery. Follow your surgeon’s recommendations exactly & you should have no problems.
I had gastric bypass with a BMI of 42, weighed about 245 lbs, so I wasn’t all that big, either. First of all don’t be scared! You are doing fine. And the diet you are on now is actually pretty ridiculous to be on pre-op. You don’t need to "get used to" eating smaller amounts – you will – automatically – after you have the surgery! I was not on any special diet before surgery, and in fact, did a lot of "last supper"-ing – eating all the things I figured I would not be able to eat again after surgery (which is wrong, because I can honestly, eat anything.But I choose NOT to now, and that’s the difference.) So, don’t worry about cheating. You will have to eat a certain way after surgery (whatever your surgeon recommends) but remember that you are human, and any diet that restricts you from eating certain foods or only allows certain foods, is, and has been proven time after time, going to fail. So, prepare yourself to eat like a normal-size person!
You are very young, and I envy you doing this at the age you are (I was 47) as you will lose faster and probably reach your goal weight, not have a lot of loose skin, etc. If you are having laparoscopic gastric bypass, when the surgeon gets in there, they have to use retractors to move your liver out of the way to get in there and make the pouch. If you have a big, fatty liver from eating lots of fats, it makes it more difficult for them, plus, the more retraction and moving around of the liver you have, the more pain you might experience after surgery. That’s why they generally put people on retrictive diets before surgery. Not to make you lose weight necessarily (although this MAY BE the case with people who are super-morbidly obese, which you are not). So, don’t worry about a bit of cheating. YOU ARE NORMAL! The size of your liver really doesn’t affect how you heal.
Now, the biggest thing to keep in mind is this: After surgery, get out of bed as soon as possible, and don’t get back in until it’s time to sleep! Try to get yourself into a normal routine and don’t lay around in bed! That is the worst thing you can do! The more you move, the easier it gets and the pain (what there is) will be gone faster. I was out of bed the day after surgery and didn’t get back in until about 10:00PM that night. It truly is "the first day of the rest of your life" so don’t spend it in bed! I went home the second day after surgery and handed out candy to the kids at Halloween that evening, cooked some food and did a bit of laundry. Start walking as soon as you get home, too. I also went with a high school marching band to Disneyworld and several other parks a month after surgery and I had more energy than most of the other parents that went and I had a blast!
I lost about 35 lbs the first month after surgery which is slower than I had hoped, but everyone is different. I never got to "my" goal weight, but my surgeon was one that didn’t give anyone a certain number they had to get to to be considered a success, so I think that is great – we morbidly obese people have had enough failures in our lives to have to live with another if we don’t see a certain number on the scale. I had surgery 7 years ago and I would do it again in a heartbeat if I had to. My weight has varied up about 10 lbs in that time, but I also know what I need to do to get it back down again and I do it. It has been a blessing in my life and my only regret is I didn’t do it sooner than I did. All the best and hope it goes well for you!