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need to know what ?'s to ask dr.to have my rny checked to see if my weight gain has t

i no longe get dumping from sweets ,i can eat more before feeling full.    — lauriegrizzard (posted on March 20, 2007)

March 20, 2007
I don't have any problem eating sweets either. But remember what they said about the surgery being just a tool. You need to curtail eating sweets and work on getting protein and vitamins from vegatables. Are you giving yourself enough time in between bites and chewing slowly so that you fill up before eating too much.
   — Virginia M.

March 20, 2007
Just because you CAN eat more doesn't mean you SHOULD eat more. Focus on measuring and getting your fluids in. Exercise too, it will help with the hunger, if you are having any. Go back to the basics. Eliminate the sweets, they are probably one of the reasons that you needed the surgery ???
   — Kari_K

March 21, 2007
Typically, as more time passes following surgery your body will change and no matter what you do you will sometimes start gaining weight, the same things happened to me at about 20 months out. I'll be 6 years out in June. A endoscopy last year showed an enlarged stoma so food just goes right on through to the intestines, no slowdown to make me feel full. Another possiblity is a staple line disruption, with food emptying into the old stomach (if you weren't transected). Yes, what you do is important but there can be things that go wrong down the road with the surgery. It can be a surgery failure, not a patient failure. Two tests to check for problems are an upper GI and endoscopy. Good luck!
   — ALF

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