Guest guest Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Melody It is kind of a common occurrence after WLS. We loose weight and have an excess of bowel in a smaller space. Dr. K stated at a support meeting that very often (for some) the excess bowel is evident at the time of DS surgery...so it Pre-existed the DS and just hadn't become a problem yet. He can't fix it, at the time of DS, because he can't predict who it will become a problem for and just where in the bowel the problem will be. What can we do to prevent it. Don't have abdominal surgery Don't ever become obese Don't lose weight Don't have constipation issues Don't drink soda Don't get gas In other words don't do anything that Can inflate or move the bowel. I've heard some say the surgery was REAL difficult. I've heard some say it wasn't to bad. I'll hope you will fall into the second group. Hugs Jo =========================== I've talked to > one person who's had this surgery and she said it's a really hard > surgery. I also would like to know if anyone knows if this is a > complication to the DS? and if there was something I could have done to > prevent it??? > > Thank you in advance for any help or reply on this.....Best wishes to > all of you, Melody > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 Hi Jo, Thank you! I hope I fall into the latter of the two also :-) thank you for explaining it to me, I was wondering if the eight loss had something to do with it. I don't drink soda's yet at least not with any carbonation ;-) I get alot of really hard gas pain but I don't know what I'm doing to cause the gas, but I think that's what's make my colon so dilated. Thanks again for your help. Hugs and Blessings, Melody > > Melody > > It is kind of a common occurrence after WLS. We loose weight and > have an excess of bowel in a smaller space. Dr. K stated at a > support meeting that very often (for some) the excess bowel is > evident at the time of DS surgery...so it Pre-existed the DS and just > hadn't become a problem yet. He can't fix it, at the time of DS, > because he can't predict who it will become a problem for and just > where in the bowel the problem will be. > > What can we do to prevent it. > Don't have abdominal surgery > Don't ever become obese > Don't lose weight > Don't have constipation issues > Don't drink soda > Don't get gas > > In other words don't do anything that Can inflate or move the bowel. > > I've heard some say the surgery was REAL difficult. > I've heard some say it wasn't to bad. > I'll hope you will fall into the second group. > > Hugs > Jo > > > > =========================== > > I've talked to > > one person who's had this surgery and she said it's a really hard > > surgery. I also would like to know if anyone knows if this is a > > complication to the DS? and if there was something I could have > done to > > prevent it??? > > > > Thank you in advance for any help or reply on this.....Best wishes > to > > all of you, Melody > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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