Re: weight regain/question for Jerry

[Guest guest]

.. Dr. K.

> said fixing the hernias would reduce my appitite and he wasn't

kidding.

I'm curious why the hernia repair would reduce your appetite. Did Dr

K explain why? (I too have a hernia that I am going to have

repaired next year and have a TT at the same time).

Thanks!

Susie Q

Open DS 6/30/03

Dr Husted

280/148

[Guest guest]

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>I'm curious why the hernia repair would reduce your appetite. Did Dr

>K explain why? (I too have a hernia that I am going to have

>repaired next year and have a TT at the same time).

>

Susie,

The way he explained it, having a hernia, especially ones as large as I

have had, allowed me to eat a lot more than normal because I never got the

" full " feeling. The stomach was being allowed to expand beyond what is

normal because the hernia allowed the small intestines to move out of the

way and give the stomach more room.

Once the hernia is repaired, the stomach has less room to expand and you

get the full feeling a lot sooner. If you're doing the tt at the same

time, this would further reduce the room for expansion of the stomach and

give you the full feeling even sooner. The sooner you get that feeling,

the smaller your appetite will be.

I mentioned how little I had to eat yesterday. When we were back in

Wisconsin for Thanksgiving, in one day I had the following..

Breakfast: Slimfast protein shake, Peanut butter and banana sandwich (2

slices Iron Kids bread, app 2 tbs peanut butter, one banana, and a tbsp of

Brimmel and Brown margerine.)

Snack: 3 to 4 oz Turkey Jerkeu

Lunch: Super Steak sandwich with " the works " . (Sheboygan specialty

sandwich, 1/3 pound ground serlion grilled on a " hard roll " with katsup,

dill pickles, mustard, onions, and real butter), 1/2 order of french fries

or deep fried onions, cup of soup or chili mac, piece of poppy seed torte.

Snack: Apple

Dinner: Fish Fry (another Sheboygan Specialty.. 4 peices of breaded and

deep fried lake pearch, french fries, cole claw, rye bread), another piece

of torte.

Snack: Left over apple or pumpkin pie.

Drinks: 2 liter bottle of 5-cal lemonade plus one or two cans more and 2

to 3 cups Chai spiced tea.

Compare that to what I had yesterday and you see the major difference.

(And that's about 1/2 to 2/3 what I would have had before the d/s.) The

only reason I stopped eating at any point is because I KNEW I was eating

too much at one time. I never really felt full, though I did have a good

episode of the belches in there a time or two after I stopped eating.

The amazing part is that I didn't gain any weight during the ten-day stay

back home, though I should have. But, if I had continued to eat at that

rate, I know I would have had a significant weight regain in a few months.

Now that I type this out (hindsight) I realize I was deffinately overeating

the surgery. It is something I will have to learn to watch for and control

better in the future regardless of whether or not the hernoas return.

Hope that answers your questions (and is a good object lesson for every one

else on the list.) ;-))

Jerry

[Guest guest]

>

>

> . Dr. K.

> > said fixing the hernias would reduce my appitite and he wasn't

> kidding.

>

>

> I'm curious why the hernia repair would reduce your appetite. Did

Dr

> K explain why? (I too have a hernia that I am going to have

> repaired next year and have a TT at the same time).

>

> Thanks!

>

> Susie Q

> Open DS 6/30/03

> Dr Husted

> 280/148

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my appetite was down after my repair too. 2 reasons. one- i was so

out of it, i had no appetite. another reason is, things were pushed

back in and tight. i had no room and LOVED IT..........lol

vicki

[Guest guest]

My appetite after hernia repair was GREATLY reduced..Dr. K explained

I " don't have the stomach room that I did when I had a big hunkin'

hernia "

> >

> >

> > . Dr. K.

> > > said fixing the hernias would reduce my appitite and he wasn't

> > kidding.

> >

> >

> > I'm curious why the hernia repair would reduce your appetite. Did

> Dr

> > K explain why? (I too have a hernia that I am going to have

> > repaired next year and have a TT at the same time).

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> > Susie Q

> > Open DS 6/30/03

> > Dr Husted

> > 280/148

>

> ****************************************888888

>

> my appetite was down after my repair too. 2 reasons. one- i was so

> out of it, i had no appetite. another reason is, things were pushed

> back in and tight. i had no room and LOVED IT..........lol

>

> vicki