Guest guest Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Dear Mandy, At my support meeting last night, I spoke to the surgeon and he told me that in very distal patients (I am one of those) I will not absorb fat anymore... length of time does not matter, it's the amount of intestine bypassed that determines how malabsorptive you are. I am extremely malabsorptive as 225 cm of my intestine were bypassed. live each day like it's your last... love like you've never been hurt... Deb in Hazlet, NJ " Debbie Dancer " distal rny September 3, 2002 386/221/165 BMI 60/32.6/24 -165 -92.5 " Angel to Bill, Debbie, Ilene, Roy, and Ro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 Deb, I wanted to thank you for that follow through regarding fat absorption. I too felt, based on what I've read and have been told that the body does not somehow miraculously acclimate once the intestine length is altered... then start to re-absorb fat somehow. As I understand it ... its a simple matter of exactly how much was bypassed equals how resistant the body becomes in its ability to absorb. Skinny wishes from Mandy in CA 275/147/126 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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