Question for bypass l and ders out there

[Yvessa]

Hi guys. I am wondering how long after the end of four week milk diet did you have the op? I am swinging between wildly optimistic and ohmygod this is going to take forever and would just like a ballpark idea.

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[mandym1]

I only did the low carb diet for 1 week, not the milk diet. Each hospital differs but I'm sure some milk dieters will be along to give thier experience soon. Good luck with it x

 

[TwinkleTwinkle]

You stay on the diet up to the day before your op ... they don't start you on the diet until they have a firm date for you xxx 4 weeks seems excessive though ... the longest I have seen anyone do is 2 weeks but most are 10days & I only did 7... you will have to check with your dietician cos there is no way I could have done it for 4 weeks xxx

 

[Yvessa]

L and d ask you do four week prActise run to make sure you really really really want the surgery. Nice of them, no?

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[joffy01582]

i had done that twice before (different dietitians with differing ideas) they'll put you on the refeed diet after that 1200 calories a day in my case ......you'll need to do this before they will go any further

 

[TwinkleTwinkle]

L and d ask you do four week prActise run to make sure you really really really want the surgery. Nice of them, no?

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Oh Gawd, Yve ... I'm speechless & that doesn't happen too often In that case, I have no idea ... that sounds like cruel & unusual punishment. Lots of people are given a target weight loss before their next appointment but not on the milk diet. It is up to them how they achieve it. xxx

 

[joffy01582]

they have to try every avenue open to them before going forwards been there done that got the bypass :8855:

 

[TwinkleTwinkle]

i had done that twice before (different dietitians with differing ideas) they'll put you on the refeed diet after that 1200 calories a day in my case ......you'll need to do this before they will go any further

The MILK DIET for 4 weeks twice, Joffy? ...

 

[Emza]

Hi, I had to do my milk diet for 2 weeks pre-op and had to stop the day before my op. All the best hun xx Also some of the people I was in with changed from the milk diet to a low carb diet! Discuss the options with your team. Good luck xxxx

 

[TwinkleTwinkle]

they have to try every avenue open to them before going forwards been there done that got the bypass :8855:

Respect, Joffy ... you are truly a man of iron xxx

 

[Yvessa]

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately my options are zilch. Milk diet or thou shalt not pass! Still I can live with this. How long do you reckon on the refeed joffy?

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[TwinkleTwinkle]

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately my options are zilch. Milk diet or thou shalt not pass! Still I can live with this. How long do you reckon on the refeed joffy?

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Fab attitude, Yve ... we are here when you need your spirits raising, honey xx

 

[joffy01582]

the refeed is to re educate your stomach into eating less ..............i'll find out a bit more for you tomorrow as i'm there to see the dietitian for my 6 week follow up appointment................you'll just have to remind me in the evening

 

[Yvessa]

My stomach needs to be educated, certainly. But for how long?

 

[Tatiana]

You stay on the diet up to the day before your op ... they don't start you on the diet until they have a firm date for you xxx

Hehe you'd think wouldn't you Twinkle!

I was given a date, started the pre-op diet 2 weeks before my date and, 6 days later, rang to find out when I would get the letter confirming my admission - only to be told they weren't even operating on the date I was given!

Rang back when told to to get new date only to be told that I'm not going to reach top of the list until mid/late December! Seeing surgeon tomorrow to find out what's happening and if I can be moved back up the list!

Tatiana

 

[Yvessa]

Wow that even worse not knowing when it's going to end!

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[Danielle1979]

Hello
I'm at L&D. I did my milk diet for 5 weeks (would have been 4 weeks but partners work wouldn't let him have day off so went a week later). And after milk diet, it was 6 weeks till next appointment to meet the surgeon, then op about 3 months later.
Hope this helps xxx

 

[Yvessa]

Thanks so much Danielle. This is exactly the info I wanted to know

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[Peterborough Guy]

Some people don't stick to the refeed and go back to there old ways, if you can stick to it, as it makes the surgeons job easier the more you lose before the operation.

 

[Yvessa]

I am expecting refeed to be harder to stick to, but I am determined to lose as much as possible both before and after. Equally, however, I knew when I decided on the bypass that I was never going to be perfect, and that my best was just going to have to be good enough. After that, its just one day at a time, right? How long were you on the refeed PG?