Comments on: Question about haircare after surgery

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Tue, 01 Apr 2003 11:51:13 +0000

Dear Louise: I had my surgery on August 14, 1997,
so I am fast approaching my second anniversary. I
had just the gastric by-pass with no special banding,
etc. I have lost between 110 and 115 lbs. It is at the
point of fluctuating but I am pretty well settled at
the 140-145 lb. mark. I went out to Ponderosa last
night. I can everyone that "all you can eat" buffets are
a waste of time and money. I only agreed to go
because my daughter wanted their ice cream. Anyway, I am
at the point of being able to eat more, so to some
this might sound like a lot. My menu was:

1 -
taco with meat and cheese
1 - meatball
1 - piece
off a chicken leg
1 - square of cherry jello
1
- slice cantalope
1 - square of
watermelon
1/4 - cup chicken noodle soup broth
2 -

saltines
3 - cups of coffee

All this cost me $6.99. I
told my husband that I drank so much coffee because I
was trying to make it to the $6.99 worth. If after
the surgery you want to know how you got the way you
did, go to one of these buffets and just watch some of
the people eat. It is unbelievable. Well, Have to go.
Take care…Helen

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sun, 30 Mar 2003 01:02:33 +0000

elensawyer,

thank you for your words of
encouragement. when did you have your procedure done? how much
weight
is gone forever? i will keep your words in
mind
because i don’t like to vomit. you know to many
times
mess up you teeth LOL. listening to my body
is
something that we have had trouble doing. i
never
listened when it told me you are getting to
big. your
blood pressure is high, your blood sugar
is high.
you have no clothing.

thanks you listening to
me.
louisewallace

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 29 Mar 2003 14:20:58 +0000

ating. You will learn to eat correctly after the surgery
and you will know if you are doing it right if you DO
NOT experience vomiting. Vomiting is the key to
knowing you are heading in the wrong direction. I have
vomited only about five times in two years and each time
I only had myself to blame. I felt so bad
afterwards I have to lay down and rest. I learn very fast
that overeating is not worth the discomfort. You will
experience something you never did before….a sense of
fullness. As soon as you feel this new sensation, stop
eating. Don’t push your eating or that is when the
vomiting enters the picture. Good luck to you and your
daughter. Old habits die hard, but the surgery is sure a
blessing getting those habits in line once and for all.
Take care…Helen Sawyer

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:37:02 +0000

am so glad i found you all, my daughter and
i
both are going to be have lap-vsrg on 24th june.
i
say to her that of all the things i’ve taught
her
her poor eating habits ar the very worst.
i am
more excited for her because she know nothing
about
"the other side". i pray that every thing
goes
well for her and i both. please you all pray
for
us.
please bear with me while i read everything you
all
have written. i am intend to learn everything
that
i can prior to 24june.
i am worried about the
compulive eating she and i
have been eating is the
vomiting enough to curb
you?? i want to do every thing
i can to get this
extra person off of me and her
both.

By: Neva Marjory

Neva Marjory — Sat, 22 Mar 2003 16:36:32 +0000

i, welcome to the group! In regards to your
question concerning your hair loss. Don’t get to worried
about it. We will all most likely suffer somewhat from
this problem within the first year after surgery.
Generally within the first 4 months following surgery is
what I was told by my surgeon. It has to do with the
decreased amount of proteins we ingest and trace minerals,
but mainly the decreased proteins. I realize that
most of us (post ops) consume mostly protein in our
daily diets but it’s still not enough or at least the
same amounts we were getting prior to the surgery. Our
body responds to this by our hair thinning. But not to
worry too much because eventually the hair thinning
will stop. I think it is a rare case to hear of
anyone’s hair thinning so much to the point of bald spots

but then again I’m no expert on the subject
either!
I perfer to keep my hair short for the time being
and once the hair thinning stops maybe I’ll grow it
out again, but I sort of like my hair short so I just
may keep it this way, who knows! There are products
on the market I’ve heard people speak of that they
claim works miracles for hair thinning but I’ve also
heard they are way high priced and come in very small
bottles, so I don’t know if I’d want to put that much
investment into these products if my hair were just thinning
slightly. If you want, check with a well named beauty
supply shop and I bet they could give you some leads on
products but have your check book with
you!……LOL……Good luck.
God
bless,
Wendy….Clearfield,UT
Open RNY 4-14-99 gall bladder removed
Dr.
Gerald
Goodman, Salt Lake City
pre op weight 355
post op 7
weeks 6-2-99 weight 307