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In reply to the discussion: Newly Approved Drug Heralded As 'Game Changer' In The Growing National Obesity Crisis [View all]moriah
(8,311 posts)Mom never really addressed her disordered eating before a full-on Roux en Y bypass.
So she ended up having to have the stoma linking the esophagus to the stomach pouch stretched several times, because she ended up developing a form of bulimia. She also really gave her pancreas a workout with regards to "dumping syndrome", and became the first in the family to develop diabetes.
Also, alcohol hit her quickly, even just wine. Either she didn't admit she used to be able to "hold her liquor" and was used to drinking that way, or they never really explained to her just how it *would* hit after the surgery. Only one scene of her crying outside of a bar on NYE, so she realized early on she couldn't drink like that. But yeah, wine hit her like liquor. I don't know much about the sleeve operation wrt that.
Still, I'm glad you're taking care of yourself. She could have avoided some of these issues with better therapy beforehand, but this was in 1994. So there might not have been as much done back then before surgery.