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05-30-2007, 06:54 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,520
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
36.0465116279 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
24.36357908 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |  I dont know how else to ask this... So if i offend someone I apologize. Um...since I've been re-wired (thats how i refer to my bypass) I notice strange things regarding going to the bathroom. For one, its not as frequent which is fine. I was never really "regular" to begin with. Second, it's light in color which is freaking me out. Light like tan-ish in color. (sorry) is this normal? I eat vegetables and chicken, ground beef and popcicles and drink shakes and eat pudding and jello. I eat regular food; things with color in it so I dont get why my bm's are tan??? Somebody please tell me this is normal.  Lie to me if you have to!
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05-30-2007, 06:58 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, Okla USA
Posts: 809
Blog Entries: 47 Weight Statistics 05/17/02 Start Date:
05/17/02 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 355 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
163 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.9154929577 % % Lost:
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Body Mass Index 59.0686390533 BMI Start:
31.9469822485 BMI Current:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   | mine are still like that too..definitely changed and before my stoma opening went 'wide' I only went every other day and then about every 10th? day my whole gut would empty out. As to the color I dunno why that is but mine have been like that for a long long time now with periodic times where they are dark but only with dark vegetables. doc probably can tell us the 'why' the change in color! --bree
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05-30-2007, 07:04 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,520
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
36.0465116279 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
24.36357908 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | thanks bree. you put my mind at ease
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05-31-2007, 12:20 AM
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| Super Moderator  | The color of your poo is from the bilirubin--the stuff in your bile. Depending on the amount of the bilirubin, it can be anywhere from brownish yellow to dark brown. The pigments--colors-- of the food you eat will also affect the color to some extent. Chocolate brown to almost black it a sign of blood in your poo, so if the colors start getting that dark, (not to scare you, but) you could have a bleeding ulcer. If it's whitish--no yellow, then it means no bilirubin is getting mixed into your digested food and passage, indicating the possibility of gall stones obstructing the bile duct. Since the amount you eat has changed drastically post op, of course, the amount of bilirubin getting into the mix will be changed. On top of that, bile is put into the mix right beyond the stomach with non ops--which now is bypassed, so it's not going to get into the mix until later--but wiht post ops, it gets into the mix after the stuff gets to the place where the tube from the pouch and the bypassed intestine merge, so there's less time (length) for the bilirubin to be mixed in. Got the picture? ((((((HUGS))))))
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05-31-2007, 05:07 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,520
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
93 lb Weight Loss:
36.0465116279 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
24.36357908 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Doc, you've done it once again. I truly thought something was wrong and waited all this time to bring it up. THANK YOU!!!!!! for explaining it in a way i could understand.
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05-31-2007, 07:53 AM
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| WLS Master Guru Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, Okla USA
Posts: 809
Blog Entries: 47 Weight Statistics 05/17/02 Start Date:
05/17/02 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 355 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
163 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.9154929577 % % Lost:
may 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 59.0686390533 BMI Start:
31.9469822485 BMI Current:
29.1183431953 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I'm so glad to know too, ya know? LOL I knew it had to do something with the bile but for sure doc can give all the medical techy stuff so that we know EXACTLY why stuff is happening instead of just my "i think" 's LOL. hurray for Doc! -bree
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05-31-2007, 08:06 AM
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| Big Loser  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Snowy Colorado
Posts: 177
Weight Statistics 11/13/06 Start Date:
3/27/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 1" Height: 227 lb Start Weight:
132 lb Current Weight:
127 lb Goal Weight:
95 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Body Mass Index 42.8865896264 BMI Start:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Kenyar...my doctor also said it is perfectly normal to have a BM every 5-7 days as the amount of food and the consistentcy AND COLOR is regulated a whole different way. No worries!
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05-31-2007, 10:25 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 2,289
Weight Statistics April 11th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 4" Height: 267 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
118 lb Weight Loss:
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44.1947565543 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 45.8254394531 BMI Start:
25.5729980469 BMI Current:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Kenyar I have to tell you that your question made my day. I loved it. It made me laugh. But this place is the best place to come to ask questions and we always get such good information from all the veterans and doc. We could always call our surgeons but we would probably drive them nuts with all our questions. Anways, on to your question. Hmmmmm Im gonna have to check mine out the next time I go. I dont think its light in color. Like you said, I dont go as often so.....but Im thinking my is greenish color. Which after reading doc's email I got a bit nervous. I do have a post op next week so I will mention it. Thanks for the great question. |
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05-31-2007, 10:37 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Louisiana
Posts: 899
Weight Statistics 4/23/07 Surgery Date:
Height: 385 lb Start Weight:
257 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
128 lb Weight Loss:
67 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.2467532468 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 62 BMI Start:
41 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Ya'll crack me up, I don't even look but you better believe I will start looking now! Roz
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05-31-2007, 11:21 AM
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| Super Moderator | Well, the color of bile (and bilirubin) itself is a greenish brown, so if your poo looks a little greenish, that's quite normal. Do you remember the color of baby poo of your kids? It's somewhat greenish than adult poo. So, no worry there.
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