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Post by Avonlea on Mar 25, 2012 13:01:32 GMT -5
You've been warned.
Question: do you ever get oil slicks like DS folks? Because I had a little gelato yesterday. It was well-planned (a family birthday, I had planned to have gelato yesterday pre-surgery, it was high quality and I didn't exceed my planned small amount). But this morning, I had an unmistakable oil slick.
Strange to me. I eat high-fat foods (cheese, etc) regularly. I'm not sure why gelato would do it.
Happened to anybody else?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2012 13:12:56 GMT -5
Nope, not yet  I do know, at least pre-op.. if I had went all day without eating (bad habit) and I ate a very rich meal, within a few mins I was in the bathroom with the runs. Nothing horrible, but still.. that's the closest to a slick I've ever come. |
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Post by countof3 on Mar 25, 2012 19:22:43 GMT -5
High volume sugar does it to me. Celebrated my birthday with my parents and kids. Haven't had cake in a year I'd say. Took immodium before, I knew I had to. Very small piece but that high of sugar content does me in. That's my experience. Prior to surgery it was high fat foods, now its sugar. Probably best since sugar was a trigger food.
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Post by Brandilynn on Mar 26, 2012 2:50:40 GMT -5
Nope, sure havent. When you say "oil slick" you really mean an oil slick right? You arent using it as a euphamism for diarreah, correct?
I am a full fat eater also and it has not been an issue. I also do not react to high volumes of sugar either (I mean, other than wanting to mash more in face :} ).
Are you paining on your right side girlie? Oily bowel movements can be a sign of gallbladder issues, not saying yours was, but just saying, watch yourself and know its a possibility.
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Post by nandmsmom on Mar 26, 2012 6:19:02 GMT -5
I am a full fat person as well. No oil slicks yet.
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Post by califsleevin on Mar 26, 2012 9:10:46 GMT -5
I haven't experienced that since my Xenical days; there's really no reason VSGers should have that problem, at least as a result of the VSG, since there's nothing in the procedure that would cause it like the fat malabsorption of the DS - they're pre-wired for the Xenical effect. I can see where it might happen if one has an unusually fat-heavy day where one has much more than their system has adjusted to handle. I've worked to maintain as healthy balanced of a diet as possible throughout all of this, within the volume limits and protein requirements that we have without the big deficiencies or overloads imposed by some of the trendy diets that some use.
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Post by countof3 on Mar 26, 2012 11:39:48 GMT -5
I do agree it's not a VSG thing. Did you have any similar issues prior? If not, gallbladder is my thought as well. I have my mother's digestive system, hers is screwed up so badly - I picked VSG because I already had issues with food malabsorption anyway. It's not worse for me, it was just traded from one to the other. For myself I'm glad - I'm afraid to eat sugar and I'm happy to be that way LOL. I'm 8.5 months post op and it's not getting better so I figure this is just my digestive genetics |
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Post by mark540 on Mar 26, 2012 19:41:23 GMT -5
I eat full fat products and sugary items at times. The only things that cause the oil slicks for me are large amounts of butter, I had lobster for dinner tonight and I'll know it tomorrow, and the genuine imitation butter like substance they put on popcorn at the movies. I don't order that anymore.
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Post by muffinsmom on Mar 26, 2012 20:55:04 GMT -5
No ma'am. I eat (what seems like) a high percentage of fat in my usual daily diet. No reactions to it, or sugar, or pretty much anything.
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Post by Avonlea on Mar 26, 2012 23:51:56 GMT -5
This was definitely a DS-style oil slick, not diarrhea. I recognized it immediately from my years reading the DS boards. My gallbladder is out, so it can't be gallbladder problems. It was really strange. I feel fine and it didn't happen again.
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Post by Brandilynn on Mar 27, 2012 2:52:30 GMT -5
That seems strange girlie! Definitely if it happens again tap your doctor, because it could be pancreas/liver weirdness, but gallbladder is definitely the first thing that jumps up.
Maybe you have a phantom gallbladder! :} I am glad you feel well though.
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Post by Undoing on Nov 25, 2012 15:56:48 GMT -5
Since this is a toilet ? thread...
I am curious if the VSG peeps have significant stool changes (size, color, frequency, etc) due to higher protein intake or supplements. I have color change, much much darker. I am only two months out.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2012 17:50:04 GMT -5
Since this is a toilet ? thread... I am curious if the VSG peeps have significant stool changes (size, color, frequency, etc) due to higher protein intake or supplements. I have color change, much much darker. I am only two months out. When I was taking iron (early out) things were very dark and greenish.. and loose (Vitalady's Tender Iron doesn't constipate me, just the opposite).. then I went off iron and had pebbles coming out my butt for a while, and took Miralax daily. Once I got the balance of calcium and some magnesium oxide figured out- that went away.. and finally now that I eat enough fiber, all is well again. For the first few months, I didn't get a whole lot of fiber at all (almost none) and lived on meat and cheese, a good recipe to make bricks.. now I get at least 25-30g fiber a day, and get plenty of healthy fats too.. so things are moving along well, so to speak. |
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Post by kyal on Nov 26, 2012 0:51:10 GMT -5
Just a correction but majority of us DS folks don't have oil slicks. That's a rumour circulated by uneducated surgeons who don't do the DS or people stupid enough to eat massive amounts of fat, eg > 100grams in combination with large amounts of carbohydrates to induce explosive and oily diarrhoea.
I had one slick after two pancottas which were approximately 50grams of fat each and then mash potatoes for dinner. I was very early post op at the time which may have explained it.
On a day to day basis I may occasionally see a small film of oil in the toilet, nothing like xenical and with no urgency, totally unremarkable. Just part of a normal bowel movement.
Before the DS I has a sleeve and experienced very few changes in bowel movements. If anything it would have been a reduction in them due to the lesser food intake. You shouldn't have oil due to a sleeve, it's probably unrelated.
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Post by nyuboi on Nov 26, 2012 20:45:09 GMT -5
This reminds me of my Xenical days... Was on that for years.
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Post by Undoing on Nov 26, 2012 22:17:18 GMT -5
Just a correction but majority of us DS folks don't have oil slicks. That's a rumour circulated by uneducated surgeons who don't do the DS or people stupid enough to eat massive amounts of fat, eg > 100grams in combination with large amounts of carbohydrates to induce explosive and oily diarrhoea. I had one slick after two pancottas which were approximately 50grams of fat each and then mash potatoes for dinner. I was very early post op at the time which may have explained it. On a day to day basis I may occasionally see a small film of oil in the toilet, nothing like xenical and with no urgency, totally unremarkable. Just part of a normal bowel movement. Before the DS I has a sleeve and experienced very few changes in bowel movements. If anything it would have been a reduction in them due to the lesser food intake. You shouldn't have oil due to a sleeve, it's probably unrelated. I have had no slicks ever, only significant color change, very dark, very curious. Thanks everyone for the responses. |
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Post by sheanie on Dec 1, 2012 18:41:14 GMT -5
Just mainly curious. How on earth would you know a DS "oil slick"? I personally wouldn't know one, even though I'm a DSer. I've never had one.
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Post by goodkel on Jan 12, 2013 2:55:56 GMT -5
Just mainly curious. How on earth would you know a DS "oil slick"? I personally wouldn't know one, even though I'm a DSer. I've never had one. For me it is a film of orange oil sitting on top of the toilet water. Not associated with any special type of urgency. Just a normal evacuation with a film of undigested fat on top. |
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Post by danjawy on Mar 15, 2019 7:55:00 GMT -5
For me it is a film of orange oil sitting on top of the toilet water. Not associated with any special type of urgency. Just a normal evacuation with a film of undigested fat on top. "Everything that can be counted does not necessarily matter; everything that matters cannot necessarily be counted."~ Albert Einstein Read more: weightlosssurgery.proboards.com/thread/3154/okay-toilet-question#ixzz5iFEajYQ2 |
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