Can someone please tell me about the 5 day pouch test?

[vampalicious]

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[cazbandy]

I thought this only applied to bypass patients....

 

[cazbandy]

http://www.wlsurgery.com/wls-recipes-forum/103934-band-daily-menus.html

Try this

 

[phatmomma]

I heard the pouch test was for bypassers too! However if i'm wrong i apologise now

There is a thread on here somewhere re the 5 day pouch test, good luck with it x x

 

[vampalicious]

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[Mazza]

hi, i found the website now

i guess you could say it was just for bypassers, but our pouch basicaly works in the same way as in it can shrink and stretch so it could still work

Indeed it can I haven't tried it myself but my dietician has suggested it to other banders. Good luck with it, let us know how you get on

 

[shelbell]

Be aware, that it is VERY hard for banders to do. It is designed for the bypass pouch, which operates very differently to a banded stomach.

The first 2-3 days for a bander would take a huge amount of willpower. They are liquid protein only, followed by soft protein only. As a bander, these will just go straight through, leaving you hungry and unsatisfied.

The pouch test has its own website, Surgical Weight Loss 5 Day Pouch Test and if you are going to do it then take the time to read it through properly first, so many people just take the principles and jump in, and come unstuck straight away.

Honestly though, I wouldn't recommend it for a bander.

 

[Mazza]

Much like the regime we have to stick too after a fill Shell. Liquids 3 days, soft 3 days and no you dont feel hungry on it.

 

[vampalicious]

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[BlueDiamond]

VAMPS X X

 

[Donna R]

I have my date for my Gastric Bypass on 29/09 at Walsall Manor Hospital.

Im so exicited

 

[dottychic]

Congratulations Woooohooooooo! x

 

[Kerry Jo]

good luck xxx