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Although the biliopancreatic diversion is a major internal surgery and the patient can expect to have to stay in the hospital for observation for at least 4 to 6 day, the general patient will be able to have full recovery to normal activities sooner than many of the other weight loss surgeries. The average biliopancreatic surgery patient has also been recorded as feeling sore and tired even after their 4 day stay at the hospital but soon find increased energy when they least expect it. Due to the removal of 85% or more of the patient’s stomach along with the re-routing of the intestinal tract most patients will have to give their internal organs several weeks to recover before engaging in many of their daily routines.
Like most of the other weight loss surgeries the postoperative diet schedule is set up in stages which includes the allowance of only liquids for the first couple of weeks while the internal trauma heals. After this liquid diet the patient will be able to graduate into meals that consist of watered down fruit juices and bullion broths. From here the patient will get to move onto pureed meals like that of the consistency of baby food. As a matter of fact the ingestion of baby foods during this pureed period is very beneficial as they do contain high amounts of much needed vitamins and nutrients that your body has not had in the last several weeks. The good news is usually within 4 to 6 weeks after the surgery most patients are able to return to normal solid food meals of which the average weight loss surgery patient would not be allowed. The reasons for this is that the pyloric valve is still fully functional which means that you will not have to worry about clogging up an egg-sized pouch or having to worry about dumping syndrome.
You will though be scheduled for a review and check up with the surgeon every 3 months during the first year but after that it will only need to be a once a year check up. It is also very important to monitor you nutrient intake as the biliopancreatic diversion is known for causing a nutrient deficiency in its patients. |
