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The surgery restricts the amount that you can eat and the amount of calories that are absorbed. It does not, in any way, change your eating habits. There is one deterant to eating the wrong sorts of food and that is dumping. Some people get very, very sick when they eat sugars, fried or fatty food. There is a wide range of symptons and how severe they are for each person.
Chy, yes your friend will stop losing if she doesn't eat properly. In order to lose all of your excess weight, you must limit your calories AND exercise. I did not lose all of my excess weight, and most people that I know who had the surgery didn't either.
I had a psych eval and was never asked about alcohol use. However, to have surgery I had to have a letter signed by my PCP that I was safe. HE KNEW about my alcoholism and still signed off. Also, my liver enzymes were high prior to surgery, and the surgeon never asked why.
By no means am I blaming anyone, I should have known better than to do it. The problem is, most of the medical profession is woefully ignorant about alcoholism. There wasn't any info out there that led me to believe I would become MORE addicted after surgery. Like I said, I thought I wouldn't be able to drink. I guess I thought it would be like a "magic cure" to my drinking.
Once I get strong in my sobriety, I would like to find some way to get the message across that this is a real danger for even moderate drinkers.
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