is it possible to live without a stomach?

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Answer 1

Absolutely: Dietary changes and vitamin/mineral supplementation are needed, and a visit with a dietician familiar with gastrectomy is an important part of coping with gastrectomy (surgical removal of stomach).

Answer 2

Yes but: You will need life long supplement of vitamin b 12 injected or sublingual and possibly iron supplement too. They both have to be monitored.

Answer 3

Can take them all: Thyroid medicines have 7 day half life so can to taken together unto 7 days if missed. Take glutamine in addition to clear mental fogginess.

Answer 4

Yes: Actually it is not a straight forward yes/no answer. It depends on whether or not the hardening is painful and how often it is happening.

Answer 5

Yes: A lot of women feel very self-conscious about their weight and their new body in pregnancy. And it doesn't help that everyone you see wants to comment on how big you are getting. They are trying to tell you how happy they are for you and you are trying to forget about the basketball suddenly attached to you. It can be tough. Remember that the rest of the world thinks your big belly is beautiful.

Answer 6

Big belly: Only very few people have perfect belly. So don't get embarrassed.

Answer 7

Celebrate it: The big belly may be most embarrassing during the middle (2nd trimester) because it almost looks like you're simply gaining a lot of weight and so you become self-conscious. As you get to the last 2 months, it is so big that there is no mistaken that you're pregnant. Celebrate it! speaking of celebrate... Go google celebrity pregnant belly images and check out how they look.

Answer 8

You can try: Wearing loose fitting clothes, dark to black colors are slimming, and no stripes/plaids. To really address the problem, see your doctor to rule out any metabolic causes for your elevated weight and then follow their advice on proper diet and exercise.Shoot for 4-6 lb wt loss a month. Best of luck.

Answer 9

Belly fat: Good health habits including watching diet and exercise.

Answer 10

Pain, cancer: Associated with pancreatitis and gallbladder cancer and just pain.

Answer 11

Risk of gallstones: Gallstones can remain asymptomatic. They can also cause gallbladder infection, obstruction of pancreas and/or obstruction of liver. The last two can be life-threatening. Surgeons and docs recommend gallbladder removal when the stones are diagnosed and the patient is symptomatic, with bloating, belching, pain. The risk/benefit analysis is typically in favor of laprascopic cholecystectomy.

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