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Today: The Gripes and Complaints

By hserra

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I just need to vent today.

 

Today I am on my third day of the liquid diet, and I feel like SHIT! I haven't really had the hungar pains, a few here and there, but it isn't really that bad, definitely not unbearable. But what I have been having are a lot of pain in my stomach from the protein shakes, I think I may be a bit Whey Intolerant, not fully allergic or severely intolerant, but I think I might be slightly. SPOIL ALERT - THIS SECTION CONAINS TMI: It is giving me diarrhea, indigestion, heart burn, and I constantly feel like I need to throw up. Is this normal? I don't know, but it's extremely uncomfortable. Lastly about the shakes, they are giving me dragons breath. I cannot STAND the taste in my mouth, and it's not like the after taste that's bad, it's after I have drank it all down, and then this mist is coming back, and I feel like a dragon! OOH I hope it passes soon! :bored:

On top of the terrible stomach pains, I have a migrane. I RARELY get migranes, maybe two a year, and of course, when I am only allowed to have tylenol, I get one. The tylenol helps for about 5 minutes, then the pain comes right back, and I am not going to take a tylenol every 5 minutes because that's dangerous. The lights at work are killing me also, I am ready to go get my sunglasses on! :wink: But this has been going on for two days and it is making me really cranky. So hopefully I can get this under control. Ice Mask...HERE I COME!:smile2:

Well, that's my gripes, I know that this won't be forever, but I just needed to vent my complaints. Only several more weeks to go until I can have mushy foods! Yay! I am already looking forward to it!:eek:

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    Bariatric Evangelist

    papoose

    Gastric Sleeve Patients

    It could be the milk, if you are using that to mix the whey protein. Try lactose free milk.

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    suthrndelite

    LAP-BAND Patients

    You should start felling better around the fifth or six day. I went through the same thing, I think it's the withdrawal from carbs.

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    hserra

    LAP-BAND Patients

    Papoose: We aren't allowed to have milk :-( I think it's just the whey, I guess it's really common to have an intolerance to it.

    Suthrndelite: Thanks for the advice, I am glad someone else went through this and can attest that it passes! :-)

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    BandedNellie

    LAP-BAND Patients

    The Bad Breath was the same for me.. Get yourself some sugar free mints.. plus I chewed a lot of Trident gum during my preop... Your body is just in shock.. this too shall pass.. I would just go to bed when I got home from work.. sleep was the best thing... and kept me away from the kitchen. Good Luck!!! It will totally be worth it.. I was only banded a week ago and with the preop diet (+) band (+) postop diet... I am down 23!!

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    Dadkins8

    LAP-BAND Patients

    Oh....I remember the bad breath. Those first few days were horrible. However, I am out 6 weeks and it is totally gone. I know it was around day 3 that I also started to question myself. Although...once I was able to eat soft food. It was so much better! Good luck!

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    hserra

    LAP-BAND Patients

    The bad breath is starting to go away, thankfully, it is horrid! But mints, gum, and fruity flavored drinks have helped a ton! I think that so far, that is really the worst part about this. I am not having terrible food cravings, and feel like I am going to die from not eating. I know some people by day 2/3 are ready to rip the throats off their partners or any one who crosses them, I am so thankful I don't/haven't felt that way!!

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    sandradee0124

    LAP-BAND Patients

    Glad you are doing, feeling and "smelling" better LOL. I remember that -- wouldn't talk to anybody without holding my hand over my mouth lol.

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