POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

I’m on purée stage and trying to eat slow but by the time I purée and eat, my food is cold in no time. How are you combating this?

I am 11 days post op. This wked we were invited out to breakfast which we did not go.. we came up w. A an excuse but of course l felt guilty.. I am not really eating at this point yet. Starting to introduce mushy food. Focusing on my fluids and protein shakes.. I have another two wks I believe when I will be able to start eating more foods.. I am starting to feel bad for my husband. I told him we can go out .. we will just go somewhere where I can order a soup or a meal w. My son who is 3 and feed him and have like mashed potatoes or something.. So when did u all have your first dining out experience after surgery??

I’m 3.5 weeks post op and I’m having nausea with anything but protein shakes or Fage yogurt. Weeks two up to three it was diarrhea. Now constipated and needing to take Zofran to curb nausea at least once a day. My nutritionist said I still need to try new foods and eat very very slowly. Anyone have advice?

It's had two spoons of it and I just had the fomies for about a minute straight I thought it was ok to have but I guess not! Anyone else get sick off of unsweetened applesauce?

Before surgery I was a lark owl (idk if that's a thing but I was just as happy to wake up early as I was staying up late.) Now that morning aspect is beyond gone. I struggle to get up and usually feel sick. Today I called in because I was sure I was going to pass out. I've been up for 2 hours and I'm starting to feel a little better. Anyone else go through this? Do I just have to drag my feet through mornings now? I don't see my doctor or get lab results until the 2nd week of Feb. SW: 366 CW: 329 GW1: 200 RNY Dec 18, 2017!

4 days post op and im starving why?????

Has anyone developed a stale pain on right side , I cannot pinpoint where this pain is from whether it hanging skin or something more serious

Hi, I had my surgery on 1/26. I am able to tolerate my liquid diet so far with no real issues .. The problem I am worried about is that I have not lost any weight ??? Shouldn't I be losing ??? I know it is probably a silly question but I wonder if he didn't make the sleeve small enough ??? Has anyone here gone thru the same worries???

Hi I just had my sleeve done a couple of days ago. I have just read on other sites of people having a problem with drinking liquids. I have not had any issues with that.. Is this also normal ? It also looks as I have gained a pound since the date of surgery. I know it sounds crazy but I wonder if the pouch is small enough.

Hello! I have gone to numerous grocery stores and I keep seeing Dreamfields Healthy Carb Living pasta. While a 2oz serving has 41 carbs, they said that there are only 5 carbs because those are the only digestible carbs (the other carbs are fiber or protected carbs, whatever thise are). I am a pasta LOVER, but I'm also a skeptic. 5 carbs in a bowl of pasta?? Has anyone spoken to their NUT or doctor about this or tried the pasta themselves?

I love the premeir Protein shakes. As a matter of a fact, they are the ONLY Protein Shakes I can drink since surgery. All of the others upset my stomach. The problem is that I remember my nut telling me that for a protein to count, the first ingredient has to be whey isolate. Of course it's not even listed in these shakes. Does anyone know what's so important about the whey isolate? Shouldn't any protein be good??

What unflavored protein are you are all using?

Has anyone been exposed to the flu or cold and had trouble breathing? I have asthma and my husband got sick right before my surgery. Now it’s post op day 7 and I’m wheezing like crazy. My surgeon said it’s a cold so to call my primary which I did but it’s a Sunday. Any advice?

Is there a difference in the hospital stays with those who have the hernia repair with the sleeve, versus just the sleeve?

Just joined this forum! So far it looks great. Tomorrow (Mon, 1/29) will be my 2 week mark post-op. I stopped losing weight (was losing while on liquid only) once I started eating pureed food on day 8 post-op. When will I actually start losing weight?

I was a nervous wreck going into surgery, i cried and cried i was so scared. When i woke up, my mouth wasn’t so dry, i was drugged up, and pain freee!!!! It was awesome. A leak test wasn’t required unless i was to say something felt funny or etc, but... i am soooo happyyyy i lost 10 pounds prior to surgery. My dr was The best. Dr Gellman at LIJ. I love him until forever

I had my sleeve done on 1/16/18 and was able to start drinking my protein shakes again yesterday. For the first 3 days I was struggling to get my protein water down. It would take half the day to drink a 20oz bottle of Isopure. Now that I’m back on my Premier Protein shakes, I drink the 11oz container in like 5 minutes. I sip water throughout the day and really have no urge to eat anything else during the day except for missing food because I know I like it. Should I be concerned that I can get that much liquid down so quickly after surgery??? I see most people struggle to get down an ounce or two. Also, on days 4 and 5 I’ve tried having coffee in the morning…

I’m 1 week out. Feel great. Can I eat tomato soup? Just had some, 1/3 cup and don’t feel bad or anything.

I am 10 day post op .surgery on Jan 18th. Today I thought let me try to clean my house. I vacuumed and mopped floors cleaned and organized kids rooms. I started noticing my incisions being sore.. then the main one above my belly botton where they removed by stomach is so sore right underneath.. could have damaged something .? I was bending over a lot and of course when I got to the point of pain is when I decided to stop.. such a typical women/mother move.. and now I'm laying here in pain. I even ended up taking a left over pain killer.. Help..

Not Gonna Mess Up During my stay at the hospital it was hard for me to drink anything at all. So now They wanted to discharge me but i had not met the criteria finally i started on popsicles jello and chocking down the hospitals so called broth. Which i am tramatized by. I was told to buy bone broth and i can barley sromach it its very nasty . Im I allowed to add hot sauce for falvor

Hi ladies, I am currently 16 months post op with pcos and I have lost 100 kilos. At 12 months we were given the go ahead to try for a baby but my periods stopped. After months of testing they found I have really low estrogen due to the rapid weightloss ( apparently this is common). We are starting induced ovulation with fsh injections next week. I'm just wondering what you eat/ate while trying to conceive or once you were pregnant?

Omg... I'm 8 days out still on the full liquid phase.... and all I can think about is pizza, cheeseburgers, tacos, pasta, omg.. I know I can't have it and I know that I did this weight loss surgery for a good reason but the food us like a drug... I need it.. I want it.... help me....!!! ( being a bit dramatic but honestly this is how I sound in my head) . ...omg.... I need some help motivation.. I know I can't eat them I can seriously hurt myself.. so I know that is what is holding me back and the main reason on why I needed to have this surgery cause I couldn't control myself.. but seriously this is all I'm thinking about.....

I am currently on Lisinopril, Levothyroxine, BUSPIRONE HCL , BUPROPION, and Prozac. The Bupropion and Prozac are TERRIBLE!! They make me gag and my mouth goes numb for about 5mins. So my question is can I swallow those two pills? The Prozac is in a capsule and the Bupropion is round and about the size of a dime.

How much protein are we supposed to have daily? I am going to force myself to drink some protein shake today. I haven't had any since pre op diet bc it was too sweet after. I got the Atkins shakes from Walmart does anyone know how many of those I would have to drink in one day to be at the right amount? I'm 10 days post op

I had my BS on June 5.. I have lost 60 pounds.. But i have also lost most of my hair, i was aware that hair loss may come, but i did not know it was this bad ;(( Does any one else had gone thru it?? Any help? And i take a lot of protein!!

Hello! I am 4 days out from being sleeved and now that I am transitioning to pureed foods per my doctors orders, I am finding I get massive sharp pains when I eat. It comes in a wave and almost feels like a gas bubble moving it's way up. It's mainly localized under my left breastbone. I'm assuming it's either gas or my stomach moving that is causing the pain. Have others experienced this as well??

I am exactly 4 weeks out from surgery today. I was sleeved on 12/27/17. In that four weeks I have only lost 11 lbs! Anyone else in this position? What am I doing wrong?? HW: 243 SW: 227 (12/27/17) CW: 216

Are we allowed soups on this stage? My doctor is literally no help! I am highly frustrated with him. He is in and out before i can even begin to start asking questions. All he said was I can now start puree stage. Can y'all also leave some recipes for me please? Sent from my LGLS676 using BariatricPal mobile app

I just created an Instagram acct ..just another way to track my journey.. Please ck it out.. If you have one also please let me know I would be happy to follow you as well.. Instagram - iwillbmeagain

Hi there! I’m two days post op and I’m supposed to get 60 grams of protein and 64 oz of liquids in per day. So my question is how fast do I drink my protein shakes? Like an hour to drink one? I just don’t know how to get everything I need in by the end of the day? Anyone have any tips?

My surgery was on Jan 11 2018 and I feel great!!!!! I see a change!

I had my surgery 10 days ago. And I still feel pain when walking, unless I support my stomach. The pain is in the largest incision region. It kind of makes me walk hunched over. Other than this pain is minimal. Do others have this pain? I thought the pain would be gone by now.

I already have a date for my surgery and also just booked a summer vacation. I just realized that I will be sitting in a car for 9 to 10 hours 6 weeks after my bypass. I am scared that this may not be a good idea, but i cannot change the date for vacation.

I'm 4 weeks post-op, still on the Soft Food phase, eating around 700 calories a day, and I'm having a weird bowel problem where I'm getting horrible abdominal pain a few times a day (not when I'm eating; hours later), a horrible urgency to go to the bathroom, and then I either can't go (which feels like constipation) or if I do, it's loose and watery. I started taking a stool softener 2 days ago (when I couldn't go) so I'm think it's constipation but the stools are loose because of the softener, but I honestly don't know? Is it the more solid food I'm eating (more turkey, cheese, and things like bean chili that I've introduced in the last week) and if so, which ones? Shou…

So I had my 6 months check up at the hospital on Thursday, 1 day before 7 months. I saw my surgeon who could not be more thrilled with me. I have lost 82% of my excess weight. (which is a little strange as I have lost 91% of what will give me a normal BMI) They don't want me to loose too much more weight as I'll start to look sickly. They don't think I'll need any plastics, as I don't have an over hang and my blood results are great (the doctor at my support group will probably disagree. All my values are within range, but some are in the lower end, and since she is a specialist on supplements for bariatrics, she prefers us in the upper range). They also have a scor…

OK this might sound dramatic but does anyone else feel like they broke up with food? I'm 7 weeks out currently. Weeks 1-2 were a non issue as I was so focused on the medical aspect of my procedure and could only have liquids anyway. Fine. Then came weeks 3-4 and I could have pureed food. Joy. Problem is I didn't like a majority of the approved foods in this stage so it was more like a repeat of weeks 1-2. All I wanted was to chew on some veggies. Crunch! Can you imagine a crunch in your mouth?! Anyway week 5 was fine as I could finally have soft food and my diet was basically any type of food you could make from ground turkey. Now here I am, cleared for al…

Hello i am new to the site. Had Gastric Sleeve on 1/8/2018. Followup is this Thursday but my incisions are so so itchy. Has anyone else had the problem and what did you do. I am using some benadryl cream now around them but it happened almost overnight?

I’m not going to sugar coat anything. My surgery was Monday and today is Thursday. While I was in the hopital I felt great. The staff controlled everything I might be feeling through IV medications. My surgeon visited me the morning after my surgery and asked if I wanted to go home. I did because I was feeling great. BUT, after I got home and all the pain and nausea medications wore off I felt miserable. They gave me liquid pain meds but I couldn’t keep them down. I couldn’t keep water down. As soon as anything touched my mouth I began dry heaving. I continued to try sipping but it was horrible. My stomach was bloated and felt like it was full of fluid. I phoned the…

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Hi, I love spicy food however, after the surgery i’m scared to try anything spicy not waiting to upset my stomach. How was your experience with spicy food? -AJ

I am 6 weeks post sleeve....does anyone else have issues with constipation? I am not on any pain meds, but jeez...this sucks!

Just that, how long did you wait post op?

I am 8 month's post op and lost 75 pounds so far. It's been a roller coaster ride these past few weeks. I have been trying to stay on a strict regimen with my diet but there are times I do slip and have some carbs/sugar. I'm starting to feel disappointed in myself. I'm starting college this week and I am so stressed and nervous I don't even have an appetite and I know I am not drinking enough liquids. Plus, lately I've been waking up early in the morning dry heaving and throwing up foamy spit. I started taking my PPI again too. I just feel like this is because I am not doing something correct. I also get dizzy if I stand up too quickly from sitting, or if I bend over to p…

I was just wondering if everybody was OK after they had the procedure done I had mine done on January 15 and I’m just feeling really emotional right now wondering if I did the right thing if I’m ever going to feel normal again because right now I don’t

I was told I’m not allowed to have fresh salsa. I was told I can only have salsa from a bottle?! Has anyone else been told this? If so do you know why? I keep forgetting to ask the nutritionist. thanks

Hi Everyone, Came home yesterday after spending the night at the hospital. Today was quote painful especially on the incision site ..which am assuming is normal. My question for the forum is that..I didn't have any has pains and I have not had a bowel movement. Is that normal? And I've not been able to consume the 4 oz every hour as requested. Anyone else going thru the same? Sent from my SM-G955U using BariatricPal mobile app

I had band to sleeve. 1/4/18. I was doing fine on liquids. Now it’s soft foods & I always feel I’m full, but hungry. I know that makes no sense. The full feels like it goes all the way up to my throat. All I’ve had are smoothies, cottage cheese, protein drinks. Just frustrating! Anyone else feel this?

I know we are still in July. Mine was 4th July feels like so long ago haha, wondered how everyone is doing?

Every time I take in a deep breath or yawn, I feel this stabbing pain in my right lower rib cage. It doesn’t feel like its actually in my lungs bc I can breath just fine but the sharp pain is enough to interrupt my yawn or deep breaths. Anyone experienced this?

I am 3 weeks out today and over the last week I have been having really sharp pains on my right side and my back has been really hurting. I was around and it helps but than comes back. Sometimes its so bad i can't even move. I havent been hungry at all so I am having a hard time getting all my shakes in and per my doctors orders today is the first day to try soft foods but I am scared to try. Has anyone had this problem.