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I felt the same! But it does get better. Give it three weeks and you'll forget the pain as if you never felt anything.

I can only imagine. I've been doing my low carb for two weeks. My surgery isn't for another 41 days but my doctor doesn't require any type of liquid diet, before or after. But from what I read, it's still hard to go through once we're sleeved. We only need a few bites to nourish our bodies, but five times that to nourish our souls. I guess that's why it's called soul food . Time to find something else that doesn't revolve around food, becoming a raging alcoholic, or turning to street drugs to fill that void .

Hello I am new to the forum as well as the journey to weight loss surgery. Brief introduction I am 26 years old and weighs 295. I just spoke to my insurance company and they let me know I am covered for weight loss surgery (insurance is paramount advantage). I pretty much have to do the same list of things i was given at the toledo promedica seminar. Such as see a dietian for three months which cost 50 dollars out of pocket, talk to a psyc, and have a doctor referral which I already have. I have my referral for mercy dr matthew instead of promedica because I am undecieded. I hope to find somone who has done this in Toledo that has advice. I dont want to have wait three months like with promedica nor pay 50 per visit. However, I dont know the terms of Mercy yet so any help is appreicated. In addition, I am looking for people who are going through this journey that I can relate with. I am up for discussion and looking forward to meeting new people.

Has anyone lost friends before or after they had wls? I read somewhere that said, 'prepare to lose some friends'. Anyone have experience with this?

OK I started my pre op in Friday and I was feeling pretty good about it... until today. I'm all liquids and today I am missing food. Like real food. It's almost making me sad. Anyone else feel like this?

I will take a crack at some of these: 1. Yes - some do frequently, particularly if they overeat. Personally, I haven't in the past six years since surgery. 2. Yes. Ingested air or gas from digestion has to get out someway - there are two routes. 3. Post op tolerances vary widely with some not able to eat some foods for varying lengths of time, and some have no issues at all with anything. 4. Depends on your surgeon's program. Mine was soft foods and liquids from the get-go. 5. Depends on surgeon's program and individual needs and inclinations. Most are protein centric as our bodies need certain minimal amounts and can get by with little else. Some follow one of the many popular fad diets while others concentrate on learning to eat sustainably for long term maintenance and weight control. 6. No idea, but it shouldn't hurt. 7. No experience. 8. No, more like T-giving dinner after seconds, thirds and fourths, only with a small fraction of the amount. Some may experience what they call foamies or slimies when things come back up but I have never experienced this. 9: Water goes right thru; capacity of the stomach is irrelevant. Eatiing/drinking limitations are variable but usually settle out at no drinking for 30 min after a meal. Before a meal doesn't matter as the fluid flows right thru the empty stomach, though a limitation of 15-30 minutes is often used initially to account for post surgical stomach inflammation that may impede fluid flow. 10. As before, with a sip of water. For a while it was one pill at a time with a sip rather than a handful of pills with a gulp, but that settles out over time. Some RNY oriented practices like to use chewies or gummies to avoid pills getting stuck in the stoma, which is irrelevant for sleeve patients who don't have a stoma. Some large pills may work better split or crushed for a time. 11. See Above - fluids flow right thru the empty stomach. Drinking immediately after eating may result in things coming back up. 12. With the sleeve, nutrition is largely up to the patient as there is no significant malabsorption effect. Early on, much of our nutrition other than protein comes from supplements but that decreases as our diets improve over time. 13. For a time, yes, and some do more than one. Some choose to continue using them for the long term out of convenience. 14. you aren't going to do much to damage your stomach by exercising too much/early, but you can induce incisional hernias. 15. Choose better parents and don't get fat in the first place. Seriously, it's a matter of genetics, age, and how much fat is stored where.

Not yet, but I'm going to!

Good job! You are devoting yourself 100% to your journey, and that is awesome to hear. Keep up your great work.

I agree. I big part of this process is "forgetting" all our old bad habits and building new ones as we emerge from a successful weight loss. Time is the only way to do this. Truth be told, the post op through goal attainment point diet is much easier than maintenance. The more time that passes between your old eating habits and your new eating habits,?the better!

Thanks that helped me out alot