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M five weeks post op and just recently every time I eat, I get this feeling of food coming up with mucous when i swallow. Has anyone felt this? What can I do to prevent/relieve it?

Oh and I had my surgery on June 12th and lost 20 lbs before surgery on the liquid diet... After surgery I lost another 15 lbs for a total of 35 lbs... But I've lost inches all over!

I was released from te hospital after a two day stay and put on full liquids for two weeks and then two weeks of puréed. I was told I could have alcohol six weeks after surgery. They frown upon it because it's liquid calories. I am 27 years old and would like to have a glass of wine every now and again.

Thanks guys! I took some chewable gas x and feel a bit better. I still have some spasms, but I think you guys are right about everyone just being scared of a leak. I just have to put faith in my surgeon and follow his instruction. Thanks! Oh and so far I list 20 lbs with the pre-op diet and 5 more since the surgery.

I'm so terrified of a leak. My doctor said I can be on full liquids for two weeks and then go to puréed foods for two more. I scared myself today because I had broccoli cheese soup and had a cramping/spasm feeling on my stomach area I hadn't had since the first day I got out of surgery. Up until then I've had only a little discomfort when using my core muscles because they are sore obviously. I've been walking and trying to get my liquids down pretty good. What does a leak actually feel like? Is it triggered by liquids like soup?? And I've looked up some ways to detect it and barium was suggested... What of my doctor never made me drink barium... Are you supposed to do this before you leave the hospital?

I'm on my pre-op restricted diet. Low sugar/carbs and high protein. the last couple of days I've had pains below my breast bone in my stomach area. Almost like contractions, but not like those of mentrual cramps a bit higher in my abdomen. Are these intense hunger pains? I thought I was over the head hunger, and I'm over weight and never really experienced hunger pains before, I don't think. Should I be worried?