pookybear

I'd suggest double checking with your surgeon or nutritionist first. It was STRONGLY recommended to me that I never take gummy vitamins. I was told chewable is best. Easiest to digest and for your body to absorb.

Ya know, when I had my gallbladder attack I felt it all over. It did not feel like it was isolated to my right side. I felt as if there was a band around me squeezing the life out of me. It was incredibly painful. I could not even walk upright. I honestly thought I might be dying of a heart attack! This happened 5 weeks after the birth of my first child (which was c/s btw and no where near as painful as that gb attack). I had my gb removed asap. Hope you are ok!

Michelle

That is exactly how it felt! The good news is its gone. But if I get it again I am definitely getting checked.

I know what pain from not chewing enough feels like, and this wasn't it.

I still cannot tolerate beef or pork a year and a half out, and I'm allergic to salmon. I stick with chicken, turkey, and tuna. If I didn't need the Protein so much I'd probably just become vegetarian.

I spoke with the on call surgeon. He said it's probably not my gallbladder because that's usually right side pain and this is across both sides. Said I probably didn't chew dinner enough. I don't think that's what it is because I've experienced that and it feels completely different. But he said if I still have it tomorrow morning to call them again for an ultrasound. For now I took some Tylenol and it's eased up to tolerable. No longer in tears at least, now just achy.

Tonight, after dinner, I suddenly had some aching back pain. Now it's spread across my back, about where my kidneys are, and across the front in the same area. Its a very achy pain, like I got kicked in the ribs, and it's making me slightly nauseous. I keep getting chills too. It's almost hard to breathe. Not sure if it's something I should be worried about...I did just start my period today so it could be partly related to that. I tried walking around and it got worse. Any thoughts??

I had a roommate. She was a former RNY patient but she was in due to complications from having her gallbladder removed. I kept the curtain closed between the beds all the time for privacy but having a roomie didn't really bother me. She was a bit noisy at times with crying and talking, but not too bad.

I do. I basically do the same thing. I keep Snacks in my desk drawer at work. I try to keep something in my purse if I'm going out but I'm not that great at remembering. Usually I'll buy a drink or a little snack if it's needed. My problem is If it gets too low and my head gets foggy, I'll go into a store and buy a ton of snacky things. Then I'll get my sugar up, and I have to figure out what to do with all the stuff I bought lol

I've come to recognize the feeling I get when it's starting to get low so I can usually catch it before it gets too bad.

I have lots of fruit in my diet. I have a fruit and green smoothie every morning for Breakfast. I put banana, strawberries, spinach, and Chia seeds. I'm a year and a half out though. I waited quite awhile before trying anything with seeds.

I tried Fiber supplements, salads for lunch, etc. This has been by far the most help with boosting my Fiber intake and helping with 'problems', if you know what I mean.

I use Body Fortress vanilla powder and mix it into black iced coffee.< /p>

Anything greasy or oily. Don't really dump, just sick until it comes up then I'm fine. Nothing has ever actually made me dump.

For breakfast every morning I have a green smoothie. I put banana, strawberries, spinach, Water, and Chia seeds. Sometimes I also add almonds. It gives me some much needed fiber and some liquids as well, and I have plenty of opportunity to get all my Protein in during the rest of the day. You could also add in some Protein powder.

I researched which fruits and veggies have the most fiber. With this shake I get about 17g fiber and less than 150 calories (without the almonds).

I did it as I tried things on. I kept an empty tote in the bedroom and as I tried things on and found them too big, they went in the tote. Once it was full I bagged them up and put them aside to donate. Mine all went to Savers. They support the Epilepsy Foundation, and I do most of my shopping there. Plus you can get a tax write-off for your donations if you ask. I kept clothes as long as possible, especially pants. I had very saggy rear ends before I finally purged all of them. It gets expensive to replace everything constantly.

Congrats on the smaller size!

Really?? My program allows 14g per food item or 25g per meal. I don't dump, so I'm not as strict about it as some people. It should be an allowable amount for most people, I'd think.

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Thanks. Imay try to split them even smaller. I had been doing them in half. They also come in capsules, and I am wondering if I couldn't just get them in that form.

I think capsules would be better. You could open them up and swallow with a bite of applesauce.

My abdomen gets very bloated and uncomfortable until the air comes back out.

Try taking a picture on your anniversary each month and compare it to a pre-op pic. You'll notice the differences

I'm surprised too. I still have problems with straws and I'm over a year out. I forget and drink from straws all the time, and I almost always regret it.

I've been lucky and haven't dumped at all since surgery over a year ago.

I had to wait a full year. Wine depends on how you handle sugar. Some wines are very sweet.

I'm surprised because I'm almost a year and a half out and I've never noticed it green before. If it was from the supplements you'd think I would've had it before.

I'm about 7mos out and sometimes I feel like I'm eating 8oz of food before I'm full. Sometimes 4oz will get me full. It's a crazy mind game

I can eat well over my 'limit' with certain foods. I can eat almost an entire plate of salad, but add chicken or some kind of dense Protein and it cuts it waaay back.

The past several days I've been pooping green. Like, legit green thru and thru. Is this something that happens from supplements? Has anyone else had this? I haven't done or eaten anything different the last few days.

Get some Papaya enzyme chewable. They help a LOT with stuck foods.

I was surprisingly not at all nervous the day of surgery. I had no port and hardly any pain. A little nausea and discomfort, but the nurses kept it well under control. I was on the morphine pump but I stopped using it after the first day because it was contributing to the nausea. The catheter was painless and only the slightest pinch when removing it. I was more uncomfortable because I had my period while I was there and couldn't use a tampon.

They sent me home with nausea medicine and pain medicine. I used the nausea stuff but never once opened the pain meds. At home I just used liquid Tylenol.