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Hi There: Had the same problem and discussed it at my follow up appointment today. The Physician Assistant explained it this way she said "We removed a large part of your stomach. You stomach is in shock. It is 80-85% smaller and needs to do the work of a normal sized stomach. Those spasms will lessen over time when your stomach finally realizes it can do the same job with less power" Makes sense and I am almost 9 days post op and they are so much better. Now only sometimes when I swallow do I feel it. Not gone completely but doesn't happen every single time something hits my belly like it did before. I was super worried about this too. I hate the feeling. Bentyl helps (did they prescribe that for you?)

OMG... I had 'Sudden Deafness Syndrome' in 2001. I was hospitalized for over a week to try and get my hearing back. I got like 75% back but if I am in a loud room and someone tries talking into my effected ear... I can't hear. You should inbox me. I have a theory about this sudden deafness.

Holy smokes! You lost waaaay more than the 60-65% of 'excess body weight' they estimate. Did you have to work really really hard or did the sleeve do most of the work? Inquiring minds want to know (only one week post op). Thanks and congrats. You look friggin fabulous!

Woo Hoo!!!!!!! Gonna come fast girl. Make your last supper a good one b4 starting that pre op diet and make sure you get red velvet cake with full fat cream cheese frosting!!!!

this is awesome! Thanks! There really is so much we can eat that is healthy and delicious! My problem was never that I ate bad foods .... it was always portion control! I am loving my sleeve. Definitely going to try some of these recipes. I make my own caramelized onion hummus now. Do you eat tortillas much? I am wondering how my sleeve will tolerate those cuz I love to wrap everything! I have made that red lentil soup! SOOOOOO GOOOD.

Everyone at work knows too... I manage a clinic and most ppl are very supportive.

Those spasms are starting to subside... I had my surgery 2/3. They were the worst!! That Bentyl helps.

I would like ppl to share their most favorite items they enjoy that is bariatric friendly> I have a few already. Here are mine... 1. Flax Seeds 2. Chia Seeds 3. Smooth Moves Tea (senna in it to aid with 'movements') 4. Organic Hemp Protein HI-FIBER powder by Nutiva (this stuff is frikken amazing) 5. Fage 0% fat Greek Yogurt (add to my Protein Powder shakes) 6. Royal instant Greek yogurt pudding (use only a tablespoon for added flavor and richness in my protein shakes) 7. Spark Energy drinks from Advocare 8. Rehydrate gel from Advocare (perfect for us because I packs a lot of electrolytes in a gel form when you need to rehydrate but can't guzzle a ton of water) 9. MNS Max from Advocare (metabolic nutrition system which has advanced core nutrition, wellness, sustained energy release and appetite control).... took these pre op and will be taking again after I recover. 10. Sleepworks by Advocare (liquid herbal sleep aid... good stuff. Lavender/Spearmint flavored) 11. Just Good Stuff Peanut Butter (yummy but gas producing) 12. Anything wrapped in a tortilla... anything. LOL 13. Anything Indian. I have one of our docs teaching me how to cook more Indian cuisine b/c I simply LOOOOOOVE it! 14. Fage 2% yogurt w/honey 15. Activa yogurt... regular and greek 16. Happy Farms String cheese (Aldi's) 17. Carmelized Onion Hummus (Wegmans) 18. BabaGanouj and Tahziki 19. Wegmans Basting oil with garlic and herbs 20. Fig Flavored Balsamic Vinegar 21. Morning Star Black Bean Burgers (I need to learn how to make my own) 22. Brown Rice Pasta (delicious) not sure I can eat much of this 23. Cous Cous and Quinoa 24. Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar 25. Cinnamon..... awesome in Protein shakes if adding spinach or kale (kills the bitter taste) I will stop there cuz now I am thinking too hard. I hope other ppl share things they like b/c I definitely do not want to get bored with eating (highly unlikely) but I am interested in other good healthy nutritious finds. Awesome veggies that if you don't eat... you are missing out. Portobello Mushrooms Bok Choy Kale Hot peppers (all kinds... really rev's up your metabolism)

Every surgeon is different here is what I had to do: I requested appt with surgeon in October.... he was booked until Dec 5. During that waiting period I completed the nutrition course (three classes one hour each over 3 weeks) in October Had my psych eval in November. Meet surgeon on Dec 5 and he sent me for pre op blood work. They sent in my request for surgery day after they got blood work back to my insurance so around Dec 7th. Insurance approved me Dec 17th. Surgeon called and said "you are approved". Sent me for pre op testing at the hospital on January 13. Had EKG, Chest Xray and more blood work. Had to attend a required exercise/post op class at my surgeons office January 15th Had to see my PMD on January 27th for medical clearance. Surgery Feb 3rd. Discharged Feb 5th. Follow up appt Feb 11th. Hope this helps

My advice is... stop caring what other ppl think. I don't and believe me.... it is therapeutic. I too am a nurse. I love when people want me to fail cuz it fuels my fire even more. I can usually sniff those ppl out and do my best to really irritate them with my success. I just got into NP school and a lot of those ppl are even more irritated.... I am going to be skinny AND move up the career ladder. Yea... I love ppl who want to see me fail. I internally thank them for giving me relentless motivation.

Was there are reason you didn't start calcium? I just bought that today Calcium Plus D. I should of bought the chews b/c the caps are HUGE! I will still take my Vita D by itself if the Calcium is contraindicated.

what about GasX? That helps!

You having upper gas or lower gas or both?

I was taking a regular multivitamin pre op and I began taking bariatric vitamins immediately post op when I got home... 3 chewable tabs a day. I also take Calcium plus D and Biotin.

God I am gonna be rich!! I will be saving A LOT on food and wine.

The dehydration after drinking can be very problematic. I remember getting up in the middle of the night after drinking couple glasses of wine (pre sleeve of course) and just guzzling Water... we can't do that anymore. I will be seriously limiting my intake of ETOH.

I used to drink before socially, I'm not worried about alcoholism, but that's a pretty interesting study. Transfer addictions are a very REAL problem with post bariatric surgery patients! I work in psychiatry. I hope to have exercise be my T.A.

did they give you the lortab elixir??? That works so much better! I was taking like 15mg every 4 hours... I was in heaven.. literally!! LOL I am all out No more nightcaps for me. You taking gasX? Also take Colace at bedtime. The day after my surgery was the absolute worst... I was so so so much better Wednesday.... I had it done last Monday. You will be ok... stay on top of that pain with your meds. You have Bentyl and something for nausea/??

your surgery was on the same day as mine! I had my follow up today and P.A. said I could jump to soft foods (stage 3). I wasn't really eating full liquids (I was essentially eating pureed diet b/c I would take soup with chunks and put it through the blender). I came home scrambled an egg and ate 2 of my sons french toast sticks... went down so good! But I was full. Full not sick but I knew I had enough food.

I can only share my experience but day after surgery was the worst! I was like how in the hell am I supposed to go home tomorrow.... and low and behold.... I felt better. Each day I have felt better. Today I had my post op follow up visit. I am doing so well with tolerating foods... what I thought was 'full liquids' was really more like pureed (oops) so the P.A said I can advance to soft diet. I came home made one scrambled egg and two little french toast sticks because I felt I deserved it!! Tolerated it superbly! I had a few table spoons of Soup for lunch and Protein shake for dinner. scale isn't moving but I feel still pretty swollen from surgery. I am going to wait for one month post op to weigh myself again (March 3rd) b/c I am getting too obsessed with the scale. The P.A. also said the stomach spasms subside in time (thank God). Feel better.

WTH??

fusion. Can order it online. Company is out of Buffalo, NY. I like the shakes a lot actually.

Very common after surgery. I bet you will find a lot of information on that if you googled it.

Wow!!! I don't know how you'll do it!! Lol I'm only 3 weeks post surgery, and I'm def dying to have some red wine. Good luck to you! I'm sure it's going to be a challenge, but it will be well worth it! Meeeeeeeeee Toooooooooooo! :/

I don't know who's corn flakes I pissed in then to get the 567 question version! LOL