karinbuck

Was sleeved March 20th. Ever since the surgery I have had what I call "dirty mouth". That feeling when you have forgotten to brush your teeth. Anyway I have it all the time now. I brush. Won't drink anything but water and within an hour the feeling is back. Now the insides of my lips are red and irritated as well. Has anyone experienced this after surgery? Does it have anything to do with gas?

I'm not sure what thrush is. But no white tongue.

I've chewed gum and the results are the same. Its funny cause at the time I was chewing gum, I kept thinking of that orbitz commercial. "Dirty mouth. Clean it up!" Lol

I copied and pasted this and sent it to some of my friends. I'm not very good with words or explaining my feeling. You hit the nail on the head. Your post was very helpful in explaining how I feel. Thank you.

I am two weeks post op. I am taking liquid vitamins and I can't stand them. I will ask my surgeon when I see him next week but I'm curious. When did you all start back on regular vitamins?

Jerseygrl, I'm struggling with wanting to weigh myself everyday. Many of the bloggers here have recommended not doing it. So I'm trying to wait until my doc appointment. But that hasn't been working. I give in about every third day. I think you and I just both need to trust the process a little more and not get to involved with the scale yet. Good luck to you. I know I need it myself

Jerseygrl I'm jealous that you get to eat crackers. Lol. I was sleeved march 20th. My nut has me on a puréed diet until April 14th. Than hopefully I can have a cracker. Lol it's one of the things I have been craving. Mostly because of all the soup I've been eating. Old habits die hard.

Small amounts of Real food are very filling for me. Water and clear broth are not. Are you able to add protein powder to your broth?

I was sleeved March 20th. A thought just occurred to me. I am heavily reliant on protein shakes and powders and I'm assuming that I will remain that way for a long time. I am due to do my yearly low iodine diet in July. Do protein powders have iodine? If you have been through this after being sleeved. Please give me some advice.

I was sleeved march 20th and I felt exactly the same way. My nut cleared me for scrambled eggs. I can only eat one egg. That's it. But I am able to down water with no problem. I can go through 12 oz of water in 15 min with no discomfort.

Lol. No problem. I understood it.

I am two weeks post op, and my house is a mess. My husband has been trying his best. But his version of clean and my version are two totally different things. I am able to do some basics like the dishes and dusting. However I can't vacuum, therefore can't mop. And forget about the laundry. We have two dogs and this is driving me nuts. I should clarify that I feel fine and I feel like I could do all of this, but I worry about overdoing it. Is anyone else having this problem? Am I being paranoid?

Thank you. I guess I'm not being so paranoid after all. It's just crazy to me cause I almost feel fine.

I was sleeved march 20th. I am also a side sleeper and was finally able to sleep on my side two nights ago. I found that I was more comfortable on my back when I had something propped under my knees. I felt a little like a turtle on it's back. But I adjusted after a few days

Congratulations! I can't wait for the same.

I'm about two weeks post op and doing well. I'm currently on the puréed food phase. I am HATING not being able to drink water while I eat. I constantly feel like I need to cleanse my pallet. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when I start back on whole foods. Any suggestions?

I'm still on the puréed phase. But I can definitely see my self picking food with more liquid for that reason.

Thank you for the link. It makes sense to me now

I also constantly worry about not getting enough water.

Jerseygrl I had the same problem with the gas. Walk and move around as much as you can. I also had trouble with cold liquids. My doctor said this was because the cold makes the esophagus spasm and there is still a lot of gas in there. This went away in a few days for me.