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Awesome Job!!!

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Great job! You look amazing, and happy!!

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You look fantastic

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1 week before surgery and 5 months after surgery!

Down 80lbs

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I just had a scope done on 7/28 and everything looked normal. Would the stricture show up on that? Also I can only eat about 2 tablespoons of anything at a time and be full....which seems like not enough. A lot of the Protein shakes make me sick too. I really appreciate the advice and I also appreciate you telling me you went through that too.

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I am with James on this one, you may be advancing sooner than your tummy will allow. I struggled terribly on pureed stage. I would gag and puke and I (now) I believe it was more of an aversion to pureed meats, eggs and fish. I still 22 months later have an aversion to eggs because of the pureed stage.

I would still with Soups, cottage cheese, applesauce, cream of wheat, Protein shakes. Anything that will slip down vs. have to swallow.

For me it took some time before my pouch even appreciated meats of any kind. I could eat fish fairly easily but even shrink was difficult.

By 8 weeks post op, most if not all my swelling was down and then I was able to start eating ground beef, ground chicken, soft juicy chicken breast in a mushroom gravy, thinks like that.....another month down the road it got easier and easier.

But my suggestion would be to go back to creamy Proteins like cottage cheese, yogurt, refried Beans, unsweetened applesauce, and definately Protein Shakes at this stage. Premier Protein for me were the best because they had a whopping 30 grams of Protein and only 1 gram of sugar. I had to actually add lactose free milk to them in the beginning so it would take me almost a whole day to drink 1 shake.

Best of luck to you and I promise it really does get better, if for some reason you can't get even softer foods down like I suggested then there is more going on and you might have a stricture. I would check with your doctor if that becomes a problem.

Your tummy just needs a little longer to heal and honestly it will be better for you in the long run.

I totally get all of that but the foods you mentioned make me sick. That is why I'm so frustrated because those soft foods are even making me sick. I had chicken noodle Soup the other day and got so sick from it. Cottage cheese does the same thing. It gets to the point when I eat certain foods that are new that the pain is so intense I have to make myself get sick to feel any relief. I think I'm going to lean back on Phase 2 and still have the foods that I know work in phase 3 until I see my doctor August 11th.

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Thanks for the advice! It is crazy cause foods like Soup, cottage cheese, eggs, canned chicken, anything with yellow cheese all make me sick. I can eat Cereal, yogurt, Protein shakes, applesauce, canned fruit, mashed potatoes, crab meat, shrimp and white rice with no problem. It gets to the point when I eat certain foods or try a new food that the pain is so intense I have to make myself get sick to feel any relief. I think I'm going to lean back on Phase 2 and still have the foods that I know work in phase 3 until I see my doctor August 11th.

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I had gastric bypass on June 28....so a little over a month ago. I am on Phase 3 of the dieting. Phase 1 went well and phase 2 was ok. I had a hard time eating on Phase 2 but I tolerated it. Since starting phase 3 I have thrown up almost everyday. I started Phase 3 July 23rd. I get a very sharp pain in my side to the point I can't breath and I have to make myself get sick to feel any type of relief. I have tried canned chicken, grilled chicken tenderloins and still get sick. Everytime I try a new food I seem to get sick and then don't want to eat again. I have gotten sick on all kinds of food except seafood. My doctor is not too concerned with the little calories I am eating as long as I am drinking fluids. On an average I have got 250-300 in a day. I have the urge to eat but then I eat and get sick. Has anyone had this problem? And if so how long did it last? I am extremely frustrated and feeling overwhelmed with eating.

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I had gastric bypass on June 28....so a little over a month ago. I am on Phase 3 of the dieting. Phase 1 went well and phase 2 was ok. I had a hard time eating on Phase 2 but I tolerated it. Since starting phase 3 I have thrown up almost everyday. I started Phase 3 July 23rd. I get a very sharp pain in my side to the point I can't breath and I have to make myself get sick to feel any type of relief. I have tried canned chicken, grilled chicken tenderloins and still get sick. Everytime I try a new food I seem to get sick and then don't want to eat again. I have gotten sick on all kinds of food except seafood. My doctor is not too concerned with the little calories I am eating as long as I am drinking fluids. On an average I have got 250-300 in a day. I have the urge to eat but then I eat and get sick. Has anyone had this problem? And if so how long did it last? I am extremely frustrated and feeling overwhelmed with eating.