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PortlandGirl

Gastric Bypass Patients
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  1. So let's see... I'm about 5 weeks and a couple of days from revision. Definitely harder than the sleeve but can't really pinpoint what. It seems that I was further along with the sleeve, meaning eating more of a variety. This time around Protein is hard to get in and hurts! I keep trying...chew really soft chicken but just a bite can cause pain, so lots and lots of Soup. Mainly miso, lentil, bean and vegetable. So bored with it. I did slip and take a bite of my hubbys PB&J sandwich and unfortunately it was delicious and went down easily... I don't, at least it doesn't seem like it, the dumping for sweets. :/ had a teaspoon of honey as I was dying to get another flavor into me, no issues. I'm down about 18 - 20 lbs, and just started back with yoga. Pain from surgery completely gone except when I have that one bite too much. Still fighting head hunger...maybe forever...


  2. Man oh man I forgot how hard it is to drink Water every 30 mins! It's always been an issue getting enough water in, but I forgot how little you are allowed to drink and how much you need! I need to get a timer... I'm already so over the 4 items I'm consuming..I shouldn't complain but hey, it's a forum so...there you go.

    Hope all is well with y'all!


  3. So 7 days out from revision. Had a hiccup a day and half later with a kink in my bowels causing everything, basically Water and Jello, to not go through me and coming back up. It was scary but I wasn't sure if I was overreacting.. was it just dumping? Almost same symptoms but after hours with no relief went to the ER. The tubed me, running it down my nose to the top of the bypass getting the acid and water out hoping it would unkink on its own. The tube friggin suckeddddd. But it worked not perfect but after another day and a half I was home again.

    I'm hungry or head hungry, which sucks and can't wait to get to soft food stages. Definitely more intense than the sleeve in everything, pain, recovery.

    Still hoping and aiming for the best, only time will tell.


  4. Tomorrow can not get here soon enough. Im nervous, excited and scared. I'm nervous that I'm making a mistake (first surgery went well...perhaps I won't be as lucky) - excited because I have hope that I will lose weight and get rid of the acid reflux, and scared that nothing will change or get worse.

    I'm embarrassed I have to be here again. :/

    My husband is supportive but doesn't really understand...food needs to be my enemy and just for fuel...it's hard to eat right when all he wants is meat and potatoes and I have to make it.

    Anyways, searching for folks that have been successful in a sleeve to bypass situation..looking for all the advice I can get.

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