AmandaWho

I am currently four months post op. I and able to eat a lot more than I thought I would be. I can eat a boca burger and a half a cup cottage cheese for a meal. I feel satisfied and I'm not full. To you WLS veterans out there, does this seem normal? It almost makes want to go and ask the surgeon to take more stomach out.

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I can relate to the photo you posted. Right after surgery I wanted to throw up all the time just bc of the heartburn! My dr told me to do over the counter nexium but if it continues passed a month they would give an RX. THANKFULLY it's gone away. Call and ask the dr for omeprazole.

My diet is 4 weeks Protein, then vegetables, then a month later fruit and at 6 months I can have minimal carbs.

What do you do when you're craving them and it's driving you nuts? I'm on the Protein only stage and I'd give anything for a vegetable and some carbs and when I smell other people eating them, it's making me crazy!

BTW, I just found this old article from a previous thread that sheds some light on the stall.
https://www.dsfacts.com/weight-loss-stall-or-plateau.php

Don't be upset it will happen. We have the same surgery date I have only lost 12 pounds so far. When I went to the doctor's office I was like that's it they said that was good and some people even gained in the beginning keep your head up. Your doing great...

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I am 9 days post op and yesterday I ate 1 scrambled egg. I'm not suppose to until day 15, but I just can't help myself. I feel so hungry since the first day out. I heard I wasn't suppose to feel hungry ,but my doctor said some people are different, but it's likely head hunger. Does it matter what type of hunger it is the feeling is still the same uugggh how can I make it 5 more days????
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Thank you everyone

I've been the same weight for an entire week and I'm frustrated! I was just sleeved on 5/31 and including pre-op (2 weeks liquid) I'm down 22 lbs. 15 of those were from the pre-op diet. I'm doing everything by the book so I can't understand why I'm stuck. Anyone have advice?

(I'm a once a week weigher, not daily)

Thanks in advance!

I had sashimi yesterday bc I'm not allowed carbs for a few more months and it was wonderful.

I've been having that issue with everything I eat. I did the 2 week liquids and was so excited to have real food and now everything's ok the first time, but when I have it again I'm like... no thank you!

This is not normal. You need to contact your Dr and have them work with you on while you are only able to get so little in per day.
You could have a complication.
It is better to have the Dr validate where you should be than strangers on the internet.

I came here for the title because it made me laugh. I'm having a similar issue. I didn't go for 7 days after surgery and it was pitiful! Hopefully we can get back to normal sooner than later.

I'm going to try doing more shakes and less actual food bc I'm struggling so hard

What are you eating? When you say a fork full? I wasn't allowed any food just shakes and Water.

I had my surgeon consult two weeks ago. I assumed after that appointment, the coordinator would speak to me regarding the appointment requirements I needed. That didn't happen. I did all of my lab work this past friday (had to wait two weeks to get the heart burn meds out of my system) and have a psych consult scheduled for tomorrow.
Shouldn't I have a nutritionist appointment lined up?
I'm so confused by the requirements and the timeline. I spoke with my insurance regarding the 6 month physician supervised diet (Anthem BCBS) and asked if my OB prescribing my Phentermine in December counted towards that. She said yes. But where do I go with that information? Does my OB need to call my insurance? This is so confusing.

Did you all have a coordinator helping you with this stuff?

I'm 9 days post op and I am literally having to force down my Protein Shakes at this point. It's not that my stomach can't tolerate them, it's that between my pre-op diet and now having to drink them again just the thought of a Protein Shake is making me want to gag. I have never been a fan of sweet drinks and it seems like each one is sweeter than the last. Does anyone have any suggestions about how else to get my Protein?

Thanks!

What should I order ahead of time? What should I bring to the hospital?

Hi!
I am scheduled to undergo outpatient gastric sleeve on 7/20/17. I have been a yo-yoer for as long as I can remember. I'm done. I'm ready to be healthy! I am a little worried about going home same day. Does anyone have any experience with this?

I'm just about a week out (tomorrow) and I barely eat. I just can't do it. I can't hold a lot of food. I have a fork full here, a fork full there, a Protein Shake for Breakfast. I'm only getting 30g of Protein and 40oz of Water a day. If I push it, I get really nauseous. I know the new stomach shouldn't hold much but is this normal for week 1? I've heard other people are hitting their water and protein goals and I'm struggling.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like nothing they eat tastes good? I feel like my taste buds have changed. (I'm two months post-op)
Also,I feel like my sense of smell has changed too. I feel badly for my poor fiancé. If he has onions during the day, he has to face the other direction when we are sleeping because his breath makes me want to barf. Poor guy. LOL

Please tell me I'll feel better tomorrow....and the next day...and so on! I got sleeved this morning and I'm miserable right now, trying to go to bed. I'm pretty sure it is gas pain and I've been walking as much around the house as I can since I got home. I've taken a few GasX...both chewable and melt strips. I've only been able to take about 15 ounces of Water and one 20 gram Protein drink (Muscle Milk). Because I've had so little, I only took 1/2 my pain pill just so I can sleep tonight. Any words of encouragement for this mama?! Thank you!!

I started my diet a week ago and have lost nothing! The bloating is terrible

I was supposed to be in liquids only. Clear, sodium free liquids. I definitely had a pickle every day after the first 5 days of my 2 week diet and the dr said my liver was tiny. But I needed to chew something because I was gonna lose it. It was a pickle or something worse so I opted for he pickle.