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Upper abdominal pain after eating can also be caused by gallstones, which are common after extreme weight loss. Certain foods can trigger an attack.

For me it was an unrelenting, excruciating pain in my mid-upper abdomen, like somebody was squeezing my innards and wouldn't stop. Both times it occurred about half an hour or an hour after lunch. The first attack only lasted an hour and-a-half, but came back after dinner. The second time, it lasted several hours.

I started getting gallbladder attacks three months after my sleeve. When I called my surgeon, she says it happens to about 30% of sleeve patients.

I'm four months out and still have no energy. I also get faint whenever I get up too fast from lying down. (I guess I need to speak to my doctor about the latter.)

Wow, you look gorgeous!

I also always feel yucky as soon as I swallow that first bite. (I'm three months out.) After reading some of the posts here, I'm going to try smaller bites and more chewing. We'll see if that helps.

I'm so sorry. Losing a pet is so hard.

I agree that cold-turkey is the only way to go. After a while (it may be more than a few days...) the craving will subside.

Amazing!!!! You're my inspiration!

Don't let one Mean Girl turn you away from asking advice here. Most of us on this platform are nice people; it's a shame that the first one you encountered just happened not to be.

Me, too. I was a major water lover before my surgery, and now it doesn't appeal to me at all.

I get nauseous just THINKING about protein shakes. There is something about their taste and texture (and I've tried several) that is just disgusting to me. For the first few weeks after my surgery, I was okay with clear protein drinks, but those started grossing me out after a while, too, and now the thought of those makes me gag.

Wow. Unbelievable!

Lol

I cheated and went back to drinking diet coke (in small amounts) about two months after my sleeve surgery. At first it gave me heartburn, but by about three months out I was able to consume a 6-oz bottle with no problem. Then came the nightmare. A few days ago, I drank about 2-3 oz of diet coke, and a few minutes later started having the worst stomach pains I have ever had in my life. It got so bad I ended up in the ER, in such pain that I was sweating and could barely talk. The pain subsided after an hour or two, but a few hours later, after eating a small dinner and drinking some water a half hour after the meal, the pain came back so bad they had to give me morphine. They ran tests and imaging studies and couldn't find anything wrong (except that I was constipated, which is my new norm post surgery), so the only suspect is that Diet Coke!

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NO! Cocaine is highly addictive, and now that you are forced to give up your food addiction, you will be at higher risk than ever for a life-threatening drug addiction. Get whatever psychological support you need to get through this and stick it out through the hard beginning.

Try the yellow packets, too, and see which is your favorite. I use one yellow packet per glass of ice tea. It makes it nice and sweet without being overwhelmingly so.

I like this one, too. It is nearly undetectable in whatever it's mixed with. They sell it here at BariatricPal, too, and last time I looked the price was lower here than at Amazon.

If you do eat it, make it the last of the meal. And if there is a concern about expansion, be sure to cook it with PLENTY of water so it's fully expanded by the time it reaches your plate.

My doctor considers cottage cheese a liquid. The fat-free version is surprisingly tasty at this stage!

Oh, that explains it!!!

Those are all such good healthy foods. Why can't you eat them? (Or are you still in a soft food phase?)