The Greater Fool

Correlation is not causation. What you are feeling may not be related to the chili. You may have a stomach bug or any number of other unrelated issues. Or maybe it is the chili. I can't say that I've felt ill effects a food, even during a massive dumping episode, that lasted more than 3-4 hours. Except for food poisoning which I haven't had in 30 years? Maybe 40. If this had happened to me even though I might not 'blame' the chili it would be a while before I could try it again because of the association of chili and yuk. But if I liked the chili I'd give it another shot eventually. If your pain continues a call to your medical team may be called for.

Everything varies by the individual so YMMV. The explanation that pureed digest better than food makes no sense to me. Pureed is only slightly finer that chewed food and that difference would not affect digestion or absorption. RNY bypasses a small portion of your intestines, the part that does some of the heavy lifting of nutrient absorption. So you absorb less calories, pureed or chewed the malabsorption is pretty constant. You leave a lot of information out that would make giving a specific guess at an answer for your situation. You say you lost 130 on the band, but don't indicate how much more (if any) you have to lose. The smaller the weight you have to lose the slower the weight loss generally is. Fullness is going to feel different than with the band. The band was at the top of the stomach, so food backed up basically in your esophagus. With RNY you have a small pouch that dumps directly into your intestines, so 'full' will be lower than you are used to, and it will empty out a bit quicker, or perhaps more correctly, easier. Follow your plan. I would doubt your plan says 'eat until you feel full' but rather 'eat this much of this' or 'eat these many calories, grams, whatever of that'. Feeling full is a cue to stop before you've completed the meal. For me, feeling full happens when my pouch isn't thrilled and says enough is enough before I've eaten my meal completely. Most often I complete the meal without feeling full. Eating constantly to fullness (and beyond) is what got me to needing RNY. Bottom line is you have to learn your new situation, the new sensations. Your new reality.

Check the ingredients and see if you can pin down the problem, if in fact there is a problem. A lot of things impact if I can deal with marginal foods, or even traditionally good foods. If I am stressed, tired, overly hungry, sleepy, sick it can make a good food not. Pay attention and learn. For example: If I don't sleep all night (say working) eating the next day is challenging at best. Always has been, even before surgery. But, at such times I know that I have to be extra careful and I have to pay attention closely and choose carefully, then I have to eat exceptionally small portions. OR ELSE. Even knowing all this after years, I make the occasional mistake. But, if I threw away every food that I had an issue with once or even twice...

From my decision to surgery was just shy of 4 months. It would have been two weeks sooner if my Doc's office put in the paperwork when they said instead of dallying for two weeks.

Tim, You're going to ignore me, but I'm gonna try anyhow. This period is called the honeymoon period for a reason. No matter what you do, no matter how well or badly you follow your program, you will lose weight. The honeymoon can teach you one of two lessons: 1) You can follow your program and you will receive the wonderfully positive feedback of losing weight. It's a great motivator to continue and to get the feedback. Month after month of staying on program and losing weight is a great teacher and motivator. By times the weight loss slows you will be at or near goal and you've built your lifetime habits so you won't regain. 2) You can do whatever you want and you will receive the wonderfully positive feedback of losing weight. It's a great motivator to continue and to get the feedback. When you leave the honeymoon and stop losing weight, or worse, gaining weight, you are now where you were pre-op: Working to learn a diet with little to no positive feedback. Make a good choice. From what you've described so far, you are basically in starvation mode. Even if you worked to follow your program you would be near starvation. Starving yourself for 8 hours then worse for 16 hours a day just puts that much more strain on your body. You NEED protein to heal and right now you have to do the absolute best you can. This was supposed to be an action to get healthy, not, well... Keeping your scale moving via starvation is not healthy. Watching the scale is screwing with your mind. Talk about this honestly and frankly with your medical team. Listen to them.

Surgery is often performed for the sole purpose of resolving type II Diabetes. It won't be a reason for being turned down. Don't borrow problems, you have enough already.

Being less than 1/3 the man I used to be. Not feeling guilty about food choices. Not feeling judged for food choices. Not dieting. Having to convince restaurants that their food was great even though I ate so little. Not knowing my weight for a completely new reason. Being able to do things most people take for granted. Running 5 marathons.

Go to the hospital, now.

I think you may have hit upon why you are experiencing a big stall.

Wow, I sneeze at least once a week taking my morning meds.

I should be clearer that I sneeze when I am full. I don't always eat until I am full. I stop eating when I've eaten my appropriate volume. It doesn't always give me the full feeling or sneeze. My plan doesn't call for eating until I am full but to eat a specific amount of appropriate food.

Congratulations on your joy. My Doc never commented on my weight loss. Our discussions were always about my program, my health, and my outlook. It was an attitude I took to heart. It appears you have also.

I'm close to 18 years post-op RNY. I can't say I've had any issues related to my RNY in 2003. I have issues directly related to my weight for the years before: Joint issues, fatty liver, spine issues, but all of them are better than they were. I have a couple other things that are just the joy of being me. A few other things have not been an issue for 15 years. My weight has been more or less stable in the last 12 years or so. I don't weigh myself but at my annual physical. I don't log food or care about calories. My plan is my normal I rarely think about it. I worried about my weight for enough years, thank you very much.

I sneeze almost every time.

Exactly. Then, whatever you decide, hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

As I said immediately after the part you quoted "I don't have a clue, but these would be the things I would check." Here's why: I don't know where the OP lives, if it's even in the USA. I don't know drug law in every locale in the world but I do know different countries handle drugs vastly differently. We don't know the OPs legal status. States themselves have different reporting requirements for minors and/or dependents and/or wards of the state and/or people of diminished capacity. We know diddly about the OP. There is so much that we don't know that *I* would NOT presume to make a blanket statement.

You'll have a better idea after your consult.

OK, While thread title is "Lots of questions" I can't help but notice but one question in the text of the post. I'm not judging (honest) but I am disappointed. Generally "lots" is 6-7 or more. Well, perhaps 3 or 4 if they are multi-part questions. But, we are where we are. Just want to encourage you to be more realistic in your numbers. It will help in your future. The weed you need to talk to your surgeon. If they don't want you smoking you can perhaps change over to consumables for a while. The legal age for purchase and possession is 21 and you best check what reporting requirements medical professionals have, or if there are any liability issues for them if they become aware of this illegal activity. I don't have a clue, but these would be the things I would check. If the idea of stopping use for 4-8 months while you get approved and have surgery causes you angst you may want to take a hard look at where you are. If it's not an issue for you then it shouldn't be an issue for you. But, and I can't state this clearly enough: A lot is more than one.

Sorry that this is apparently not what you want, but... If I ate/drank even close to half of what I was supposed to the first 2-3 weeks it would have been a miracle. Now, as you say, is the stage you simply have to get through the best way you can. Give yourself the credit you deserve.

Malabsorption is a fact of life for us. I try to avoid time-released but it's not a hard and fast rule. I have some that work fine while others I've had to change because they didn't work. It all depends on the time release mechanism and where in your system they are intended to be absorbed. But even with non-time release it can still be trial and error. Pills don't sit in our stomachs like with normies. It often ends up being trial and error. Discuss clearly and forcefully with your Docs why any medication may be an issue.

What exactly would this reset? This sounds like a crash diet to me.

Just about 18 years for me.

Thanks for setting me straight. When you said "I am not waiting. I want the Pfizer shot, which this is, If I wait much longer it will be J&J. I am going!" I didn't read much room for discussion. So I opted for smart ass

I, too, and 63. I, too, am an adult more or less. It's sorta meant humorously, as we all are sometimes more adult and sometimes less. For example, this is one of those times I would do actual research and look at studies done related to this question. I would not really ask for anecdotes on the internet. So, as I said, make an informed choice, not one based on strangers on the internet. Including mine.

Plan both, do the one that makes sense at the time.