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nicolenat

Gastric Sleeve Patients
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  1. Hey everyone- I had my VSG on 10/14 so I'm about 2ish+ weeks out from surgery. It's been good, overall. My pros are: not too much pain, clean and healing incisions, able to walk and move around, and able to (virtual) work. My cons are: lots of air getting caught in my chest (can be painful, but more annoying than anything else), no appetite/desire to drink, and it's been hard to drink Water specifically.

    The only lasting annoyance has been the air in chest. I have never naturally burped (never learned or weird anatomy) so it's been hard to get the air out through burping. I've been taking Prilosec and Pepto to help because it's interfering with eating and drinking.


  2. Oh my god! Thank you for creating this thread! I'm post op (10/14/20) and I'm supposed to be getting around 40 fl oz of Water plus as much Protein as I can, plus pureed food. It's unreal the amount of what I need to intake when I'm also struggling with acid reflux and gas which prevents me from intaking really anything.

    I'm struggling to get a cup or two of any liquid (protein, water, pureed food) down at all during the day. I know this is very doom and gloom but I'm not even sure how they expect this much intake (I've been talking to my surgeon so he's aware).


  3. Hey Arabesque, thank you for the kind words. It helps to hear from others that things will change- so the pains I feel now will change in the future. I actually woke up today feeling better. Which means I'm capable of feeling better even though I have forgotten that the last few days. That goes for all of us who are feeling **** right now... it'll ease!!


  4. The Protein Shakes aren't easy to keep down and I have very little hunger but I know I need to eat something before I completely fall apart and lose all mental motivation. I read that people eat KFC mashed potatoes without gravy. I don't think that's ideal but the texture is okay and it coats the throat so there isn't too much gas/acid reflux. Maybe it'll help satisfy a craving without making you go back on your path. Sorry if this is a terrible idea. I had some KFC mashed potatoes today but only got 2 little spoonfuls of it down.

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