Dinah55

I could only have about 1.5-2 oz of ground beef, or other meat in a sitting at that time. If I had one bite too much, the same thing would happen to me. Pain, nausea, endless saliva, some foam, more pain. Still happens if I eat too quickly, but the symptoms pass much more quickly now.
I have only had literally one bite of Pasta on two separate occasions since surgery, so not sure how I would have reacted to that. Pasta is a trigger food for me, so I plan to avoid it for the most part. Maybe once I hit maintenance I will have some once in a while.

Hope you feel better as the day goes on! To this day, 9 months out, I don’t do well with meat. I can eat maybe 2-3oz slowly, chewing it very well, yet it still doesn’t set well with me afterward and not worth it. chicken, beef, pork, none of it. Same with nuts. A few cashews, walnuts, etc. and it feels as though it comes up on me. My body just says, “I don’t want it.” I haven’t tried rice, but noodles feel as though they glop up sticky/stuck and come up the esophagus.

Fish, a few shrimp, eggs, greek yogurt, lower fat cheese, oatmeal, lentil Soup and veggies and my tummy is a happy camper. Last few months have been venturing out more to see what digests easily for me. Repeated episodes on foods mentioned above tell me it’s just the way it is now, not a one off, and that’s okay!
Good luck! It’s definitely a learning journey.💝

I'm 6 weeks post op and still experience the vomiting from the "too full" feeling. Most of the time, it starts with the clear "saliva" looking stuff. My doctor calls it "slimy". According to him, once your stomach/digestive system gets irritated (too much food, wrong food etc.) it swells and starts to produce mucus. Even your lungs will start to produce mucus which is why it sometimes seems like your the saliva is coming out your nose. And vomiting is a cycle - vomiting causes inflammation that decreases the size of your stomach that forces more vomiting.
His instructions to me when this happens: no food or drink for 4 hours for the inflammation to decrease. Then drink warm tea since the warmth is soothing to the stomach. I found that it takes about that long for the "full" feeling to subside. Then I try to log what I ate/drank that triggered the vomiting and avoid it in the future.

I had my bypass Nov. 5th and am just transitioning to soft foods. Yesterday for lunch I had a small amount of Thai shrimp and rice noodles, and it went down fine. Then I had an applesauce snack, no problem. For dinner I decided I would try some ground beef with a few noodles. I didn’t eat a large amount and I chewed well, but I’ve been sick ever since and throwing up every hour to hour and a half. I’m not throwing up food, just saliva. And if I try to drink anything, it comes up after 5-10 minutes. I don’t really feel nauseated, it’s just an awful feeling of fullness which gets worse and worse until I throw up. It’s now 6:45 a.m. and I’m exhausted! My doctor’s office opens at 8:00, so I’ll be calling the minute they open. I hate the thought of having to go to the hospital, but I’m afraid I may have a blockage, and I’m probably getting dehydrated at this point. Has anyone else experienced this? Up until now I really haven’t had much of a problem, other than experiencing the foamies a couple of times, which were short lived. Ugh!

Congrats! I just had my bypass last week, so I’m still healing. Good luck! Let us know how it’s going.

I’m up tomorrow and all I can think is by this time next week I can eat soup...not broth, not Jello, but something that tastes good! Glad to hear you are doing well.

I had my bypass this past Thursday morning, the 5th, and it went well. My doc also repaired my hiatal hernia while he was in there. I spent one night in the hospital. I feel very fortunate because I had no nausea, and didn’t even need any pain meds until I got home Friday afternoon and started moving around more. When I strain at all, even getting up out of a chair, I get sharp pains on my left side where the incisions are. But I feel fine if I’m just sitting still or standing. I’m looking forward to tomorrow because I’ll be able to add a few more foods. After two weeks of only Jello, popsicles and broth, that yogurt is going to taste awfully good!

I will definitely let you know, and let me know how yours goes too. I’ll be in the hospital for one night. Our new lives begin Thursday! Hooray!

My bypass date is Nov. 5 too. I’m excited/nervous. I hope it goes well for you!

I'm on the second as well... On the way to the hospital now! Prayers for all of us! [emoji120]

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My bypass date is Nov. 5 too. I’m excited/nervous. I hope it goes well for you!

Once again, one size doesn’t fit all and that’s the great thing about a forum like this, as a smorgasbord with many perspectives and options sans calories. Generally speaking, with just a tad of introspection each of us know what we need to do, given the individual circumstance we’re in.
There have been times in life that I needed direct straight talk and other times when ‘I had the facts’ yet needed the positive Can Do!, You Go Girl!, You Got This!, support and motivation that community can provide. Both were and are valid needs. Both were and are available on this forum, both were and are what make it a great place! Take what we need and leave the rest.💖