ScarlettMomOf6

It's very common - often patients don't even know that they had a hernia, whether it be a hiatal, umbilical, or whatever, before surgery and the doc just fixes it as part of the WLS.
As to what you can eat for the rest of your life, most likely it can be whatever you are eating now. The problem is that whatever you are eating now is what got you to 400 lb and you will likely be back there again if you don't learn how to eat to maintain your weight in a healthy range.
Think of WLS as more of a "do over" rather than a total fix - it helps get you back to where you should be so that you can start over again, but if you don't correct what got you morbidly obese (whether it be strictly diet, or psych issues, or likely a combination,) you will likely work your way back to where you are now.
The good news is that you can start that now, working with a dietician and/or therapist to start correcting things and learning how to eat and live for the rest of your life, and that all carries forward making the WLS and post op processes that much easier.
Good luck

11 months post op -90.

Today's makes 8 months since I was sleeved I started at 213 and am now 143. I am currently in the maintenance phase

I am a few days shy of the two month mark... i am down 76 pounds so far

Down 65 pounds at 12 weeks post op

This is the first time posting any pics. I am a couple days shy of 2 mos post op. Down 46lbs.

This is me, 7 months post-op..79lbs lost

I had surgery almost 10 months ago. Hubby is just eatting better

I remember being pre-op and my favorite thing to do was look at progress photos and dream
I am 6 months, 10 days post op and I am down 128 pounds total. This isnt a very great pic since I have been sick, but i still took it because anything is better than my before!!

Im hungry too and that concerns me. I feel like if i just ate a soft scrambled egg it would go away but my surgical instr. say one more week of Clear Liquids. From what i can tell every surgeon is different. I feel like ive been WAY under educated for this surgery tho because the purpose of mine was for preparation for abdominal wall reconstruction once ive lost enough weight...

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I am exaclty one week post op and I was surprised and disappointed to be hungry within this time span. It's easy to fix it; I'll have some broth typically it I'm between meals. But it's definitely hunger. I'm already taking Prilosec so I know it isn't stomach acid. You are not alone.

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Me too! I'm on day 7 and literally feel hungry all the time I'm so tempted to try regular food I feel like it wouldn't even affect me why am I feeling this way

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Hunger feeling can also be gastric acids. Take a tums. Works for me every time. We aren't hungry in our bellies, were hungry in our brains. the tums trick works .

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I had no appetite at all for two weeks. My cousin, on the other hand, ate a chicken wing before leaving the hospital! There's no hard and fast rule.