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I wish I drank/liked coffee. I never liked it. The coffee with caramel sounds good even though I wouldn't try it. I was told that we can NEVER have soda again in our lifetime! My surgeons staff drilled it into my head a million times because I was addicted to diet coke. I had to wean myself off a few months before surgery. Drinking less, and less, until I was only drinking water. Approx. 2 weeks before surgery, I was down to the tiny cans, and couldn't even finish them. I didn't enjoy it the way I had in the past. I mean, I was drinking like a 2 liters a day. I think that this is where the dislike for fake sweeteners started? I will have to see if I can find drinks with the Monk fruit that you are talking about. I have never heard of this. Is this something new? Do you know of any good drinks to try with it?

Now that I am almost 6 months post op, I decided to drink something other than just plain water. I tried Crystal Light, and it was disgusting! I tried 3 diff flavors, and just do not like the after taste. Then I decided to try diet ice tea by Snapple, and thought that was also nasty, and left an after taste. Hubby bought me some sugar free cocoa, and again it is gross, and leaves a weird after taste. Is this happening to anyone else? What is everyone drinking at this point? I am so sick of plain water.

Thanks everyone. I literally for the first time, had a sip of water while eating yesterday. I had to because the food was dry, and I started coughing a lot. I was scared, and did not know what to expect, but I was fine after. I certainly wouldn't gulp anything down while eating. Knowing, if I have to take a sip isn't going to make me sick makes me feel a whole lot better.

Did you have the tummy tuck, or a diff procedure? I don't have so much skin hanging like I thought I would. I won't require skin removal, so that is why I said tummy tuck instead. I noticed skin sagging around my hips also.

What is VSG?

This surgery has got me looking like SpongeBob square pants. I have lost so much weight in my bottom half, and am noticeably bigger on top. My legs are like little chicken legs, my ass is completely gone, and flatter than a pancake. I am a medium bottom, and large top. Is this happening to anyone else?

Has anyone heard of this? Cool sculpting? I am considering this instead of cosmetic surgery aka tummy tuck, etc. It is a procedure where you just lie there, they put something on your belly, and it freezes the fat. The area treated never grows fat again? Has anyone had this done? If so, what were the results, and how long post op where you?

I only told my husband, and parents. When others started noticing my weight loss, they never asked me if I had the surgery. I just accepted the compliments, and never told them. I think everyone just thinks I was dieting? It is no ones business how, or why we do it. If anyone asks me specifically, I am not sure what I would say.

Has anyone else tried to eat mints, or gum? When my belly feels sick, I just eat an Altoid, and it helps a lot!

Has anyone experienced lots of phlegm while eating? It is really bad. I have to spit after almost every bite of food I take. Not spitting the food out, but after I swallow the food.

How long will it take to be able to drink, and eat at the same time? I am so sick of waiting for 30 minutes before and after. Sometimes when I eat, the food gets stuck, and I need to drink, but I am scared to. I am almost 6 months post op.

I am almost 6 months post op, and this has just started happening to me. I see the doc for my follow up soon, and this is def a question I have for them.

I eat cottage cheese, nut butter, and yogurt as snacks to get protein. You could also try soft fish. It has a lot of protein in it.

I am almost 6 months post op, and I wouldn't attempt to eat candy, or anything sugary. It will make you sick.

Oh OK LOL I am new so I don't know the lingo yet.

What a great idea! I never thought of that. I am going to do the same thing. I can only eat 1 pc of small cheese, and then feel so full after.

What is WFH?

What is NSV?

LOL me too. Funny how we take that simple thing for granted.

I had the surgery on 8/24/20, and its the best thing I could have done. I am still hypothyroid, and on levothyroxine. Pre op I was taking 150mcg, and my doc lowered it 137 mcg 2 weeks ago.

What is NSV?

Has anyone had a procedure other than skin removal, or tummy tuck to flatten their belly?

I am almost 6 months post op, and wondering when I will be able to get a tummy tuck.

I feel your pain. I could not eat, or drink for a month after surgery. It made me so nauseous. If I even took a sip of water, I was sick. My doc gave me a script for patches you wear behind your ear for nausea. It helped a lil bit. Please be careful though, I ended up in the hospital because I was so dehydrated. I had to go twice, and spend almost the whole day there getting IV's. The second month got a tiny bit better, after that it will get increasingly better. I thought it never would. Now I am 6 months post op, and I am doing so much better.

Wow, I am 6 months post op, and I never feel hungry. I have to force myself to eat. Whatever you do, don't eat anything with sugar. I made that mistake and was so sick.