Hello everyone! I have the vertical sleeve procedure on 12/16/09. My surgery was a breeze. No complications. Discharged in under 36 hours. I am now in my pureed phase of the post-op diet which is going just ok. The problem that I'm having is that I have absolutely NO desire to eat or drink. I have tried everything. I've watched the Food Network for a week which normally I would eat myself out of house and home, and still nothing. When I do force myself to eat, everything tastes fine. I get excited when I get to introduce new foods until it comes down to the act of eating. Has anyone experienced this? I'm trying to figure out if I am truly not hungry or if I'm psyching myself out because I'm afraid to fail?

I went through the same thing for a long. I just didn't care for food, but knew that I had to eat. I just had to force myself to eat. I set a reminder on my cell phone every 4 hours to eat during my awake hours. It helped to remind me that I needed to eat. Some foods just didn't appeal to me. Plus, my sense of smell was heightened, and certain smells made me nauseated.

It does get better with time.

Its hard for me to recognize hunger anymore. I'm only a month out but like Tiffy, I remind myself to eat..the drinking, just find something that soothes you, broth? lemon water? something that you like, as much as possible. I also have to agree with Tiffy on the smells...I think I'm getting past it but still have my moments. I know it gets better with time so hopefully you'll finds ways to work around this and get some liquids and nutrition in.