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Sorry its me again. I have since started throwing up, I was super light headed yesterday, but had all my Protein and yesterday was the first day I was able to get 44 oz of Fluid, the most I've had in two weeks. I am sipping now, but should I go to the doctor? I'm a little nervous!

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Gosh! I'm sorry you are going through this. Maybe your first step should be to call Nina (I think she is the coordinator for Dr. Aceves). Maybe the doctor can provide some advice, calm your nerves, or direct you to care.

Let us know how you are doing.

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I am sorry to hear you don't feel well : ( I had a couple of days feeling light headed but never vomited, so I am not much help. Once I added some yogurt, potato Soup and Protein it went away.

Checking with in with your nurse or dr just to be cautious is probably a good idea.

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I checked with Gabby at Dr. A's office and she said that I am graduating food stages too quickly. I reread things and she's right. I thought I was being extra cautious, but nope, I wasn't supposed to have pureed tuna or scrambled eggs for another week. She told me to go back to full liquids and focus on getting liquids in. I can even drink high carb drinks like apple juice as long as I am focused on hydration at this point. I feel kind of dumb that I misread things, but I appreciate the encouragement to give them a call, now I know just what to do.

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That's great Anna. There are a lot of liquids you can have at this point. Drink them slowly. You can have drinkable yogurt, Soy Slender is soy milk that's really good and low carb. It's not in the fridge section. If you like your Protein drinks, that's really great. There's also K20 Protein Water.

Just try to sip something a little at a time all day long.

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I checked with Gabby at Dr. A's office and she said that I am graduating food stages too quickly. I reread things and she's right. I thought I was being extra cautious, but nope, I wasn't supposed to have pureed tuna or scrambled eggs for another week. She told me to go back to full liquids and focus on getting liquids in. I can even drink high carb drinks like apple juice as long as I am focused on hydration at this point. I feel kind of dumb that I misread things, but I appreciate the encouragement to give them a call, now I know just what to do.

I am so glad that you called & everything is ok. :redface1: Don't feel dumb - this is a learning process & it gets a bit overwhelming at first.

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Now that you know what to do I am glad your feeling better. I didn't like Water after my surgery, (it felt heavy and like it was suspended in my esophagus! I managed to get all my Fluid in daily by drinking Vitamin water by diluting each bottle with 50% filtered water (then adding a packet of stevia) I was able to drink 3 20oz, bottles in a day. I sipped and sipped and carried them with me wherever I went. Sometimes I would also stick them in the freezer just to get them slushy. Hope that helps.

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Thank you all! I like being able to feel so much support here. I've been blessed to have support in my outside life as well, but no one else can understand this journey unless they are on it too. Thank you!!!

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We are all pulling for you Anna. If you need someone to talk to, I would be happy to give you my phone number. You've had a rough start!

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Sorry its me again. I have since started throwing up, I was super light headed yesterday, but had all my Protein and yesterday was the first day I was able to get 44 oz of Fluid, the most I've had in two weeks. I am sipping now, but should I go to the doctor? I'm a little nervous!

Ok here comes your nurse, have you had a BM? I was really feeling dizzy and fainted at one time, feeling bad, nausea etc. . .went to the doctor and after talking for a bit, found out i hadn't had a poop in about 3 weeks. . . yup you heard right. . . but my normal routine is 1 - 2 x per week if that, so missing here and there didn't dawn on me, i was started on Miralax and metamucil wafers everyday, let me tell you! No more dizziness. . . this could be the problem. . .

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Funny you should mention that! I had posted a question about that too. I had my first BM in over two weeks today. And though this is TMI my tummy was so relieved!

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Thank you Daisy! I've got your email and have appreciated all the support from the beginning.

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Funny you should mention that! I had posted a question about that too. I had my first BM in over two weeks today. And though this is TMI my tummy was so relieved!

Good! Never TMI! Do you feel any better? Now keep on drinking your fluids and eat (if you can) metamucil wafers one package once a day, they come in apple cinnamon and cinnamon . . I love them, just like eating Cookies. . . they will help keep you regular. . .

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I hope you feel better soon. I too didn't have a BM for a long time and OMG it was just scarey. Nice to know the plumbing works, eh?

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I am so glad you are feeling better! You had such a hard time after surgery I would hate for you to have to go through that again. We all felt so bad for you at the hospital. Don't feel bad about accidently skipping a stage, I did it too with cottage cheese and the same thing happened. I thought I was the only one to make that mistake. I found that I can't tolerate cream Soups at all but thanks to reading this board I have found other things. Great job on the weight loss!

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