I am 7 weeks out and have done very well. I have lost 47.8 pounds and am starting to feel so much better!! My problem right now is i don't want anything. I cna't find a drink that i reallyt like to drink, a food that i really want to eat or anythng. I desire NOTHING and almost feel like sometimes my stomach is nauseated. I take Nexium (mups) what i was told to take from Dr. Aceves, but i feel like i still have a lot of heartburn/refulx. I know i need to be eating 3 meals a day and getting the Protein i need, but how doi do it if i feel like i wanna gag every time i even think about food?

Any advice is welcome and appreciated!!

Randa

Hey One! I too have heartburn on a regular basis -- I asked my dr. if I could double my dosage of nexium and he said fine. The double dosage seems to work for me. He explained that the body doesn't realize that your tummy is 1/8 of its original size so it keeps producing acid for a much bigger tummy.

About the food, I'm almost 5 weeks out and have no real desire for food except when I haven't eaten for hours -- and some food is really gross to me (like bread) -- so I just don't eat it. I'm eating what I can tolerate right now. I'm loving fish, chicken - hate beef right now. I can eat broccoli and green Beans fine. Rice, Pasta, potatoes are gross. I LOVE Water. And I love chamomile tea. That's about it. My nutritionist said that my appetite should reappear sometime, but I'm not in a hurry. I think I've accepted the fact that this is my new life and I'm not really upset about it.

I guess if I were in your shoes, I would eat those things that didn't make me gag -- maybe somethings from the liquid phase? And then slowly introduce the solid food?? I'm all for not doing things the hard way, and if certain foods make you gag, don't eat them!

I hope this helps!

I myself am out 6 weeks and what tastes good to me right now is deli sliced turkey breast and muenster cheese sliced really thin. i do roll ups and that fills me up. I tried sliced chicken but it sits really heavy. I have gotten to were if i have a craving for something i try it and see how it goes i dont always have success but i at least try.

Hey One! I too have heartburn on a regular basis -- I asked my dr. if I could double my dosage of nexium and he said fine. The double dosage seems to work for me. He explained that the body doesn't realize that your tummy is 1/8 of its original size so it keeps producing acid for a much bigger tummy.

About the food, I'm almost 5 weeks out and have no real desire for food except when I haven't eaten for hours -- and some food is really gross to me (like bread) -- so I just don't eat it. I'm eating what I can tolerate right now. I'm loving fish, chicken - hate beef right now. I can eat broccoli and green Beans fine. Rice, Pasta, potatoes are gross. I LOVE Water. And I love chamomile tea. That's about it. My nutritionist said that my appetite should reappear sometime, but I'm not in a hurry. I think I've accepted the fact that this is my new life and I'm not really upset about it.

I guess if I were in your shoes, I would eat those things that didn't make me gag -- maybe somethings from the liquid phase? And then slowly introduce the solid food?? I'm all for not doing things the hard way, and if certain foods make you gag, don't eat them!

I hope this helps!

Nexium twice a day, really changed things for me. Keep trying different things and hope you find protein or food you like. Best of luck, feel better soon.

Lots have to double up on the Nexium, or even try another PPI product that might work better for them.

I've tried Prilosec and Prevacid. Both work excellent but both are still not enough for me, though they both do work better than Nexium. I'm going to contact Dr. Aceves office to see if I can double up also.

I do also think a lot of the nausea is probably acid related too. Once I started take the other two medications I've had zero issues with my nausea... (except that one time I tried to take my multi-Vitamin and Iron on an empty stomach, but that would've happened without my sleeve! )

Anyway, good luck! Hope you feel better soon.