5 months out... having my first ever problem!

[erh92 1]

Hello all,

So I am five months post op. Down 50 pounds I feel great! I have literally had zero side effects since surgery date. I didn't even take my pain pills. It was a very easy recovery and a pretty easy lifestyle change. However, a few days ago... I began having issues while/after eating dinner. I will eat very little (like a single bite of chicken or two bites of black beans) and I will all of a sudden get really full from just that bite. It's uncomfortable, and I get what some people have described as the "foamies," although I had never experienced this before. It's weird... I'm not trying to eat any more than usual. I was wondering what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance for any responses

[Papillon 7]

I would talk to your doctor about this... especially if you have not had problems earlier with the same thing. It could be excess acid but I am not a doctor.

[vicki s 146]

Hello all,

So I am five months post op. Down 50 pounds I feel great! I have literally had zero side effects since surgery date. I didn't even take my pain pills. It was a very easy recovery and a pretty easy lifestyle change. However, a few days ago... I began having issues while/after eating dinner. I will eat very little (like a single bite of chicken or two bites of black beans) and I will all of a sudden get really full from just that bite. It's uncomfortable, and I get what some people have described as the "foamies," although I had never experienced this before. It's weird... I'm not trying to eat any more than usual. I was wondering what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance for any responses

OK, so i feel a little inexperienced writing this, but i have had the band and a revision in the last 2 1/2 yrs and am being sleeved in 6 days. i have done so much reading and researching for the past several weeks that it sounds like it could be a stricture. Don't want to scare you, because I really dont know, but i have read that scar tissue can form inside the sleeve and pull the stomach together forming a stricture, you should probably make an appt with your doctor and maybe get a swallow study done...good luck to you. i hope it is just something simple and will go away on its own... ~vicki

[Tiffykins 672]

Are you still on a PPI? Did you have a hernia repair at the same time? Call your surgeon, and ask to be seen.

[**LaSaJaTa** 4]

I agree, call your dr right away!

[skeebo 1]

Sorry to hear you are having problems. I am only 3 weeks out, but my dr. told me that anytime I had a change in the way food was going down (more than a couple of times in a row) to call the office. I make scar tissue easily and he said that although he didn't anticipate problems, he wanted to catch anything early! Call your doc!! That's why they make the big bucks!!! Hope things get better very soon.

[clk 3,519]

Yes, call immediately! It's better to be safe than sorry.

I experienced something similar and was feeling incredibly full and almost sick after just half a tiny meatball. After seeing the doctor and a specialist and having an upper GI done last week, they told me to eat smaller bites and actually showed me how tiny they wanted them to be. It's pretty embarrassing, but the issue was that I was eating bites that were too big and causing the esophagus to spasm. Oops. Apparently, even thumbnail sized bites are too big for me, because I'm lazy with the chew, chew, chewing part. However, since I went in and corrected my eating habits, I'm back to eating 2 ounces of dense Protein, instead of 2 bites.

But it could be something very serious, so you need to be checked right away to be certain.

Keep us posted, I hope it's a simple fix.

~Cheri

[jovoniagoetz 0]

A digestive enzyme will do away with the foamies!

Jovonia