Tummy Trouble

[fell4falls 18]

Hey everyone. I was sleeved on Jan 3. Sorry if the following is TMI, but yesterday I was feeling pretty yucky and I threw up once, and had diarrhea most of the day and night. I was able to get a little food down later in the day. I woke up several times in the night feeling nauseous, and had a few more bouts of diarrhea, and have been in the restroom a lot this morning. I am sure that I have a stomach bug of some sort, but since my tummy is feeling so bad, will it hurt me to skip my Vitamins just for today? I am scared to have anything in my stomach but Water and tea. Anyone else have post sleeve stomach virus experience?

[Wheetsin 714]

I think you're fine to skip your Vitamins for a day. I'm still bad about remembering to take mine, and have gone a handful of days without any. Not that I'm saying "They're optional" -- just that it's not going to kill you to not take them. Pre-op, if you were sick you'd probably have kept an emoty stomach if sick, and it's OK to now as well. We're supposed to get 640z+ of Water every day, but we didn't always do it pre-op, and I don't drink until I'm in pain to get it done. We do what we can, as we can.

[nixi 38]

Hey fell4falls i had a bit of a tummy issue a few weeks out. Maybe you have food poisoning or a bug. I dont think it will be bad if you miss out on your Vitamins for a day or 2. Its happened to me coz i forgot or didnt get a chance to replenish my stocks. Why don't you double check by calling your doc

[Pennie 66]

I agree! Don't worry about skipping your Vitamins for a day (or even couple of days if you need to).

Focus on staying hydrated. It's already hard to stay well hydrated since we eat so much less food (and Water in food helps "normies" stay hydrated). But diarrhea can dehydrate you quickly, and when you are dehydrated you'll feel even worse (more nausea and probably a headache too). So focus on liquids and get a lot of rest. Sip sloooowly throughout the day. Don't chug a lot because you'll definitely regret that!

I have no idea if this is typical, but I have found that stomach bugs come and go very quickly for me now. Faster than before I was sleeved. (Could be a coincedence, of course.)

I hope you feel better soon!

[kimmy*custis 276]

Dont worry about the Vitamins, concentrate on getting re-hydrated, that is way more important. You can get back on schedule with the vitamins when you feel better. Get better soon!

[BenisaMartim4 369]

Forget the vities! It is better not to have anything in there than to take it and puke it back up. The coming back up is not good on the sleeve, so you want to do it as little as possible. Hope you are feeling better soon. Then you can go back to being a Flintstone's kid