Im an august sleever & personally only know 1 person who has been sleeved. I dont really know her that well, she is a work colleague. I know she has been sleeved for about 14 months. She seems to eat very little from what I see & also quite slow. She showed me her before photos & she now looks amazing. Now the grose part.. she seems to vomit lots through the day, she eats then goes straight to the bathroom & throws up, she often has to leave her desk to throw up. She often smells like vomit. Im sure sometimes she hasnt made it to the bathroom & has vomited in her bin. She told me alot of nights she has to change her bed sheets because she vomits without being able to get to the bathroom on time. Also alot of times when speaking she seems to choke on saliva, like she has too much, sometimes she dribbles while talking. Is this typical after being sleeved?? Like I said she is over 14 months out, I thought most of these type problems would be controlled by that amout of time?? Has anyone else heard of this? or experienced it? It is making me have second thoughts... I scared that i will vomit constantly & not be able to even make it to a bathroom... arrgghhh

I'm three months out and have not vomited once. I'm a surgical RN and this is very abnormal. She needs to seek medical help. It could be an eating disorder as well. She needs help this is very harmful to her heart and other organs.

thanks everyone for your replies, Im so glad this isnt the norm. I hate vomiting, I guess everyone does, but I couldnt think of anything worse than constantly vomiting, especially if it came up that quickly that you couldnt reach the bathroom in time. It would impact greatly on normal day to day living & would probably turn me off the surgery. I hope she gets some help.

This can't be "normal"..I have thrown up twice and it's because I tried to eat something I figured I couldn't and I was right! I agree with Cookie. She needs to be strongly encouraged to seek medical attention whether it's a physical or mental problem. Perhaps she is unaware she smells like vomit. If you smell like something all the time, people become used to the smell. Either way, it doesn't sounds very " normal" to me.

I have vomited twice in 9 months. Both times it was because I ate too fast, and it was just the food coming up. It didn't smell and there were no gastric juices with it. Maybe she is seeking help and is under a doctor's care. I can't imagine anyone living like that and assuming it's normal.

About 3 months out, have not puked once. I do have some reflux but only if I eat too close to laying down/dozing off, or if what I eat earlier doesn't want to clear quickly. She should definitely at least ask some questions, but she will need to figure that out for herself. I have seen a LOT of people go down paths of self-destruction for mny reasons ranging from not having the money to meet a deductible, to knowing it's bad and prefering to live without the affirmation, so not realizing how bad something has gotten... you name it.

Now, having to smell a co-workjer who reeks of vomit, that's something else entirely. You're more patient with that one than I would be (I'm a sympathy puker and if I see/hear/smell vomit, it's a battle not to vomit myself, so having to deal with a pukey smelling coworker is not something I would take in stride...)