I was sleeved on this past MOnday the 25th. I came home yesterday in alot of pain. Made it through the night. Honestly, I was almost suprised to wake up. This morning, I feel like I knave NO idea what to do. Like I just fell on my butt and am just lost with everything circuling around in my mind. Is this normal? I don't want to eat. When I try to drink it doesn't even get down my throught before my esophogus spasms. Like a nervous tightness. My drain is gross ( I can deal with that) and I take my liquid pain Lortab every 2 hours (1/2 dose) instead of waiting 4 for the full dose.

My husband is not here for me...to be honest, I think he is cheating again. It just hit me in the hospital yesterday as we were waiting for discharge papers....the same I hate you look in his eye that was there when he did it before and we divorced the first time. Please don't lecture on that..I already know. I feel like I'm having a mental breakdown. Is this normal? Im looking at the world in a WHOLE different view. From who came to see me at the hospital, to how they acted to where do I go from here and did I do this really horrific thing to myself that is just a path to me dying. I don't want to sound like a freak, I just need to know this is normal and it will pass. When can I eat even a little bit again and not be nauseous? Will I be normal again? If so, what is normal? When does the pain stop? How can I change how I look at the world right now? Because my view is grim. Is this the pain meds? Im on welburtin but I have to crush it and haven't had it since Sunday. That was for depression. Any steps or ideas to get me out of this funk? Please help!

I hope your right. I can't wait for Monday to get the nasty thing out!

I also had back pain at first. I think it was because I was trying to favor my incisions so I was walking hunched over. I feel better everyday & hope you do too. Try sipping warm liquids, a good cup of tea makes me feel the best.

I'm also on a anti-depressant, Effexor 100mg twice a day. I went 33 hours without it from 6/25 to 6/27. It can cause horrible side effects from withdrawal.I didn't have feelings of sadness or any of the feelings you're going through but I was having high blood pressure which I never had before, horrible freezing chills then burning up & the worst dry heaves in my life. In fact I felt like I did in the past when drank to much while out partying in college & ended up barfing. Except this time there was nothing to throw up. I kept counting down the hours when the nurse could give me IV zofran & dilaudid for nausea & pain. Those helped me sleep.

Once you start talking in liquids & can take your anti-depressant again you should start feeling better. I'm 3 days post op & back on my Effexor & the s/e have subsided. If they don't, you should really call your doctor & let them know of the problems you're experiencing. I've had problems in the past with depression, panic attacks & paranoia (mainly due to my OCD causing my brain to think up all kinds of scenarios). It's not fun. I hope things start getting better for you soon.

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My dietician told me during whole liquid/cream stage that you can do low fat or non fat yogurt. They recommended drinkable yogurt cos they normally don't have lumps or chunks. I can't eat those cos they're mostly made with aspartame. I asked about Oikos Greek yogurt with fruit on the bottom & she said yeah pop it in the blender & add some skim milk if you need to thin it. Get all the fruit chunks puréed out. I get the one that's fat free cos no aspartame & tastes great to me. Plus it has more Protein than other yogurts.

Also if you are wanting a specific cream Soup of you google that & weight watchers, they have low fat versions of like cheddar cheese soup, broccoli cheese, cream of mushroom, baked potato soup. Just pop them in the blender to get out the chunks. If you aren't up to fresh cooking, I know I'm definitely not right now, you can find some of those premade like Campbell or healthy choice & just blend them.

Hope that helps with some eating suggestions for you.