Hi All: so I am a full three weeks post op today and feel totally exhausted. when does that end? I struggle to get through a day and when it comes to eating I am done after a few bites. I became dehydrated and needed an IV over the weekend. I just want to feel sorta normal again. When will that happen? Any takers to these questions. Thanks so much for your responses....

Hi Dinnah,

I hope you are feeling better soon. I had a lapband put in two years ago and I really struggled with exhaustion for a while. It took me a while to realise there was some depression mixed in there too! I know how hard it can be when something disrupts your relationship with food, it was like loosing my best friend. Have you tried any cardio exercises? I know that always helps pick me up.

Best of luck to you!

indigostorm11

I felt the same way for my first 4 weeks. I was still leaning on the shower wall at 3 weeks out - then at the 4 week mark I realized that I felt pretty good and was getting my mojo back. I guess it takes a while for our bodies to adjust to the change in energy source. Hang in there - it gets a lot better soon.

It takes a while under the best of circumstances and if you aren't getting in all of your protein and water that makes it harder. I think it is a very gradual process, you feel a little bit better each week. I am 10 weeks out and don't think I am there yet, but I know I feel a lot better than I did a month ago. Good luck.

Hi All: so I am a full three weeks post op today and feel totally exhausted. when does that end? I struggle to get through a day and when it comes to eating I am done after a few bites. I became dehydrated and needed an IV over the weekend. I just want to feel sorta normal again. When will that happen? Any takers to these questions. Thanks so much for your responses....

It gets better sip sip sip take your Vitamins add Iron I felt this way for three weeks and I started taking iron supplement felt good every since

I'm sooo tired atm 6 weeks out, really busy at work and doing my best to eat, drink and take my vitamins...it's 8pm now and I'm lying down!

wow I'm glad I'm not the only one that is wiped out by showering and drying my hair. I went back to work at the end of week two and regretted it every since. So I am taking a few more days off this week to try to get my "act together". I am making a real effort to drink at least 48oz of water. The thing is whenever I try to eat anyting I feel queasy. Anyone else feel that way, does it every end. BTW I have absolutely NO DESIRE TO eat - it really is gone. HOpefully my scale will start to show results. Thisi s most definitely hard - now isn't it?

I was pretty wiped out at three weeks. Your still healing and still dealing with the swelling from surgery. That makes getting the liquids in difficult. (Disclaimer.....I have no medical degree , just my humble vsg experience!). My nausea wasn't too bad, but. My dr gave me a prescription for a patch behind my ear and also a suppository. I never opened the suppository and only used three patches. But nausea is common. It will get better.

Just focus on sipping your liquids. I know it's tough and the last thing you want to do. I was sleeved 10/22/12 and I can usually take a whole swallow or two at a time now.

The hardest part of healing is behind you now , at least it was for me at three weeks. I do have pain on my right side sometimes. Before long you won't believe how good you feel. As for feeling " normal", you're gonna have a whole new normal! Hang in there, and get ready to feel great!........mendy

it was a good 2 months for me, felt like crap then gradually didn't.

Start light exercise (with the docs approval) and drink plenty of Water. You are in ketosis and burning off fat reserves, this takes a while to get used to and really upsets some peoples well being.

It will pass.

I am 3 1/2 weeks post op & still feel nauseous pretty much everyday. I am trying to find a food that feels ok. Im so depressed thinking Ive done something to mess this up already. But with the small amount of food Ive been able to eat, surely I haven't messed it up. Im trying to exercise but my stomach is still so weak & sore too. I've lost 20-22 lbs...in the first 2 weeks but I think that was the fact that the first 2 days all i did was drink water & sleep and because Ive had no soda or Starbucks.

My throat feels like it is closing up when I eat....and Im doing my tiny bites. But i can feel everything going down. And then my stomach will hurt. Im very frustrated.

BTW.....I had the sleeve....not lapband.

I am 3 1/2 weeks post op & still feel nauseous pretty much everyday. I am trying to find a food that feels ok. Im so depressed thinking Ive done something to mess this up already. But with the small amount of food Ive been able to eat' date=' surely I haven't messed it up. Im trying to exercise but my stomach is still so weak & sore too. I've lost 20-22 lbs...in the first 2 weeks but I think that was the fact that the first 2 days all i did was drink Water & sleep and because Ive had no soda or Starbucks.

My throat feels like it is closing up when I eat....and Im doing my tiny bites. But i can feel everything going down. And then my stomach will hurt. Im very frustrated.[/quote']

This sound exactly like me....when will the nausea end? Can anyone offer suggestions? PLEASE and what is "the patch"? Is it something I can purchase?

Thanks for you responses. When I attempt to eat "approved foods" they get stuck. My throat feels closed also. I also became dehydrated last week and felt like ****. Now I am focusing on water water water and not protein or food at this point in time. And I feel better. I know that protein is king, but right now it is taking a back seat for a few more days for me. I have only lost 10lbs in 3 weeks! wtf is up with that? It pisses me off. (sorry for the language, I don't mean to offend anyone - but I'm not happy about it). Exercising is not happening for me at this point in time, as taking a shower is an effort. All in all, I do feel much better than the first night I was sleeved and felt like I wanted to die LOL. So that is improvement - right?

Protein Hun drink it if u can't eat it I know that when my body is like this it's because I'm lacking it so a shake in the am helps me

Thanks for you responses. When I attempt to eat "approved foods" they get stuck. My throat feels closed also. I also became dehydrated last week and felt like ****. Now I am focusing on Water water water and not Protein or food at this point in time. And I feel better. I know that protein is king, but right now it is taking a back seat for a few more days for me. I have only lost 10lbs in 3 weeks! wtf is up with that? It pisses me off. (sorry for the language, I don't mean to offend anyone - but I'm not happy about it). Exercising is not happening for me at this point in time, as taking a shower is an effort. All in all, I do feel much better than the first night I was sleeved and felt like I wanted to die LOL. So that is improvement - right?

First off you are correct, water > protein. But protein is still very important in the medium term, because your body will attempt to consume protein before fat, and if you don't have an external protein source, the next best available one is your muscle tissue - including your heart. For the first few weeks worry more about water, but eventually protein does count.

If you are still on Clear liquids, take a look at Isopure. It seems to drive some people up the wall because it's got a strong artificial sweetener flavor to it, but if you don't mind that taste (diet drinks, etc), the clear Isopure is an absolute salvation. I generally kept an 8 oz glass of water and an 8 oz glass of Isopure by my bed for the first 2 weeks and alternately sipped out of both.

I am still so very nauseous. And not feeling well at all at this very moment. My stomach is very angry with me right now. I can't take my vitamins because they make me sick, water makes me sick. I finished my breakfast at lunch....still sick. The nausea is really starting to wear on me & get me down. I have 9 more lbs to go to meet MY first goal & it is just not going well. I wanna feel good for a day....UGH!!!