Hi all,

I'm 8 weeks post op and about 24kgs down. I am having huge difficulties with food and am still throwing up anything that isn't thin Soup or yoghurt (not getting all the Water down either but I'm getting there with that). Now even the thought of yoghurt is making me nauseous and I'm sick to the back teeth of soup! Unfortunately the same thing happened with the shakes and now I can rarely take any without throwing it straight up again. I did start progressing to purée and loose soft food a few weeks ago but it really hurt my sleeve and now I seem to have gone backwards!

So my Protein intake is way down and I'm starting to feel a whole lot of buyers remorse.

Weirdly, there are two exceptions to my sleeves' 'liquid only' rule, neither of which are healthy options, but I'm going crazy and can't resist them! The first one is cheese - anything that turns creamy in my mouth (blue, Brie, babybel, etc), or dry crunchy things that crunch up to nothing - breadsticks, corn Snacks (quavers, monster munch, etc.).

Now I'm only taking in about 120g of soup 2 times per day, plus maybe 40g of yoghurt or Breakfast Cereal mush, so my surgeon just said to concentrate on my Fluid intake, eat whatever I fancy and not worry at all about calories until my intake is up, but I can't get over the fact that I'm eating cheese and crisps!!!! The crisps are under 100 calories per bag, and the most cheese can eat is maybe 50g, and one of these is instead of a soup or yoghurt meal, not as well as.

I know the cheese is helping with protein, but i'm also conscious of the fat, and the crisps do have some minor nutrition values, but..... It just all seems so wrong!

Luchie, I'm 4 weeks post-op. I'm supposed to be on purees, but I can't tolerate a lot of things. I'm scared for my health because I've been living off sugar free ice pops and crystal light. But I tried some pureed chicken last night and it went down okay. I cant get any of my protein shakes down though, but I feel like I should just be concerned with healing for the time being. I'm really beginning to regret this decision. :/

Kelly I think I could probably benefit from an IV as my skin looks dry, but I doubt I'm dehydrated enough for the UK NHS to let me have a go on a drip!!!! :-D

Epasseri I know just how you feel... And a lot of people here have episodes of 'buyers regret'. If you're on purée at 4 week you're doing much better than I was at that stage! Well done!

The monotony of what I could tolerate has been an issue for me, but this week, I've suddenly been able to tolerate very soft food and it's made all the difference - this will come for you too. You've made a life-changing decision that will see you be able to be anything you want to be.... A few months of tedious mush will pass and we will both get back to eating normal food and can concentrate on being fabulous!

Are you craving anything in particular? My craving is beef, so I've had a lot of oxtail soup, the occasional teaspoon of gravy and I have been known to lick the plate of a friend who had eaten a big, juicy steak, just to get the flavour! That was enough for me - the flavour was all I wanted..... so find a way to have what you are craving! It really helps!

Btw Epasseri; if you're getting your multi vita & minerals in, and drinking ok, you don't need to worry about health for ages yet; my NUT and surgeon are STILL not worried - I'm hitting 9 weeks next week! They're advice, which if you're getting your fits in should apply to you as we'll as me, was to relax and not be so worried about anything.... Drinking is the main thing.

Thanks so much for that. I definitely needed some reassurance and a little encouragement. I do take gummy vits and I'm getting about 3-4 glasses of water in a day. The only thing I've been craving is pasta, but I can fight through cravings. I'm just really thirsty all the time and sipping liquids isn't very quenching.

I have had string cheese and it goes down just fine. My weight loss has not suffered at all! I would say get as much Protein and fluids in as you can! Have you tried scrambled eggs? That is another major source of protein I use. Oh yeah I eat low fat cottage cheese daily. Best wishes! Tina

Tofu as well

Thanks so much for that. I definitely needed some reassurance and a little encouragement. I do take gummy vits and I'm getting about 3-4 glasses of Water in a day. The only thing I've been craving is pasta' date=' but I can fight through cravings. I'm just really thirsty all the time and sipping liquids isn't very quenching.[/quote']

Yeh, it's difficult to resist gulping when you get so thirsty isn't it???!!! I know it's a bit no-no, but a lot of people on here have found that using a straw helps get more liquid in - it might help with your thirst? I found it a big help, and it won't be long before you can drink a little more normally; I can now take 2 gulps without it hurting my sleeve!

Honestly, the victories we Celebrate now... Lmao!!!

Tofu as well

Ooh... Tofu! Interesting....... Silken or the other one?

Btw Epasseri; if you're getting your multi vita & minerals in' date=' and drinking ok, you don't need to worry about health for ages yet; my NUT and surgeon are STILL not worried - I'm hitting 9 weeks next week! They're advice, which if you're getting your fits in should apply to you as we'll as me, was to relax and not be so worried about anything.... Drinking is the main thing.[/quote']

OMG I just noticed all the typos here.... Apologies everyone!