I'm 5 weeks post op so I know it's still early but I have a question. Will I ever be able to eat more then 3 or 4 bites and drink with my meals?

They all are. That's the reason most people never deal with their food issues and have such regrets after surgery.

My visit was an hour long and meeting with my Nut was an hour long as well, then there was an hour long NUT class. Then during all of my office visit I met with them.

I love the program I picked.

My visit was an hour long and meeting with my Nut was an hour long as well' date=' then there was an hour long NUT class. Then during all of my office visit I met with them.

I love the program I picked.[/quote']

My program sounds similar to yours- 2 hr. NUT class and workshops always available free of charge.

My program sounds similar to yours- 2 hr. NUT class and workshops always available free of charge.

Well worth it!

I have tremendous sympathy for the venters. Never stop because this educates people. I did plenty of research and my mother and my best friend had the sleeve before I did. But there are a lot of things you might read or "hear about" before surgery but you cannot know what it is really like until you experience it. There is so much that must be experienced to be understood because it isn't like anything you have gone through.

For everyone in here talking about the need to do research, it is threads like this and the comments from frustrated people that serve as TRUE research. Another issue is that no amount of research can prepare you for the idiosyncratic things that only you will experience. None of us has the exact same experience after surgery.

For example, I wish someone had told me that I'd be in tremendous pain for an entire month, unable to even sit on the toilet without level 10 pain. No one told me that because it doesn't happen to everyone. But going through that much pain for that long had a big impact on my first month of surgery.

I too didn't realize what it would mean not to eat a proper meal. I don't miss eating large amounts of food. I love the savings on my grocery bill! But I also love to cook and put together flavors. It can be such a letdown when I go to all of that effort and then after a few (SLOW) bites I'm done. Another thing is the need to eat really slowly means my food gets cold and rubbery. So even though I knew before I had the surgery that the amounts of food would be low and I looked forward to that, I didn't know how it would alter the whole experience of eating a meal beyond just smaller portions.

I have tremendous sympathy for the venters. Never stop because this educates people. I did plenty of research and my mother and my best friend had the sleeve before I did. But there are a lot of things you might read or "hear about" before surgery but you cannot know what it is really like until you experience it. There is so much that must be experienced to be understood because it isn't like anything you have gone through.

For everyone in here talking about the need to do research' date=' it is threads like this and the comments from frustrated people that serve as TRUE research. Another issue is that no amount of research can prepare you for the idiosyncratic things that only you will experience. None of us has the exact same experience after surgery.

For example, I wish someone had told me that I'd be in tremendous pain for an entire month, unable to even sit on the toilet without level 10 pain. No one told me that because it doesn't happen to everyone. But going through that much pain for that long had a big impact on my first month of surgery.

I too didn't realize what it would mean not to eat a proper meal. I don't miss eating large amounts of food. I love the savings on my grocery bill! But I also love to cook and put together flavors. It can be such a letdown when I go to all of that effort and then after a few (SLOW) bites I'm done. Another thing is the need to eat really slowly means my food gets cold and rubbery. So even though I knew before I had the surgery that the amounts of food would be low and I looked forward to that, I didn't know how it would alter the whole experience of eating a meal beyond just smaller portions.[/quote']

No one can tell you to expect excessive pain and complications as each person is different. That is like a women going through labor, sometimes it quick and other times it long and painful. As for the rest, your research should have told you to expect to eat very small meals since your stomach was going to be greatly reduced. You will eventually get up to about 4oz of food.

As for the effort of cooking, maybe you can cook some for yourself and give some away to charity or to someone less fortunate. That's just something to think about. Good luck to you.

This may help in preparing smaller meals.