Hello All,

I got sleeved on 8-21-13. After the pain and swelling went down, I was discharged and generally feel pretty good, but I'm on the last few days of the "full liquid" diet and have questions:

1) I've noticed that the rate at which I consume fluids doesn't matter. Drinking Water or any other Fluid feels exactly like it did before I had surgery. Is this normal? I certainly don't feel "full" or anything like that, nor do I feel pain. I'm drinking slowly because they told me to, but if I wanted to, I'm convinced I could rapidly drink pretty much any fluid without feeling anything. Protein shakes, water, flavored water, sugar-free popsicle, whatever---it all just goes right down the hatch. Is this normal?

2) The first 3 days I had 0 appetite, but now I have moments where I crave food as much as I did before if not more so. Consuming one of the allowed fluid "meals" doesn't always help and I just have to deal with it. At moments, the hunger almost feels painful. Is this normal?

Any experiences or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Justin

I'm in the same boat with food and I'm worried about it. I can eat a 5.5 oz yogurt with no real trouble and no ill effects. Just went to Panera and had their cup of tomato soup and felt very satisfied, but not overly full afterwards. Is this normal??

Everyone's been telling me that once we get to solid food things will change. But honestly I was hoping my appetite would go away to a larger extent than it has, because it's tough to crave a bunch of food and not be able to eat it right now...