When will food go down easier?

[callchrissy 7]

Hello I am 9 days post-op and I am still finding it difficult to get food down. I want to advance soon to like chili or something but I still have issues with yogurt. I know its still early but can anyone tell me about when they were able to get thicker food down? And... about the tummy grumble... does it ever stop?

[ruthie74 101]

I'm 4 months post op and my tummy grumbles all the time.

I think I was able to comfortably eat around 2 months postop...proteins are always the hardest to get down but it gets easier.

[callchrissy 7]

I'm 4 months post op and my tummy grumbles all the time.

I think I was able to comfortably eat around 2 months postop...proteins are always the hardest to get down but it gets easier.

Does that include say ground beef or shredded chicken or like steak?

[ruthie74 101]

Does that include say ground beef or shredded chicken or like steak?

Yes. I'm not sure on the steak cause I don't eat it. I mean I do eat red meat such as ground beef but I just don't like steak.

At first I had to eat super super slow and I was only able to handle maybe 3 bites at the most.

Now I am eating about 3-4 oz of chicken or deli meats or fish

[gomekast 559]

I'm 8 days post op and think most of my swelling is gone. I can get full liquids down no problem. Thick stuff hurts a little but this thin soupy stuff slides right down.

It's actually kinda worrying me.

[callchrissy 7]

I'm 8 days post op and think most of my swelling is gone. I can get full liquids down no problem. Thick stuff hurts a little but this thin soupy stuff slides right down.

It's actually kinda worrying me.

What is worrying u? Since I posted this I ate some chili. I tolerated it and it was so good but I long for whole food lol.

[gomekast 559]

What is worrying u? Since I posted this I ate some chili. I tolerated it and it was so good but I long for whole food lol.

Is it normal for liquids not make me feel full? I know I have a smaller tummy, but it sure doesn't seem like it at times.

Edited October 31, 2013 by gomekast

[ruthie74 101]

Is it normal for liquids not make me feel full? I know I have a smaller tummy' date=' but it sure doesn't seem like it at times.[/quote']

I think it's normal sometimes. I find that when I drink my liquids fast I don't feel full right away and then bam! All of sudden I'm really full! I have a horrible habit of guzzling my Water. Of course I don't guzzle the whole bottle but I have the tendency to drink it too fast. Still working in that.

If I drink it at intervals I can tolerate more. I'm no expert though, I'm 4 months out. Still learning.

[BethinPA 305]

I am a year out, and my stomach is still noisy. Not as noisy as it was in the beginning, but I doubt it completely goes away for most people. You get used to it!

[LeahJade 26]

I'm 8 days post op and think most of my swelling is gone. I can get full liquids down no problem. Thick stuff hurts a little but this thin soupy stuff slides right down. It's actually kinda worrying me.

I too worried about liquids going down too "easy" and not feeling full but I'm happy to say I've just gone to my mushy stage and you'll definitely feel full then, so don't stress

[clk 3,519]

It will never get better, and you'll starve to death. Nah, just teasing! A better answer is "all too soon" because the struggling vets would LOVE to have a hard time eating. It would make life so much easier!

It's different for everyone and each person here can give you a different answer. I had trouble eating much of anything until more than a year post op. Incredibly small portions (less than an egg, less than an ounce of soup) would make me incredibly full and cause discomfort.

If any food gives you any discomfort you should back off of it. Retry it in a week or so. Discomfort and pain are your stop signals. So if it's hard to eat something? Stop. Come back to it and try it again later.

My stomach quieted a bit sometime after the first year, but I'm three years out and it still serenades my husband and I to sleep some nights, or makes so many gurgles we need to turn the television up.

Congrats on that new sleeve, and good luck!

~Cheri

[livvsmum 2,370]

I'm 7 weeks post of as of yesterday, and it is definitely still a struggle. I agree with others though, it has been trial and error. Some things bothered me at the time and then I tried again a couple weeks. Some days are also easier than others. Yesterday was a not so good day for me..... could only manage to get down about 300 calories and it should be much more by now

[PGee 318]

Hello I am 9 days post-op and I am still finding it difficult to get food down.

Our recommended diets vary quite a bit......at 9 days out I was still on full liquids (shakes, yogurt)......at 14 days out I was allowed to have pureed foods, 21 days out I should have been on soft foods, but nothing sat well unless it was pureed with a stick blender......a month out I was able to switch over to real foods, but sometimes that didn't sit well, and I pureed a few items.

I think somewhere between 2 & 3 months things got much easier......if it doesn't feel good, try pureeing them.........they should be moist. I now use my crock pot weekly, and the moist Protein from there is so much easier to digest......

Hope this helps! Good luck. (PS my tummy stopped grumbling for the most part recently--around 3 months)

[Chase30 114]

just wait 3-4 days and try yogurt again, if you still have issues wait 3-4 more days and try again, it gets easier. you should start tolerating yogurt rather fast.