Hello all, I'm new to this app and happy it's out here. I had my surgery 12/20/13 and as of today I'm down 14 lbs. my surgery went well, minimal pain however I've had extreme diarrhea and nausea real bad...do any of you know how long this will last?

Also I've never had body Odor and I have been takeing two to three showers a day due to arm pit odor ( I use Mitchum, very strong deodorant) and bad breath too I brush constantly and it doesn't help. Anyone else having these issues? Any advise would be great

Dont worry, your body will go through a lot of changes. Losing weight means that there are lots of byproducts of fat metabolism that need to be excreted. It will get less but the initial BO is from Ketones, a normal product of fat metabolism and it manifests in mainly the breath but also in perspiration to a lesser extent.

You may also experience what can be described as hot flushes due to the hormonal changes you go through during the sleeve weightloss process.

This too shall pass!

Thank you! I sure pray this passes soon before I go back to wk. I would hate for the ppl to talk abt me

I had bad BO and bad breath. My husband kept complaining that I just smelled all the way around. Today (I'm two weeks post op today) he told me I smelled normal and my bad breath was gone. My skin also lightened. I think it was just toxins leaving my body.

Thank you, I'm 14 days post op and still having this problem . I'm a very clean person so this is very disrupting for me. I have such a keen smell. If I can smell me how bad do I really smell? I haven't been in public too much because of this. Dr Kim sd the breath can last up to 30 days. I pray this goes away soon! I want to be healthily and slim just not stinky

I found out with the surgery, my sense of smell was heightened! So things that were always there, you can just smell them! I am at 6 weeks post opt from the Sleeve, anc my nose is starting yo get back to normsl!

Congrats on your Surgery

I was also sleeved on the 20th...my husband commented that my breath was off ..I think it tastes like metal. Its our body going through ketosis because of the lack of carbs ..hope your nausea stops;-)

Thank you