I had my gastric sleeve surgery 6 days ago, I was naughty and didnt follow the pre op diet as I should have but I have lost 6.1 kg since the pico prep clean out the day before my surgery date, Im pretty chuffed about that I must say. I was pretty scared about doing this, in fact I was very scared, I took bikini pics front on, side on,( which no other eyes are ever gonna gaze upon) and whenever I had my doubts, I would look at them and think, hmmmm"nah Im good get me in there". The surgery itself was pretty gruelling for me, I suffered nausea so bad the nurses were running out of things to help me get through it and the waves of I believe "gas pain" that came over my upper abdomen on a regular basis were horrendous, 6 days later and Im still getting them although not as frequent and not as bad. I am having lots of trouble sleeping at night though because of it. so....apart from those couple of things the surgery went relatively smooth, I would be happy to hear from anyone else if they are feeling these waves of pain still, just to allay any fears I may have that Im, heaven forbid "leaking: or something.

and....im pretty much over the liquid diet already too, I have another week of it before I can start puree food, and its funny that I am looking forward to that. I dont know about drinking 8 glasses of Water a day, or getting all this Protein in, I really dislike Protein shakes and I just wish they had protein pills packed with 60grams of protein a pop available to buy. another thing I have noticed is I still feel hungry at the moment especially when I cant sleep in bed, I ask myself if its head hunger and I truely think if I was able to eat a steak I would so it must be real hunger, other people have told me that they dont feel hungry at all and in fact have to remember to eat, maybe I am different, or maybe it will come when im eating more solid food rather than liquids.

I would love to hear from anyone else that can shed some light on some of the feeling s I have been experiencing, that would be great.

Melissa

Melissa, I just must step in here and tell you I feel so bad that you have such problems and I really hope that you feel better soon. I know our bodies all react differently, but my husband and I are 66/67 and we have never had any of the problems you describe except gas in the shoulder area. I really feel like you will get stronger every day and this experience will change your life like it has changed ours. Hugs and prayers from afar, Linda

Hi Melissa:

Are you taking gasX and/or an anti-spasmotic such as Bentyl? GasX helps and the Bentyl was prescribed for me along with Prevacid.

If you dislike shakes how about trying to make your own with Greek Yogurt? A cup of it has over 20g Protein. Remember that your body cannot absorb more than 30g at a time so even if you took a 60g protein pill only half would get absorbed.

I also been eating cottage cheese. I buy the whipped kind... tastes the best to me... don't like the chunkier ones.

I am sick of everything (with regards to food) right now and I feel your pain.

You are freshly post op and those spasms of pain in your belly get better. I only get them now when I either eat something I shouldn't i.e.. carbs or I am reaching fullness.

I really do not feel hungry but I feel I should be eating... force of habit I guess.

Thankyou so much, I actually went to my GP today and had an ultrasound and bloodwork to check for annything amiss, the ultrasound was clear, what a relief, so I guess I just have to wait out these spasms and hope they dont last too much longer, words and prayers from afar are most encouraging, its nice to know we arent in this alone. Apart from the spasms i feel wonderful, the surgery itself is not painful, The diet, well lets just say I will be glad when I can eat normally again. I do feel hunger though and I am thinking about food...a lot, although im thinkng about it in healthy clean ways.

what are people eating second week after surgery?

Liss, hope this is resolved very soon and glad you saw the doctor. We are all on different meal plans with different surgeons, so please follow your specific meal plan. I believe I was supposed to start mushy pureed food at 3 weeks but I had a choking episode on a piece of soft chicken, so I went back to liquids until 5 weeks (soups, broth, protein shakes).