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shannonk1676    4

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Hi, I am post op 7 days today and I had a small hiatal hernia repair as well when I was sleeved. I had my upper GI done and they noticed that my liquids weren't going "through" very fast into my stomach and kept me another day in the hospital. So, my concern/question is, has anyone else experienced this slight pain a few seconds after drinking shake/water/broth about mid sternum right in the middle. It only last a few seconds but it is pretty sharp.

I haven't had any issue keeping anything down, but I don't get in as much as I should be. My surgeon feels it is just an issue with inflamation since I am able to keep things down and not feeling sick.

Just looking for some comfort from others that might have experienced the same issues as I am with the liquids moving down slowly. The gurgling and weird sounds in the process too are strange.

I see my Weight Management tomorrow for follow up and on the 19th follow up with surgeon. Thinking he may test for leak again, however if there was a leak, I think I would know it????

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PdxMan    4,292

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I also had a hiatal hernia repair and I would have to agree with your surgeon. I experienced the same discomfort you described and it lasted about 2 weeks. I mean, if you think about it, it make sense. They just yanked your stomach down below your diaphragm, sewed the diaphragm tighter around your esophogus and cut out 85% of your stomach ... yeah, there is going to be some discomfort swallowing ...

The gurgling and strange sounds, though, continue, though they lessen.

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jess9395    5,450

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I had that exact same pain at first and had a hiatial hernia repair as well. At three months out it's gone (unless I eat too fast or eat eggs ) and I never had any other complications,

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alwaysonadiet    47

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I am at 15 days out and I'm just out of that pain feeling. I think it takes about that long for the swelling to go down. I had to get a shot of Toradol early on around day 5 or 6 for some relief.

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shannonk1676    4

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Thank you all so much for your responses. I feel much better now knowing that is the case. I think it is getting better everyday. Best wishes to you all!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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