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Have to say it's been pretty easy so far. I'm on full liquids and I agree with someone else's post I love the choc costco premier shakes. I have 1/4 cup up to 4 times a day. I'm loving trader joes low fat tomatoe Soup and apple sauce. I'm having a hard time not gulping down Water. I feel like I'm eating all the time. I've lost 10 pounds already. I'm wondering if anyone else has bad breath? Also how about having sex again? How long should you wait?

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I hear great things about those Premier shakes from Costco! Think I will swing by there tomorrow.

Yes, my breath has been kinda bad too. My mouth constantly feels Clammy. Glad I'm not the only one!

I'm not up for sex, but that cld be bc I had a hernia repair while doing my sleeve. But my doc said, I cld start whenever I was ready.. I know my husband is VERY READY! LOL

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Bad breath most likely is coming from ketosis, many people get this after surgery because their carb intake has gone way down.

http://www.bariatricpal.com/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1

"your search for the term 'bad breath' returned 403 results"

so yeah, it happens ^_^

My surgeon said sex was fine as soon as you felt up to it.

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The nurses told me to keep checking to see if my tongue got white. I had a really awful taste in my mouth, but no white. So I went to see my doctor and he did prescribe a mouth wash for me. It is very common to develop an infection after this surgery, not sure why. I think it's almost the same as thrush, what babies get. Ten days of treatment, then just make sure to brush your teeth 4 times a day and use a regular mouth wash each time. It went away. My nausea also went away when I started the treatment, maybe it was related. Hope this helps.

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Ketosis causes sort of a sour/ fruity type of breath. Gross, but it passes eventually.

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Thanks for all the replies...this site is amazing for information. I'm sure it's ketosis but I would have never thought about it . I'm down 11 pounds already. Thanks for the support!

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I've been having sulphur tasting burbs and now can see some white at the very back of my throat. Lots of pain and nausea too. My surgeon has not been helpful because he can't find anything wrong with me surgically. Think I'll just try the urgent care and see if they can help

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The nurses told me to keep checking to see if my tongue got white. I had a really awful taste in my mouth, but no white. So I went to see my doctor and he did prescribe a mouth wash for me. It is very common to develop an infection after this surgery, not sure why. I think it's almost the same as thrush, what babies get. Ten days of treatment, then just make sure to brush your teeth 4 times a day and use a regular mouth wash each time. It went away. My nausea also went away when I started the treatment, maybe it was related. Hope this helps.

My tongue got white after surgery. It was pretty gross. I looked it up and all things pointed to Constipation, which I was, and it ended up going away after I was able to have a bm.

Also, Protein shakes give me terrible breath. Especially the costco ones. Could be that too?

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Thanks Stevie, I will try brushing my teeth and tongue more. I do drink the costco shakes so I thought that's funny. It maybe the culprit.

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The white stuff is thrush. It's a form of yeast. It will spread to down there as well. Just go to pharmacy and get Azo by the yeast infection stuff. It cleared mine up in three days

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