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I had my surgery July 15 2014 (with the surprise addition of a hiatal hernia surgery) in Mexico and all seemed well, I initially felt the hernia part was harder to recover from than the sleeve! I have since struggled with getting any more than 4 glasses of Water in a day and 1 oz of food per meal. 1 month in and I suffered from dehydration and exhaustion (how could I not, with what I was eating) I was off work for a week and got myself eating more Protein & drinking better (still max 5 glasses a day) Now 2 months later and I have horrible reflux!!! This past 2 months I have been sick in some way or another, have missed too much work and I feel horrible that my kids are used to seeing mommy with her head in a bucket waiting to vomit...... I can't eat any less, can't eat any slower, can't chew any more and don't know what I am doing wrong. All this has left me depressed and listless, I don't want to go anywhere, have lost any sense of joy in food or life and just don't see the point anymore..... Yes, I have lost 60 lbs which is awesome (not that one person in my life has noticed !!) but I basically feel awful all the time. I took zantac for the reflux this weekend and it worked but left me home from work today with a Migraine (great) yesterday I spent on the couch with a heating pad do to gas pains in my back..... it is always something !!! today I am going to take advantage of being home alone and focus on drinking and eating 3 meals + a snack or 2 in hopes that good fluids & nutrition will help my mind and body.. I would love some advice, will this get better? or is this life now? I went to a family reunion and had to hide the fact that I ate basically nothing and spend time quietly in the corner burping and focusing on not vomiting. This can't be life now? is it ? all help would be appreciated, I am a generally happy outgoing person and this depression and lack of interest in life is taking its toll.

Thanks to all.

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I am so sorry to hear that your having all that problem, since you had the surgery in Mexico maybe you need to call your family doctor to get a prescription for nexium, Prevacid, something to help with the reflux. I had a hiatal hernia repair to and was given prevacid for it. It help I still not able to eat like I should but it will take time. I will be praying that you get better and congrats on losing 60 lbs.

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@@sherripark, i'm so sorry to hear about the rough time you are having! *HUGS*

i think your attitude is awesome, really... "today I am going to take advantage of being home alone and focus on drinking and eating 3 meals + a snack or 2 in hopes that good fluids & nutrition will help my mind and body.." that's a great plan.

i've read that losing a lot of weight quickly releases a lot of hormones, so your depression could just be from that, which means temporary. however, from someone who deals with depression, please consider seeing a therapist. even short term, it helps to have someone to talk to who will be totally non-judgemental.

i agree that you do need to find someone to follow up with locally about your surgery. i would be stressed personally if i wasn't feeling well and the surgeon was in another country.

keep posting and reading on this site, you will learn a lot, and at the least, get a lot of commiseration! congrats on your weight loss, that's fabulous.

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