"Stop" signs

[JerseyGirlShirl 17]

What kind of "stop signs" does everyone get? I'm just a little over one week post-op, and third day on Stage 2 (pureed foods). I think some of what I'm experiencing --- yawning, a sharp shoulder pain, and/or feeling my food travel down --- may be signals. I've been very fortunate to not have any nausea or vomiting (so far), but I am uncomfortable --- I think I should've stopped eating sooner than I did (this just happened once, with my dinner of pureed scrambled eggs and ricotta cheese). Do you stop eating at the first twinge or get a few more bites in?

[BeagleLover 1,020]

I usually have a very slight feeling of being full and/or a little hiccup. I stop there. I don't want to get to the "one bite too much" stage.

[SuperDave 1,115]

I stop at the first feeling of being slightly full. I always feel fuller after I stop, so I don't want to push it. The post-op feeling of too full is much more uncomfortable than it used to be!

[Miss Mac 6,261]

At almost a year out, I still get the hiccups, a belch, or a tupperware burp. The shoulder pain has more to do with residual CO2 in your abdominal cavity. That will dissipate soon.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I stop at the first sign of that belly tightening , full feeling. I'm sure I could get another bite or 2 in. I almost always end up with like 2 bites left on the place. However, I'm trying to train myself to stop at the first signs of feeling full so I make myself stop instead of pushing for those last 2 bites.

[Elode 8,093]

@@JerseyGirlShirl I stop at the first sign of any tightness. It's hard to explain the feeling I just know. Sometimes I will just count my bites And stop before the feeling.

[McButterpants 2,846]

I would have a hiccup-burp combination or my nose would run - once that happened, I had to stop immediately...one more bite and I was in major pain!

[Shari71 85]

Surgery in dec. Good things to know.

[joatsaint 2,814]

The main way I know I'm about to be full is the feeling of bubbles moving around the food in my sleeve. If I go past that stage, I feel a stabbing sensation where my esophagus meets the sleeve or I feel this painful stretching sensation in my stomach. I don't push it to this point very often and when I do, I get a painful reminder as to why I don't want to.

[alyce20 82]

My nose starts to run ... I am three months out today... I have gone past that one bite too many and it is a horrible feeling. I am a better judge now.

[mamamia7 2]

i get hiccups, and need to burp, just moved to reg foods and can eat way less than the soft food stage so i am relearning the amount i can eat i still can only get 3-4 oz it really depends on what i am trying to eat

[dupexi 26]

I totally get hiccups, and that includes on just Water. Also slightly nauseous, and just turned off by food.< /p>

[karlam29 221]

4 1/2 months post op i get a hiccup/burps and a little pressure thats my stop sign for sure! Havent overdone it dont want to vomit or have pains hope this helps

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

There's a tightness at the top of my stomach -- or maybe (erk!) in my esophagus -- that lets me know I've gone a bit too far.

I need to figure out what the signs are BEFORE I get to that point.

Because I focus a lot on eating ALL my Protein, I sometimes conflate that urgency with the same focus I used to have on "cleaning my plate." I think this could wind up being a problem for me down the road. Going to be aware of that.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

There's a tightness at the top of my stomach -- or maybe (erk!) in my esophagus -- that lets me know I've gone a bit too far.

I need to figure out what the signs are BEFORE I get to that point.

Because I focus a lot on eating ALL my Protein, I sometimes conflate that urgency with the same focus I used to have on "cleaning my plate." I think this could wind up being a problem for me down the road. Going to be aware of that.

I often have 1 or 2 bites left when I get to this stage. I am forcing myself to be okay with leaving those 2 bites.