My daughter just had surgery on Thursday 3/26 and is having severe nausea to the point where she doesn't want to drink anything. She is also having alot of pain where her stomach is and says it feels like something is stuck in her esophagus like how a large pill feels when stuck. The pain and nausea are unbearable. Is this normal? Any advice?

Oh wow!!! That so good to hear she's doing better!!! Let her know she's not alone, protein is really hard for me too... I can tolerate some called Premier Protein it has 30g of protein and 1g carbs....i can drink one in about 3 hours... I can't tolerate even that much at a time. You can buy it at some Walmart's and at Costco and Sam's... It's thin and when sipped is the best testing one. And also, when I can't get much protein in I just try again the next day! But CONGRATULATIONS for 50lbs loss!!! WOW!

Slow and steady is just fine. If she cannot tolerate any of the Protein supplements, she will just have to get more creative with eating high protein foods. My favorite id FAGE 0% greek yogurt. I mix it with fruit or even use it instead of sour cream. Another thing I have found I can tolerate are the Isopure Protein Drinks. However I can only tolerate the teas and the coconut flavors. Each bottle is 40 grams of protein. I actually divide it up and do 1/3 Isopure to 2/3 Water. It's especially refreshing during these hot summer days.

Glad she is doing well! Thanks for checking in.

So sorry guys! I haven't gotten any emails that there were posts on here. I wonder why? I apologize for not checking back in sooner! My daughter is not doing much better. The nausea is totally gone and she's able to eat and drink just fine. She's lost a total of 50 lbs since surgery. I think she was hoping for more by now but I think her body's metabolism is recovering. During her 3 weeks in the hospital on IV fluids only, she didn't lose any weight at all. Then as she was on TPN at home (nutrients through a PICC line to her heart, similar to an IV) she slowly started losing again. She was on TPN for about 10 days then on solid foods gradually.

She's pretty much tolerating everything now except Protein. She's had a stall in weight loss the past couple of weeks though. She can't stomach any of the shakes, powders etc. we've tried.

Thanks again to all of you who've helped me through this and for all of you who are still commenting.

. It's interesting that you're not getting any emails because when I logon on my computer I was getting an error message saying that my email address was not valid and emails were getting returned but my nothing has changed and I get other emails which doesn't make sense. So happy that your daughters doing better keep us posted

@@BLERDgirl thanks for the suggestions. She is getting pretty creative with the Protein and we're using greek yogurt too. Now I like it even better than sour cream. We tried Isopure in mango or something like that, it was horrible. Maybe we should check out other flavors. She did come out of her stall a bit and lost 5 more lbs since last week so I guess it's getting better.

@@LSF, thank you!

@@cmhueto thank you! I'll check out the premier Protein.

I'm glad to hear that your daughter is doing better.

Before I got back to the U.S. I had to get a little creative myself. Fage plain was the only Greek yogurt available. I mixed it with a little stevia, vanilla, and different extracts. I loved it with almond extract. That was my favorite.

Well I'm sad to report this is the 5 month mark and she continues to have days where nausea takes over. She's had some days nausea free but the vast majority is spent homebound with nausea. She's thankfully able to stay hydrated so no more trips to the hospital and no recent kidney stones. The nausea gets so bad at times that she starts to have a vasovagal response and starts losing consciousness. I don't think the nausea is related to the sleeve but contrary to what the GI doctor said, it does seem to have made it worse. Nausea was present before the sleeve to a lesser degree. The GI said having the sleeve would probably actually reduce the nausea. He was wrong.

She's lost 85 lbs to date with another equal amount to go. It's hard to enjoy the weight loss though when she can barely leave the house. Hopefully she'll start having better days.

Have them check her gallbladder.. I was having a lot of nausea too, just thought it was related to surgery..

Have them check her gallbladder.. I was having a lot of nausea too, just thought it was related to surgery..

Yes, she had her gallbladder removed a year before the surgery.

someone told me you can still get stones, even if the gallbladder is removed.. I hope she gets better soon!

How is your daughter doing SSOURGIRL?

How is your daughter doing? I guess surgery affects ppl differently. After gastric bypass less then a week I was food shopping. Don't give up & get to the bottom of the situation. I'm 3 years out,and I'm anemic,but I'm going to get to the bottom of this. Refusing to be anemic all my life. I take IV iron weekly. Good luck to your daughter.

@@ssourgirl How is your daughter doing? I've been thinking about her and hoping that things are getting better for you all.