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Hi, I am a newbie, had sleeve surgery 5/12/15 Having a real hard time eating anything right now. I'll be 6 weeks post next Tuesday and EVERYTHING is making me Nauseous and I mean everything. Water, Protein Shakes, eggs. I take small sips of liquid and instantly feel nauseous. I cut my food really small and chew. but still feel nauseous................ I know there is now way I am eating anywhere near the amount that I should be. I gag down my Protein shakes so that I am at least getting almost what I should for protein. Anyone got any suggestions. I have been feeling this way for the last 3 days.................

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While I would suggest contacting your doctor to be on the safe side, before getting too upset, let me tell you everything you listed in your post (water, Protein shakes, eggs) makes me sick and I'm almost 2 years out. I can only drink Water when I exercise and it took me months to be able to not gag on it after surgery. eggs to this day make me hurl. Protein Shakes are ok, but I never drank much of them. Instead of Water, try the low calorie Gatorade or Propel or something with flavor that you liked pre-surgery that doesn't have a ton of calories. Also, the only way I was able to get in all of my fluids was to drink with a straw, which is only advised against because some people get a little gassy. I never had an issue and right now I'm sitting at my desk drinking from a straw because it's easier than drinking without one.

My 2 year surgiversary is in September and there are still days where almost everything I eat makes me barf. I've learned for the most part what I can and can't eat, but my sleeve just has no tolerance for milk fats, oil, sugar, or eggs. Perhaps you're just sensitive to some of the things you're eating. Nausea is very normal. Hope you feel better soon!

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Nausea CAN be normal, I never had any once. I would suggest contacting your nutritionist first. Do you get nauseous after ingesting each of the things you listed? Are you taking any antacids or have they been recommended by your surgeon? Plain Water can be very hard on your sleeve for some, try the G2 gatorade (lower in sugar), maybe add some MIo drops to your Water to change the chemical makeup. It could even be that you are eating too fast. Good luck and let us know what you find out.

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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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      1. summerseeker

        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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