Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to read. I need help and encouragement. I have A LOT going for me and up until last week that included how I felt post op. I started on pureed foods and had a bad reaction to some turkey. So much so that my stomach is still feeling sore a week later . It hurts really bad. Now when I eat I feel every bite, it's so off putting I don't want to eat. Anything. But if I don't eat, obviously I'm weak, and also the acid gets really bad coming up into my esophagus.

So bad I can hear it! And it made my voice horse over the weekend. I've contacted my doctor who has advised me to up my PPI to 2X each day (Lord I don't want to have to do that for the rest of my life). I actually had the procedure that was supposed to curb acid reflux...I felt it was working until last week. I switched back to eating Soups and broth and popsicles.

I am terrified of eating meat now and that makes me really sad. From someone who is/was addicted to food to someone who is literally afraid to eat, it's a true mind f**k that is making me sad. And i'm not a person who regrets things - I was hopeful the weight loss would help stop the acid, which is like living a slow death IHO! I've lost 30lbs, happy to be looking better, but I do not feel better. I haven't had a natural bowel movement, all facilitated by laxatives that leave me sluggish and dehydrated and pooping all day, so much so I have to stay home from work.

I'm holding hope out for the future, but suffice to say, i feel just as bad pre-op, as I do now. I do not want to live like this.

Edited July 28, 201511 yr by DavisP

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Yes, and I love it! You really feel like you get a more...what's the word....complete poop. I usually have some trouble with straining to go, but haven't since I've used it!

I wish my surgeon had put me on a softener.... My movements are FAR from normal, and have ended up at 7 weeks out possibly needing another surgery due to them being so hard and excruciating has caused a fissure... Water AND FIBER AND SOFTENERS PEOPLE!

Yup, right there with you, buddy. I had an old fissure that I developed a few years ago after being on antibiotics (for a sinus infection) followed by steroids (for a horrible case of poison ivy). One of my reasons for choosing the sleeve over the bypass was that I was told that sleeve patients had fewer problems with constipation, and I most emphatically DID NOT want to go back to fissure hell . But here I am... I'm hoping that once I can add in more fresh veggies, it will go into "remission" again.