So is it normal to sometimes forget that you've been sleeved?

I keep forgetting. I go to take a bite of something then right as I pick it up I have to remind myself that my tiny tummy can't handle that right now. It's very frustrating. I'm 7 days out and the tenderness is gone unless something pushes directly onto the incision, I forget i I have them and that I've had the surgery..... is this normal?

I didn't take a bite of ANYTHING for a lot further out than 7 days.

Your new stomach is healing right now......please be very careful.

What type of things are you eating now?

Same here but not with bites I'm 2 weeks post op and have been on liquids I just now started my shoes today like cottage cheese but i have forgotten when I'm thirsty and gone in for a huge drink of water

I didn't take a bite of ANYTHING for a lot further out than 7 days.

Your new stomach is healing right now......please be very careful.

What type of things are you eating now?

Blended Soups. @@Dub it's not intentional. I just keep forgetting that I have my new tiny tummy and I'm supposed to just be on liquids. I have managed to catch myself everytime, but I forget that I can't eat something.

Last night I cooked dinner for the family and as I was making their plates a small bit fell onto my finger and I had it at my mouth before I realized what I was doing! I don't want to break my post op diet. I definitely don't want to have my tummy rip or the pain associated with eating something I shouldnt. But I'm not sure how to make myself remember? I don't have any pain anymore so I don't have that as a reminder.

Same here but not with bites I'm 2 weeks post op and have been on liquids I just now started my shoes today like cottage cheese but i have forgotten when I'm thirsty and gone in for a huge drink of water

I do this too and realize right before I swallow that my stomach will probably end up regurgitating it. So I sit most of it out.

I only did this with water when I started exercising after surgery. I'd go to guzzle a bottle of water & be like "uh oh! That doesn't work anymore!" Other than that, I was VERY aware of what I was eating & made sure to stick to my post-op diet.

I only did this with water when I started exercising after surgery. I'd go to guzzle a bottle of water & be like "uh oh! That doesn't work anymore!" Other than that, I was VERY aware of what I was eating & made sure to stick to my post-op diet.

I'm sticking to my post op diet. I just mean that the pain of surgery is gone and sometimes I forget I've had it done. I've had my old stomach for many years. My new one has only been here for less than 2 weeks and I forget. I've recovered extremely fast. I'm back to everything I was going before with no issues. So I forget.

Yes, I have had this to happen to me as well. I am 10 days post-op and while fixing my husband dinner I had a bite up to my mouth. Then it hit me. Aww man I had surgery and I can't eat this. Definitely an adjustment.

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Yes, I have had this to happen to me as well. I am 10 days post-op and while fixing my husband dinner I had a bite up to my mouth. Then it hit me. Aww man I had surgery and I can't eat this. Definitely an adjustment.

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EXACTLY! I am now 10 days as well! I didn't expect to struggle with this. I'm not alone!

yes!! i am a week out and the pain is gone and i am so afraid i will pop a blueberry in my mouth when im washing them for the kids, etc. i guess we are all having the same issues...it IS easy to forget.

I used to do it all the time at first. Cooking dinner, mindlessly pop something into my mouth. Old habits are hard to break, but you'll get there.

I'm sticking to my post op diet. I just mean that the pain of surgery is gone and sometimes I forget I've had it done. I've had my old stomach for many years. My new one has only been here for less than 2 weeks and I forget. I've recovered extremely fast. I'm back to everything I was going before with no issues. So I forget.

I left the hospital with very little pain, if any. I would have gone back to work soon after but my boss wouldn't let me. I meant that I had to be ultra aware of what foods were around me & stick strictly to my post-op diet because I didn't have anything like pain to remind me of my change in tummy size either. I cooked dinner for my family & had to mentally stop myself from tasting the sauce like usual, and stop myself from lunch sharing at work like we always do. It was a mental thing for me ... tellung myself to just stick to my diet. The water thing was the one area that I just seemed to "forget" & old habits kicked in ... until that first big gulp hit & I got a pretty good reminder in the form of OUCH!

Edited March 3, 201610 yr by WorkinOnMe

Yes I forget with water too! It's not the most comfortable.