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I am 2 weeks out and had to go to the ER yesterday morning for pain and vomitting. They ran every test.. No leaks. But i was told i have pancreatitis. They pushed iv liquids gave me some antibiotics. Today they sent me home with more antibiotics and to stay on Clear Liquids. I have no gallbladder so nothing there to fix.

Hasanyone else had to deal with this and if so what helped? I tried some Jello and it didnt settle. My craving for ice Water is gone and the thought of putting anything in me is not a happy one. Any helpfull thoughts appreciated.

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I threw up and had nausea 24/7 for almost my entire year. I completely feel your pain. I wdid awesome my first 2 mosths then all hell broke loose. After being in and out of hospitals and being sick everyday i askd to be referred to another surgeon. The mew dr did an upper endoscopy and immediately dx me with bile reflux. I was stared on 3 medicines and slowly began getting better. But it took about 3-4 months before really feeling human again. They suggested doing another surg but I was not sold on that.

Hope you feel better soon. After not eating for 5 weeks I pretty much lived on frozen pops and Water for months. It took everything i had to gag down Protein drinks. I've been healthy for almost 2 years and have lost 160 pounds, i prior to surg i weighed 330.

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Firstly congrats on your weight loss and thank you for sharing your story.

I was 301 in January when I started all this and was 256 on my surgery day the 14th of this month.

Secondly i totally feel you pain with the Protein drinks. Before surgery i didnt have issues drinking them, now however, they taste so beyond nasty. I use clear Isopure Protein Drinks my surgeons office suggest and they taste like sour milk now.

I'm very happy with my surgeon, he is the best and takes no bull from anyone, it's the other docs I'm not to sure about. They aren't up to speed with dealing with bariatric patients and lets face it there is alot to follow up on.

Im just worried stopping my type 2 diabetuc meds might be a factor in the pancreatitis. I called to make an appt with my pcp and found out age is no longer at the clinic so now have to find a new one in the middle of this mess.

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Could your surgeon refer you to an endocrinologist that has experience with bariatric patients? Perhaps a specialist in managing diabetes and pancreatic issues would help.

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Could your surgeon refer you to an endocrinologist that has experience with bariatric patients? Perhaps a specialist in managing diabetes and pancreatic issues would help.

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I made an appt with my clinic for Monday to get a referal to an endocrinologist. Hopefully this new doc will be helpful and i can get over this herdal soon. Thanks for your advice

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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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        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.

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