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Too early to worry?

Hi everyone-had GBS on 9/14, everything went great & I'm healing nicely. I couldn't be more relieved or grateful as I know many others have had to struggle with complications right from the start. At the risk of sounding "whiney" - I am a bit worried though. I have been able to tolerate all full fluids and am planning on starting puréed soon. My worry is that I not getting this "full" feeling I was counting on as part of our great tool in the initial stage. Obviously I know it's up to me to make the right life style changes etc but I was really counting on having this new boundary to help me through the initial stages as a prompt/reminder....I of course have let my imagination and anxiety run wild that the surgery didn't actually work for me and that I will feel no physical differences as I start to change phases. Thanks for listening, just worried now that I won't have the limitations that I know I will need [emoji26] Anyone else experience this? Is this "normal" in the first few weeks? Thanks again!

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  • Your stomach has just been cut on, and the nerves were also cut. It's very hard to feel 'full' when the nerves can't send the signals to your brain. Give it time, and always ALWAYS measure and only

  • My RNY was 9/29 and I experienced the exact same concerns. I even made an extra trip to the surgeon's office as I was convinced that he hadn't made my new stomach small enough or that something went w

  • you should feel it when you start eating solid food.

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Lauren66- thank you so much for your reply! You addressed many of my concerns in a scientific, factual way. I will actually rest better tonight because many of my concerns have been laid to rest.

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I'm very glad to hear that. I suspect there are more challenges that lay ahead but for now we focus on healing and sticking to the plan.

Btw, I had a typo - my surgery was 8/29...not today as I originally typed it.

Keep up the good work!

Lauren

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