I am new to this site. I have been reading and reading it for days since my surgery and did many searches and have found it extremely helpful.

I was sleeved on 10/17/16. Everything went well. The only downside I see is that I was in a whole lot more pain than I thought I would be in. That severe pain has left me though. But now the past several days I am stuck with regret. I keep thinking what have I done to myself? At first I had a few brief periods of that thought and it was because I could only eat so little of Clear liquids or creamed Soups while my family ate things like pizza and tacos. Those thoughts passed quickly. But these last several days I can't shake it. These thoughts aren't because of food woes. The biggest thing is I have constant nausea. It's there if I don't eat, if I do eat, if I don't drink, and if I do drink. It never leaves! I called the doctor yesterday and he said it is normal since I am not far out of surgery and should pass as I am able to eat more. Well I can't eat because I have a huge fear of vomiting. I try to get Protein shakes in and they are gross. Everything sweet is gross. I have followed everything precisely and I have not "cheated" once. I don't feel like I am ever going to be normal again. I wish I could go back and not have this surgery. At this point all I do is drink Water and it makes me feel nauseous too but I am trying to stay hydrated. I get maybe one meal in a day sometimes two. I can't live like this. I just wanted to vent in a place where people might understand. Thank you for listening.

My doctor did give me zofran after surgery. I took one yesterday and it made me really tired. I slept most of the day. I am going to try some again today. He offered to call me in some more if I need it. I guess I will try it for a few days and see if it helps and if not I will ask for something different. I just hope I don't have to live on anti nausea medication. My best friend had surgery back in April and suggested I keep taking the Vitamins (which are also gross to me and I skip every few days) to get the extra nutrients and that might make me feel better too.

This leads me to another issue. It is really hard to take my regular medication (thyroid and a few different things for anxiety and depression), vitamins, a Tylenol once in a while for pain, two antacids a day, etc and drink enough Water. Especially when there is the wait before and after eating with drinking. There are not enough hours in the day to get everything in this tiny tummy! I am hoping I can get off most of these medications in the near future.

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I wanted to respond to your remark about medication. It definitely gets easier as you heal. I take about 12 meds in the morning and 9 at night and that's without my vitamins. I had to spread them out throughout the day because I couldn't take them all at once. I made an excel spreadsheet schedule to help me remember. I separated them into like 6 or 7 doses during the day to help me get them all in. I wouldn't have been able to otherwise. Now at 5 months out I'm able to take them in one sitting.

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