This may be premature of me to ask, as I am only 42 days post op sleeve. 40 pounds down, yay!

I am on soft food now, only able to take a few bites, and then I feel miserable. Not miserable because I really want more, but miserable because I'm uncomfortable.

It doesn't feel like a "naturally" full feeling at all, but more like discomfort deep in my esophagus, which automatically causes me to stop eating. My question is, will that change and will I eventually feel stomach full again or will it remain a discomfort or pressure sort of sensation in my deep in my esophagus for lack of a better description?

I worry about going out to dinner with others, it saddens me a little that I may never enjoy going out for a meal with my husband, because two minutes into a meal, I am so distracted by this miserable sensation. Feeling a little sad. Thoughts...?

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Very good question. I'm not much farther along than you are. I can relate.

I am 1 year post op and it does get normal --or as normal as eating about 8oz of food and making sure it's lean protein/low carb can be. I go out to eat all the time with my husband, co-workers, friends etc. I switched jobs about 8 or 9 months post op, so most of my new coworkers have no idea I had surgery. They just see me as someone who eats clean and eats small portions. I say that to say, my eating habits seem perfectly normal to them. I think it became habit and normal to me around the 5 or 6 month mark---where I got to the place of knowing my body and knowing how many bites would be 1 bite too many before I took it. And knowing what foods agreed with my sleeve and what foods make me uncomfortable. Have faith, our new way of eating soon becomes our new normal!

Thank you, thank you!! I was feeling a little down. I wonder if others go through this at this point in the journey. I guess, I'm also a little nervous as I have dinner plans next weekend with some couples and am nervous about it. No one at the dinner knows. I have shared with some people, but not all.

Thank you for the reassuring reply, you did make me feel better!

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I am 1 year post op and it does get normal --or as normal as eating about 8oz of food and making sure it's lean protein/low carb can be. I go out to eat all the time with my husband, co-workers, friends etc. I switched jobs about 8 or 9 months post op, so most of my new coworkers have no idea I had surgery. They just see me as someone who eats clean and eats small portions. I say that to say, my eating habits seem perfectly normal to them. I think it became habit and normal to me around the 5 or 6 month mark---where I got to the place of knowing my body and knowing how many bites would be 1 bite too many before I took it. And knowing what foods agreed with my sleeve and what foods make me uncomfortable. Have faith, our new way of eating soon becomes our new normal!

Thanks again,

I will will eventually feel that normal full feeling, in the months ahead??

Edited January 31, 20179 yr by Sheran4eva

I actually had to learn what full felt like because I always ate until stuffed. It was weird to realize full shouldn't feel uncomfortable. I measured everything for the first 6 months ( I still measure most of the time now) just teaching myself what a true portion size is. In the beginning, I struggled with eating one bite too many when out and I had to eyeball. Now I've gotten pretty good at it.

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