Hello everyone! My name is Amy and I'm 22. My starting weight was 320 and I'm currently at 289. My surgery was October 11th so I'm almost two weeks out.

Does anyone regret the surgery? I feel like I was maybe too young to get it done - I miss eating meat [emoji24]

What were some of the things you drank? I've been drinking water, diluted juices, crystal light. I'm just craving a new flavor im sick of water!

What did you eat during your stage 2 phase (soft proteins)?

Also TMI but when does the dumping stop!? I had sleeve done and I am too nervous to leave for very long and not be around a bathroom because I'm worried I might have an accident!

Thanks in advance!

Do you get nausea and sweating and near fainting with your diahorrea? Because that’s dumping. Not just the diahorrea. That’s just diahorrea!
Call your surgeons office, maybe you need some medication to stop it for a while.[emoji846]

Hello everyone! My name is Amy and I'm 22. My starting weight was 320 and I'm currently at 289. My surgery was October 11th so I'm almost two weeks out.
Does anyone regret the surgery? I feel like I was maybe too young to get it done - I miss eating meat [emoji24]
What were some of the things you drank? I've been drinking water, diluted juices, crystal light. I'm just craving a new flavor im sick of water!
What did you eat during your stage 2 phase (soft proteins)?
Also TMI but when does the dumping stop!? I had sleeve done and I am too nervous to leave for very long and not be around a bathroom because I'm worried I might have an accident!
Thanks in advance!

Hi Amy! I think you are very brave! I’m 26 so not that much older than you and I had it on oct 13th. I think you are very smart to have gotten it earlier. You are young so you will bounce back faster! You have young skin too! During stage two I ate and still eat a lot of puréed soups. And it’s the perfect season for it. If you don’t feel like making it yourself, Panera has a butternut squash soup that is to die for. I don’t know where you live but if there is a wegmans with you they have a pumpkin soup that is delicious. Basically any soup that is smooth. So tomato bisque works too. I also drank vitamin water zero. I mixed unflavored protein powder into the soup so that I could at least try to meet my protein goal. I hope that helps! I’m not familiar with dumping. Unless you mean taking a dump. In which case my bowel movements have been normal. I hope that clears up for you! Wishing you the best!

It sounds like you need to move on to protein shakes. What does your plan say about them? What is your protein goal?

This is a huge forced change in behavior. It is a challenge. I'm sure it will take some time to adjust. I know a lot of people who experienced a minute or two of regret but its just the reality of the unhealthy relationship we all have with food instead of engaging our own lives. make sure you are taking the vitamins and getting in your 70 grams of protein. I hope you got discharge plan, or some guidance from your doctor. I got a Pre-Op and Post-Op diet plans before my surgery so I could buy stuff and be prepared. If not ask. having a support system is important. Kudos for reaching out. You will get lots of support here in the discussion groups. Also some doctors offices offer a support group. If yours does not maybe you could start one.

Almost 10 months post op and no regrets. I did have some initially just when I was trying to get through the stages and I felt so different from the rest of the world. Now I wish I had done this 10 years ago, I'm currently 34 for reference.

As for the diet type questions I basically live off of water and unsweetened iced tea but early out I drink a lot of crystal light. It started to turn my stomach though because I'm not a huge fan of artificial sweeteners so I went to iced tea. Also soft proteins on my plan were eggs, chicken, turkey and fish/shellfish

I had issues with diarrhea the first three weeks following my surgery. It seems that I am one of the ones who became lactose intolerant post op. Once I moved to the puree stage and was getting less dairy based protein, my bowel movements became more "normal."

As for something else to drink, I drank/drink herbal teas (hot or iced) and sometimes I put a dash of juice in my water...not enough to add a lot of sugar, but just a little bit of flavor. Decaf coffee is another option.