Hi Everybody! Weird to have this be my first post given how many questions I had pre-op and how much reading other people's posts and comments helped me, but I just had my bypass surgery yesterday and I finally have .

Anyhow... I'm still in the hospital... and my belly is shaved and there are definitely 5 wounds on it... but I'm not having any nausea, any change in cravings or hunger... okay, maybe I have more energy and I feel less weird about not eating... but what's REALLY strange is that I've had no problem drinking 3 cups of broth and three cups of water. None of the baby sipping I'd heard about-- and no irritation. My surgeon said he reduced my stomach to 40ccs... I was told I'd never casually drink water again... I heard all these stories about eating and drinking suuuuper slowly.

I just drank a bowl of vegetable broth in maybe 2 minutes. I'm confused. Shouldn't this make me feel sick??

Also, no one told me my first fart after surgery would feel that good.

45 minutes ago, nevertoolate said:

Hi Everybody! Weird to have this be my first post given how many questions I had pre-op and how much reading other people's posts and comments helped me, but I just had my bypass surgery yesterday and I finally have .

Anyhow... I'm still in the hospital... and my belly is shaved and there are definitely 5 wounds on it... but I'm not having any nausea, any change in cravings or hunger... okay, maybe I have more energy and I feel less weird about not eating... but what's REALLY strange is that I've had no problem drinking 3 cups of broth and three cups of Water. None of the baby sipping I'd heard about-- and no irritation. My surgeon said he reduced my stomach to 40ccs... I was told I'd never casually drink water again... I heard all these stories about eating and drinking suuuuper slowly.

I just drank a bowl of vegetable broth in maybe 2 minutes. I'm confused. Shouldn't this make me feel sick??

Also, no one told me my first fart after surgery would feel that good.

I had no problems with drinking either. The problems I had all came when I started eating again. My first 3.5 weeks post-op were smooth as silk. Then the next 4 were abject misery. But even with that, I am so glad I did this!

Congratulations on your surgery. Walking helps the pain go away. Most of the pain after surgery is associated with gas. Walking helps relieve the gas and work it out of your system.

So you had a placebo surgery lol. Kidding! I had surgery July 23rd and only yesterday reached 800 ml of liquids. Good for you....sounds like a unicorn stomach!

A placebo surgery, hmm let me guess, you got those 5-7 slits because your bowels needed ventilation? Yep, that must have been what happened!???

welp, that was short lived. I was discharged and drank a protein shake too fast when I got home and now I'm pacing in the living room. live and learn!

There is a small possibility you are now lactose intolerant. Give it a few days, but if it still causes gas and you are the opposite of constipated...then you might have the same problem as me. You could also water down the protein drink in case it is a viscosity problem. Just a few ideas.

On 7/28/2018 at 8:41 AM, James Marusek said:

Congratulations on your surgery. Walking helps the pain go away. Most of the pain after surgery is associated with gas. Walking helps relieve the gas and work it out of your system.

Did you even read his post before commenting?

On 7/28/2018 at 7:01 AM, nevertoolate said:

Hi Everybody! Weird to have this be my first post given how many questions I had pre-op and how much reading other people's posts and comments helped me, but I just had my bypass surgery yesterday and I finally have .

Anyhow... I'm still in the hospital... and my belly is shaved and there are definitely 5 wounds on it... but I'm not having any nausea, any change in cravings or hunger... okay, maybe I have more energy and I feel less weird about not eating... but what's REALLY strange is that I've had no problem drinking 3 cups of broth and three cups of Water. None of the baby sipping I'd heard about-- and no irritation. My surgeon said he reduced my stomach to 40ccs... I was told I'd never casually drink water again... I heard all these stories about eating and drinking suuuuper slowly.

I just drank a bowl of vegetable broth in maybe 2 minutes. I'm confused. Shouldn't this make me feel sick??

Also, no one told me my first fart after surgery would feel that good.

I was the same way, zero issues at all. Nursing staff were calling me their dream patient before the end of the first night. Zero nausea, zero issues with pain or pain management, didn't need any extra anything, hardly needed the nursing staff at all. Zero issues with drinking. I also joked that I didn't have the surgery that it was all for show.

36 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Did you even read his post before commenting?

Yes.

On 7/28/2018 at 7:01 AM, nevertoolate said:

Also, no one told me my first fart after surgery would feel that good.

1 minute ago, James Marusek said:

Yes.

I guess then you are confused then, because no where did he mention pain at all.

"feel that good" generally equates to "relief" and that generally is in reference with discomfort or pain.

@nevertoolate If you've read as many posts as you claim , then you would have definitely "heard" about Mr. Fart being your new best friend post-op. (And, yes, my farts are all male. The testosterone in my body is an expert at coordinating this activity-- and only this activity.)

Edited August 3, 20188 yr by Missouri-Lee's Summit