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COL120    9

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Hello!!! First I’m sorry if the topic is kind of gross 💩 but I need to ask.

I’m on my 12 days post -op... and I’ve had like two or three episodes of diarrheas, it comes with pain, cramps, weakness. After all is gone I start to feel better... but basically when this happens my day is ruined because I feel bad and weak before the 💩comes and after is gone the recovery with pedyalite😓is long too.

Is this normal?

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johnsons13    359

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I had diarrhea the whole time I as on a liquid diet after my surgery and Dr said it was normal. liquids in, Liquids out. And if you're on Protein Drinks, they might not be agreeing with your new tummy. I know the Protein Drink I had during pre op would not settle well post op. But now, I can drink it for Meal Replacement with no problem

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Matt Z    4,140

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7 hours ago, COL120 said:

Hello!!! First I’m sorry if the topic is kind of gross 💩 but I need to ask.

I’m on my 12 days post -op... and I’ve had like two or three episodes of diarrheas, it comes with pain, cramps, weakness. After all is gone I start to feel better... but basically when this happens my day is ruined because I feel bad and weak before the 💩comes and after is gone the recovery with pedyalite😓is long too.

Is this normal?

Don't worry about talking about poop here... it's not TMI, it's normal, acceptable conversation around these parts, LOL odd right?

Yes, pre and post op diarrhea is normal. What surgery did you have btw? It could be a symptom of diet intolerances and not just the typical symptoms from a mainly liquid only diet.

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BostonWLKC    807

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Hopefully it passes soon for you.

What are you eating? It may be a symptom of what your body tolerates . At this stage it can be like figuring out what your stomach can and cannot eat

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COL120    9

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Thanks for your replies @johnsons13 @matt z @bostonwlkc
I had a gastric sleeve. Basically now I’m having shakes, egg whites, yogurt, milk cheese... all as recommended by the doctor, low fat.
I’m glad to know it’s normal... I was worried. So I just need to wait and adapt little by little to my new stomach👌

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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