So I had my surgery 5 month ago...lost about 54 pounds. Last week I went on a cruise for 5days and I drank alcohol and over ate. .infact I even drank and ate at the same time...so I started back on my diet and my stomach began to hurt so bad..I almost went to the hospital .. I worried I did damage and stretched my stomach... is there anything I could do?

My surgeon tells me that the first 6 months is the biggest time you're at risk for developing a leak but that after that you're pretty much healed and its not a risk unless you eat something really crazy and swallow it whole. You're pretty close to that so you're safer now than if you'd have done this 3 months ago. Eating and drinking at the same time allows food to push through the sleeve faster, not leaving you full as long and then you find yourself eating more, but not necessarily stretching your sleeve.

It could be that when you were on your cruise you were eating more slider foods that you could easily fit in. Then when you came back and was eating more wholesome food you were out of practice and either ate it too fast or didn't chew it well enough and it caused pain because you overfilled your sleeve. When I do that it helps to put a warm compress on my tummy and walking around to try to get the digestive system going.

All you can do is go back to the basics.

Thanks for that, GradyCat, good reference for the future.