Hello all. I was sleeved on 12/17 and, for the first time, I think I over-filled my sleeve. Not with food but with medication. I take several pills in the middle of the day. I took them one at a time but I think too close together. I'm in such pain. It's like waves of pain through my chest and radiating to the back. Any way to ease the pain??

Take spoon or two of yogurt, and walk around. It can linger, but will subside after some time. When you do it with food - it will have to come back up, and sometimes you have to lie down for an hour.

You learn not to do this.... take a couple times, but eating really slowly and really well chewed small bites is the key to figuring it out.

Get some papaya enzymes ASAP and never be without them. They help to digest food and have been a major help in my journey.

they also help you to absorb meds/ vitamins better.

Edited January 17, 20206 yr by Losingit2018

I don't know what to do other than ride it out this time and make sure you're spacing our your medication and taking it with food next time.

Wow. Just reading posts like these help me recognize I never had the promised restriction. I was able to swallow a fistful of pills without any issues weeks post op. I was sleeved 6/2015. I lost 60 lbs in 3 months only because I restricted myself to 800 calories per day. I was hungry but motivated. When my personal life hit a MAJOR bump it all fell apart. Now I’m back up just 15 lbs below my starting weight and worried I’m diabetic (awaiting test results). I’m starting to think a revision to RNY might be a good idea but with a different surgeon!

When I had the sleeve if you overate protein, pineapple juice helped. But with medicines, I guess something that coats the stomach is better. If any of those meds include thyroid make sure you don't take vitamins within 4 hours of the thyroid. The biotin in the vitamins really affects the thyroid.