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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??

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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.

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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 by Losingit2018

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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.

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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!

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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.

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