Hey guys

i had to join on here as im coming to terms with the reality of this surgery. I am weak and dizzy so will get checked out today. My stomach hurts if i eat anything and Im so sad.

You're weak and dizzy because your calorie intake is way lower than you're used to. Your stomach is swollen from surgery still. Each day will get easier, just try to remember to take tiny sips throughout the day so you stay hydrated.

Just try to hang in there. Each and every day it gets a little easier. Some of us have a slower recovery than others but you will get there. Just take lots of tiny- tiny sips.

4 hours ago, fahimarahman240286 said:

Hey guys

i had to join on here as im coming to terms with the reality of this surgery. I am weak and dizzy so will get checked out today. My stomach hurts if i eat anything and Im so sad.

Hi, I felt like that, but read on here that it could be lack of protein, I got some great protein shakes off Amazon that contains 40g , honest I feel so much better now, 1 first thing in the morning and one mid afternoon, my dizziness, light head, and tiredness has 95% gone

Hang in there. Don't think how you feel now is going to be your long-term experience. The first couple of weeks were rough for me too, but it gets better quickly. Hugs! ?

Edited August 28, 20215 yr by Jaelzion

It gets easier! Promise.

For me it was around week 3....

Hang in there, you can do it

Thanks guys just come home from being discharged feom hospital as I needed IV fluids, IV Vitamin B, and being heavily constipated didnt help. I have been taking 60g protein each day woth milk 3 times a day. But I gues I was only really managing 600 mls flui a day. I bought Huel High Protein which i got fed up off. And tried to make salmon broccoli soup and obviously was too early to blend and try some so i vomited n hence constipation and dehydration on top of that.

Tomorrow is the first day of puree food . So lets see

Pureed food makes such a big improvement!!

Good luck, keep up the good work

That first week can be really challenging. You are so limited with what you can have, and even what you can have can be difficult to get down. As others have said, it gets easier. I am little over a month out and just started the modified regular diet, it is still tricky to get used to this new way of eating, but by far much easier than those first few weeks. Once you start getting some of the purées & soft foods in, you should start to get more energy. It will take time to heal & get used to your new stomach. I hope you start feeling better soon!