400 calories max

[Gazoo707 3]

Good Morning everyone/anyone-that-reads-this,

1st time poster here. I had surgery on Feb 10th so i'm in week 5. I have been following the guidelines. Week 3 I tried baked chicken thigh. Super small bites (size of a pencil eraser). It seemed to be going down ok but then I felt sick and had to throw up. My stomach has not really tolerated solids since. I had my 1 month last week and the surgeon said to reset. liquids for 2 days, puree for 2 days, then soft for 2 days. I tried a greek yogurt this morning (that I had been able to tolerate) and after 1/3rd I felt sick, like the food wanted to come back up my throat. I'm only hitting about 400 calories a day. is that normal? I hate this sick feeling whenever I eat I feel like i'm never going to be able to eat a solid again. Sorry for this rambling post I'm just scared and frustrated.

[GradyCat 3,697]

That's not nearly enough calories. Drink some Protein Shakes.

[catwoman7 11,272]

1) you were a bit early trying chicken. Most people can't handle chicken for the first couple of months - it's pretty dry

2) if this keeps up for more than another day or two, check back with your surgeon. If you can't keep anything down, that could be a sign of a stricture. You're in the right time frame for it (they almost always occur between months 1-3. Very rare after the third month).

[pintsizedmallrat 475]

I went through a phase like that—couldn’t choke much of anything down to a point where I wasn’t even getting enough fluids. Talk to your dietitian/team. I ended up having to set a goal of increasing my intake by 100 calories a day each week. I was only eating about 200 a day and now I’m up to 800.

Another possibility causing this is acid reflux—my stomach was so irritated that I was feeling full much faster than I should have which is why my “meals” were one or two bites.

[Gazoo707 3]

I called the surgeon, they are going to put a camera down my throat tomorrow morning to see what’s going on.

thanks so much for the replies.

[catwoman7 11,272]

11 minutes ago, JeeperGazoo said:

I called the surgeon, they are going to put a camera down my throat tomorrow morning to see what’s going on.

thanks so much for the replies.

if it turns out to be a stricture (about 5% of bypass patients get those), it's an easy fix. When they're down there, they'll just stretch it back out to where it's supposed to be. I had two of them (at four weeks out and again around eight weeks out). Painless, easy fix - and you'll feel 100% better afterward.

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23 hours ago, GradyCat said:

That's not nearly enough calories. Drink some Protein Shakes.

I...disagree.