If the gas, and having 6 cuts on my belly weren't attractive enough....Today, was the first day I went out of the house really, and did some shopping since being banded on the 12th. I felt sick to my stomach, and sweaty, and just...tired...from walking around shopping for about an hour...

anyone else experience this?

Could it be from lack of calories and dehydration? You may have over done it a little.

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Being newly banded, if you are on the liquid stage of the diet, you are probably not taking in a whole lot of calories yet.

I know that I suffer a great lack of energy when I'm not taking in very many calories and I get that naseous feeling. Actually happened to me over the weekend when I was starting pre-op.

Be careful and take care of yourself!

And congratulations on your new surgery!

The symptoms you mentioned are all symptoms of a low blood sugar episode. I wonder if you were a little bit low?

I feel that way after every surgery. It takes awhile to really get your strength back after being real inactive for a couple days. That's part of the reason they get people back on their feet so soon after surgery. As you get more active you'll get over that. And as someone else mentioned, be sure you have enough calories to keep your blood sugar level normal.

old nurse Sharon

you are all probably right...thanks...I was hoping it was because i was just dropping pounds right and left

sweaty? Nope. Now I am freezing all of the time. I used to go outside, in the middle of winter, with no jacket on. Not anymore!! The protective blubber is too thin now!!

That is how I feel when my blood sugar is low. If I don't get something sugary during one of those episodes I then get a headache, dizzy, and blurry vision. In the past that has always been a soda. Now I guess it will have to be some sort of fruit juice. It doesn't have to be a lot for me, but it does have to be something.

If you feel that way again, you might try some juice.

Good luck,

Steph