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I March 3rd and by day 3 post op I felt so much better and was easily drinking water, protein and broth and posted the same kind of thing in here. I started googling is my pouch too big? Did the surgery not work? Lol! My friend provided me this advice: remain calm and have confidence that the surgery was successful. I’m day 6 now and I feel good too. I overdid it on day 4 way to much walking and up doing chores around the house so yes, my body had asked me to slow it down again and rest. So happy to hear you all are recovering well too!

You are absolutely right! I know that I’m heading down dehydration road.... I just have to do it... 👍

Ask your Team. But, in the early days post op *perhaps* focus on a maintaining a caloric deficit to maximize weight loss. Peanut Butter is very calorically dense. Most tend to eat more that a single serving because its usually not weighed or measured accurately. If at 2 weeks post op you should be consuming ~600 cals (confirm amount with your Team), peanut butter will be 1/6 -1/3 your intake for the day. Good Luck ❤

Another March3rd-er (?) having an easy time of it. Since day 1 post op they given me vitamin water and a small yogurt drink to take in addition to water, and yesterday (day 3), I had some cottage cheese (considered a purée here - OMG in Estonia they must love it because the dairy case seems to have more cottage cheese options than yogurt ones), and baby food (the kind that come in the squeezable soft packs). It’s weird to me that both of these foods (in addition to other purées) were recommended to me, since that wasn’t the case when I had my first surgery in Mexico. In any event, since I’m living out of a hotel until next week I don’t have a lot of options food wise. Long story short, I’m doing well getting my liquids in, ok with the protein, and the purées didn’t cause any issues. If I hadn’t gone through this before, I’d be worried, but as it is I’m feeling great. The first time I did this (sleeve in 2017j, I was the only one in the hospital with little to no pain, was walking around at least 4 hours a day, and I actually accused my surgeon of not having done the surgery despite the scars and drainage tube coming out of my body. She told me that some people are just lucky, they go through surgery and the post op period without any problems and that I should be thankful for it. She even showed me a picture of my excised stomach to prove it. My current surgeon told me that he did check out my sleeve before he made it even smaller for the RNY and told me it was perfect, so whatever doubts I had in my mind for the past three years were put to rest. The one thing I do know is that transitioning to soft or mushy foods will be, not necessarily problematic, but that we’ll feel it more. That’s why I’m focusing on maintaining good habits (weigh or measure food, no drinking 30 min before and after any food), since I think that’s one of the main reasons my sleeve failed the first time.

In my view if you weren’t having any thoughts like you are then you would not be taking it all seriously enough. It’s normal.

Glad you feel better! I still fight dehydration, 6 months out. I do ok with fluids, but I need to do better consistently. Sent from my SM-G955U using BariatricPal mobile app

I brought a book, my phone, my Chromebook, tampoons, my headscarf, ect. To be honest, I didn't use any of it because I was in a lot of pain. However, you may experience a lower level of pain than I did, so I would recommend bringing something that can occupy your time. I do also recommend bringing your own tampoons/pads just in case you start your period.

Congratulations! I'm on day three post-op and was wondering the same thing. I'm able to meet my protein and water intake goals. I've actually wondered if my surgeon performed the correct surgery (even checked my surgical notes to be sure). I've read that things change once we transition to regular foods in that we will be able to feel ful.

Runny nose or sneezing after you eat is very common in WLS patients. Our altered anatomy makes us subject to "Gustatory Rhinitis" or "Snatiation". When we get full, it triggers a reflex and makes us sneeze. Not everybody gets it, but I sure do! Plus, I don't even have to eat until "full", sometimes just a little snack will make me sneeze like 6 or 7 times in a row! It was horrible when I worked in an office. I swear people thought I was typhoid mary. I work from home now, so it's just me and the dogs sneezing and snorting away. My family just kind of jokes about it saying, "one more, mom, just one more."

I’m one week post op today and so tired of drinking. I can’t wait to chew on something again. I have my one week follow up tmrw morning With my surgeon and hoping he will put me on full liquids. I was actually hungry yesterday and tried some 1% milk with my protein powder instead of water and I got nauseated, fast heart rate, hot flashes and sweaty. It really scared me but I jumped in here and discovered I was having dumping syndrome symptoms. I loved milk prior to the sleeve and we’re not really supposed to have dumping syndrome like the bypass peeps, allegedly from what I’ve read on the net. So that kinda sucks.