sweetness2005

have you had your iron checked? low iron could cause this as well.

Hello so here i am 5 weeks out and am really having a hard time with my protien and cal intake. So i went to my old personal trainer knowing that he had the answer for me. This is what he has me doing and it is not that bad and great in protien and higher in cal. in a blender 1/4 scoop protien power 1/4 banana 1 tea spoon peanut butter and greek yogurt. you can add a little bit of water and ice this adds up to about 300 cal and is about 30 grams of protien. I am doing this 2 to 3 times a day.

thank you for that idea i will give it a try

i am not sure i can ask him. But the even with out that you are still getting in more cal and protien because of the greek yogurt.

its alittle thick because of the yogurt but its not that bad. it just takes me 45 min to drink it.

I am only out 4 weeks but one of the things i noticed is that if i eat to fast i get that air that causes me to belch.. So one of the things that you may want to try is bite chew chew chew and while doing that put you spoon down and then go on to the next bite. It takes me about 15 to 20 min to eat a 3 oz yogurt in the morning. So that is the ony thing i can recomend. I can not eat eggs they made me sick. I can do yogurt cottage cheesse and chillie and things such as that. Good luck i hope things get better for you.

It took me a about a month for 2. I think that every one has a story and some a good and some are not so good. But you also have to think about your ife the way it is and the risks of being over weight. There is a risk to any and all surgery no matter how small it is. The best thing you can do is have faith that every thing will be ok. There is a reason you are looking into this surgery and those are the things you have to think about. I am 29 days post op have had very little trouble and for the most part feel great. I wish you the best of luck.

Ok so i need to know if i am the only one that seems to have this problem. When i brush my teeth my gag reflex kicks in and it makes it very hard for me to brush my teeth. This just started a few days ago. I am 23 days post op. I really hope this is not the new thing that i am going to have to deal with when brushing my teeth because it is no fun..

I am 21 days post op and i feel you on this 100%. I could go all day with out eating. And it would not bug me at all. I try and get my fluids in as for me that is very hard as well. Just today i noticed that my reflux med's are not working any more so that makes it really hard for me to eat. I am trying to eat protien bars because they are soft and i can chew them well. I just started this yesterday and it took me from this am till about 130pm to eat the 1.76oz bar. Now i sit here and all i can feel is this acid...I hope things get better for you soon, take care.

I can say that i do not ahve that problem with eating my problem is fluids like water... Some times you just really want to chug down some water and well that is never a good idea. I am 21 days post op and i am still working on the same 1.76oz protien bar that i started this morn. I have having trouble with the acid reflux. when i was on liquids my medication worked just fine and now i it just stopped dead in its tracks.

OMG i would die if that happened. My kids are 17 and 9 and my soon to be husbands biys are 7 and 13.. WE really dont want any more kids. Dont get me wrong love the kids but just dont want any more.

I am glad to know that i am not the only one that can not eat untill about 10 or 11am. After all the vit and meds in the morning i just can seem to get any thing else down. But i dont eat again until 3 and then again about 7 and am done for the night. I am 18 days post op down 31 lbs and am struggling with my protien. I cant seem to drink the shakes they make me sick but i can do some mashed Beans very funny,.. IDK

I took a week off. since i do not have a hard job. I am a medical receptionist and so the only thing was i had to have some one lift things for me. I am 17 days post op and get a little tired here and there but not to bad. I would say just take what you feel you need you know your body better than any one. You may beale to set it up so that you have three weeks off and if you feel better you can go back early. But you should take what you need do not rush your self.

I take the sublingual high potency B-12 2500mcg from walmart but i got the one that is natural cherry flavored because normal B-12 does not taste good at all. I also take my flinstone chewable vit and chewable vit c and my liqiud reflux meds and that boitin for hair loss. I thought that i would jump on that before i started to see loss because my hair is so thin any way i can not stand to loose much more.

here is to a speedy recovery....

Hang in there....We all go thru all kinds of strange feels before and after. The morning of my surgery i cried for no reason and i didn't even know why i was crying. Since then I have been happy and then other days i sit and think was this really the right thing to do. But you know some thing we all did alot of thinking about this and came up with that for a better life this was the right thing to do. Things will get better just give it some time. I had my surgery on 10-31 and am down 30lbs.. So here is a BIG HUG for you and just know you are not alone. :hug:

Sending you best wishes and big hugs :not_ripe:

well you could always use the old "i'm not feeling 100% today" if they ask.

I am going to my mothers for thanksgiving dinner. There will be all the normal foods, however i will be just shy of 1 month post op so i think for me i will be tryinh very lilttle turkey, mash tato's and maybe a spoon full of pumpkin pie. I am not sure i will be up for the turkey but i will try.

Oct 31 2011 lost 29lbs

Oct 31 2011 lost 29lbs

i am glad to see this thred..Because i am 2 weeks post op and really cant get hardly any protien in at any given time. I am struggling to even get my water in. I have been drinking vitimin water and such just to make sure i am getting my fluids in. After that i seem to be done. I am lucky to get much of anything in.

So i am finding that on week two post op i am having a hard time eating my mushy stuff... With all the meds and vitamins there seems to be no more room. In the morn i take my reflux meds an antibiotic and my chewable vit..C B12 and flinstone... Then it seems to be hours before i can eat my statge one baby apple sauce... Then i try to get in my fluids. It seems that if i do liquids such as water i have no room for food. The only thing i ate yesterday was mash tato's... Am i the only one with this problem?

ya i tried to egg some scram eggs yesterday and that did not sit at all that was the first time i thew up since my surgery. Well other than when they made me drink that nasty contrast to do the xray.

Well i must be one of the odd ones then because i have had diarrhea ever since my surgery on 10-31. I was just hoping that is was because of only being on liquids and baby food. But now i am thinking that maybe i should talk to my doctor about this. HMMMMMM?