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Could it be lactose intolerance? I'm pretty sure I am and am waaay too scared to try dairy again. I meant to say thank you in my post the other day. I believe it was you that posted a couple recipes and I wanted you to know that I screen saved them. <3 appreciate it.

Dang!! Go you!!

http://gastricbypasstruth.com/life-after-gastric-bypass/one-month-after-gastric-bypass-buyers-remorse/

OH dang it, I meant to rename this.. I guess I dont really know what to name it anyway,,, I'm 2 weeks post op.. up until a week post op I was doing fine, getting 64 oz fluids, including premier Protein drinks. Everything was going fine. And then a little after a week, I had some blended cream of chicken Soup (not fat free, forgot) and it gave me the worst pain in my chest and I was unable to get in any fluids for 12 hours.. I went to the ER and they said something about my pancreas being elevated (levels, whatever) and that I can't eat fat right now, or it will happen again. they also told me to check my blood sugars for hypoglycemia and to drink full sugar drinks instead of sugar free and low sugar. They gave me some numbing antacid stuff and sent me on my way. Since then, I have not been able to drink my Protein Drink without having the same issue. I think they are too heavy. But for some reason, I can eat half a fudgesicle just fine. I'm not able to get in all my fluids and I'm really disaapointed about this because I get migraines when I don't, along with the obvious. so far today I've had 12 oz gatorade and 12 oz watered down full sugar Vitamin Water.. both with a little bit of unflavored Protein powder added.. I then took a nap and drank about 2 oz of a chocolate protein drink and I feel that god awful pressure all up in my ribs. feels like someone punched me in my diaphram, and I walk around hunched over or sitting but leaning waaaaay back. I will not drink a protein drink again. Now I'm in pain and can't get the other 2 bottles of drink with protein powder like I was hoping to. I KNOW i'm not getting enough protein, and every day I'mg etting more and more behind on my fluids.. please tell me what to do. My mood is getting lower and lower every day. Monday I'm calling my pcp for an anti depressant. Praying I don't get a migraine. I might email my surgeon.. I can't contact anyone in the us really, because I had a mx surgery. I feel kindof like I'm grasping straws... I wake up feeling like crap, FINALLY get over that hump and drink a tiny amt of protein drink and feel like crap again. It's hard to stay upbeat. I can't STAND protein powder mixed in water, and Im pretty sure milk is just too much for tummy right now. I might try my nectar samples, but I'm REALLY not in the mood for sweet fruity drinks.. I'm so over sweets and I'm only 2 weeks in. I need some more hearty flavors.. even my Calcium chew and Iron cherry tablets repulse me. please no bashing. I'm feeling really vulnerable right now.. (sad that I should even have to say that) I finally felt good yesterday, had 1.5T yogurt, and about 20 minutes later I went for a walk w/ my 6 year old around the block because I'd told her i would.. felt HORRIBLE when I got back. and every time thi shappens it hurts for about 6-12 hours.. why? Is my sleeve just THAT tiny? I guess I'm full Clear liquids for another week. also- I keep reading about people who were sleeved around the same time as me that are eating tuna etc.. I feel like I'll never be able to eat that stuff when I can't even tolerate a protein drink... why do I feel like this sleeve has been so much harder on me than others.. was I too blinded by the successful posts and happy people wanting to get sleeved to see that htis is WORK.. it's PAINFUL. it's NOT FUN. also- full sugar drinks, really? I mean I have to- I was way too weak otherwise, but I feel like my weightloss will be super slow now.. I realize I'm being a little dramatic.. I'm having a hard time seeing outside my little depression bubble atm.

That's so good to hear, that's what my doc has me on. It's a shame there is no generic though. How Lon did it take to build up well and start working at its best?

It wasn't until about 50 lbs in (on a previous diet) tht people started noticing. I'm 2 weeks out and others that were sleeved at the same time as me lost 30 lbs already. I lost 17. I'm trying not to compare as well.

I am tired of reading about how hunger is just in our head. I appreciate you on the boards amazon, but sometimes ya gotta let others be different than you. Some wake up from surgery and are never hungry again. Some are hungry after a year or two. Some are starving a week into it. I'm going to say that (for now) I'm stinkin hungry. It could be acid but I've been on this Dang antacid for 5 or so days now and I'm really not noticing much of a difference. This feeling comes and goes just like hunger did before. I'm pretty sore I've read that it can take a month or so for all or the grehlin hormone to leave our bodies as well. I just hate seeing newbies come here saying they are hungry only to be shot down. It's true that some people REALLY ARE hungry after sirgery. (Hugs for the hungries)

I walked around the block esterday, 13 days out. Also did a few lunges and a couple simple arm exercises to keep from turning I complete flub. I seriously felt like I was gonna die. Way overdid it and it was actually the walk that did me in. If you feel great, I can't see how light walking could hurt. I'd wait, personally.

Hello all, doing decent. Haven't been active over here in the mx forum - mostly in the post op forum. I'm kinda keeping up with all of you that have gone, are at, just did, an are on the way to your surgeries. I pray for quick healing to all and an easy recovery. <3

Hahaha I keep dreaming that I eat huge amts if food and wake up in a panic.

Vicki, i ask myself this frequently, & oddly enough, I would. I was miserable before, with no hope in sight. Now I'm temporarily uncomfortable, occasionally miserable, with a ton of hope in sight. You know? And I'm only 2 weeks out and I know the first month is the hardest. I hated myself. I was constantly torturing myself with another diet. Now I'm on the final "diet" that I can't quit when the going gets tough. (Not that any weightloss surgery is fail proof but I'm determined, especially after overcoming the roughest patch, to succeed for life) I keep repeating "choose your hard" to myself. Life with extreme low self esteem was hard. Never being able to find clothes that fit, Feeling ugly even though I knew the cute me was in there somewhere. Never wanting to go anywhere. This is hard too. I prefer the hard w a happy ending. *Diamod and Laura- I think dr. Garcia did make us some super tiny little sleeves. That's what I wanted.

Oops, I liked it now. "/

Actually it did, I'm sorry I don't say anything. Didnt I "like" your reply? Anything anyone says in my "time of need" is helpful to me. I appreciate your help. (Hug)

http://gastricbypasstruth.com/life-after-gastric-bypass/one-month-after-gastric-bypass-buyers-remorse/ This really helped me to feel more normal as well. . Wish all those considering surgery would read this. If they are at all like me though, their eyes would gloss over because they've got a pie in the sky idea of what this will be like. Seriously, I think the only negative thought I had, aside from the big complications, were well 300 calories sure isnt much. Oh well, at least I won't be hungry. I DO feel hunger. Maybe it's acid, yes I'm on a ppi, but since it feels EXACTLY like starvation, I'll call it hunger. Also, I feel like I was a more "popular" poster before I had sirgery. Now that I need support, I wonder where everyone went.

It is possible too, that the drs that allow stuff sooner, like meat, use larger bougie a. I'm curious what size bougie a your surgeons used? I'm 2 weeks today. Yesterday I got 1.5T of Greek yogurt in. I'm pretty sure there was no more room. I'm a shorty and maybe had a smaller stomach, so my sleeve is probably very small too. My surgeon used a 32f bougie. Anyway, a meatball sounds lovely. I'm jealous.

After surgery, and was it aerobic, resistance, or both? My paperwork says at the 2 month mark I can exercise, but I do NOT like floppy fat. I feel so much better about my weightloss while working out. That said, I don't feel good enough to exercise yet. (At 12 days)

One thing to consider in going to TJ is how far you live from mx. I just took a plane from San to lax to dal/fw to Missouri after the sleeve and it was so exhausting. I can't imagine being all bandaged up (probably with a drain or 2) for that long trip. *shudder* That said, I could be eating my words in a year or two, if I want work done bad enough.

Describe "tolerate" please. Do you throw it up? Does it hurt? Lots of foamy acid?

Of course it's normal. What did we do on diets in the last? Crave, cave and fail again. It's just that this time we can't cave.... Yet. I'm craving an artichoke and I've never even had one.

Ate you getting all your water? Are you working out? On your time of the Month? All sorts of stuff come into play here.

I lost 11 lbs my first week and my bmi was 39, soooo.. Also, most people sleeve around the same time as me have lost more.

i have both, are we supposed to be taking 2? How far out are you? I tried to chew up a tiny piece and it just wouldn't get soft enough that I felt safe.. I'm 12 days out.