makayla07

It happened to me. You need to make sure the meat you are eating is not dry. It needs to be moist. Your sleeve may not be ready for chicken or steak. I am just five months out and I just started to eat chicken and steak. Has to be tender not dry eat small pieces chew good. Even now I don't get that many pieces down. What I do get a bit more Down of is taco beef and chili. It goes down a lot easier. Good luck don't push it your sleeve may not be ready.

Go read the previous post about protein shots. They are no good for you they are a waste Otr sleeved posted to my post why. Read it please. I wasted time on them and my hair is paying for it. I was not informed well.

I was sleeved in the end of August. You most likely just want what you know you can't have. You are use to eating the junk. Make sure none of it is in te house. Maybe you need to go to a support group meeting. Do you have them do you attend one a month ? When I want to snap mysel back I just go and see the people who are in the beginning phases when I see them it brings me back to reality almost like a slap in the face. I will say I will never go back. It's not worth it. Maybe you could place that energy to want to eat cupcakes into exercising, walking ect. Maybe you need to place a photo of the old you 65 lbs heavier next to the new you. Maybe that will motivate you. Good luck

I have never heard of triage being taking blood and EKG ect. I have heard of taking a temp Bp and small history then telling you to go wait to be called Sounds like a strange triage. Don't let anyone make you feel you did the wrong thing. Never ever take a chance especially when you have had such a major surgery. That's what an er is there for. What if you just said you didn't want to over react and something was or is going on that needs immediate attention. Pick your head up you did the right thing.

I thought Once you are in a room at an er. Your are a patient. Why is gods name would they send you back out to the waiting room ?? what state are you in ? That's terrible te doctor told you thy you should have called your surgeon. You need to tell him I am wht is called a human being I panicked. Why don't you call and consult with my doctor. Thats why they get paid the big bucks. What does he think your visit there is free. So aggravating. Don't worry you will be fine. Good luck remember you are the patient If you are not happy wih te doctors bed side manor ask for the supervisor or patient advocate to talk to. You can tell them how that doctor made you feel.

I took it the day before surgery. Well it kicked in the morning of the surgery mixed with nerves for fours hours eww thank god my surgeon was running two hours behind. I was in the bathroom up until 1/2 an hour before they took me in. That would not have been good. How would I have gone in if I was still going. I know TMI. I only drank 1/2 the bottle. Imagine the whole bottle. My preop instructions which are so general said the whole bottle. When I double checked on my last visit he said oh no just drink 1/2. I mean that could have been a disaster. Stay home until you are all finished literally. Is this because you have not gone to the bathroom. They told me to take a stool softener and with in 12 hours I was fine. I just took one a day until I was kind of going on my own. Good luck

If you really have such a craving down the road why don't you get the low calorie non butter popcorn at the store pop it at home and bring a small snack bag to the movies.

Lol I am from Long Island NY. I had my surgery Aug 27 2012. I always had to keep on top of my weight and watch everything I ate all of my life. I was always worried to become overweight. I was 140 since I have been 18 I am 5 foot 6. When I had my kids is when I packed on weight but I could always loose it with due and exercise. My fourt child passed away in feb 08. I have never been te same and packed on some major weight. Between the anti depressants an the medicine to sleep at night I was a mess. The weight was a major issue. I finally decided I needed to take the step. I knew this would be hard. I am the worst with food. I don't like food i could care less. My problem was bread and pasta pizza my favorite. I don't like pies cakes chips ect. I am the pickiest person I hate fish I don't like meat ever since I had my third child I can't stand the smell and blood. I hate veggies. I have no excuse. I guess because I always ate next to nothing my from middle school on. I never tried different things. I can't stand the smell of fried foods. I can eat anything spicy I have bad reflux. So it's not even worth it I will burp it for hours. I am in a bad way. This is not good at all. I am kind of scared. I have been pushing to eat chicken but it gets stuck and what does get in is not enough. So you kind of have the picture of my little situation. It's not good. What do you do for a living ? Inquiring minds would love to know.

If it is from the sea it is not for me.lol I pushed myself to eat the tuna with a teaspoon of light mayo. I almost lost my cookies. It was 19 grams of the protein I did get. It was one of those lunch pouch things. ????????that's what my face looked like eating it.

Today I tried and tried and tried. I felt like everything I was turning around I was trying to get the protein In. All the trying only gave me 45-50 grams of protein. I even ate tuna that mades me want to throw up. I ate eggs. I ate chopped beef. Some peanut butter. And a half of a Atkins bar. I could not fit anymore what the heck is Wrong with me. I am so going to go bald. I am so sad and frustrated. ????what am I going to do everyday struggle this horribly ?

This goes out to OTR sleeved. You seem to know your stuff with the protein supplements ect. I am frustrated. I have been having a super hard time getting protein in. Not even coming close to the amount I am suppose to everyday. The hair is falling out in clumps I am going to be bald soon. I have been drinking the new whey I can't tell if after reading your response if i am even absorbing it. It says protein matrix ids proprietary blend of collagen protein isolate, whey protein isolate , casein protein isolate. It is lactose free it says complete source of protein containing all essential amino acids. Lactose free gluten free sugar free and fat free. Is this acceptable. I can not get much food down at all. I am almost five months out. Please let m know if this drink I take once a day is for nothing.

At five and a half weeks it is good to eat carrots apples and strawberries.? I have a no no list for the first six months I don't know where I put it. Darn. Celery is to stringy and chewy. My dies is so limited and I am almost five months post op. not too many things go down.

Wow my t is not going in. I can spell sorry about that lol

I am from long island New York.

I did not have the gas pain issue. My sleeve buds in the hospital did pretty bad. He said walking was the only thing that made him feel better. So we walked up and down the halls together. Try walking. If you can't get water down sugar free ice pops you know the colored ones they are great just suck on them. That will keep you hydrated. Drink small sips when you can. Ice pops that are sugar free you can have as many as you need to get through feel better. I will pass some get I worse than others.

I had two sites that were awful for two months. The one that really hurt and pulled alot wa the one he said the stomach was removed from. I had a friend I met before surgery an he actually had it the same day as me he had no pain I. His sites at all. My sites still look ugly idk why I had alot of scar tissue adhere I am four and a half mints post op. when I was healing and the doctor said it was safe I started to massage them to try to move the tissue. My friend says he can barley see his site scars. Mine of course are gross and I have no problem seeing them. My luck I guess I dont heal the best. As far as te weight it took abou a week or two to see the weight drop. Be patient it will come. Try not to concentrate on the scale too much more on getting through your new lifestyle. The blurred vision I Would call the dr. Not sure I'f you were diabetic high Bp. But I would ask the dr first. Good luck.

I am kind I annoyed about this now. I go to meetings every month people who have had bybass talk about dumping and when I happend to them one man ate a tablespoon of fluff and it was all over for him. My thing is I would have loved to know about this for many reasons. I thought something was wrong with me big time. Four and a half months and I still can't even eat small amounts. Went out with the hubby tonight and the steak I ate got stuck. I chewed the hell out of it and ate slow slow. Well it almost came up. But this whole thing with the digesting I am going to say my stomach is just not handling food well. I am so glad this was brought up. Thank you everyone for the information.

Interesting to read that. I am going to speak with my doctor and the group I go to for support. The woman who runs it is a registered nurse for the OR and has specialized in gastric for the last ten years. I would like to find out about this. I was told sleeve does not have dumping syndrome. Maybe there are different kinds for sleeves I am interested. Thx for that article.

One more thing dumping happens because the person has cheated with something that has too much sugar in it. The digestive system can not handle the sugar. So that is indicative of someone who was cheating.

That is not dumping syndrome. Dumping syndrome only happens in bypass patients. If you were sleeved you didn't experience dumping. But I can relate to what you said about having to run to the bathroom. I am four and a half months out and it started to happen when I was eating sometimes things do not necessarily agree with the stomach it is almost like it just does not want to do anything but exit and I mean fast. It comes on fast and It is painful in the stomach I start to hear all sorts of noises coming from my stomach. When I run to the bathroom like I have just left the scene of a crime. It is like you have a virus with the runs. I don't mean to be gross but the smell is not normal. But dumping syndrome definetly only happens with gastric bypass due to the pluming being rerouted. I am wondering when this unpleasantness will stop happening like this.

I researched the three possible procedures RNY , sleeve and the lap band. Well the sleeve won. Noone was going to touch my pluming I felt that was not an option for me. The dumping syndrome was not something I ever wanted to happen as well. The lap band was not an option for me when I realized hello foreign body in my body not !! They discussed possible erosion over the band all the crap you have to go through with adjustments. People out eat their bands eat and then just throw up so that was a no no. The sleeve was the best option. But with all of these surgeries you can always gain back that is up the the person if they let that happen. A sleeve is not reversible but anyone down the road can stretch out thei pouch just fill your self with carbs they sit in your stomach take longer to digest and your stomach will be big enough again to become obese again. So for me medically sleeve was the best choice. But long term you can always gain back with any procedure if you return to the bad habits that got us here in the first place. The recovery is faster with a sleeve I love mine. Weight loss I think is not that bad I am at 4 1/2 months and I have lost 52 lbs no bad I think. I have an awful knee just had my fourth surgery so I have not even been able to exercise yet ! I could only imagine what it would have been if I could have exercised. Well good luck with your decision.

I was not even counting calories at my six weeks post op. I knew I was not even coming close. It was hard to even get in the amount of protein required. The dr said as long as everything is sugar free and you stay with in the carbs and sugar level you will be fine. They gave me all these numbers to look for when I purchase food. I still have a hard time getting 60 grams of protein I and I am at 41/2 mints post op. they told me do the best you can to get in as much protein as possible. They said when your body tells you stop no more it means it. Listen to that or you will get sick and it could very well lead to vomitting and you don't want that. So go slow with water and food. You are still healing you had major surgery. Good luck

I seem to forget that everyone has an individual situation. I was the healthiest obese person I have no underlying medical issues. No high Bp no diabetes no thyroid issues nothing no co-morbidity issues what so ever. My dr told me anything smaller than an m&m I can swallow if necessary to take. I know some meds can't be cut it becomes confusing. I am sure your dr is aware of everything and is on top of things. When I read some posts I get worried thinking people are making their own choices and just saying screw it. I would hate to see anyone hurt by a choice of their own as opposed to asking the dr. Good luck glad to hear your med list is decreasing.

I have lost 55 lbs since my surgery aug 27,2012. I know my protein is low I am supposed to have one of those bullets everyday I don't always is I's so disgusting. Those whey powders are even grosser I don't like the clumping of the powders I gag on them big time. The extent of my diet is peanut butter fat free string cheese and eggs. Blah blah oh an these gross Atkins bars but they have alot of protein In them. Really I forget to eat I don't have much hunger pains at all. I need more protein I know it is just hard getting it down. I have been taking biotin but I is not enough. My hair is getting very thin. It is starting to scare me that it is going to totally fall out. I went out to dinner last night and got three pieces of small chicken down. I try not to drink water when I eat but I just can't help it. I take small sips. I grew up always needing a drink when I eat. But I am going to try to push myself harder with the protein.

I am four and a half months out on my journey. I had the sleeve done. It is interesting to read these posts and see how different everyone's recovery is. I am still feeli that pressure the burps are less. But I still can't eat if I eat chicken I get like three small bites. I chew the heck out of it. I was not even able the eat chicken until like two weeks ago. Every time I tried it would get stuck omg so painful and not worth it. If I get 32 oz in fluid down a day that is alot. Protein ha I don't get what I need on that either. I have to drink this bullet I got from Walmart it has 42 grams of protein eww it is gross. My stomach is taking a while to heal. I have heard some people say treats go down easy. The only concern I have with that is we are all on here for weight loss so many people fall off the wagon this is not a fix for life. It is real hard work and it is forever. There will be no problem with stretching out the pouch and then we will be back to square one and it will all be for nothing. I am keeping myself In check by continuing to attend my support group and not tempting myself at all with any treats. Good luck to everyone try to stay on track look at the big picture and everything you have went through to get here.