Jason Houston

I just discovered this website today and I've been engrossed - have been reading different threads all afternoon. I had my VSG done on Jan. 28, 2013. I weighed 382.2 that weekend. I weighed 322 this morning. So that's 60 lbs. in five weeks. My surgeon didn't give me strict guidelines on when to move off liquids into "mushies" - just said at my 2-week follow-up that I would know when it was time. My main problem right now is nausea. Nothing - NOTHING - sounds appetizing to try to eat and when I have tried things lately I get very nauseous. Basically, right now I do a Protein / Breakfast shake in the mornings and try to sip Water and Crystal Lite during the day. In the evenings I may get down a swallow or two of Soup or a Popsicle, but nothing much else. Saturday I tried to eat a couple of bites of mushed-up chicken salad and I got very nauseated. Sunday morning I took some medicine with cold water, and threw it up immediately. My surgeon said he made my sleeve a little tight. I had problems in the hospital staying hydrated and throwing up constantly. But I really thought after 5 weeks I'd be able to eat a little more than what I'm doing. I'm on basically 100 - 200 calories per day. Any thoughts? I love the weight loss results, but constantly staying sick feeling and never being able to eat anything is frustrating.

Ok - updating for everyone's info. I went to the doctor Wednesday, really sick. Ran a fever all night Tuesday night and just felt miserable. Constant nausea, weakness, etc. He did an upper GI series and drew blood. Said I was severely dehydrated but the upper GI didn't show any leaks and showed the sleeve was passable. I still had the nausea and left upper quadrant pain and some epigastric pain. He put me in the hospital. Ran like 4L of Fluid in quickly, gave me some mild pain meds, nausea meds and some Decadron for inflammation. CT showed I have a 9 cm hematoma lingering around the sleeve on the outside, pressing against it. He said it was probably from some post-op debris or maybe some early bleeding around the suture line. The fluids and meds really helped me. He put me BACK on Clear liquids for 2 weeks and sent me home on antibiotics and pain / nausea meds as needed. So at least I know there was some kind of issue. He thinks the hematoma will absorb and go away eventually. I still have a little pain but it's better than it was. Just drinking my shakes now and Water / broth / etc. Thanks for everyone's replies.

Thanks to all of you. I called my surgeon's office and they want to see me Thursday. So we'll see what they say. I appreciate the replies.