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I have never done the 30 minutes before or after routine, but sometimes if I eat more than I should, I will get the foaming or need to retch if I drink too much. I'm at almost a year out, and it still happens, very rarely, but I do pin point it to too much to eat. Good luck!

Ya, buns of steel, but a belly of jelly, that's me (well the buns aren't actually steel, but they don't look lite two big barrels anymore). Gotta take the good with the bad!

You'll be surprised. The people I had surgery with were pretty much back to a normal life within a week or two. We were shopping (in Tijuana) two days after surgery (surgery on Sunday, shopping on Tuesday). Some people have a rougher time, but many are up and back to regular life quickly. I drove eight hours to work in a remote location ten days after surgery without a problem, and could have gone back sooner but my site was on regular days off. Every person is different, I found things very easy, some haven't. I wish you luck!

Every body is different, every body heals different, I was up shopping at costco and the streets of Tijuana two days after surgery, working my horses seven days afterand driving eight hours to work on day ten to a very remote location and eating what was made for everyone on the job site. I've heard some people take longer. Just like snow flakes no two people are alike. Find someone in the same situation as you and go threw the process together, lean on each other and find comfort with someone in the same boat as you. I found the entire experience very easy, others did not. Good luck, when you feel better you'll be so excited.

costco has great ones, those are what I used, they're good and affordable, and they don't stick to your teeth like some of the other ones I tried like juice Plus, didn't like those at all.

@@leag78, no then it's not a hydration problem with you, maybe just moving too fast, or getting use to the lower caloric intake. My water intake is so low some days less than 8 oz a day, I went weeks like that, then was able to increase it slightly, but my max with great effort is 32 oz, but most often much less.

@@Inner Surfer Girl, I am already suffering, the dizzy spells are so bad I have to hang on to something, I can't even open my eyes some mornings when I'm laying in bed things are spinning so bad. I just can't stand drinking it anymore, I'm trying everything possible. If I try to hard it just comes back up on me. I was up to 32 oz a day, but have fallen behind again with only 16 for the past few days again, but that is better than my less than 8 oz a day in the past. This is my only drawback from the surgery.

Every body is different, what makes one person sick may not make the other sick. I had prime rib and brussel sprouts ten days after surgery (just a small portion), and not a problem. I drank mineral Water a month out, no problem, but that was me and only me. To this day I can't stomach milk, it makes me very sick, but I can eat ice cream just fine. It's all a learning curve listening to your body and understanding what you can and can't eat or drink.

I hate Water, and it's effecting me horribly, I get such dizzy spells I almost fall over. Water is so important, but I just can't stand it any longer. I've been forcing myself to up it to almost 30 oz a day which is huge compared to what I've been drinking for the past ten months (about 8 oz a day). I did start drinking mineral water with lemon a month or two out from surgery just to get some hydration into me, I like lots of ice, lots of lemon and it was delightful, made me burp a few times, but no adverse effects, but sadly I just keep forgetting about it. Protein shakes and water are two things that have been the most difficult to manage with this surgery, everything else is a breeze!

Drinking Water has been my most difficult task. I hate it, I'm luck if I get 8 oz in a day (for the last six months). Because of dehydration issues I've had to up it the best I can, now I get almost 32 oz a day in which is a BIG improvement (the past two weeks), but I just HATE it. I use to LOVE water, but now it's a struggle. I hope to be able to increase the amount to maybe even 48 oz a day, but really 32 oz is a stretch right now. I have tried everything to try to get it in, so if anyone has any suggestions, I'm all for it, and sorry a marked mug isn't going to help.

Like many, my only regret is not doing it sooner, if only I could turn back time! I am so eternally grateful for having it done and not waiting longer, this is without a doubt one of the best things I have ever done for myself.

Everyone's bodies are different. I took pain pills for a day or two once out of the hospital. Some people might need them longer some shorter. Also, stressing about too many things will wear you down, do what you need for your wee one, the rest will fall nto place.

Love, love, love my sleeve. Just saying! Never had a single moment of regret or a single problem. Went to Mexico on my own, had it done, didn't skip a beat. I'm 53 years old, and my only regret is not doing it sooner! Did I mention I LOVE MY SLEEVE!

Well I'm nine months out, my situation was different as I worked in a very isolated area, and couldn't drink Protein shakes, so I jumped into real foods right away (ten days after surgery). Where I work all meals are provided, so I couldn't "request" certain things, I just ate what they had, very little and very slowly. Tonight just happens to be wing and steak night, and even being nine months out, I might be able to eat 3-4 wings, and at that point I'll be happy. I might have two wings and a few bites of steak, not because that's all I'm allowed, but because that's all I want, I might even nibble on a few veggies, I might not, I might have an extra bite of steak, but the desire to over eat is gone, not the desire to eat. food cravings for me never left, ever, I still crave the same things I craved the months before surgery, the day before surgery, the day after surgery and now nine months after surgery, and I still enjoy every single one of my cravings, but it's so wonderful to go out for chinese food and MAYBE eat 1/4 cup, or out for pizza and maybe eat one small piece, and be completely happy to be done. That's it, that's all, I DON'T WANT ANY MORE, even if I could eat more, I just don't want to. I was a foodie, I loved food, I absolutely loved food, I loved cooking food, feeding others food and I loved eating, and I still do each and everyone of those things. This is a tool to get your life under control, to get a grip on what you think is the most important thing in your life, the rest is up to you, this is NOT a death sentence with food, it's a learn to enjoy the quality, not the quantity. Best of luck to you!

@@LipstickLady, I laughed the other day when I read I should be able to eat up to a cup of food, then watched what I actually ate. I think I might, just might be up to 1/2 cup food per meal, but probably more realistically 1/4 cup.. I was sleeved last September. I can eat a piece of pizza, ONE, and it's a small one. I went out for chinese food, pretty sure after less than 1/4 cup I was happy and satisfied, and couldn't eat a drop more, even though it tasted sooo good and I wanted more, I just couldn't eat more. When I'm busy I do forget to eat, and don't notice till I'm seeing stars, (not good), but this tool, this great tool has made me appreciate quality, not quantity!

Mexico was awesome. I used Dr. Ellis Ortiz in Tijuana last September, it was easy.

Ten days post op - prime rib and brussel sprouts! Yumm.

Not really, although you'll still be able to taste and sample, you won't have the desire to eat a big meal after tasting and sampling everything. So it shouldn't really change any relationships other than the one with excessive food. I love to cook, my favorites are anything with lots of butter and lots of cream cheese, that has never changed, and that will most likely never change!

Funny, as soon as I read the information from AustinJackson I figured he was some kind of scammer, and it made me think it was someone trying to slander others for his own benefit. Although honest and informative information is always helpful, his wasn't either (honest or informative). I wonder who he works for, probably some hackjob quack trying to drum up business!

Why would you say good bye to beer and pizza? This isn't a death sentence for any food at all, enjoy! I love coke and pizza, I just don't eat an entire pie and a six pack of coke. One peice of pizza and one coke and I'm a happy camper! I had both a piece of pizza and a coke two months out, and have never looked back. The best part, you don't even want to eat that entire pizza anymore, and are happy with just a little bit.

Well mine has finally stopped coming out in clumps, it looked like little animals in the toilet. It started at about two months out, and has lasted a full six months, and is just slowing down now. At eight months out I have lost about 60% of my hair. I do see some regrowth, but have decided I'd get a few clip in extensions to help with fullness. It's hard to put in a pony tail as I have to wrap the elastic around so many times, and lots of times they just fall out. I only wash my hair once or twice a week, and becasue of the amount that came out I tried to only wash once. I used coconut oil, egg yolks, mayonaise, morroccan oil, spent about $500 on good shampoo's, conditioners, and treatments at a whole sale shop, ate Biotin like crazy from day one (5000 - 15000 mg per day) ate lots of Protein, took vitamines and read every possible article I could on hair loss, and I was not one of the lucky few who experienced little to no loss. I did however lose weight, so to me, it was worth it, some may not see it that way, but I do.

I have five, three that are 1.5 cm long, and two that are 0.5 of a cm each. A lot depends on how easy it was to access your stomach, some people are just built differently.

Coke, never really liked it before surgery, but sure enjoy the odd one now (usually with pizza).

I jumped right into meat ten days after surgery. Sadly I was unable to drink Protein shakes and I was working in a remote location where all food is provided so no choice given. My first meal was prime rib with brussel sprouts, and I did exactly as everyone has stated, I took small bites and chewed, chewed, chewed. I only had a few bites of the beef and two brussel sprouts, but again, I chewed, chewed, chewed, and did put my utensils down so I couldn't be rushed into shoving another piece down before I should. I'm a meet lover, primarily beef, so I knew going into this surgery I would never be able to give that up, so whether it was mind over matter, I have no idea, but I was lucky I never had a problem. One thing I will make note of, I took that little heart burn pill every night for at least two months, so don't know if that helped. I wish you luck!

I started soup two days after surgery, five days I added pudding and cottage cheese, a week after I added scrambled eggs, baked Beans, and ten days after I started on solid foods (prime rib, veggies, chicken etc, but chewed it very well). I had Pasta, rice, and everything within three weeks (where I work all meals are provided and I'm eight hours from home so I had no choice). I could never stand Protein shakes (sadly), could never find one I could tolerate, after one gulp I'd start dry heaving from the taste and texture, so that was out. I think your body will tell you what you can tolerate, we all went for ice cream two days after surgery (those that had it the same day as I did in Mexico), and it was the greatest thing in the world, and not one of us got sick, and at night we'd meet in the resturant and order the tomato soup with cheese in it, and oh what heaven that was. We had our nutritionist with us and she said absolutely. So good luck!