baemjustice

Thanks for the advice! I ended up in the hospital twice for fluids, but I am on the mend now. They said there was narrowing in my connections due to inflammation and healing, but that it was too soon to do an endoscope due to tearing risks. So I just had to push it through and get ivs every other day. I'm good now! able to get about 30-40oz of fluids a day!

Hey all, I'm 21 days out after my roux-en-y and have lost about 30-35 pounds so far. I'm only able to get about 15-20oz of fluids/protein a day and even that is a major struggle. I'm on soft foods and consume maybe 150-200 calories a day. I mainly eat fat free cottage cheese, low fat ricotta, fat free cream Soups, sugar free pudding, sugar free Popsicles, etc. After drinking even a small amount of anything, I'm so full and bloated and have to wait a while before I can drink anything else. My nutritionist is aware and they keep setting me up with iv fluids basically every other day (which is getting really old lol), due to a history of kidney stones. Apparently not drinking enough and a high Protein intake is perfect for kidney stone formation. Who knew lol Other than the iv fluids they don't really seem to have any advice on how to help me get the fluids in. I meet with my doctor for my appt on 7/27, so hope they can help me figure out something. Anyone else having these issues? Any suggestions?

I had my surgery on 7-1-15 and today was my 1st day back to work. I had some issues with fluid intake and landed in the hospital a few times for ivs and stuff though. That definitely sucked, but the extra time off helped me adjust to the eating and drinking schedule.

Hey there! I'm not 23, I'm 28... However I totally feel your pain! I'm not quite as far out as you, had mine on 7-1-15. So far have lost about 45# and I seemed to have hit a plateau. I keep telling myself, I didn't put the weight on that fast, so it's not going to come off like it. But I totally understand. Plus the constipation sucks lol. I'm active, been walking 4-5 miles 2-3 times a week and the scales just sit there with the same numbers. It's frustrating, but it will be well worth it. Hang in there!