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I had a leak and it was awful!!! I was in so much pain. My pain was different than yours. I did have left side pain for a while but after 2 months it went away. Remember your Dr. did a lot to your insides...it's going to take time to heal. It's taken me 3 months and I'm finally starting to feel normal again. I hardly eat anything, sometimes I have left side pain but it's constipation now lol, and I've lost weight???? I was so frustrated but just remember it takes time.

I'm able to get close to it. It's already hard to eat bc I'm not hungry but then I take medication for ADD and that makes me not hungry either so I have to force myself to sit down and eat and drink. Who would of thought that those things would become a chore!

It's been 2 months since surgery and I know I'm eating less than before surgery but it seems like I'm even eating less than I should. How much do (or did) y'all eat at your 2-month mark? It also takes me at least an hour to finish my tiny bit of food. Is that normal to? Thanks for your help :-)

I'm 2 months part op and I did have stricture and had my esophagus dilated last week (from less than 3cm-16cm) Anyway I'm eating and drinking now and have been doing well. However, tonight I couldn't keep my dinner down. I ordered chicken picotta and asparagus...ate a few bites and was full then 2 hrs later ended up throwing up. So my question is, is it normal to have a "bad" day (not keeping food down) every once and a while? Since my surgery nothing has been "normal" so I wanted to ask those of y'all who are having a "normal" recovery if this happens to you?

I'm doing great! It was stricture and he stretched it out and I'm on liquids for today and tomorrow then pureed then soft foods. I'm alert and feeling good. Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it. :-)

Thanks for your help! It's helped me stay positive and I really appreciate it!!!!! I'll update you tomorrow after the procedure.

It seems like tonight was better than this morning. I was able to eat popsicles. I have sensitive teeth so I cut it up and let tiny bits disolve in my mouth..then later in I was able to drink some water. I'll try the tiny cup tomorrow. Thank you

Well I had my rny 12/14/15 then emergency surgery 12/20/15 because I had a leak.

Another question how did you get your fluids in until the procedure

Ok thanks so much. I'm a little nervous but I'm having it done on Wednesday and hopefully it will help.

Did the procedure help?

Has anyone had stricture? How did you know it was stricture, what were your symptoms? Did you have a procedure done to fix it and did it work?

Liquid Tylenol will give you dumping syndrome bc the second ingredient is sugar...so avoid it.

People at work know I had surgery. To fix my acid reflux (#1 surgery for that is bypass...but they don't know that) then in a meeting someone said oh yeah you had gastric bypass surgery. I wanted to slap get in the face...I looked shocked and said no. Seriously what gives people to right to assume and then blurt out thoughts. I was pissed. Luckily other people haven't said anything...They prob assume which is fine but I don't want to discuss it.

The repair took about two hrs according to my husband who apparently was pacing the waiting room ha ha. Honestly though the pain I was in after the 1st surgery was horrible. I was in so much pain, couldn't walk, barely move and we thought it was bc I was just a baby. After praying for God to give us a sign on what to do my fever spiked and we knew to go to the ER. After the second I was up walking around. It was AMAZING!!! A total 180