chiara

Hello! I had Gastric Sleeve 10 almost 11 weeks ago, and at first I could barely eat a thing, I had absolutely no appetite at all so I ate very little and often had really bad stomach pains and sick feeling from not eating. I've been able to eat more so thats not an issue now, but I am starting to find myself getting hungry. Most people i've spoken to said they didn't get an appetite back for months some even a year post op. Most days I don't really have an appetite but some days I do. Today in particular, its crazy i'm so hungry, I haven't been this hungry at all since surgery but for some reason today I have such a strong appetite and i'm trying my very best to control it so I don't overeat! I know its not thirst, as I have already had over 1L of water today! Did anyone else get like this?

Hello all, I had my sleeve done on 08/09/2017 (so almost 2 weeks ago), and I can't have anything other than water. In hospital I was able to drink soup, milk, juice and protein drinks fine (I didn't come close to finishing any of them but I could stomach them). My hospital stay was extended to 5 nights instead of 2 because I got the flu post op. I was able to go home on Monday today is now Saturday and i've had nothing but water, since being home everything makes me feel sick, no matter how tiny sips I take. Today I have been forcing myself to drink an optifast protein shake but even a 5ml sip of it makes me feel queasy. I see my Surgeon in 2 days for my 2 week post op follow up, but I am just curious to how I could stomach it all fine in hospital but now I'm home anything thats not water makes me sick :/ I am quite concerned that I have only had water for almost 1 week as i'm sure this will lead to deficiency and muscle loss rather than fat lot. Did this happen to anyone else? Thanks Chiara

Hi all, This is PURE curiosity, I can't even handle anything but water so I won't be adding any solids I am just curious. Did you eat solids earlier than recommended? I've noticed heaps of Surgeons say different things for example mine is 2 weeks optifast pre-op, then post-op is 2 weeks clear liquid, 2 weeks puree, 4 weeks soft foods then you can slowly introduce solid foods. I am curious if anyone actually ate earlier than they were told to by the surgeon? I am way way way to scared of stomach leak to even risk it, plus still in the nausea stage. I'm just very curious

I'm not sure which stitch my stomach was pulled from, I think the right hand side because thats where I have most pain overall I'm defs not taking too big sips or too quick, I did that a few times in hospital and learnt not to, i've even had sips from a measuring cup so I know thats not causing the issue. After op I was on the IV drip, and only had water for 2 days, on the 3rd day is when they gave me broth, milk and juice for lunch and broth and up & go for breakfast I'm going to ask my dr if i'm allowed medicine to prevent nausea, they didn't give me a patch behind my ear, they would just inject the anti nausea medicine into my IV drip

I have no issue keeping it down, I just feel nauseous. I have not vomited at all since surgery, it was just in hospital I didn't feel nauseous. In particular when I was in hospital my dr gave me an up & go ( a nutrient based breakfast drink) and I could have that fine, since being home my mum went and bought me the exact same flavour of up & go but now if I have a sip of it I feel like I will vomit. I'm having small sips, and waiting quite a long time in between sips as I found I feel extremely sick if I drink too quick or too big sips. I have noticed the stitching on my belly button is giving me more pain, but that is external stitching not internal so i'm not sure why all this is happening! :/

I am currently having this problem. Since being out of hospital I can't lay flat and if I do I wake up in the middle of the night and no matter how I rearrange myself I can't get comfortable! What i've being doing is putting 3-4 pillow to prop me up to the same position as the hospital bed, I had no issue sleeping in hospital! Only since i've been home I'm hoping to get a good night sleep soon

Did your surgeon check for hiatus hernia when doing the sleeve? I had my sleeve done almost 2 weeks ago, and the surgery took longer than expected because when he did the surgery he found the hiatus hernia and had to repair it. My surgeon told me that it is standard for them to check for the hernia when doing the procedure as it is quite common for obese patients to have the hernia. Or do you think perhaps the hernia developed post op? Hopefully you'll feel better soon xx

I am almost 2 weeks post op. Since starting the 2 week optifast until now I have lost 13kg (28lbs), of which 5kg (11lbs) was post op