summerseeker

Hi, Serious pain should be reported to your team. It sounds like Gerd and could also include Gallbladder problems. I had my gallbladder out years ago and remember a back and front agonising pain from that. I never had Gerd till sleeve surgery so have had some trouble with nausea and reflux at night. I now take 2 x 30 mgs of Lansoprazole. [ Might be a different name as I am in the UK] I take them on a very empty stomach in a morning and at night. I also bought a bed wedge and also put some bricks under the top legs of my bed. So my head is higher than my feet. I never eat after 2 hours before bed either. I hope you can get this sorted out

When your stomach heals and you get onto real foods, you will begin to get full signals. In the beginning my nose would run or I would get sneezes. It takes a while to get used to these signals. Now if I get really cold and get goose bumps on my shins, then I know I have missed my cues and overdone it. Yes I know it sounds bizarre but its true, goose bumps on my shins.

Yes I ditto Arabesque's answer. I defiantly had ketosis smelly parts especially my breath it was ghastly

Chicken and egg really dont like me anymore. I can hug that food for hours, yuck

Exactly this. I got a jumper yesterday and thought wow thats tiny, it fit

It sound very much like Dumping Syndrome. It may be the oiliness, the bread, the amount of food or the eggs. All are symptomatic. Eggs, chicken, fats, sugar and bread are particularly difficult for lots of bariatric patients Even now I can not eat bread unless it is toasted so crispy that it snaps. Its all about trial and error, you are early out and I dont know what regime you have been given but at 5 weeks out I was still on soft foods. Even now I can only eat one egg for a meal. Until your new tummy heals, you wont have any feelings of fullness. At your stage my nose would run or I would sneeze and that was my cue to stop eating. Its all a learning curve and its not easy.

We love any victory here, Congrats

Hello and welcome into the forum. I had my surgery last November in the Uk. I had to pay too. If you have any questions for me please ask away.

Thats amazing

I know it took me almost 10 years to save the money. 10 years I could have been slim ffs. My local doctors kept poopooing me off and wouldn't refer me, I just knew I had to pay. To me now its worth the money but I just could not have gone into debt to pay it back even a 0 percent I had to wait 8 months for my surgery last year even though I paid. I was told 6 months in the beginning but Covid caught them out and it ended being 8. I cried when I found out but my turn came quicker than I thought. You are a step further than I ever got so good luck with your appointment. Worth telling them you are available for any cancellations too.

When I lost about 60lbs I had to begin buying new clothes and wearing the old baggy stuff at home. When buying new stuff I'm naughty. I go into my local M & S store and try clothes on to see which size I fit now. I buy M & S items new from Ebay at a fraction of the cost. As I dont go out that much I can get away with 3 outfits and a dress for special occasions. My old stuff that does not fit anymore goes to a charity shop. I seem to be going down sizes quite quick so I am always on the look out for a bargain

Not all surgeons require the same regime. I was given the choice of soup or custard in the hospital the day after surgery. I wasn't able to manage it but the lady in the next room did

Good luck with your appointment but I have to be blunt here, Its not going to be this year. The NHS is swamped with two and a half years of back cases of urgent surgery that will come before yours. Don't despair though, You will have your foot in the door and are a step closer than before

Take lots of pre op photo's and measurements. Don't be worried when the 3 week stall appears, you are not doing anything wrong.

When you don't want to eat a meal, how about trying a tiny pack of jerky, or simply a protein yogurt. This is what I do. That way I get to my protein goal. You need to kick start your appetite

What does your daily food diary look like ? Can you give us a little more information. I say this because I am wondering why you are nibbling on a tomato ? Are you dry heaving because you have an empty tummy ?

Hello and welcome in the forum. The first month is hard but passes quickly and you will soon be flying along. You may have a stall in your weight loss in a week, lots of us commented on the 3 week stall. Browsing the back pages will give you lots of ideas and inspiration, it kept me going. Good luck

We all come at different angles with this issue. I had no choice, I had to pay up. I couldn't wait till the NHS recovered from Covid and I finally found a Doctor who would recommend me for the surgery. I have been asking for 25 years and several had already side tracked me onto yet another diet. If I had been given your choices then I would wait for the free option. It would be only 4 months longer than I had to wait anyway. The $18,000, I would save towards skin surgery later down the line. What do you spend on food in a week ? Times it by 52. Shakes, protein powder and bariatric vitamins are extra costs that you may need to factor in too. Keep chatting to us on the forum and read the back pages while you decide. Good luck

I had them for 28 days after surgery. After 21 days I binned the rest. Enough was enough.

I had an unusual pre op diet for 3 weeks. It was 40 ounces of skimmed milk, a non fat yogurt and as many non carby veg as I wanted. I lost 15lbs but oh boy was I glad when it ended. So was my husband, I had horrendous wind

Isn't it the very best feeling. Congratulations. I had a week of walking taller when I hit 100lbs gone forever.

If you are struggling with the thickness of the shakes, I have heard people on here say that they let them down with milk or water. Try different temperature of drinks and shakes. I struggled with the amount of liquid too but I survived and got there eventually

There are foods that I still have trouble eating even at 8 months out. Salmon and Chicken being my biggest failures. I have continued trying them and I can tolerate a small amount of each so I will keep on trying them. Eggs took me quite a while for my tummy to tolerate them. In the UK we are not told to drink protein shakes as much as in the USA. I have had skimmed milk since my pre op diet and still drink a pint a day to get me to my protein goal. My new tummy is very small and I cant eat enough at each meal to get me there with out milk and another small snack a day Protein yogurts have been my saviours. Once I found one I like - Aldi is my go to. I can now make my protein goals almost every day. If I am short I have more protein yogurt in the evening.

I was never told to stop drinking coffee thankfully but for some reason I have begun drinking only 1 to 2 cups a day. I would have a cup of coffee by my side at all times beforehand.

Hello and welcome to the forum. People who already have reflux prior to surgery are usually channelled towards a Gastric Bypass instead of Gastric sleeve. Is this the case for you ?