Swinny

Hey y'all. I got gastric bypass surgery on 3/29 and for the first two weeks I thought everything was going well. I was meeting my goals, losing weight, etc. But then the third week I transitioned to soft foods and it all went downhill. So I decided to eat some swiss cheese with some bologna bits and that was fine! Ate some goldfish as well and was feeling good. I attempted to sneak a French fry or two the following night and I felt like the food was just stuck in my stomach. I felgike every breathe I took I needed to burp but if I would try to, it'd just be foam/mucus. Eventually, I threw up. I had felt this way before occasionally during the pureed phase but just chalked it up to healing from the surgery. Eventually it got to the point where the only thing I could tolerate was my protein shakes. I called my clinic and they advised me to go to the ER. After about 12 hours and a wildly uncomfortable cat scan, they determined I had either inflammation or a stricture and said they'd do an endoscopy soon, but sent me home. Also told me to continue liquids. I called my clinic again today because I haven't heard anything about my endoscopy and now my protein shakes are hard to get down. I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday so they told me to wait until then. I don't know what to do. It's so uncomfortable and I dread having to consume anything...but I know I need to. Advice? Thoughts? Words of encouragement? Sent from my LE2125 using BariatricPal mobile app

I'm glad to hear you got it fixed up. How long did it take for your surgeon to fix? It's been about two weeks for me and it just sucks. Even now in the hospital, they keep pushing back the date. Also, afterwards did you have to keep doing liquid or could you do pureed? Sent from my LE2125 using BariatricPal mobile app

Hey there! I'm actually writing this from the hospital. I started to barely be able to consume water and passed out. Now just waiting on an endoscopy so that they can puff open my stricture. It's been hell, and I'd be a liar if I said I wasn't regretting this whole thing. Sent from my LE2125 using BariatricPal mobile app

That's what I ended up doing. Unfortunately not even protein shakes are sitting well with me now. Basically it's water/fruit juice or nothing. I see the doctor tomorrow though! Sent from my LE2125 using BariatricPal mobile app

So crackers are on my three week plan and digested ok! I made a justification on the french fries because they're soft, but you're probably right. I'm just frustrated because my doctor doesn't want to seem to schedule anything, meanwhile I literally can't eat or drink anything. I see her Thursday but it just sucks in the time being. Sent from my LE2125 using BariatricPal mobile app