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I'm home already, and excited for my new life. I'm in a lil bit of pain here and there. What should I expect the next couple of weeks?

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I just wanted to welcome you to VST and tell you the support around here is awesome! I can't answer your question though since I was sleeved just a day before you. Best of luck to you in your journey!

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Be prepared to experience hunger during the liquid phases of your post-surgical diet. It took a while for me to stop feeling hunger, I assume because my body had to deplete it's grehlin levels and I got more used to the smaller stomach. After a while, you may have trouble making sure you eat enough because you don't get hungry unless you haven't eating for most of the day. It took me a few weeks to get there.

If you get all your protien, Vitamins and fluids in, the hunger issue won't be as bad, but you may have trouble getting them all in. A year post-surgery and I still have trouble eating and drinking enough unless I eat and drink practically all day. Don't try to eat solid foods until your doctor says you can or you can cause a leak in the staple line. Hang in there, it will be over soon enough.

Pay attention to how you feel when you're eating. If you eat slowly and put some thought into the new sensations in your mouth, sinuses and chest when you're eating, you'll learn when you need to stop eating to keep from vomiting. It goes for both liquid and solid food phases, but especially when you start eating solids.

I get a sensation almost like I'm going to sneeze, my gums feel like they're tightening around my teeth, and my mouth, nose and eyes will start watering when I eat too much. Now that I know the warning signs, I know when to stop. You can get those sensations if you eat or drink too fast, too. I get the hiccups when I do that. Hiccups are a good signal to slow down or stop eating or drinking. Most of the time, it doesn't happen immediately after swallowing, it can take a few seconds or more, so pause between bites and sips. You'll learn your cues faster if you pause and take a moment to pay attention to what your body is telling you.

Sometimes I'll be chewing another bite when I get my fullness clues. When that happens, I will spit out what's in my mouth, so keep a napkin handy when you're eating until you learn what your intake limit is. If you swallow another bite after your body's told you it's full, you will end up running to the bathroom or the nearest trash can. You definitely don't want that to happen while your staple line is still healing. It will also take a while to figure out how long you have to wait to drink after eating. It hurts like crazy if you drink too soon after eating, even more than if you take one more bite than you should.

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