Frustration is my middle name :( urgent, i need some advise!

[desertmom 297]

Sounds like a stricture!

[cmaloney 151]

Hello??? Please update. Hope everything is ok. Don't leave us hanging. Been a little worried about you...

[SweetSaso 92]

Hello??? Please update. Hope everything is ok. Don't leave us hanging. Been a little worried about you...

cmaloney, It really warms my heart to see that someone cares, i am back to give an update about my condition. I was sent for two days to the hospital for IV an extra exams... and my doctor was surprised to see that nothing is wrong and the last thing he could thing about was stress!! He said that i was stressing over things too much and that since am always afraid to eat, every time i sit to eat my stomach muscles contract and doesn't allow much food in. (which is true i have always thought that eating will stop me from losing the weight and sometimes i felt guilty after a bite which led to throwing up) Sometimes answers are very simple but we think of the worst possibilities in the beginning. Now that am taking anxiety medications and only thinking happy thoughts for the past three days, i have only threw up once or twice but overall i feel better, i am drinking more Water and to be honest am staying away from solids but thick liquids are staying in and i feel better overall! I am going to start solids again in a week or so.

Thank you all for ur concerns i really appreciate it. You are the only people who understand what i am going through. Everyone thinks i am being a baby... but i am not! even though the answer is simple but i couldn't control what happened and still cant, i am on medications and everyone is treating me like am making myself throw up. Wish everyone around me understood, wish everyone knew about my surgery!

[suzthebrit 146]

I'm so glad you are ok and it turned out to be something that is an easier fix. It's amazing what your brain can make your body do without you even knowing it! Sorry you are having anxiety. You have to eat, or you'll die!

Take your meds, stick with the plan you've been given and you will be successful this time. I know exactly how you feel but we got this!

[Youngun 53]

I didn't read all the replies, but I do have some advice. Artificial sweeteners tell the brain that there is an influx of sugar, so the brain tells the pancreas to secrete insulin, which lowers your blood sugar. The lowered blood sugar makes you feel like you have to eat and "settles your stomach". They use artificially sweetened gum in anorexia clinics to give the patients an appetite.

Anyways. This may work for you! Before you eat, chew some gum with artificial sweetener and eat one bite, chew some more gum, and continue. The gum should keep your stomach settled. Key is to go slow!

For fluids, it will help if you flavour them with something that has artificial sweetener like crystal light, or pretty much anything that is a powdered drink flavour.

I am super against artificial sweeteners for the reasons I said before, but when Water was making me sick I just flavored it with crystal light and voila! Stomach settled... Only thing is... I can eat way more after a bottle of crystal light water

[Brandywine 74]

I didn't read all the replies' date=' but I do have some advice. Artificial sweeteners tell the brain that there is an influx of sugar, so the brain tells the pancreas to secrete insulin, which lowers your blood sugar. The lowered blood sugar makes you feel like you have to eat and "settles your stomach". They use artificially sweetened gum in anorexia clinics to give the patients an appetite.

Anyways. This may work for you! Before you eat, chew some gum with artificial sweetener and eat one bite, chew some more gum, and continue. The gum should keep your stomach settled. Key is to go slow!

For fluids, it will help if you flavour them with something that has artificial sweetener like crystal light, or pretty much anything that is a powdered drink flavour.

I am super against artificial sweeteners for the reasons I said before, but when Water was making me sick I just flavored it with crystal light and voila! Stomach settled... Only thing is... I can eat way more after a bottle of crystal light Water [/quote']

Very very very interesting! Never heard this! I use mio since surgery I'm sad because I used to love water

Plain! Good to know!

[Youngun 53]

Very very very interesting! Never heard this! I use mio since surgery I'm sad because I used to love Water

Plain! Good to know!

I used to love Water plain before surgery too! Like I binged on water almost as much as food!!! I'm drinking crystal light as I type and it makes me so sad to be going against everything I've learned :S I know I'm going to want an early dinner when I finish this water which means a late night snack that I don't usually have. Sigh...

[SweetSaso 92]

I didn't read all the replies, but I do have some advice. Artificial sweeteners tell the brain that there is an influx of sugar, so the brain tells the pancreas to secrete insulin, which lowers your blood sugar. The lowered blood sugar makes you feel like you have to eat and "settles your stomach". They use artificially sweetened gum in anorexia clinics to give the patients an appetite.

Anyways. This may work for you! Before you eat, chew some gum with artificial sweetener and eat one bite, chew some more gum, and continue. The gum should keep your stomach settled. Key is to go slow!

For fluids, it will help if you flavour them with something that has artificial sweetener like crystal light, or pretty much anything that is a powdered drink flavour.

I am super against artificial sweeteners for the reasons I said before, but when Water was making me sick I just flavored it with crystal light and voila! Stomach settled... Only thing is... I can eat way more after a bottle of crystal light Water

Very interesting information, thank you.. i will try it today

[SweetSaso 92]

I'm so glad you are ok and it turned out to be something that is an easier fix. It's amazing what your brain can make your body do without you even knowing it! Sorry you are having anxiety. You have to eat, or you'll die!

Take your meds, stick with the plan you've been given and you will be successful this time. I know exactly how you feel but we got this!

Thank you very much for your kind reply, thank you for your advise... this time i will keep taking my meds because i cant afford another trip to the ER. Good luck in your journey <3

[Kapoorvilla 117]

Happy to hear your doing better

[cmaloney 151]

So glad to hear you are doing better. Please don't stress about it. The weight will come off. It's all new to all of us & scary at times, but I focus on how good I'm feeling & looking now. (Down 72 pounds since sleeved on 9/17). There are many things that don't agree with me now. I can't tolerate eggs anymore, so after a few times throwing it up, I now stay away from it. I can't drink plain Water, which I used to love, so I put a little crystal light in. I find that I'm better getting my Protein Shake done for breakfast because my stomachs not really ready for food in the morning but I know I have to put something in it. Also, around my period it seems that everything bothers my stomach. This too, you will learn, in time about your own sleeve & what works for you.... So glad we heard from you.....

[breeevans 4]

So glad ur doing well. I ended up bk in the hospital due to not being able to tolerate liquids. Once in the er they found that I was dehydrated. I frequently fatigue .... not sure if u can get access to G2 gatorade its magic ic for energy . Keepin u in my prayers for a speedy recovery and tolerance.

[SweetSaso 92]

So glad to hear you are doing better. Please don't stress about it. The weight will come off. It's all new to all of us & scary at times, but I focus on how good I'm feeling & looking now. (Down 72 pounds since sleeved on 9/17). There are many things that don't agree with me now. I can't tolerate eggs anymore, so after a few times throwing it up, I now stay away from it. I can't drink plain Water, which I used to love, so I put a little crystal light in. I find that I'm better getting my Protein shake done for Breakfast because my stomachs not really ready for food in the morning but I know I have to put something in it. Also, around my period it seems that everything bothers my stomach. This too, you will learn, in time about your own sleeve & what works for you.... So glad we heard from you.....

Thank you hun, and you are right... even though am almost 3 months out , it is a continuous learning experience for me, and am just now getting to know what i can and cant tolerate. I need to learn to conquer the fear of food than i now have hoping things get easier for everyone!!

[SweetSaso 92]

So glad ur doing well. I ended up bk in the hospital due to not being able to tolerate liquids. Once in the er they found that I was dehydrated. I frequently fatigue .... not sure if u can get access to G2 gatorade its magic ic for energy . Keepin u in my prayers for a speedy recovery and tolerance.

Oh am so sorry you had to go through the ER also, it is frustrating... am glad that you are better now. I am feeling much better too! and yes i found a place that they sell something very similar to G2 gatorade but it has high calories so am still debating wether or not to try it. maybe i will since my calorie intake is low!