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Hello all,

I was sleeved on 8/20, so I'm right at my one week mark. A few questions/concerns have popped up for me since I've been home and healing (the healing process is pretty rapid I might add. Every day there's a noticeable improvement in how I feel). When I eat (well, drink, I'm still on liquids) and I get full, it more or less just feels like a bunch of pressure in my chest. I have yet to experience a good old-fashioned "boy am I full!" feeling. Once I am healed, will this basic sensation return, or will for the rest of my life know that I should stop eating when I start to get a pseudo-heart attack feeling of pressure in my chest? If I'll never feel full again the way that regular non-sleeved people do, then uh.... bummer! Currently, I get nervous every time I drink my full liquids because the pressure in my chest is unpleasant.

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Yes it changes.... I used gas x strips to relieve the gas pain. Now it feels full. I am very aware when my sleeve is getting full. Now I am to the point I can judge about how many more bites I can eat. It does feel.funny sometimes while eating with others. I can eat one mini taco and feel.stuffed. all the while watch others eat 5 tacos to fill.full. that feels weird. You will be sensitive to your body... you will know. Best Wishes..

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Remember how it was when one little bite of something delicious was all that was left on your plate, so you immediately dispatched it, getting a "gold star" for cleaning your plate? AIN'T HAPPENING! When you get the "full signal," stop. There is no more last bite stuffing!

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Thanks for the replies! I still ask though... Let's say I fast forward to a year from now. I'm eating dinner with my family and I get full. Will I feel full the same way I've always felt full, or is it "different" like it is now? Right now it's an artificial full, a "pressure". It's not a very satisfying feeling.

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I don't know about a year from now but I will be at 3 months tomorrow. I realized just the other day I am not getting that chest pain that is so uncomfortable anymore. Being full feels closer to the old days, I'm really glad to be over that horrible pressure. I can even sneak in "one last bite" without making myself feel like I was going to die.

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Thank you, Vegas! This is the exact answer I was looking for. Appreciate it!

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Still not the right answer,. I still didn't get if the filling is the very same as before or different.

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I'm 3 months out and my stomach never feels full. It feels like the tube that leads to the stomach gets full, all the way to the throat, where that one last bite will make u puke. But, before that last bite, I know it's time to stop. It's weird.

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That's exactly how I feel. I can never get it right. It's always the last litle spoon I'm having that makes me feel extra full and puky for at least half an hour. I might eat to fast. I hope one day I will get it right. Thank you for the info.

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Still not the right answer,. I still didn't get if the filling is the very same as before or different.

What Vegas said answered it for me with two of her statements:

I am not getting that chest pain that is so uncomfortable anymore and

Being full feels closer to the old days. She said she's 3 months out, so perhaps over time we'll get to the point where it at least resembles the same old feeling! Everyone's different of course.

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