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I swear over the last week to week and a half nothing seems to taste good to me. I have been introducing more meats, and I love meat, and none of them really taste good. Even when I have sauces with them and such I feel like I just taste the meat taste and it is not appealing. Has anyone else went through this? Before this it seemed like I was more hungry and everything looked and sounded good, but know I don't have much interest and the meats are becoming difficult to eat.

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Before I had surgery they told me our taste buds would change....I thought as much as I loved food that would never happen and it did.

I hated Water, I hated eggs, meats were yuck nothing seemed to taste right and the smell of foods would gag me, my interest in food went low too....now is where I am becoming a little more better with the foods and the taste, so all I can say is in the weeks to come it will get better :)

Congrats on your new life :)

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I know what you mean

Mz Shay

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Before I had surgery they told me our taste buds would change....I thought as much as I loved food that would never happen and it did.

I hated water' date=' I hated eggs, meats were yuck nothing seemed to taste right and the smell of foods would gag me, my interest in food went low too....now is where I am becoming a little more better with the foods and the taste, so all I can say is in the weeks to come it will get better :)

Congrats on your new life :)[/quote']

Ditto. The first month was the worst. After that it improved some but my tastes have definately changed from before surgery. I don't consider it a problem. If things tasted really good I would be tempted to eat more of the things I shouldn't and just MORE in general. No, I'm quite happy now. I'm getting an adequate amount of nutrients (according to my last labs). Food doesn't control me anymore. :-)

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I'm 6 weeks and have been feeling the same lately. There are only a few specific things I car for right now and they are mainly cheese related lol. It's been a little tough to force myself to eat anything else. I'm sure it's a phase we'll get past.

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Ditto. The first month was the worst. After that it improved some but my tastes have definately changed from before surgery. I don't consider it a problem. If things tasted really good I would be tempted to eat more of the things I shouldn't and just MORE in general. No, I'm quite happy now. I'm getting an adequate amount of nutrients (according to my last labs). food doesn't control me anymore. :-)

You know I said the same thing...I'm happy in so many ways that my taste buds changed...if they didn't i would be tempted to probably try and eat more (glad I don't) . I consider my taste bud change a huge blessing..I can finally say I look at food different.

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It is a normal part of the process. My Tate buds have changed a lot over the last 15 months and continue to change. I go through phases. I will want something and can't seem to get enough of it and then one day out of nowhere the thought of it makes me sick.

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Thanks for the input everyone, I do appreciate it. It is frustrating just for the fact that I'm already forcing myself to eat and now this just makes even more difficult to get in my required Protein. I'm sure in the future it will be a blessing and I can see that, but man it's sure making it hard now...uggg. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one struggling with this and that does help. This site is fantastic for information and support, thank ou!

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Thanks for the input everyone' date=' I do appreciate it. It is frustrating just for the fact that I'm already forcing myself to eat and now this just makes even more difficult to get in my required Protein. I'm sure in the future it will be a blessing and I can see that, but man it's sure making it hard now...uggg. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one struggling with this and that does help. This site is fantastic for information and support, thank ou![/quote']

Getting your food in gets easier as time goes on. You and your pouch have just started your relationship and your pouch is setting its ground rules. Always remember that your pouch can change the rules at any given moment without notice.

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Damm pouch, who gave it all the power??? Oh wait, I guess we did....ugg.. Thanks for the info, I'm starting to get how the pouch is in charge.

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I'm having a hard time with my pouch to I get no Protein in barely get food but I'm trying so hard I forced some eggs down but they came back up imma go buy some more Protein shakes u don't know what else to do um only a month out

Mz Shay

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I'm having a hard time with my pouch to I get no Protein in barely get food but I'm trying so hard I forced some eggs down but they came back up imma go buy some more Protein shakes u don't know what else to do um only a month out Mz Shay

Call your doc! They can give you meds to help and also make sure you do not have a stricture.

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I would have to agree, call your doctor because those are red flag signs that need to be addressed sooner than later Mz Shay. Good luck to you.

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I saw him today and he already have me on ulcer med and some other but he said he gonna gv me a week and if I'm still nit eating then he will gv me one to see about strict ion but he xrayed me and he said it looked ok I need to find some ways to eat more

Mz Shay

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Are you able to drink Water?

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