How Long Did You Feel Sick

[LaurieC 7]

I Am almost 4 weeks out. I am still on full liquids because I can't stomach mushy. I feel sick to my stomach all the time, not hungry at all, and starting to get very depressed. I don't want to live with this feeling the rest of my life. I am on Pepcid twice a day and I had a hernia repair. My dr says it just takes some people longer but most of what I read is the other way around, people feeling better after 2 weeks. I tried to go back to work but couldn't do it.

[Jessiegirl30 149]

I am 7 weeks out and honestly it took me about 5-6 weeks to feel better, I took 3 weeks off work and that was okay, I can tell you it will get better but yeah it did take a while for me and I went thru the whole this was a waste of time thing but it's slowly getting better , I wish u well :-)

[AvaFern 3,516]

I felt miserable the first week and then gradually began to feel overall better each consecutive week. I am 8 months post op and there are still days where everything I eat makes me feel sick. Most days I'm great and if I'm careful with what I eat I'm usually fine, but it's largely about knowing what your stomach can handle, which at 5 weeks you're just beginning to experience. I promise you will not be miserable forever. I thought I had ruined my life right after surgery and now I am very happy with the decision. Hope you feel better soon!

[Unhappysleever 39]

Laurie, some people have the best journey with their sleeve, no issues what so ever and others like me still wake up feeling blah. I do feel better now at 4.5 mths than what I did at 1 mth, but everyone is different. My doc told me that things could take 6-12 mths to really settle down, I am very hard on myself for not feeling good everyday but we have to remember that this is major surgery and not every body reacts the same way. I know how depressing it can be but we just have to take each day as it comes