Eating is hard!

[*Lexie* 1,486]

I used to love eating. I mean, I got myself to a point of needed surgery because I loved to eat too much. I'm 3 months post op and I get sick so frequently. I have read people posting about getting the slimes a few times. But I get them every other day or so and throw up multiple times. I've been careful to not eat too much but it seems to be related to what I eat. Except that sometimes I'm fine with a given food and other times it makes me sick. I had salmon one night for dinner and all was good so I took leftovers to work for lunch (measured out the 2oz) and I threw up 5 times after eating it.

I'm getting to the point where I want to go back to safe things that don't make me sick. Things like Protein Shakes and soft foods. My dietitian doesn't want us doing this but I'm starting to dread eating. Today I ate once (grilled shrimp from Benihana) and was sick for 2 hours.

Has this happened to you? What do you suggest?

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Sorry to hear this.

I'm 19 weeks post-op and have never thrown up once.

Something seems wrong. Have you had any tests run, to see if your tummy is twisting sometimes, perchance?

[Stevehud 1,790]

I would also look at the single most important thing. It isn't what you eat , but how long you take to eat it. if that 2 oz of salmon took you less than 1/2 hour to eat then your just eating too fast. Try using a timer or watch take a small bite chew it to death then wait 5 minutes for your next bite.

[*Lexie* 1,486]

@@Stevehud That's a great point that I didn't think about. It doesn't seem to be related to what I eat but I have noticed that it happens more if I'm distracted while eating (Christmas dinner with family, at a restaurant and talking, etc). A few weeks ago I went on a business trip and was terrified of getting sick in front of people I work with so I ordered very safe foods and ate very slowly and didn't get sick once. I frequently eat my food in less than 20 minutes. I guess I better get that timer out and start using it. Thank you so much for the suggestion.

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

You should still be taking 30 -45 minutes to eat. I have never gotten the slimes. The one and only time I threw up was just after surgery when I was still on ice chips. I swallowed a very large piece by mistake and it came right back up. I think I'm paranoid about throwing up because when I've had allergic reactions before it was always really bad. It would come out my nose and cause petechiae so I've just gotten into the habit of eating slowly.