Ohhhh! My aching sleeve

[vincereautmori 323]

I'm about 5 months out and the experience and results have been fantastic, no more CPAP, no more meds, walking without pain, and I don't need to shop in the big mans section anymore. Life is good and getting better. But me and my sleeve are still getting used to one another, I usually feel some restriction and stop, but if I eat too fast or go over the line.......ooooowwwwwwww. I get really really uncomfortable and regret the hell out it for at least a half hour. As awful as I feel, I hope that feeling is permanent because I WILL get it sooner or later and I appreciate and cherish this new friend (tough love I guess). Has anyone else experienced that feeling? Does it last?

[*Lexie* 1,486]

I'm 4 months out tomorrow and I am having something similar. If I eat too fast, don't chew well enough, eat too much or sometimes just because my sleeve is a bit cruel, I will feel really bad. But mine is much longer than 30 minutes and often includes throwing up multiple times. Just happened to me at dinner tonight and took 2 hours before I felt better.

I should embrace this as tough love. I'm sure it's helping me.

[PaulaleeB 88]

Vince , I'm only 3weeks post surgery but I get the same thing. One bite too many and my sleeve cramps up. I for one am grateful for the pain. It stops my eating pronto. It feels like the honeymoon phase. I've heard that it stops around the one year or so mark, but I don't know for sure. I just hope when it does stop that I will have better impulse control & better eating habits than I did pre-sleeve.

Sounds like you are doing well. Keep it up!

Paula, a newbie

[*Lexie* 1,486]

@@PaulaleeB Pain and suffering should not be in the same sentence as honeymoon. The pain and suffering comes later in the marriage. LOL

[joatsaint 2,814]

I'm 2 years out and I still feel the pain of one bite too many. I learned a long time ago how much I can safely hold at one meal, but there are times when I just want one more bite - and I pay for it! Frankensleeve doesn't like to be pushed to his limits.

Live every day with purpose. Live every day according to your mission and your plan. Have a vision for what you want to accomplish, and act in congruence with it. Focus on what matters in YOUR life and never, ever, EVER give up on what is important to you. Stay strong.

[PaulaleeB 88]

@@PaulaleeB Pain and suffering should not be in the same sentence as honeymoon. The pain and suffering comes later in the marriage. LOL

Lexie you are so right!!!!! LMAO thanks for setting me straight.