Bad breath

[anna9/15 93]

I heard you develop it after surgery..omg is it for a lifetime????

Edited September 12, 2015 by anna9/15

[aaronvt 4]

My breath is just fine lol

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U get bad breath if you are in ketosis, which means you are burning fat. I wondered about that as that's what they said on Berstiens diet. I am going for my surgery Oct 14 & wonder the same thing. Look up ketosis....I guess we probably get it while losing the weight but when we level out (reach goal weight) it will go away. Will follow to see what the experienced people say. Good question.

[Babbs 14,681]

I only really went into ketosis (getting the really bad breath) the first few weeks after surgery. Obviously I've lost 87 pounds, so I've been in ketosis off and on for a year, but no more dragon breath, lol. I do notice it's more prevalent in the first weeks of surgery with posters.

[anna9/15 93]

Im 11 days into my liquid diet and my sister had to discreetly had me some gum..????????????

[Babbs 14,681]

@@anna9/15

My favorite story was of a gal on here that was early out and her husband kept saying "What smells like sh*t?" LOL

[mperez1982 11]

Mines last for about 2 weeks...don't worry it goes away!

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Either it goes away or we get used to it & think it's not there anymore, lol. Sorry but I couldn't resist.

Use mints, gum, breath freshener, gargle, & brush your teeth of course.

Bad breath, for a while is nothing compared with the issues we have, including the loss of quality of life when we are obese.

[lachellove 486]

Mine was due to my Vitamins lol. I usually brush after lol

[kranky813 477]

My husband keeps telling me my breath smells like dead minnows, lol. The other night he was coming in to "make out" but had to turn his head away because he said the smell was so bad. I seriously laughed so hard I thought I would pop a stitch.

Does anyone have a little bit of a sore throat with their bad breath. My throat has sort of an acidy taste to it and it's a little sore as well.

[reree6898 1,164]

My husband keeps telling me my breath smells like dead minnows, lol. The other night he was coming in to "make out" but had to turn his head away because he said the smell was so bad. I seriously laughed so hard I thought I would pop a stitch.

Does anyone have a little bit of a sore throat with their bad breath. My throat has sort of an acidy taste to it and it's a little sore as well.

If your having a sore throat with it you may need to take to your dr about acid reflux and get put on something for it so it don't damage your esophagus.

[liannatx 897]

I had a terrible taste in my mouth and bad breath for the first few weeks. It did go away once I starting getting more liquids and calories in... like others mentioned I think it is related to being in such a deep state of ketosis.

@kranky813 A sore throat and acid taste is possibly from stomach acid overproduction, which is very common post op. Are you on Omeprazole or an acid reducer? You should definitely mention this to your doctor.

[Jennifer Cunningham 18]

OMG! Mine is awful! I feel terrible about it too - I was sleeved on 9/2 and it's just not getting better - My husband and my kids say it smells like poop! I hope it doesn't last too much longer!

[RickM 1,747]

It simply means that your diet is low in carbs at the moment; it will go away as your diet improves. Some diets promote it as a good thing in order to sell you more of their diet products, but it has little to do with successful weight loss; one doesn't need to suffer through bad breath and BO to lose weight and burn fat.