Not feeling full? Just got sleeved?

[pamelardz91 1]

I got my sleeve on January 13th, a friend and I got it on the same day. Anyways we are on the liquid stage and I just don't get full. She says with a couple of spoon fulls she feels like she ate a huge burger. I, on the other hand, just don't feel full?! I feel like the surgery failed and I hate it. How am I suppose to learn how much to eat if I don't have that restriction everyone gets? Has anyone else experienced this? Please help! I don't want to have to go through all this for nothing. I don't want to stretch my sleeve but so far all I eat is yogurt, Water, and occasionally some soggy cereal!

[melie 33]

I felt the same way after surgery and I got scared too but as time passed and I kept recovering (I'm only a month out) I now feel and recognize that full feeling.

[pamelardz91 1]

I'm 2 weeks out! Do you remember about when you started to feel it? I think I feel it a little more now but still not like everyone says .

[melie 33]

I'd say about 3 weeks when I started soft foods. I felt pressure in my chest and didn't realize it was a sign of full feeling. I thought it was gas lol. You will get the feeling soon

[pamelardz91 1]

My doctor had me on 1 week of only liquids. Then 3 weeks of full liquids. So I don't get to eat Purée foods until Feb. 8! So looking forward to it.

[Babbs 14,680]

First, just breath. Everyone is different.

When they cut your stomach and remove a portion and staple it back together, nerves are involved. Everything is swollen and looks like Frankenstein. Some people don't feel the sensation of fullness or restriction because of the need for all of that to heal. Also, a lot of people, me included, didn't really feel true restriction until I started eating more solid, substantial food. I even questioned whether the surgeon even DID the surgery.

Give it time. Concentrate on getting your fluids and Protein in for healing right now. The rest will follow.

[centlove8 21]

Yes Babbs can agree with your experience and when you feel the restrictions you might be in extreme pain so take it easy

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[pamelardz91 1]

That's exactly what I do! I question if the surgeon even did anything at all! But I guess I just have to focus on getting through it and hope that it will come soon.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

The feeling is so different you might not recognize it. It does not feel like how being full felt before at all. At first for me, being full, which was really over eating, was hiccups.

Remember being full is not a goal, being satisfied is.

[pamelardz91 1]

Its just that Water doesn't really satisfy me you know? That will probably occur when I actually start eating actual food.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

If you guzzle a ton of Water fast you will feel full and feel all your restriction. That is not what you want though, not for a healing stomach. You don't want to stress your staple line.

Are you saying you just never feel satisfied? Or are you missing the full feeling? Mentioned or physical satisfaction?

[pamelardz91 1]

I guess I'm saying that I don't feel the full feeling, not that I miss it but I don't want to over eat and the surgery is suppose to restrict it. So I can learn what my new portions are.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

@@pamelardz91

Tonight I had dinner, and I got full by accident, I was eating out and not eating as slowly as I should have. I don't feel full, ever. When I am full I have hiccups, I keep having hiccups until my sleeve empties. I have never had that "omg I had 4 bites and I am stuffed" feeling. Everyone is different, your full might not be the same as your friend or me. You will learn what your full is, but probably not until after 6 weeks