Forgetting about your sleeve?

[JapGirl 229]

So is it normal to sometimes forget that you've been sleeved?

I keep forgetting. I go to take a bite of something then right as I pick it up I have to remind myself that my tiny tummy can't handle that right now. It's very frustrating. I'm 7 days out and the tenderness is gone unless something pushes directly onto the incision, I forget i I have them and that I've had the surgery..... is this normal?

[Dub 9,922]

I didn't take a bite of ANYTHING for a lot further out than 7 days.

Your new stomach is healing right now......please be very careful.

What type of things are you eating now?

[rgallardo 30]

Same here but not with bites I'm 2 weeks post op and have been on liquids I just now started my shoes today like cottage cheese but i have forgotten when I'm thirsty and gone in for a huge drink of Water

[JapGirl 229]

I didn't take a bite of ANYTHING for a lot further out than 7 days.

Your new stomach is healing right now......please be very careful.

What type of things are you eating now?

Blended Soups. @@Dub it's not intentional. I just keep forgetting that I have my new tiny tummy and I'm supposed to just be on liquids. I have managed to catch myself everytime, but I forget that I can't eat something.

Last night I cooked dinner for the family and as I was making their plates a small bit fell onto my finger and I had it at my mouth before I realized what I was doing! I don't want to break my post op diet. I definitely don't want to have my tummy rip or the pain associated with eating something I shouldnt. But I'm not sure how to make myself remember? I don't have any pain anymore so I don't have that as a reminder.

[JapGirl 229]

Same here but not with bites I'm 2 weeks post op and have been on liquids I just now started my shoes today like cottage cheese but i have forgotten when I'm thirsty and gone in for a huge drink of Water

I do this too and realize right before I swallow that my stomach will probably end up regurgitating it. So I sit most of it out.

[WorkinOnMe 596]

I only did this with Water when I started exercising after surgery. I'd go to guzzle a bottle of water & be like "uh oh! That doesn't work anymore!" Other than that, I was VERY aware of what I was eating & made sure to stick to my post-op diet.

[JapGirl 229]

I only did this with Water when I started exercising after surgery. I'd go to guzzle a bottle of water & be like "uh oh! That doesn't work anymore!" Other than that, I was VERY aware of what I was eating & made sure to stick to my post-op diet.

I'm sticking to my post op diet. I just mean that the pain of surgery is gone and sometimes I forget I've had it done. I've had my old stomach for many years. My new one has only been here for less than 2 weeks and I forget. I've recovered extremely fast. I'm back to everything I was going before with no issues. So I forget.

[reinventingmyself 47]

Yes, I have had this to happen to me as well. I am 10 days post-op and while fixing my husband dinner I had a bite up to my mouth. Then it hit me. Aww man I had surgery and I can't eat this. Definitely an adjustment.

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[JapGirl 229]

Yes, I have had this to happen to me as well. I am 10 days post-op and while fixing my husband dinner I had a bite up to my mouth. Then it hit me. Aww man I had surgery and I can't eat this. Definitely an adjustment.

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EXACTLY! I am now 10 days as well! I didn't expect to struggle with this. I'm not alone!

[Lacey09 17]

yes!! i am a week out and the pain is gone and i am so afraid i will pop a blueberry in my mouth when im washing them for the kids, etc. i guess we are all having the same issues...it IS easy to forget.

[Babbs 14,680]

I used to do it all the time at first. Cooking dinner, mindlessly pop something into my mouth. Old habits are hard to break, but you'll get there.

[WorkinOnMe 596]

I'm sticking to my post op diet. I just mean that the pain of surgery is gone and sometimes I forget I've had it done. I've had my old stomach for many years. My new one has only been here for less than 2 weeks and I forget. I've recovered extremely fast. I'm back to everything I was going before with no issues. So I forget.

I left the hospital with very little pain, if any. I would have gone back to work soon after but my boss wouldn't let me. I meant that I had to be ultra aware of what foods were around me & stick strictly to my post-op diet because I didn't have anything like pain to remind me of my change in tummy size either. I cooked dinner for my family & had to mentally stop myself from tasting the sauce like usual, and stop myself from lunch sharing at work like we always do. It was a mental thing for me ... tellung myself to just stick to my diet. The Water thing was the one area that I just seemed to "forget" & old habits kicked in ... until that first big gulp hit & I got a pretty good reminder in the form of OUCH!

Edited March 3, 2016 by WorkinOnMe

[JapGirl 229]

Yes I forget with Water too! It's not the most comfortable.