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Go to just liquids for awhile, let the surgery heal, then soft, small portions, it is just the way your stomach is reacting to the surgery hang in there - should get better or go back to your doctor that performed the operation and ask if there could be any complications...........Good Luck!!

2007-08-23 12:54:55 · answer #1 · answered by Henry H 6 · 0 0

Start off with clear liquids again and then advance like you initially did. Be sure when you solid to start then slowing and chew your food very well. If you are eating or drinking the wrong things you are probably dumping If you don't improve call your surgeon.

2007-08-23 16:24:32 · answer #2 · answered by Fran 5 · 0 1

Drink protein drinks to keep your body supplied with the nutrients it needs. It's going to take time for your body to get use to the bypass, at least a few months. You're going to have to start very slowly on eating. A few teaspoons of soft cooked rice, cream of rice or mashed potatoes. Remember only eat a few teaspoons. this will help your body get used to food again.

2007-08-23 13:13:27 · answer #3 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0 2

i've got confidence for you. I had braces too whilst i grew to become right into a new child. I understand your soreness, regrettably. right here's a catalogue of meals I worked with: -Steamed, poached or softboiled eggs -Smoothies -Protein shakes -Oatmeal or Malt-O-Meal -chinese language Rice Soup- Western type is merely including precooked rice to soup (rooster Broth) and consume as is. chinese language type is whilst proceed to enable it simmer on low for an usual until eventually the grains of rice smash aside and the feel will develop into akin to oatmeal. In China, this soup is observed as a sort of names: "Jook" or "Congee". this form of rice soup is eaten every time and that is great once you're below the climate, as a easy meal no be counted while you're youthful or previous. -all varieties of Potatoes...even candy Potatoes: Steamed, boiled or mashed -Tofu: combine chilled Silken Tofu (the softest type, custard like) with a sprint sesame oil and soy sauce. that is great I promise. or you are able to lower back upload it to warm soup and consume as is. -Wheatabix cereal: This Britsh cereal could be contemporary in some American shops. that is variety of like shredded wheat yet extra flakey. as quickly because it gets soaked in milk, it purely takes some seconds in the past it is going from crisp to great gentle like toddler nutrition. -Applesauce -Couscous: could be chanced on prepackaged with a seasoning packet in many grocery shops now. All you do is pour the couscous & seasoning packet right into a med. sized bowl. Then, upload the surprising quantity of boiling water (in keeping with instructions on the field) to each thing and canopy with an honest lid. After approximately 5 min. the couscous is finished. it will be gentle & fluffy.

2016-10-03 03:45:54 · answer #4 · answered by herbin 4 · 0 0

First, let me say, I've been there and faced that. I had Roux-en-Y surgery in 2001, and have since had 3 additional corrective surgeries (all open - none were done laproscopically). Complications are nothing to play with, believe me. I don't say this for pity...please understand that. Hopefully, I can help point you in the right direction, though. And, if this answer seems to run-on, I apologize in advance!

One important thing to consider in trying to help you find an answer to this is "how long" has it been since you had the surgery? If you are a "short-timer" (only a few weeks since the surgery) then you should definitely consult your bariatric surgeon to see if this is diet related, and if it is, ask him/her to be really specific as to what foods your body needs and can handle at this point. Believe me, your doctor will be able to advise you as to the correct diet that you should be eating at this time. Talk to your doc!

On Food: rice is NEVER a good food option! Not only does the starch in rice (as well as in potatoes) work against the healthy eating lifestyle that you are trying to achieve, but rice will quite literally "puff up" in your stomach, causing some quite severe pain in your new smaller tummy.

Also, depending on the type of WLS you had (Roux-en-Y or gastric band), eating foods that swell inside the body, like rice, could cause some internal damage to the staple line in your tummy.

If you are not chewing properly, you may be suffering from a blockage. Many times, those must simply be waited out. They almost always do eventually pass through on their own, but it could literally take hours or even days to do so, and can also be pretty painful as well as dangerous. If you are lucky, you may be able to bend and twist your body, which may help your body to send whatever is there on down. I myself have been able (a couple of times) to physically manipulate my tummy with my fingers by pressing on the outside of my belly while laying down) and have been successful in getting rid of the offending blockage. This I DO NOT recommend doing. I just felt like it was to a point of either "do this or die". So...be sure to chew! And, Talk to your doc!

If you have the gastric band, your band may have slipped or may be too tight. Best thing to do? Talk to your doc!

Also, be aware that there may be some foods that you used to love that your new tummy just may not be able to handle. Me? I love (!!!) dairy, but I can't eat any dairy anymore. I dealt with moderate-to-severe side pain for a couple of years with one specialist after another giving me high-powered pain and nausea medications (Lortab / Vicodin / Soma / Phenergan / etc.) and referring me elsewhere when that didn't work. Finally, an internist took the time to listen to me when I said I didn't want pain pills, I just wanted the pain to stop! He immediately told me to cut out dairy. I thought he was crazy, but I did it and 2 weeks later, all the pain was gone! Has never returned either. Talk to your doc!

If your doctor thinks that this may not be diet related, then you may need further medical testing. One year after my initial surgery, I couldn't even keep water down. After 6 weeks in the hospital with many, many tests having been run, it turned out that I had multiple incisional hernias, 2 fatty tumors (the fat had nowhere else to go so it just lumped together - one tumor was the size of a grapefruit and the other was the size of a large baked potato) that were pressing my intestines closed, and 6 intestinal adhesions (imagine cinching off a water hose to temporarily stop the water flow). Not trying to scare you, but you need to make sure that your surgeon is on top of his/her game when it comes to making sure that everything is "flowing" like it should internally. CONSULT YOUR DOC!

2007-08-23 16:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by BigDee 1 · 1 1

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