My portions at (almost) 1 year with pics

hey there Hope - give it a few more weeks and your lack of appetite will change. I was a little over 2 months and suddenly one day, I realized I felt hungry.  

This whole concept is a strange one. Not being hungry.  Foods you once loved, no longer appeal to you. Food you never thought you'd eat, now you crave. It is a wild ride for sure.  Hang in there.

Thanks Noreen, I hope you're right, because I literally can't eat anything!  My poor husband wants to go out to dinner for his birthday tonight, and I can't go.  If I do, I'll regret it terribly and feel like throwing up immediately.  I don't want to sit there and not order anything, or only drink water, that's embarrassing.  He'll be going with our young sons.  I don't know if anyone remembers how they felt like they had something stuck in their throat (back by your uvula), but I still feel that way too.  My doctor's office said that should have passed by now, LOL!  I can't catch a break.

IF your surgeon says it should have passed by now and it hasn't, I would be on the phone with his office in the morning.

I really wish you could go out with your husband...have you tried a broth or soup...you could sip that while they eat?

God luck.

I hope it gets better but you might have something going on that needs addressing first for that to happen.

Liz

I just had a gastric emptying test done on Friday (had to eat a cold, radioactive egg), so they could watch it go down (wow was that hard).  I won't receive the results until next week.  Believe me, I've been through the ringer!  I had the VSG and hiatal hernia surgery done on 10/24.  I couldn't eat, and after returning to the ER they figured out my gallbladder died, so I had that removed within two weeks after VSG surgery.  I still couldn't eat, so I had an EGD done to check for a stricture, no stricture.  Still can't eat.  Now I had a gastric emptying test done.  I don't know if this will ever end, and if I'll be able to eat again.  It's upsetting.

I can imagine it's been upsetting.

LOVE this post!!! I think there should be a thread where people just post food pics!!! *obsessed*

there is a DS Recipes facebook group.  Also a What's For Dinner? group

I would have liked this post soon after I had surgery, I was addicted to watching the food network.  I never thought I would eat normal again either, I can eat all that you pictured plus a little more.  :)

I laughed when reading your post Petunia, because I NEVER watched Food Network before, and my husband and kids are like, "Why now that you can't eat are you watching Food Network all the time?"  I said I don't know, but honestly it doesn't even bother me to watch it, because none of it makes me hungry.  Some things look good, but then other times looking at the food on there makes me want to throw up.  This whole experience has been very bizarre.  Thanks!

the beauty about the DS is that you can take the time to really enjoy the quality of food.  Pre-op, I tended for quantity rather than quality.  Now I love recipes, I love making and eating wonderful food.  Of course the food is high protein, high fat and lower carb, although I am fortunate to be able to eat carbs quite easily, since I reached goal.

I love watching cooking shows and reading recipes and experimenting with DS friendly foods