help! I know this sounds ridiculous, but I think something is very wrong!

blukoolaid75
on 4/8/15 1:59 pm - Albuquerque, NM

I can't stop losing weight!  I'm 6 months post gastric bypass, and I've lost 110 lbs, I'm 5'9'' and down to 130lbs... I look disgusting and I still can't eat solid foods.. I'm still in a liquid diet I can't eat solid foods and I feel horrible all the time! 

Gastric Bypass Surgery October 1st 2014

248lbs day of surgery

Goal 135 lbs 

current weight 128 lbs 

Kathy S.
on 4/8/15 2:03 pm - InTheBurbs, XX
RNY on 08/29/04 with

If you are not eating solid foods 6 months after your surgery, you need to see your surgeon ASAP.  Something is not right and your surgeon and you need to find out what. Please keep us posted on what is going on.  

 

HW:330 - GW:150 - MW:118-125

RW:190 - CW:130

Kate -True Brit
on 4/8/15 5:50 pm - UK

I am surprised you left it so long. Yes, if you can't eat solid foods, something is wrong. Make an appointment with your doctor asap.

note, I am not bypassed so this is only opinion, not knowledge. 

Highest 290, Banded - 248   Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.

Happily banded since May 2006.  Regain of 28lbs 2013-14.  ALL GONE!

But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,

   

Tracy D.
on 4/9/15 12:07 am - Papillion, NE
VSG on 05/24/13

Have you been going to your regular post-op appointments?   Does your doctor know you haven't been eating solid foods in the last 6 months?  I'm really surprised that it's been allowed to go on this long.  

Please call your doctor today! 

 Tracy  5'3"     HW: 235  SW: 218  CW: 132    M1: -22  M2: -13  M3: -12  M4: -9  M5: -8   M6: -10   M7: -4

 Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week

 Lower Body Lift w/Dr. Barnthouse 7-8-15

   

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

Gwen M.
on 4/9/15 12:50 am
VSG on 03/13/14

What does your surgeon say about all of this?

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)

iloveravens
on 4/9/15 1:00 am
RNY on 08/13/14

Not normal, get to your surgeon's office ASAP.

Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;

Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)

M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4

5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 4/9/15 1:10 am - OH

As the others have already said, I am very surprised that you and your surgeon have allowed this to go on for 6 months.  This is something that should have resolved within the first couple of months.

How are you defining "solid" food (does that include soft foods such as refried beans or cottage cheese)? What kinds of foods have you been trying, and what happens when you eat soft or solid foods?

What you are experiencing is not at all normal and you need to see the doctor again PDQ (or maybe see a different doctor if your current one is aware of this and has not expressed any concern or done any testing to get to the bottom of it). The weight you are already at is barely a "normal" BMI and you still have a number of months of caloric malabsorption ahead.

Also... and I don't say this to offend you, but just to offer it as a possibility... a small percentage of people who have WLS develop a psychological aversion to food (not unlink thesis with anorexia) and this sometimes manifests as them making themselves physically sick when they eat.  If there is no medical reason for you to not be able to tolerate normal foods at six months out, seeing a Psychologist or Counselor who has experience working with eating disorders is probably a good idea.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Ladytazz
on 4/9/15 4:06 am

As the others have said, see your doctor right away.  Have you been checked for a stricture?  Those can be dealt with and things will get better quickly.

WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010

High Weight  (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.

blukoolaid75
on 4/9/15 5:50 am - Albuquerque, NM

thank you everyone for your responses... my surgery was don't out of state so a lot of my follow ups have been over the phone, I have continued to tell them I'm still on basically a liquid diet... soup, water, protein shakes, yogurt...   they keep telling me as long as I am getting enough protein in each day not to worry?!  I'm getting sick on being blown off and I'm really worried now as I'm starting to be told a lot that I just look very sick! And I need to gain weight!    I've tried eating solid foods like beans and different chicken and lean meat and seafood... 2 bites and I feel it's stuck in my chest and I start throwing it all up...I'm freezing all the time, I'm sleeping all the time, I have no energy, I just feel something is very, very wrong and not even sure what it could be to even tell the doctor I want him to check "This!" Idk. ..

Kate -True Brit
on 4/9/15 5:56 am - UK

Find another doctor. As soon as you can. 

Highest 290, Banded - 248   Lowest 139 (too thin!). Comfort zone 155-165.

Happily banded since May 2006.  Regain of 28lbs 2013-14.  ALL GONE!

But some has returned! Up to 175, argh! Off we go again,

   

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