Have to start over

I made a call to my surgen today, to explain that I have done everything that he has requested me to do with my weight loss.  This is when i let him know that no matter what I eat, I can not keep much down... Seems all I do is foam at the mouth.
I have used smaller silverwear, I have put the silverwear down while i chewing, i am chewing everything 25-30 times, waite a few minutes between bites and taking around 15-25 minutes to eat.
Well I have started back on protein shakes today for a week, then back to square one with the puree food, soft food..ugg is this ever going to stop?  Has anyone else had issues like this?

Scott

Scott - I am sorry you are going through this.... this is the part of the journey that stinks!  I had the same issue but I thought it was normal (at the time I did not know about OH and all the support out there)   It is a good thing to call the Dr.  It could be a stricture.... better be safe than sorry!  I did not have one but I was still having issues.  Come to find out it was the combination of the food I was eating... weird huh?  What I ended up doing was writing down everything that I was eating at what time and how long before I started to feel bad.  Things have changed now since I am 4yrs out but in the begining I could not eat salad with chicken.  I could eat salad, I could eat chicken - just not together.  I also could not eat anything with any type of grease - to this day I can not eat the meat from a Mickey D hamburger or Taco Bell.  I still have food that just give me the foamies.... actually just thinking about them makes my mouth water - so I have given them up for good.  Things are better and I am so glad I did this but it took a while mentally to get a handle on it when I was having so many issues eating what I thought was "normal" food!

Hopefully they don't find anything wrong and that it is all of your body adjusting.  But then again,  I had wished it was something that could be explained, fixed and then done with.  Keep us posted on what the Dr says.  If things don't get better, stay with him until he checks it out!  Again, better safe than sorry!!! 

Good vibes being sent your way!
Valerie

Hey sorry bud !!! I am glad we chatted yesterday better sooner than later ! Thanks for having me come back to the board. I did miss you all !!!

I was wondering what happened to you :)  Welcome back!

I hate to hijack such a well-deserving thread, but WELCOME BACK!!!!!! 

/Steve

Welcome back mister.. Do not take off like that again, or i will have to fly back east and beat that ass of yours, oh wait.. u would love that  ROFL......

Well I've not had the foamies........I only have issues with food getting stuck but luckily I'm a champion vomiter now LOL  You did the right thing by calling your surgeon.  He needs to know these things and if you still aren't doing better by the end of the "restart" then they may have to explore the possibility of doing an upper GI or an endoscopy to see what's going on in there.

My thoughts are with you through this tough time Scott.

HUGS

Aaron

It's a good idea to go back to basics when you're having food intolerances.  Also, don't hesitate to contact your surgeon sooner than later; why waste your time and energy putting up with this for any longer than you have to?

I've been very lucky, in that I've had no problems of any sort.  I have no idea why some people have problems similar to yours (and there are many of you), and others don't.  But it seems that it can take several months post-op for someone's new pouch to "settle down".

Has the surgeon considered that you might be developing a stricture?  That's when the stoma at the bottom of the pouch that leads into the Roux limb begins to "heal over", making the opening smaller.  This causes symptoms similar to what you report, since it takes much longer for food to empty out from the pouch: one bite too much and POW--foamies!

/Steve

Damn baby.. you are having a Rough Time.. I'm really sorry to hear that this is happening to you..
I'll call you later tonight

Scott, I went back and forth somewhat in the begining....I was under a lot of stress and what I finally figured out is that if I am at all stressed or worked up I need to not even try to eat. I just need to calm down first and relax and then eat. So if I am worked up I just drink water to stay hydrated, and then eat later. For example I am always rushed in the mornings so I always have cottage cheese. It goes down easy and no problems. I was rushed one night since I was going out to the beach and I grabbed a half of nectarine....it was delish....going down ....but I ate it too fast and the skin....ooooh. I had the foamies and threw up so much I had to drive home....nasty....vomit on myself.....yuch. So now I have mostly learned to just drink water and chill and eat more after I relax. Or if I feel like I have to eat still with cottage cheese or string cheese or something that I know will be okay for me.

This stage should pass.....just be nice to your pouchie for now and treat it nice....slow eating, lots of chewing and relax!


deb