WELL,MY SURGEON SAID TO START BRANCHING OUT WITH MY
DIET,I EAT CANNED TUNA,SALMON,CHICKEN ,BAKED LAYS,
BACON,NO RED MEAT YET,NO NUTS.SOME EGGS WHEN I
CAN TOLERATE THEM.tHE PROBLEM IS ALL SOLIDS DON'T GO IN
WELL.I FEEL SO UNCOMFORTABLE/NAUSEATED AFTER TRYING TO
EAT.IT'S LIKE A KNOT IN MY TUMMY.IT MAKES ME NOT WANT OT EAT.MY TUMMY GROWLS BUT NOTHING FEELS RIGHT GOING IN AND
SOME DAYS SOLIDS JUST WON'T GO.I WAS TAKING VITAMINS,MY
SURGEON TOLD ME TO STOP FOR A WEEK TO SEE IF THAT WAS CAUSING THE DIARRHEA.THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TWEEKS
AND ADJUSTMENTS.EVEN TRIED LIBREX TO SLOW MY GUT DOWN.
I STAYED ON MUSHIES FOR 6 WEEKS BUT STILL DID NOT FEEL GOOD.
I AM JUST PRAYING THERE IS SOME ANTI ANXIETY/DEPRESSANT THAT WILL HELP ME.I HAVE HAD A POST OP EGD TO RULE OUT
STRICTURE.I AGREE NOT ENOUGH HEALING TIME HAS GONE BY BUT I AM SUFFERING SO MUCH NOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE.I AM GOING TO SEE A GI DR. TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIGURE OUT ANYTHING.I HOPE AND PRAY IT IS JUST A HEALING PROCESS THAT WILL COME SOON AND RIGHT NOW I NEED SOME WAY TO COPE WITH ALL THIS ANXIETY I HAVE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY BODY.I DO GET 30-40 GRAMS OF PROTEIN A DAY WHICH MY SURGEON SAID WAS OKAY BECAUSE WE AREN'T MALABSORPTIVE.
SOME DAYS I DO HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN LIQUID OR SOLIDS.I CHOOSE LIQUIDS.I HAVE TO STAY HYDRATED.I NEVERWENT AHEAD OF THE POST OP DIET. WAS TOO SCARED.

I am on Pristiq and Depakote. My thought process is that if I gain 10 to 15 pounds from them, but am able to function normally and my bi-polar is not destroying that ability in me - than that is far more important then the weight gain.

My fears were unfounded....Once I got over my pity party (took about 3 days), I realized that I needed to get sober for myself in order to be a better person for my family. They did come to visit me and we had to do "Family Letters" - which were letters telling each other about a variety of emotions. Both my children and my spouse did them to me and vice versa - very hard, but got so much stuff out in the open.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Anne

Trish,

You know I love your posts and respect your opinions. but what about those who don't pray or read the bible (example: agnostic jews?

i tried zoloft, etc. before and after sirgery for depression/anxiety but they were not efective. neither was wellbutin(tries ti keep myself energetic enoughto function.) at the end of the day, benzo's (i take klonopin and sometines xanax, have been on ativan and, i think valum falls in the sale category helped my function>)

Don't be ashamed of it...i couldn't understand it either...i was finally becoming thin and pretty again but had somehow managed to develop an anxiety disorder...you just had your surgery a few months ago, your body is going through a lot of changes and your hormones may be going haywire. same things happened to me-missing work (and as an a self employed attorney, that had long lasting consequences, it got progressively worse culminating in a really bad nervous breakdown, as a result of which i'm still suffering professional and financial consequences.

I'm getting my life back together (well, it's pretty mcuh together except for a couple of things)...and, yes, i am on anti-anxiety meds...i'll go off them eventually but right now, i need them (along with another medication) to function....

my doctor said something very obvious but what that people who deal with sudden mental health issues tend to forget: it's a chemical imbalance in your body...if you had type 1 diabetes, would you feel weak, ashamed or embarassed about taking insulin?

I'm not sure if one day you'll look back at it and laugh, like your surgeon said but can rpomise you that one day you'll look back at it and it will be completely behind you, like a bad dream.

if you have any question or want to chat, let me know (i went though hell with all that stuff over the last couple of years and would hate to see someone else go through it.

good luck and feel free to contact me anytime, if you want to talk, let me know, i'll give you my cell no.

Best wishes,
Natalie