What is normal the first few weeks?
- it's normal if you have diarrhea
- it's normal if you don't poop for a week
- it's normal if you have no trouble drinking
- it's normal if you find it hard to get all your water in
- it's normal if you don't feel hungry
- it's normal if you do feel hungry
- it's normal if you feel nauseous or throw up sometimes
- it's normal if everything goes down great and you never throw up
- it's normal if your stomach makes weird noises
- it's normal if you have gas
- it's normal if you don't have much pain and don't need pain meds
- it's normal if your belly hurts and you need to take pain meds
- it's normal if you feel anxious, emotional, sad, etc.
- it's normal if protein shakes you liked pre op taste bad now or make you feel icky
- it's normal if you have no trouble at all getting your protein shakes in
- it's normal if you have buyer's remorse
- it's normal if you worry that you're not going to lose any weight
- it's normal if you run a low grade fever (like 100 degrees or less)
- it's normal if you feel exhausted
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I am going to print this out and put it all over my house, so that when I experience any of the above I will remember IT IS NORMAL!!! Thanks!
"For I know the Plans I have for you" ...Jeremiah 29:11
I'll add that...
-it's normal not to get anywhere near your protein goal for the day for the first few weeks
-it's normal not to feel full from shakes, soups, or anything else that funnels through your pouch fairly quickly (I've seen this mentioned/asked a lot)
-it's normal to be up for an hr & then sleep for an hr & continue that pattern all day & still be able to sleep through the night
-it's normal to also get insomnia
-it's normal for ladies to have weird period cycles, more often or less often
-it's normal in general for your taste buds to change (usu temporary, sometimes permanent)
-it's normal to just downright be pissed & mad at the world ;)
-it's normal for vice versa of everything above ;)
- it's normal if your breath stinks
- it's normal if your sense of smell is heightened
- it's normal if you are tired/weak
- it's normal if you can't sleep lying flat
- it's normal if you can only sleep lying flat
- it's normal if you are repulsed by the food your family is eating
- it's normal if you crave the food your family is eating
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.