Every Sleeve is Different.. Yours?

So I find it interesting that everyone has their own little personal sleeve details that are different.  For instance my best friend can't drink icy cold drinks anymore while I have no problem with them.  I'd love to hear what people have found about their sleeves that seems unique.  Here's some things that I found with mine:

 - I have to take a PPI daily, even after more than a year out.. a small price to pay

- I don't tolerate higher fat foods very well like bacon, cream, butter, etc.  I do better with lower fat foods, but not fat free.

- I can eat a lot more beef than chicken.

- I can eat very little chicken and get full very fast, no matter how tender.

- I seem to be able to eat more than others sleevers that had the same exact surgeon.  I try to measure to help with this.

- I no longer tolerate acidic foods.  I loved tomato sauce, lemon juice, vinegar, etc. and used to flavor my foods with this all but I can't eat any of it anymore.. it makes my reflux totally horrible.  I miss these things as I miss the tanginess of it.

- I find it easier to eat low carb with a VSG than it ever was before surgery.  I still want to eat a lot of small meals and eat pretty frequently and get hungry, but I'm satisfied with meat so much more easily than before, when I could eat a 2 pound steak in a sitting. 

 

How about you guys?

cant take my ppi without issues.
cant eat mayo or miracle whip regular or fat free
cant handle crystal lite or other sugar free drinks
cant deal with sweets of any kind
1/2 a cup of anything is it for me i have no room for anything else.
i cant stand the smell of beef cooking much less try to eat it.
i could live strictly on venison and v-8 juice "(im still on mushies)
if i dont get enough protein in i dont lose any weight at all. but if i eat like i did last night and have at least 2 ounces of meat per meal i lose like crazy.
carb anything goes straight through me like my digestive system was a water slide.
i am ravenously hungry every 2 hours exactly from the minute i take my last bite of whatever meal i had prior.
this is what i have noticed at one month out. I am sure there will be lots of other changes too eventually.

Very interesting.  I had the ravenously hungry thing from 2 days out until I was on mushies.  When I had my first egg, OMG!  Liquids didn't fill me up and I wanted so much!  I think it will get better for you.

Well hello Surgeon-Sister!!!

I'm lucky; my sleeve is a ROCK.  I abuse it often.  To be honest though, I haven't yet tried stopping my PPI, so I don't know what will happen.  I'll find out quite soon though.

I abuse my stomach with acidic, spicy food all the time.... jalapeno stuffed olives, hot hot hot salsa, hot sauces, mmmmmmm.

I agree about low-carbing after surgery.

The kryptonite to my superman stomach though is .... dense, white fish - Mahi Mahi.  I've eaten it twice, with nothing else, and it has sunk in my stomach like a lead brick.  Ugh.  I have no issues with anything else - no other meat, and no other fish - tuna and salmon is awesome. 

I've noticed recently I've started to get a little more hungry - but I don't know if that's from being further out from surgery, or the fact that I've started exercising hard recently.

 

You are doing so great!   I don't get hungry super often, but I DO want to eat often. :(

At just over a year out,

I do take a PPI daily, and sometimes twice a day. (did before surgery too)

I never could tolerate tomato sauces, or spicy things. Still cannot !

Can, and do drink lots of coffee with milk/or half and half.

Can and do drink really really cold water !

I can eat about 3oz of food at a time.

I barf rice.

Weird sliders for me are: Corn products.(popcorn and corn chips)

Things that should be sliders but are not: Ice cream and yogurt. (I love this about my sleeve !) I can enjoy a very small serving of ice cream, and get full on it !

When I get full, my nose runs.

I never really had to take a PPI. I guess I'm lucky in that department.
I can eat more beef than chicken too. I don't know why I thought it would be the the other way around.
I can tolerate high fat food but high sugar... Not so much.
I find it easier to eat low carb now too. And luckily, I prefer it this way (most of the time anyway...)
Like ruggie, I also abuse my sleeve with spices & hot stuff. I cannot get enough of it!

What is PPI?

 
I haven't found a food yet that I can't tolerate......sometimes I think that's not a good thing....

I eat all kinds of crap (spice) Kim Chee, Salsa, Wasabi, Indian food, garlic, Sriracha.

Fats....Yes.... no problem....

Drinks..... most always something super hot or super cold....

Ahhh..... Chicken....something about chicken.....chicken breast in particular....but all chicken even ground chicken is the true capacity checker. Most of the time I'm wetting down my chicken to moisten it up.

But like Ruggie stated.....some fish is a slider and some fish hits hard.....for me it's Mackerel..... Grilled or broiled.... Known in Japanese as "Saba"

1oz. of Saba feels like 2oz. of chicken and sits like a brick.... no way could I eat more for some reason. If the truth be known....this fish got me to goal. Soy Sauce, grated Diakon, wasabi......plated with a few cubes of Tofu.....and I'm good.....

PPI..... I'm still on it....I'm not sure if I still need to be on it.....I do get reflux on occasion....but less than I did pre-op. 

One thing I have been doing....and you may want to try it if you haven't already.... I read it here on OH and don't remember who posted it......Take your PPI and hour before your meal.....turn the pumps off before you eat.....makes perfect sense.
If you eat first you have already triggered acid production....than you take a PPI after the fact....to late...... I think it works..... 

frisco

 When do people get on a PPI? Is it after surgery if you start having issues with acid reflex or is everyone supposed to take it after being sleeved?