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Calm down and breathe. A lot of people have regrets after surgery because the beginning seems tough. And it is. But if you hold the course, and follow your surgeon's plan, you'll be fine. I don't know what you've been reading, but nobody I know can only eat 2 or 3 teaspoons. You would die if that is all you could eat. At the end of my "healing phases" at 9 weeks post-op, I was eating 1/4-1/3 cup. As you heal and the swelling goes down, you will be able to eat more. Everyone is different but I was told my new sleeve would hold 8 oz by weight (not a cup measure, that's volume not weight). At about 18 months post-op I was eating 3-4 oz of protein, and another 2 or 3 ounces of veggies or whatever, depended on the day. Now, at 3 years out, I can eat 8 oz at the most, but stay in the 6-8 oz range. I can eat half an 8 oz steak and a serving of broccoli when I'm out, and that's plenty. Not 2 or 3 teaspoons.
Personally, I don't go for the low fat stuff. I did or the first 4 months, following my plan to the T. But at 4.5 months I switched to the Ketogenic way of eating and I am still Keto today. I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT for right after surgery, you can't eat enough to do it properly. But by 4 months out I was able to eat about 4-5 oz at a time.
The thing to remember is protein first, then good simple low carbs. And DRINK DRINK DRINK!
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RNY does cure - or at least greatly improves - GERD for most people, but not everyone. Mine came back after two years - but it's not as bad as it was pre-surgery.
vomiting is very different for me (RNY'er here). Definitely easier. There's never much volume (because of my small stomach), and I don't get that awful taste in my mouth (maybe due to low acidity in my stomach??). It tastes just like whatever the food was, not like vomit. Like Kim said, it's more like an infant spitting up than true vomiting.
Interesting because my experience is different. I am 15 years post RNY:
- I feel my pouch every time I eat. It's very obviously behind my sternum and nowhere near my navel. I can absolutely also tell when my food has moved into my intestine. None of this was the case before surgery.
- Vomiting is so easy. There is no bile, just whatever I ate or drank. There is no retching, it's just posseting like a baby.
- No change in urinary habits, but very obvious poop changes because fat malabsorption is still prevalent.
The differences are very interesting.
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I tried 3 times lol. "I know the rice and potato are not for everyone but it works for me just fine in small amounts." That's what it's all about..finding what works for you.
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I was thinking about your post today and it reminded me of something. You may be able to put your years of drinking diet coke to work in your favour.
One of the hardest things for me post WLS was developing good habits for getting enough fluid. One of the tricks that helped me is to re-use commercial beverage bottles with screw-on lids (e.g. diet coke bottles) instead of "water bottles" for cold liquids. I drink them more quickly and automatically. I think this is due to years of unconsciously sipping on diet sodas. Liquids in glasses tend to warm up, evaporate, and collect dust more quickly. I have tried using reusable water bottles, but I have found it difficult to develop a habit of drinking automatically from them. Plus, they smell funky after a while. And I find thermoses a bit intimidating (always afraid I'll break them.) So I just reuse ordinary beverage bottles lots and lots of times.
I've seen commercial beverages (fancy teas) in metal bottles with screw-on lids. Next time I run across them, I'll get one and see if it can fool my hand into thinking it's a diet coke. They would last indefinitely, which is even better for the environment.
