Hi. My wife had gastric sleeve surgery about a month ago. She lost a good chunk of weight before the surgery while on the pre-op diet, then a somewhat smaller amount immediately after surgery. But for the past two or three weeks, her weight has been basically unchanged.
She knows that this sort of thing happens and is supposedly normal, but it's still incredibly scary and discouraging. At this point she's still struggling to eat any significant amount of food — she feels sick and tired all the time, gets pain every time she eats, and is probably averaging about 700 calories per day. Neither of us understand how the human body can maintain a stable weight while she's basically starving herself. She's in a state of despair, and I feel so helpless because I don't know what to say or do. All I can tell her is to "stay the course", but that's what everyone tells her and it just seems like the definition of insanity — doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Any advice?
She knows that this sort of thing happens and is supposedly normal, but it's still incredibly scary and discouraging. At this point she's still struggling to eat any significant amount of food — she feels sick and tired all the time, gets pain every time she eats, and is probably averaging about 700 calories per day. Neither of us understand how the human body can maintain a stable weight while she's basically starving herself. She's in a state of despair, and I feel so helpless because I don't know what to say or do. All I can tell her is to "stay the course", but that's what everyone tells her and it just seems like the definition of insanity — doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Any advice?