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Slowing too soon

Hi Shelik ! Don’t be concerned it happened to me and it happens to almost everyone. You’re also pumped full of air which puts on some weight but it will go down eventually. A lot of walking helps
 
Congrats on having your surgery!!! Truly perfect timing. :)

The first couple weeks are are a yo-yo at best. As Bill mentioned, there's the air they pumped in. Also all kinds of IV fluids. And your body is still all messed up from trying to get rid of anesthesia and pain meds. This can mess with the physiology of your body, it doesn't know what to think right now. ;) Give it a week or two before you get on the scale again and I'm sure you'll be impressed. :)

Welcome to the site and please keep us posted on your journey!
 
Hi! I'm a little over 2 weeks post op. Just made it before the hospital stopped all electives. I'm just bridging from puree to a little solid food. My loss has stopped already. Should I be concerned?

No, I wouldn't focus on the scale right now its way to soon to be tracking your weight since you are just a few weeks out from surgery and during this time your weight will fluctuate. I am curious about your diet plan. I am 5 weeks from revision surgery and I am just starting to eat solid foods. I know everyone is on a different nutrition plan but here is what I had to adhere to after surgery: 6 days liquid diet, no protein, just water, G2 zero, sugar free Popsicles. The next 23 days were broken up between phase 1 of soft foods: yogurt, cottage cheese, protein shakes, and phase 2: deli meats, eggs, watery beans. Now I am on week 5 and this is when I'm actually supposed to incorporate a normal solid food diet and try meats, veggies, protein bars, etc.
 
I'm guessing that you've had some other bariatric procedure in the past considering the fact that you have had revision surgery. So your physiology is much different than anyone else is here who hasn't had surgery previously and isn't having revision surgery.

But more importantly, I am almost thirteen years out from from RYGB and have been a member of this group for more than a year and I can tell you that almost everyone has the same diet post-op. Only a handful of people have come here with any sort of diet that seemed to deviate from the standard.

Not only is our new member having trouble with his/her post-op diet, but s/he has apparently not been nutritionally educated so that s/he can succeed from the surgery. It is imperative that s/he see a different doctor or nutritionist or both because s/he doesn't know how to eat. No one, and I mean NO ONE should be eating solid food after 2 weeks.

The purpose of a support group is not to validate someone's bad decision or a doctor's bad advice and just try to comfort someone who's having trouble. The point of a support group is that we give it to you straight, based on our own experiences, and when necessary, we always advise you to see another doctor or to see your surgeon or to seek medical advice. In this person's case I just don't know where he/she should turn. But I do know that what is happening is very dangerous and we really dropped the ball by not saying, right off, "You should not be on solid food."

I hope the poster will search for post-op food plans in the huge Archive of post that is here. Keep a food journal. Measure or weigh every single thing you put in your body. Do not eat foods that will make you sicker because they make you dump, drink that water because that is super important, and make sure you are getting all of your vitamins.

RYGB surgery is based on malabsorption. Because of that, patients are taught a new way to eat and a very specific vitamin and mineral regimen that will make up for the malabsorption of the food they are eating. Not doing this can lead to malnutrition and death. This person needs to get proper Medical Care immediately.

And it's fine to weigh yourself after surgery. Just don't do it obsessively. And of course measuring yourself before and after surgery is also a great idea. If you don't weigh yourself, you won't have any sort of idea if that the surgery has done its work.

I joined this group on March 5th, 2019, because I was having a physical problem that I felt was related to my bariatric surgery. It turned out that it was in fact related to the surgery but now I'm fine.

Please read my story.



I think you honestly need to take a step back and stop preaching to the choir. No where in my response did I presume to say it was okay to eat solid foods two weeks post-op. That is wonderful that you are 10 years post op; however, it does make you any more or any less capable than anyone here to dispense advice here. You are suppose to be supportive and not go on the attack.

I absolutely do not need to know the definition of what a support group means. You are actually coming off rather aggressive to both the person who posted the response and everyone who has responded to them. No one dropped the ball here. Did you find out specifically what SheliK meant by "solid food"? Maybe she meant thicker things like yogurt or oatmeal in which case those are things people have two weeks post-op.

You need to calm down.
 
I would have preferred you addressed me privately if you have a problem with me. But I'm not going to dwell on this because someone's life may be in danger.

I am repeating to the original poster that there's no way you should be on solid food after 2 weeks. You should still be on liquids. You're having problems and you're not losing weight. This is not normal and you need to see a doctor who can advise you correctly.

I don’t care what you would have preferred. I had a problem with the way you came across in a condescending manner and I told you immediately how I felt about your abrasive response. Maybe think twice before replying to someone in that tone. No one is going to listen to a bully preach or take their advice.
 
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