Veterans please share

what is the single worse thing you think has happened to your life (in any aspect) as a rsult of bariatric surgery...PLEASE SHARE




for me it would be the expulsion of gas...plain and simple....and that comes mostly from beef or pork products...chicken & fish doesn't seem to have the same outcome.

I have since eliminated any ingesiton of any type of barbecue sauce or spiced meats such as Italian sausage etc.



see at over 2 years post-op..I am still ironing out some thing!!!      just stand back!!!!

Vitamin definciencies - lesson to be learned:  deficiencies are MUCH easier to prevent than to fix after you have a problem.

My biggest problem is not being able to eat things like chicken, no matter how juicy and how small of bites I take, it gets stuck and I end up getting sick and vomiting.  Have same problem with salmon and tuna.  Any suggestions!  I am worried that I am not getting enough protein in my body and can only handle so much of the protein powders.

You may want to speak with your surgeon about that. I developed soft food syndrome - unable to eat dense solids which waspart of the reason I regained the weight.

Thanks for the info! I may do that....

Eat less.  I can eat a lot more rare beef or ground meat than I can chicken or salmon.  They can be a bit dry. 

I imagine it like that piece moving super slowly through my sleeve.  It kind of acts like a bit of a plug.  If I try to add more on top, it comes back up.

Start with measuring only 1oz of chicken - and just eat that.  Nothing else.  If it stays down - you'll know my theory is correct!

When I eat chicken breast or salmon - I usually do the opposite of my usual meal "plan".  I eat the veggies FIRST, and then plop that little bit of meat on top.

At a few months out this is likely transitory - and not  long term issue. Chicken gave me way more issue than ground beef until i was about 9 months to a year out - and dry chicken is still not a food i choose to eat as I still have issues with it. Moist, not over cooked chicken, cut small and eaten slowly is fine 95% of  the time. i still find beef easier to eat than chicken (my pouch never got the memo that it was supposed to be the other way around)
Greek yogurt and protien shakes are my recommendation as easily digestible protein. So is a bowl of chili.  You are eating to live not living to eat - i still go back to a boring vanilla protien shake when my tum isn't happy - i'm not thrilled with it but it does the trick and i get the protein i need.  And my system is always fine with it.

Thanks for the advice! That has to be the most frustrating thing right now. I am afraid to eat anything for fear of getting sick, especially at work.  I just went back to work last week and have been taking things like oatmeal, yougart and very soft food because I am afraid of getting sick.

I would agree with Karen, my main problem is Anemia and Vitamin D deficiencies.

Linda

When I had my RNY in 2002 I had severe dumping for years which led to Nesdioblastosis.