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AlyssaBiddle, I had my only gastric surgery on October 31st.96..by an experienced teaching surgeon..n Memphis Tn.
...Yes i ate thanksgiving lunch.. I had a tablespoon(15 cc.) of moist turkey breast, a teaspoon(5cc) of my MIL's turkey dressing, a half teaspoon of cranberry sauce., a single bite of sweetpotato(tasting spoon bite),combined cran/sweetpotato= less than 4cc.
total meal less than 25cc. ... at 6 weeks i could eat ..45cc. I could not eat more than 60 c****il 16 weeks? post op... MY Volume went from 60oz to 1.5 oz./6 weeks.
I had an early open surgery that included a bypass, gastric banding, esophagus banding a hiatial hernia repair, a duodenal ulcer repair,a small bowel resection, a cholecystectomy(gall bladder was bad)and a large bowel resection...( removed all but 2 ft of colon.)+ 3 other female related surgeries..
The problems you are having is why my Surgeon did the banding..of esophagus and at base of pouch. He explained that experience taught him people often will under-judge the size of a bolus they are swallowing.He said if something got stuck it could be retireved with standard ER/OR equipment and no internal surgery..The first 6 weeks you will have more edema/swelling inside.. as it goes down your tolerance will increase .
Here is how you correct it. Here was his instructions.
Be careful not to gulp air when swallowing.People who are chronic air swallowers will have more difficulty with lquids and reflux/backfeeding.
Eat with a baskin robbins tasting spoon
....chew every bite 20 times... this will slow you down.
.. before you eat hold all liquids a minimum of 30 min, and do not drink anything until at least 30 min after you eat.
Other tips.
Get prescribed amount of water minimum..
. I was allowed to count all liquids-and used sugar free hot cocoa mix with a special protein supplement that was very low in carbs..to get protein in.and it counted as both protein and fluids.
Nothing carbonated.filtered water.
Make sure you get enough calories.. I lost 50 lbs in the first 4 weeks. i was weak and occassionally dizzy, and really tired. I was getting my rx'd protein of 90 grams(using the supplement) and the prescrbed water. but my calorie count was too low .
Nutritionist in office did an eval on my diet diary-and increased my carb intake by adding a half-serving of carbs to every meal.(One serv. of carbs is 15 grams.. my carbs were still under 25..).within 2 days my energy level came up.and i stopped being dizzy...
Be patient with yourself and your body as it adjusts to the massive changes. The hardest thing for me was learning to eat foods i had always consumed hot-cold. e..by the time i would eat 2 bites it was cold.
If something you try does not sit well- go back to basic diet.. liquid proteins for a day or so. and find on food to try and master foods one at a time.
.. if a meat is very dry , I can still have trouble with them mash with a fork and add a few drops of the cooking liquid will help things like a dry chicken or turkey breast...the mashing with a fork will help you break it ins smaller bites as well.
btw, did anyone else also notice how many of the 600LBers "met the love of their life", etc. etc. after their weight loss? 
So very happy for all of them .. 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Well, since I'm a DSer, I don't know if I can comment on what you are going through with your RNY, Veggie .. 
I know with us DSers "fat malabsorption" results in the "orangies" in our stools. Basically it looks bright orange, kind of like that stuff our mothers used to put on our cuts back in the day (mercurochrome? methiolate?). And of course it SMELLS (but not as bad as the actual stools, i.e. digested food remnants). 
As to "black liquid", I have no idea .. but IMHO that doesn't sound good. What does your surgeon ('s office) say? 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Hi. I felt the same way in the beginning. Just keep it simple and small. I couldn't drink water for months. I just would take a sip a few times and would start feeling sick. So I stopped but I kept with the sips until I could tolerate a bottle a day. Tuna no matter what it was mixed with or plain, I would get sick each time. I still really don't eat tuna and nit missing it. Just keep it simple and start learning how to change your thoughts about food. I would do it all again no regrets. Take a deep breath and start enjoying the little things that are changing your life forever the better. Hang in there
I have the Garmin Index scale. I paid $150 for it when it was introduced in 2015 I thought the price would go down, but it is still $150. I do not have edema.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Hmmm .. do you have LE though? What is the brand of your scale? I forgot the brand name of the scale since I bought mine, but, IIRC, it was the mid-priced one of three brands of scales that WM sells with that ability, at least here in Dallas. It and the lowest-priced one were in the $20s range, and the top one about 2x that amount .. I guess it's too late to take it back for a refund. 
Question is whether I should "invest" another $40+ in another scale, hoping that version works properly.
Thanks for your reply ...
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
My issues are nowhere near as severe...
for me scales don't work because I live in a hundred year old house where I can scoot the scale along the tilted floor and lose or gain thirty pounds in a single day ... so it's essentially worthless.
I don't know what's wrong with me ... I keep throwing up and not being able to eat . What comes out of my butt is black liquid mostly ? And yellow ( fat malabsorption) when I eat lowfat cheese . I can't eat meat or seafood at all .
There is something wrong with that scale. Mine is 45.9% today and that is low. 60% is about normal.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Early on, I really liked syntrax. I also used true nutrition to make my own mix for a bit.
HW: 306 SW: 282 GW: 145 (reached 2/6/19) CW:150
Jen
I bought one of those type of scales recently that (supposedly) measures water, muscle, and bone %%% in addition to lbs. This was for a very good friend who is on the down-slide from stage "c" cirrhosis of the liver, unfortunately.
She needs to maintain an eye on her water/hydration level, since her docs have her on STRONG diuretics due to the retention of fluid in her body, particularly in the abdomen (i.e. "ascites"). In fact, by the time she went to the hospital upon finding out about her cirrhosis they ended up draining 35 lbs. - about 8 liters or 4 gallons - of fluid off of her.
First time though I got her on the scale I bought, it showed supposedly her hydration level was only around 15%. I then got on the scale myself and it showed about the same level for me. wth??? 
A normal level is closer to 50%, btw. So, I'm wondering just HOW accurate those type of scales are. One caveat I did run across though is that L.E. victims (as we both are, in our lower legs) can sometimes have "inaccurate readings". Still, I wouldn't think it would be off by THAT much - showing us with about the % hydration level of a raisin. 
I told her that, until they come up with a handheld version of those scales (i.e. meter), then I guess it just won't work.
Has anyone else used those scales, either pre- or post-op., and how did they work out for you?
btw, a coupe of notes about "Pam" .. :
(1) she is M.O., and I offered her many years ago to do my best to try to help her in getting WLS. She steadfastly refused, though, worried apparently about the post-op loose skin issue. 
I don't know if weight loss would have helped her with her liver issue, but guess I (and her) will never know. PLEASE, IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT WLS, DON'T LET CONCERNS OVER 'LOOSE SKIN' DETER YOU FROM IT. That is a very minor (well, maybe not that minor for some) cosmetic issue compared to the major health issues that threaten your life due to the excess weight. Also, keep in mind that there are PS procedures available for the loose skin later on, if indeed it distresses you.
(2) her cirrhosis and liver failure are apparently due to untreated Hep. C., which she has had for a long time (she never told me about it until a month or two earlier****reated, Hep. C. will often lead to such scarring of the liver that you end up with cirrhosis (or even liver cancer) - as in Pam's case, she had no obvious signs of cirrhosis until near the end (which is also common). Hep C. can now easily be cured up by taking a new medication for it for approximately 8 weeks. I'm also right now going through the same thing with a good M bud who, unlike Pam, knew he had Hep C., but never got it treated either (he is a vet and COULD have easily gone to the V.A. hosp. here for it). He is now showing signs of abdominal distension and I suspect he may now also have cirrhosis. PLEASE, IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WITH HEP. C. WHO IS NOT GETTING IT TREATED, TELL THEM ABOUT THE NEW MEDICATIONS FOR IT AND URGE THEM TO GET TREATMENT -- the sooner they can get it cured up the less damage will occur to their liver.
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
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