1 week post op and can eat and drink everything

 As of day 6 I have been able to drink as much fluids at one time without sipping.
I have also unfortunately discovered that I can eat what I want. With no restriction to how much. 
Though 2 cups is the most I've attempted. 

And I no lOnger am having diarrhea or getting sick or feeling weak and tired. 
I have had no protein shakes in two days. Barely any water and no vitamins and I feel fine.
Didnt plan it that way, just super distracted and busy with pet emergency yesterday and today.

The only thing I could think of was got sick and vomited a few days in a row.
On 5th day had tiny sips of diet coke to calm nausea.

LOst 11lbs in first 5 days. Nothing yesterday and gained today. Had 1600 calories yesterday accidentally.

Whats wrong? I'm so totally depressed now. How could the surgery have failed so soon?
I thought the point was to feel so rotten that you didn't and couldn't eat much. And if you did you would get sick.

Is this normal? Or am I broken?

 why are you pushing yourself? the nerves are severed in your abdominal cavity so you will not feel full. you should be measuring everything. from 2 days of little to no protein and vitamins you won't feel different, but long enough and you will suffer from the effects. you just had major surgery. you need to be taking care of yourself.

At this point, I would say you should still be on liquids. Have you spoken with your surgeon? Your stomach doesn't fully heal until about 6 weeks out, so you won't be feeling full until then. I'm concerned for you! At this point, you shouldn't even be attempting to eat even 1/4 a cup, let alone 2 cups! I would see your surgeon immediately, and also, a therapst. Your surgery didn't fail, it is normal to not feel extremely full at first. You just are not suppose to feel starving all the time. But you might have caused serious damage to your stomach and body. I wish you the best of luck, but if you don't turn this around right now, and get back to following your surgeon's orders, this surgery might fail for you. The surgery does not make it so you cannot eat, it just makes it so you can learn to eat healthy, small portions. 

Good luck in your journey,

Steph

Sounds like you might be stretching your pouch...and you don't want that!

I ended up at the ER with rapid heart rate due to dehydration...you don't want that, either, right?

If I were you, I'd go back on liquids and protein drinks to give your stomach a rest and get some protein in.  And make an appt. to see your doc.

You went to all this trouble to have the surgery...don't give up on yourself!

Oh dear, you sound like you are really pushing your self. Can I ask you, What type of diet were you prescribed when being discharged from the hospital? Didn't your surgeons office give you some rules about the first few weeks? I understand all surgeons are different, but I'm sure they didn't tell you to keep eating til you feel full. 

The surgery hasn't failed you have failed the surgery. Why would you put 2 cups of food in a 1 or 2 ounce pouch? There is no doctor who does this surgery that would tell his patient to go home and eat "what you want" or to test your limits. If you've been on here at all you know there are rules to follow - 1. eat small portions that your doctor has set out for you. At first it's one or two ounces per meal. Liquids first, pureed foods or soft. Protein shakes if your doc recommends them, take it easy, move on to the next stage when your doc ok's it. NOT BEFORE.
2) The nerves have been cut in your stomach and digestive tract. You won't feel ANYTHING-not hunger, not full, not overfull nothing! You can stretch out your new pouch, you can blow out your suture line causing a severe complication, you can ruin the surgery you already had, you're inviting infection if you do rupture your suture line and the bottom line is failure all the way down the line. Why would you be testing the waters so soon and possibly causing complications you don't need? You have to have been told what and how much to eat post op - not to try to fit in as much as possible this early out. 1600 calories??????????????? Are you serious? I'm 10 yrs out and I still don't do 1600 calories, nor do I do 2 cups of food. You were obviously unprepared for surgery and the rules we need to follow after. This surgery doesn't lose the weight for us - WE DO IT, and if we fail it's because we've failed - not the other way around. Get back to your doc, make sure you haven't damaged anything internally, get back on the meal plan your surgeon laid out for you, stick to it, get a good therapist to deal with the eating issues and hope you can use this tool you've been given. It's a gift not to be taken for granted. There are so many who would die to be in your shoes. Take what you know, read up on here, go to support group meetings, get on meds if you need to and make yourself successful. That means NOT pushing your meals to the limits of your new pouch's ability to hold food. Yes this surgery will work. Yes when you're healed up you will have restriction - for now you have to do it. Use this time as a learning year to get better eating habits in place. Getting sick and vomiting is your body's way to tell you something-listen to it or you will fail at this and have other comlications to worry about. Use the tool you were given, get back on track now and figure out what you need to do for you.
Diet coke is a no no for quite a long time, get some books on nutrition and healthy eating, count calories, carbs,. drink your water as required and take your supplements. It's up to you if this works or not. You body will use stores it shouldn't if you don't give it what it needs. That's the reason behind our protein forward diet, and the supplements we take. Your doctor must have gone over that with you. Stick to the plan and see how it goes for you.

DITTO, I am 9 years post  and i couldnt have put it any better, Thank you Jenni!!!!cant think of  a thing to add,  , do you have a therapist yet?? or maybe a support group?

Excellent reponse Jen.

To be blunt...you need to take a look at your surgeon/nuts guidelines..your surgery didn't fail..but you aren't putting an effort into making it work either. I don't think anyone is surprised you didn't lose yesterday and that you gained..and this will continue to happen if you continue doing this to yourself. Protein and vitamin deficiencies occur over months and years..not days and weeks. Dehydration is nothing to mess around with. 

1. Go back to liquids(Whatever your Surgeons recomendations is for 6 days out)
2. Talk to your NUT/Surgeon and make sure you understand their instructions 
3. Talk to a good therapist 

I wish you the absolute best of luck. 

Everyone else has already said everything there is to be said, so I won't be redundant.

However, I'm amused that you say you've gone without protein, liquids, and vitamins, and feel just fine. You seem surprised. You DO realize it's only been a week, right? And that vitamin deficiencies, muscle necrosis, organ malfunction, extreme dehydration, and metabolic failure aren't going to happen in a week? Keep going the way you are, though, negelecting your protein, vitamins, and water, and it WILL happen. Also, how on earth are you getting 1600 calories a day and not reaching your protein quota? Is it all carbs and fat?

You also said that you expected to feel so rotten you wouldn't be able to eat. I'm three weeks out and haven't had a single problem. I feel great. I feel hungry occasionally (I don't feel full yet, though, so I still have to measure) my energy is good, I sleep well, and had no complications. I would consider my surgery a tremendous success. If I felt rotten and sick all the time, I'd be miserable and would seriously be regretting my choice. Did you expect to feel rotten and sick for the rest of your life, in order to keep you from eating? If not, what did you plan to do once those feelings went away? Did you have a plan to change your habits, or were you just counting on your body to tell you what to do?

And finally, one last question - you had to have known what this surgery involves, right? Your surgeon HAD to have gone over the size of your pouch and your recommended daily amount of food. So WHY did you feel the need to not only surpass those limitations, but blow them right out of the water? If it was an experimental attempt, what were you hoping to discover?