Just signed up! Would like help!

CatherG
on 5/1/17 11:56 am, edited 5/1/17 4:44 pm
Mini Gastric Bypass on 04/23/17

i just had my gastric sleeve last Thursday the 27th. I feel a little nauseous still but I can now keep down more liquid. I'm concerned though I've lost over 12 lbs since last Thursday- but is that muscle? I can't keep much of my protein shakes down. Any suggestions?

Amy Liz
on 5/1/17 12:48 pm
RNY on 11/21/16

I'm only 5 months out, but it's likely water weight. My doctor told me to be sure to get all my fluids in the first week to prevent dehydration and to do the best I can with protein shakes the first week. It gets easier, it just takes time (baby steps) and a lot of patience!

RNY 11/21/16 - HW/SW 309 LW 150

REVISION 4/10/23 - HW 240 SW 225 CW 182 GW 175

MarinaGirl
on 5/1/17 1:03 pm

When you say you can't keep much of your protein shakes down does that mean you're vomiting?

CatherG
on 5/1/17 4:45 pm
Mini Gastric Bypass on 04/23/17

Gagging, and spitting them up not quite full on vomit.

Cleopatra_Nik
on 5/1/17 1:19 pm - Baltimore, MD

Hi Cather,

So...it's highly unlikely that you're losing muscle at this point. The body has lots of failsafes before it starts burning muscle for fuel (namely...fat!). Usually initial losses are mostly water and some fat. So I would venture to guess it's mostly water. If you are like most post-ops, you'll hit a stall in two weeks that makes you want to slap somebody. It's all perfectly normal.

If you can't keep liquids down, I think you should call your surgeon's office for help. It may be what's in your shake but also a small percentage of folks develop what's called a stricture, which is scar tissue somewhere along your digestive system where they operated, that can prevent you from keeping food down. So be sure to call if you are concerned. Are you keeping water and other liquids down?

Also you said you had a bypass/sleeve. I've not heard of folks having both procedures. Did you have both or just one?

RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!

CatherG
on 5/1/17 4:44 pm
Mini Gastric Bypass on 04/23/17

It was a sleeve, sorry I forut which one it was when I wrote the post! I can keep more liquids down than last week but not that much protein shake. I think it's the flavor? I might check out a different flavor that I bought tonight.

Travelher
on 5/2/17 9:22 pm
Revision on 10/04/16

I found warm liquids worked best in the early days. I was warming my premier protein so I could drink it. (By place it in a bowl of warm or ho****er so not to overheat and cause protein wierdness that can happen). Was like hot chocolate.

Band-RNY revision age 50 5'4" HW 260 SW: 244 (bf healthy range 23-35%) bf 23.7% (at 137lbs) cw range 135-138.lbl with butt lift and mastoplexy March 23, 2018...2.5lbs removed.

Pre-op-16lbs (size 18/20...244) M1-16lbs (size 18...228) M2-15.6lbs (size 16/18...212.4) M3-10lbs (size 16..202.4) M4-11.4lbs (size 14...191) M5-10.8lbs (size 12...180.2) M6-8.4 (size 8/10...171.8) M7-6.4 (size 8...165.4 lbs) M8-11.6 (size 6...153.8) M9-5.6 (size 4/6...148.2) M10-5.8 (size 4....142.4) M11-4 (size 2/4...138.4) Surgiversary -1 (size 2/4...137.4) M13-2.6 (size 2/4...134.8) M14 (size 2/4...134.8) M15 (size 2...135) M16 (size 2...131.4) M17 (size 2...135) M18 (size 2...135) M19 (size 2...138) M20 (size 2...135) M21 (size 2...138)

CatherG
on 5/3/17 5:15 am
Mini Gastric Bypass on 04/23/17

I'll give it a try!

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