If you have never FELT FULL since the surgery, PLEASE READ!

Ok, so I am 3 weeks out and have never ever felt a full feeling. I'm not complaining bcuz I am careful to measure out all of my food when I do eat (which is rarely). I jus want to hear from other people who are experiencing this. It is a bit frustrating. I wana know how did you do, were you able to stay on task and reach goal? How is your weight-loss going? What was your journey like being that you were not blessed to have that prompt of your body telling you to stop???

That seems to be normal at your point.  Remember you just had a major part of your stomach cut.  This includes cutting nerves.  This have to heal/make new connections.  I knew this in my head put, still was scared the first month or two that I would never fell full.  At four months, I feel full after 3/4 oz.  Just keep measuring so you don't push your healing stomach.  The full will come.

It's really easy for me to eat as well, is that normal? I have to force myself to eat slow!

Yes eating was very easy for me too.  I really had to watch it and force myself to slow down.  And measure.  Some, that where sleeved in January didn't have the same problem.  It seemed the RNY had a harder time eating and many of the sleevers have the same issue.  Don't pu****

Some of the nerves to your stomach were cut and the full healing of your stomach doesn't happen until you are around six month outs. You may not feel the feeling of fullness for a few more weeks to a couple of months. When I started on solids at six weeks the only signal I had that I was full before I got the foamiess or just sweats and nausea was a hiccup. And I would know that if I hiccuped more then two times that I ate one bite too many lol! Anyway it did come back and it will for you too.

Okay, I have felt full since surgery (I'm 17 months out!), but at your stage, 3 weeks out, I was convinced that I had a huge sleeve! I did not feel full. I did not have trouble getting my liquids in. I could drink my protein shakes in about 30 minutes with no issues. When I started purees, I measured everything very carefully and then didn't usually finish my measured portions - not because I felt full, but because I was scared ****less of springing a leak on my sutcher line. Then I went to soft foods and WHAM! restriction kicked in. I made a single scrambled egg. I couldn't fini**** I was able to eat about half and that was it. I was full for hours and hours and hours.

Give yourself time. The surgeon severed all the nerves and the major blood supply to your stomach. IT takes weeks and even months for the nerves to heal and work again. I'm sure you will feel "full" in the near future.

something to consider: I no longer ever feel full in the way I did before VSG. It is a new sensation altogether. So be on the look out for other signals than the one you used to feel. I'm not sure if this applies to everyone, but for me and a few others I know, it does.

Interesting about feeling full in a different way than you did before. Can you elaborate? I know this might be a tough thing to describe (sort of like describing the color blue - you know it when you see it, but how to describe?). I have not heard this before. Thanks!

I feel full in my back, between my shoulder blades. I've only had foamies once--I ate crab meat at 2 months post op and my tummy wasn't happy. I can eat it just fine now. Never thrown up. 

The great thing about not having a strong full signal is that I get to control my portions. Something that I learned very quickly. I actually feel kind of sorry for the folks that rely on their full signals because they don't have to learn this healthy habit.

Also, I didn't feel full until I ate regular dense protein. I was 2 months post op before I knew what full was.

When I first had VSG I was anticipating a feeling like Thanksgiving full to be my restriction. Not even close. I have never felt that full tummy feeling since VSG. What I feel as being full is a pressure at the bottom of my throat right where my collar bones come together in that little U shaped area on the sternum. It feels like there is a pressure on the esophageal sphincter sort of like the feeling you get from reflux. That is my over full sign. I HATE it with a passion, so I try to never, ever over eat my sleeve.

Hope that helps.

I can't remember what you are eating at this stage? I wasn't on dense protein till 4 weeks out. That's when I felt a sense of not being able to eat more without it being problematic.

Pre surgery, if I felt "full" .... it was more like a bloated belly feeling. With the VSG...it is a different sensation...it's higher up ...I notice it best when eating slow and the denser the food, the more I notice it. I never felt it with cottage cheese though I think others do.

I suspect when you least expect it....you'll feel it. Not worth getting frustrated about. You're eating right...you'll get the results in due time :)