Re: Help.........staying sick

August 9, 2006

You sound like you had the same issue that I had. The doctor had to

go in and re-open the passage way between my stomach and my

esophegus. The Gastric doctor does the procedure. That happens is

the flesh swells up and leaves very little room for the food to pass

through. So the doctor has to re-open the passage way with a ballon

type aperatus. Talk to your doctor, that may be the solution to your

problem. The grits may have swelled inside your system and couldn't

get through. But talk to your doctor and see what he says. I hope

this information has helped.

>

> I need some help. I am now three weeks post op and supposed to be

able

> to eat pureed foods, and very few can I get and keep down.

Yesterday I

> tried grits and they were wonderful, this morning I did the same,

but

> this time they just didn't seem to go down right or something, just

> like a lot of things. I don't think it's because I'm over eating, my

> things get stuck (even grits)it feels like right in my chest and the

> only way to releave the pain is to throw it back up. I am getting

sick

> of being sick every day. I am so tired of throwing up. I guess I'll

> have to go back on my liquids and stay there because my body will

not

> allow me to eat anything without it getting stuck. I know I am

eating

> slow, and I only put on my spoon about what you would feed a baby,

but

> this is getting ridiculous and I can't stand it anymore. I know I

> haven't over eaten because it seems like nothing has gotten to my

> pouch and I know when that is full. My stomach is growling and what

I

> have eaten is still in there , but not in my stomach.

> Any help on how to get my food down?

>

> H.

>

August 9, 2006

,

I am only a week ahead of you, and I am going through much of the

same thing. My doc wants me on solid food now (he does clear liquids

the first day, pureed foods the second day, and solids at week three!).

I have a hard time keeping things down too. It has taken me a week of

vomiting to figure things out with my body. At least I think I have

figured it out a little.

These are the things I am doing now:

- sip a small cup of tea or hot water before a meal to get all the

mucous in the pouch that is hanging around clogging things up to pass

through.

- take tiny, tiny, tiny bites and chew them up until there is nothing

left but a memory in your mouth.

-wait at least a minute or two (literally, like count to 100) before

attempting the next bite.

-if you feel a pain in the middle of your chest (for me, it is

between the breasts) then STOP eating. Wait 10 minutes before

deciding if you want to try again or leave it at what little you got

down.

- don't stress ('cause I already did it for ya!) and know that this

is part of learning your new body

- remember that you had most of your stomach disconnected and your

guts rearranged just three weeks ago- healing take time and lots of

patience.

- know that this too, shall pass!

Hugs and healing,

Haley

> I need some help. I am now three weeks post op and supposed to be able

> to eat pureed foods, and very few can I get and keep down. Yesterday I

> tried grits and they were wonderful, this morning I did the same, but

> this time they just didn't seem to go down right or something, just

> like a lot of things. I don't think it's because I'm over eating, my

> things get stuck (even grits)it feels like right in my chest and the

> only way to releave the pain is to throw it back up. I am getting sick

> of being sick every day. I am so tired of throwing up. I guess I'll

> have to go back on my liquids and stay there because my body will not

> allow me to eat anything without it getting stuck. I know I am eating

> slow, and I only put on my spoon about what you would feed a baby, but

> this is getting ridiculous and I can't stand it anymore. I know I

> haven't over eaten because it seems like nothing has gotten to my

> pouch and I know when that is full. My stomach is growling and what I

> have eaten is still in there , but not in my stomach.

> Any help on how to get my food down?

>

> H.

>

August 9, 2006

Swelling grits rung a cord with me. I tried rice at about three

weeks. It was very well cooked and I ate maybe a spoonful only. I got

VERY sick and was basically throwing up strong for more than I cared

to; dry heaving, the whole nine yards. Needless to say I was scared

off rice for a good month or two. I can have it now no problem.

We don't do grits much here in Michigan but I was born in Texas so

maybe I should try some again eh?

Mike in GR

> >

> > I need some help. I am now three weeks post op and supposed to be

> able

> > to eat pureed foods, and very few can I get and keep down.

> Yesterday I

> > tried grits and they were wonderful, this morning I did the same,

> but

> > this time they just didn't seem to go down right or something,

just

> > like a lot of things. I don't think it's because I'm over eating,

my

> > things get stuck (even grits)it feels like right in my chest and

the

> > only way to releave the pain is to throw it back up. I am getting

> sick

> > of being sick every day. I am so tired of throwing up. I guess

I'll

> > have to go back on my liquids and stay there because my body will

> not

> > allow me to eat anything without it getting stuck. I know I am

> eating

> > slow, and I only put on my spoon about what you would feed a

baby,

> but

> > this is getting ridiculous and I can't stand it anymore. I know I

> > haven't over eaten because it seems like nothing has gotten to my

> > pouch and I know when that is full. My stomach is growling and

what

> I

> > have eaten is still in there , but not in my stomach.

> > Any help on how to get my food down?

> >

> > H.

> >

>

August 9, 2006

Haley,

That's great advice. That pretty much mirrors what I had to do to a T.

I still, sometimes, eat too fast or too much to fast and get that

tightness in my chest. Then I get to sit for 10-15 minutes and beat

myself up mentally while my family asks, " Is everything okay? " Then I

reply, " Oh yeah great " while I sit there with 2-3 bites of food down

only.

It's all a learning process, for me at least it is. It's going to

take me a bit longer before it becomes second nature. I get better at

it every day though.

Mike in GR

>

> > I need some help. I am now three weeks post op and supposed to be

able

> > to eat pureed foods, and very few can I get and keep down.

Yesterday I

> > tried grits and they were wonderful, this morning I did the same,

but

> > this time they just didn't seem to go down right or something,

just

> > like a lot of things. I don't think it's because I'm over eating,

my

> > things get stuck (even grits)it feels like right in my chest and

the

> > only way to releave the pain is to throw it back up. I am getting

sick

> > of being sick every day. I am so tired of throwing up. I guess

I'll

> > have to go back on my liquids and stay there because my body will

not

> > allow me to eat anything without it getting stuck. I know I am

eating

> > slow, and I only put on my spoon about what you would feed a

baby, but

> > this is getting ridiculous and I can't stand it anymore. I know I

> > haven't over eaten because it seems like nothing has gotten to my

> > pouch and I know when that is full. My stomach is growling and

what I

> > have eaten is still in there , but not in my stomach.

> > Any help on how to get my food down?

> >

> > H.

> >

>

August 9, 2006

,

You need to contact your surgeon's office.

He will probably want to see you but you need to make sure you start eating

foods again and that your healing enough for them to pass through your pouch.

Keep us updated on how your feeling.

Alice

wrote:

I need some help. I am now three weeks post op and supposed to be able

to eat pureed foods, and very few can I get and keep down. Yesterday I

tried grits and they were wonderful, this morning I did the same, but

this time they just didn't seem to go down right or something, just

like a lot of things. I don't think it's because I'm over eating, my

things get stuck (even grits)it feels like right in my chest and the

only way to releave the pain is to throw it back up. I am getting sick

of being sick every day. I am so tired of throwing up. I guess I'll

have to go back on my liquids and stay there because my body will not

allow me to eat anything without it getting stuck. I know I am eating

slow, and I only put on my spoon about what you would feed a baby, but

this is getting ridiculous and I can't stand it anymore. I know I

haven't over eaten because it seems like nothing has gotten to my

pouch and I know when that is full. My stomach is growling and what I

have eaten is still in there , but not in my stomach.

Any help on how to get my food down?

H.

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August 9, 2006

H. I am also three weeks out today. I am on soft foods, fish, some

veggies, chicken. So far I ahve had chicken get stuck- looking back I

do not think I chewed it long enough. Try counting to 30 or singing the

ABC's as you chew. Remember tiny bites. And-if at first you don't

succeed, well wait a couple of days and try again. Good luck to you, I

will keep you in my thoughts.

wls 7/19

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August 9, 2006

,

Are your portions really smal? and do you chew it really really well? Maybe

doing this might help.

Help.........staying sick