Question:
I am 5 months post op and still get sick alot...Will it ever go away?

I am 5 months post op. The first few months were basiclly hell for me. I was throwing up and sick to my stomache alot.Eventually it seemed to subside and things were looking up. Lately I have been feeling fine for a couple days and then I wake up the next morining feeling sick. It lasts all day,then goes away. The past few days I will eat my normal meal and within the hour be nausous.(spell??).Later I feel better.Then I get hungry,eat and the same thing will happen. Whats going on? will it ever go totally away? (no I'm not pregnant).If anyone understands or has any suggestions please help!    — [Anonymous] (posted on June 28, 2001)

June 28, 2001
I felt exactly the same way at 5 months. I wondered if I would ever feel more normal again. Things really changed for me at nine months. Although I was still careful to limit bread, meat, etc., the nausea and sick feeling after eating in the evening went away almost entirely. I am now 11.5 months, and I am starting to feel almost normal. I'm still afraid to eat red meat, but have been experimenting a little bit with bread and find I can eat a bit now (about one piece) and not get sick. This is good...and bad. I'm afraid my new tolerance may mean that I won't be losing any more weight. It is good, however, to feel more normal again and to be able to socialize and enjoy an evening out with friends. I don't know why some of us seem to get so sick following surgery and some never do at all. Prior to surgery I had a cast iron stomach...never sick. I really couldn't recommend wls to anyone until very recently. Hang in there. It gets better. Use this time to lose all the weight you can.
   — Anne G.