Gastric Bypass Surgery Support Group

I'm 6 weeks out today. Since Sunday I have had some issues with eating solids- I can eat only about an oz then I feel horrible, then it takes 3-4 hours to move through. This has never been an issue, I have tolerated everything up until this point. So I thought I would stick to liquids/soft for a couple days. I have been getting my fluids, protein, and vitamins in. But it seems since I started this the less and less fluids I can take in. I'm not vomiting, just feels like after 1 sip it's coming back up so I stop. Even though I'm getting 64 oz of fluids I'm not peeing a lot, maybe 3-4 times a day. Yesterday I had the worst situation with constipation even, had to go home from work early, hurt to sit. Finally I juiced a watermelon and added ground flax seed, it worked itself out but was incrediably painful (I had already tried Miralax for 3 days). Today it all got a lot worse, I managed to drink half an isopure ready mix (20g of protein about 80 calories) and I franks about 32 oz of straight water. I've had lightheadedness for about 3 weeks, it's not better or worse. I called my surgeon's office, he and his nurse are out of town and I was told the nurse would be back tomorrow morning, would review, and call me back. I asked if I should go to the ER and was told 'everyone is different so it would be best for the nurse to review it tomorrow'. I came home early from work agian, am laying down, trying to get more fluids. I'm just worried something is wrong but I don't know how to explain how I feel. I'm hoping the nurse will give me some guidance tomorrow morning.
Posted on 08/01/12, 04:44 pm