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I had soluble forceval and I was sick everytime. They changed it to the capsule and at first I struggled to swallow it but now it's a lot easier. I asked my consultant if I could take an off the counter vitamin instead of forceful but she said no.

I'm officially 8 half weeks post gastric bypass and can officially eat solids....yet all I seem to stomach is soup anything of a solid texture just hurts my stomach....and there was me looking forward to it lol....!!

Good luck!!!! I'm 5 weeks post op bypass. I've lost almost 2stone 5lbs......this seems like so much. Is this normal anyone....??

Your so right. I feel it's a massive learning process and for me food was part of socialising.....that's quite tough. But getting there slowly learning what my body can and can't eat xx

So I had one Weetabix for breakfast and only managed 5 spoonfuls it's so weird that before surgery I'd eat so much more.....getting my head round it all is tough. X

Ok thanku hun for ur advice xxx

Stressful.....they did give me a booklet and said I can eat certain things. But when I saw my consultant she said I can have foods that I can fork mash and stay away from beige foods. So no carbs but can have sweet potato and carrot mash with gravy, omlettes, Scrambled eggs etc it didn't quite...

On Thursday I will be 4 weeks post op gastric bypass and now allowed to eat soft foods or what my consultant said 'squidge'. She said I can have yoghurts.....but are these plain ones?? I had so many questions to ask and it was all a bit of a whirlwind!!! Just need some advice of what I can have...

Thank u....so far not had any dumping so will steer away xx

Thanks guys ur right it's probably thirst I'm not drinking enough. I'm also waiting for my forceval as the soluble ones made me sick so haven't had it for a while now x

Damn i knew someone would say that lol. X

3 weeks and 2 days post op and craving chocolate.....would a few malteasers be okay as they r pretty much air underneath the chocolate ;) I'm still on fluid stage until 4 weeks....any advice x

My consultant said she thinks it was post op pain she doesn't think it was wind or that I over did it the day before. I'm still not convinced lol x

Thank you so much. I have the hospital on Monday so I'll ask x

I did the low calorie pre op diet. 1 piece of chicken or fish green veg, green salad and green fruit one. I've never had a problem with milk before etc but I know surgery changes things. Just hoping the pain doesn't come back xx

I'm not really eating much as I'm still on liquids so smoothies and soup for another 2 weeks. I guess like u say it's trial and error with the foods I can have etc. I'm sure I'll learn. Thanks for your help and advice xx

Oh God I hope I don't get it again lol....if I hadn't had my gall bladder out I'd say it was just like that pain xx

Yeah I'm ok now thanks.....is it normal to get wind this long after I didn't suffer with it at all?just glad the pain has gone now. If it's wind does that mean I'll get it back :( x

Hi all So I'm 16 days post gastric bypass. Looking for advice. This morning I had a sharp pain in left side took Painkillers after it bought me to tears pain eased and around half hour later I had this excruciating pain that I can only describe as someone tightening a belt across my upper...

I know can't help it though hey xx