'''The everyday ones.''' None of these means something has gone wrong, and each has a first thing to try.
== Nausea and vomiting ==
Smaller sips. Slower. Try a different temperature. Cool often sits better than warm. Strong smells make it worse for a lot of people, so cook somewhere else if you can. If your team prescribed something for nausea, take it as they wrote it.
'''Vomiting for more than 12 hours, or not being able to keep fluids down, is a call to your care team the same day.''' Dehydration, thiamin depletion and electrolyte problems all follow from it, and none of them is worth waiting out.
== Constipation ==
Common when you are eating little and drinking carefully. Fluids first, then fibre. The published guidance is to drink plenty of liquids to help fibre work better (NIDDK, NIH, 2024 · [https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/constipation/eating-diet-nutrition niddk.nih.gov]).
A stool softener, a fibre supplement or an osmotic laxative used as its label directs are the usual over-the-counter options. Check with your team before adding anything, particularly in the first weeks.
== Gas and bloating ==
Straws, chewing gum and fizzy drinks all put air in, and all three are worth dropping anyway. Simethicone used as its label directs is the usual option. Eating slowly helps more than most things.
== Milk suddenly not agreeing with you ==
Some people find dairy harder to tolerate after these operations than before: bloating, cramping or loose stools after milk or a milk-based shake.
Lactose-free milk works in a shake exactly as ordinary milk does. Worth trying before you conclude you cannot manage protein drinks.
== Hair shedding at three to six months ==
Widely reported, and it settles. It is the kind of shedding that follows a big physical change rather than something going wrong with your hair.
What is worth doing is what you should be doing anyway: hitting your protein, and staying on your supplements. Mention it at your follow-up. It is a reasonable prompt to check your levels.
== When not to wait ==
Persistent chest pain, shortness of breath, a fever over 101 °F, calf pain or swelling, black or bloody stools, severe abdominal pain, or not being able to keep fluids down for 24 hours: contact your care team straight away, or emergency services if it is severe.
== Related ==
- [[dumping-syndrome|Dumping syndrome]]
- [[protein-and-fluid-after-surgery|Protein and fluid after surgery]]
- [[supplements-for-life|Supplements for life]]
== Where this comes from ==
Everything on this page is drawn from published clinical guidelines and peer-reviewed research, cited above. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' It does not decide whether a procedure is right for you, does not recommend one over another, and never sets a dose. Your care team does all three, and where they give you an instruction, theirs is the one to follow.
'''The everyday ones.''' None of these means something has gone wrong, and each has a first thing to try. == Nausea and vomiting == Smaller sips. Slower. Try a different temperature. Cool often sits better than warm. Strong smells make it worse for a lot of people, so cook somewhere else if you can. If your team prescribed something for nausea, take it as they wrote it. '''Vomiting for more than 12 hours, or not being able to keep fluids down, is a call to your care team the same day.''' Dehydration, thiamin depletion and electrolyte problems all follow from it, and none of them is worth waiting out. == Constipation == Common when you are eating little and drinking carefully. Fluids first, then fibre. The published guidance is to drink plenty of liquids to help fibre work better (NIDDK, NIH, 2024 · [https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/constipation/eating-diet-nutrition niddk.nih.gov]). A stool softener, a fibre supplement or an osmotic laxative used as its label directs are the usual over-the-counter options. Check with your team before adding anything, particularly in the first weeks. == Gas and bloating == Straws, chewing gum and fizzy drinks all put air in, and all three are worth dropping anyway. Simethicone used as its label directs is the usual option. Eating slowly helps more than most things. == Milk suddenly not agreeing with you == Some people find dairy harder to tolerate after these operations than before: bloating, cramping or loose stools after milk or a milk-based shake. Lactose-free milk works in a shake exactly as ordinary milk does. Worth trying before you conclude you cannot manage protein drinks. == Hair shedding at three to six months == Widely reported, and it settles. It is the kind of shedding that follows a big physical change rather than something going wrong with your hair. What is worth doing is what you should be doing anyway: hitting your protein, and staying on your supplements. Mention it at your follow-up. It is a reasonable prompt to check your levels. == When not to wait == Persistent chest pain, shortness of breath, a fever over 101 °F, calf pain or swelling, black or bloody stools, severe abdominal pain, or not being able to keep fluids down for 24 hours: contact your care team straight away, or emergency services if it is severe. == Related == * [[dumping-syndrome|Dumping syndrome]] * [[protein-and-fluid-after-surgery|Protein and fluid after surgery]] * [[supplements-for-life|Supplements for life]] == Where this comes from == Everything on this page is drawn from published clinical guidelines and peer-reviewed research, cited above. '''Loopa does not give medical advice.''' It does not decide whether a procedure is right for you, does not recommend one over another, and never sets a dose. Your care team does all three, and where they give you an instruction, theirs is the one to follow.
