Posted 2/1/2015 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
Be happy if you can burp. It took me nearly a year to be able to burp. I think it mostly depends on when the swelling goes down.
As far as eating - your stomach has been made a lot smaller because part of it is wrapped around the esophagus, and now it won't hold as much. It's not as much as having the weight loss stomach reduction, but in both cases it can be stretched by simply eating, and eventually it will hold more.
I'm perfectly happy with my smaller stomach. I don't have to try to diet anymore to keep my weight under control. It takes a while, for me a year, to get back to eating enough without at least 4 to 5 meals a day.
As a non-doctor, I would guess that gastroparesis might result from nerves being cut during surgery. We aren't promised anything, and this result is a possibility from this surgery. My system is pretty slow, but I think mine is because of the pain meds I take for other problems. You might ask a doctor if you think you have this problem. There are some meds that can speed up the GI tract. Unfortunately only one of them, metoclopramide, is available in the USA. I have had facial tics from this. I was lucky to get off it before they became permanent.
Nausea can be helped by many meds. My GI doc had me take Nexium, which works very well. I only take it for a few days when I get a spell lasting for a few days. For acute nausea, that comes on quickly and threatens to make me start heaving, I take Zofran. Once again, only your doctor can diagnose!