Awwww.I'm feeling so bad for you right now! Of course, I can relate to everything you are feeling! I finally attended a real live support group, but guess what? It was not as good as this! Everyone has to "take a turn" and a short turn at that, with their question or comment and then the group may go on and on related to that comment. Here, you can type all you want about how you are feeling. AND, you can read and get involved in the topics that interest you or that you can relate to instead of having to listen to topics that don't relate to you. Does that make sense? Well, anyway, you should still go and check it out. Maybe it will be different for you. The one I went to, there were lots of people there who hadn't had the surgery yet and it was a prerequisite by their insurance company that they attend, so a lot of their questions and comments didn't apply to those of us who were post op. I felt it was a waste of time. I dont mean to discourage you! Like I said, it may be different for you...keep me posted on that.
In the meantime, hang in there!!!!!! We ALL feel ya!!!!

OMG I had the super smell thing too. Everybody smelled awful and stale with few exceptions, even my family. Thankfully that has mostly gone away. I don't know if this will help or not with the feeling sick, but do you chew everything really well? I had a band before so I am used to chewing everything until its liquified in my mouth. Then i swallow. I love GNC whey protein drinks (especially vanilla) and grilled salmon with sauce or some goat cheese spread. Good luck and may those pounds keep dropping off.

Wow Good job of putting it all into words! Definately been there done that! I am 2 years out and all i can say is i have learned to compromise with the pukeing. I try to only puke up HALF of what i eat! Some things are definately better then they used to be, you will get some tast back for some of the foods you cant stand right now, but not all. The rewards you feel the smaller you get really go along way in makeing your new way of life easier to take! Stay hydrated and take chewable gummie vitamins and keep up the good work!

Hope I don't have my hopes up TOO high for the support group. I might want to just get my own therapist : ) I will keep you posted.

Yeah - that smell thing can be a killer. I had to do some research to see if it was normal. I still need to ask my dr what that is all about. I had surgery on my stomach not my nose. Yes, I do chew. I chew till I get sick of chewing.

Well I guess I can look forward to getting some taste buds back for different foods. I can't believe how this surgery has affected me. It is pretty crazy.

Thank you ladies for the encouragement. I know it will be okay. But sometimes when I am sitting at home late with nothing special to do but focus on how sick it feel right then can be a little overwhelming. I need to find more distractions until this stuff passes.

I feel like you do, right down to the smells and when I get to focusing on how bad I feel, I play solitaire on my iphone. It helps get my mind off of things until I do feel better.

I even smell the chlorine in my tap water!!! I haven't noticed people smelling bad, though! HA! That's funny!! I have never puked yet, either which is a blessing because I would rather do anything else in the world than puke!!!!!!!

I am having the smell issue mainly with my drinks especially water. Msvetrn...we live in the same area and I swear it smells like I have pool water in my cup. I want to throw up just thinking about a protein shake. I get sick now mostly watching my family eat. I am shocked at the volume of food that my husband eats. He got really mad at me when I asked him if he realized the amount of food that he eats. He is big but not huge. It seems like all everyone does is eat. This may be because I am still on my liquid stage but it has made me more aware at what goes in everyone around me.