Spring999

I had my surgery on the 6/28 and I was in the hospital for 4 days. I wasn't allowed any water on the first day and they just put me on the drip the whole day and night. After that they gave me clear soup, jello and apple juice every meal and pain killers at night. When discharged, the doc stopped my diabetes meds and just prescribed me pain killers. I wasn't in much pain at all from the wounds, just a little chest pain when I try to drink a little too much or too fast. Currently, I'm on full liquid diet till 7/13 when I can start on purée foods. My trouble now is trying to get enough protein in as well as water to prevent from dehydration. I drink very slowly like close to an hour to finish up a cup of 300ml protein shake. I don't get hungry at all but I can feel my stomach grumbling and some signs of gastric pain when I don't drink anything for too long. So I gotta force myself to drink something at designated timings. I've been trying to find different protein related stuff to drink as I'm sick of protein shakes after that pre-op diet. Hopefully things will get better after I am allowed purée and soft foods. I can't wait to eat scrambled eggs!