Synlee

Hi, and congrats.. I'm going on day 6 post op.. and I'm struggling even with pain meds, I still am suffering with extreme pain anytime I try to ingest anything. Even a cap full of water, doubles me over fir 10 mins... I am lucky if I get 12 oz of liquid in a day, and any type of food or even protein shakes are a no... I can feel myself getting weaker. I hope in the coming days it gets better, I don't want a trip yo the ER.. other than that, if I'm not trying to get fluids down, I feel great.

No, they didn't test for anything. Just told me to keep trying.. hold off on puree diet for 1 more week, just stick to fluids. Today I think i have only gotten down about 12oz of fluid. i started at 7am and i am still working on the same water bottle. fingers crossed tomorrow will be better,

Thanks for the reply, I have tried from boiling hot to freezing cold. water, broth, shakes, tea, no matter what it is the pain is awful.. big gulp to tiny sip all the same outcome, I told the Docs at hospital it was happening, only advice they gave was keep trying, Yes there was a fluid intake goal that was supposed to be met, but they didn't even ask or keep track of what I was drinking. So far the only thing i was able to ingest was 2 oz of a yogurt that took me about hour to eat. I hope that in a few days it will get batter.

Hello and Congrats. I just had my VGS on Monday.. I too do not like protein shakes,, My dietitian said I can just drink protein water. Premiere Protein makes a tropical punch flavor and peach one.. they are 20 g of protein per bottle. I get mine off Amazon. Both flavors are good, but I prefer the Tropical one. Give those a try if you haven't already.

Hello all, I just had my VGS on the 8th.. spent 2 nights in hospital because of severe pain when I tried to drink anything. I am now on post day 3 and i still can not even take a sip of water without doubling over in tears.. Has anyone else experienced this? if so how long did it last? what kinds of things did you do to try and get anything down. I don't want to end up in the ER or back in hospital because of dehydration or malnutrition. Other than not being able to drink or eat anything... overall I feel really good and I'm still happy with my choices to have this done. all advice or comments welcome.. Thank you,

Not to bad, In the beginning it was a little rough, took a few days for my stomach to adjust to just having liquid, and now I have been getting a little bit of nausea here at the end stretch, but from all that I have read that is common.

Good luck on your journey!.. I will have my VGS on Monday It's been a long 7 month process to get approved, but surgery day is near.. Nervous but ready!

Good luck on your journey!.. I will have mine VGS on Monday. Nervous but ready!. 😊