I Am One Week Pre-Op And I Am Getting Very Weak.

[tweetychelle 7]

I am a private duty nurse with a fulltime patient that is counting on my strength but while I am on my liver shrinking diet I am loosing a lot of muscle mass which everyday is making it more difficult to take care of my patient. is there anything you would suggest.

[donna12 742]

the high Protein shakes should be taking care of that I would think but I'm not a dr or a nurse. I'm 2 days in and the shakes are gagging me, trying to chug them down the best I can. I'm drinking Isopure, one bottle has 40g Protein, I only drink half at mealtime. My fav is the Grape. My doc said if my sugar dropped or I felt like passing out to eat half of a Protein Bar, they told me Pure Protein, it was the highest in protein grams that I got today. My first night, last night, was awful, I had nausea, headache, dizzy, the shakes all over and nearly passed out. Today I'm better, much better. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Donna

[electronicart 120]

Hang in there, you can do this! You are almost there...

[Skyvic 226]

Hang in there, I've had a few of those spells after surgery my bloodwork showed I had a little lie Iron but still low end of normal. Keep that Protein intake even a spoonful of Peanut Butter or some cottage cheese might help.