Day 3, Still Not Very Hungry.

[Jlynn217 54]

It is day 3 post op, and my surgeon told me to be on Clear liquids day one and then full liquids day 2-14, yesterday i made a Protein shake- 8 oz. and added a cup of sugar free pudding, I litterally took 7 drinks(sips) of it, and have to remind myself just to drink h2o. Im just not interested. is it my pain meds? anesthesia side effect? I mean it's not normal to be completely uninterested is it?

also, I snuck into my work break room yesterday and weighed myself, and since prior to surgery, I am only down 2 lbs, seems weird considering i havent eaten in 4 days...is the swelling and/or gas causing a false weigh in?

[sissy12 56]

Very soon after surgery you've got swelling, Water weight and bloat. I didn't see the scale move until a week or more after my surgery. It's early in the healing process,

I also didn't have any desire to drink much less eat the first two weeks, I did find that sugar free Popsicles were my friends those first weeks.

Get a good accurate scale if you feel like your current one fluctuates too much, my old one was driving me insane (I'm a daily weigher) so I got the awesome Eatsmart Precision Plus...I love that thing

[CarrieBrownsville 55]

Hang in there and try to drink, drink, drink! Forget about weight loss. Your stomach is swollen right now and it will take at least a month for it to heal. If you don't drink Protein, your body will begin burning muscle and you don't want that to happen. The first few days you may have to force yourself to sip continually. Don't let yourself get dehydrated. sugar-free popsicles were my saving grace, too, but they don't have protein, so you really need to concentrate on that. Good luck. Hopefully, the time will go by quickly for you.