2 days post-op

[ozzy22 0]

I am two days post-op. I'm still in a good amount of pain. I am having an extremely hard time getting all my liquids in and Protein. How much Water & protein did yall get in just two days out??

[NJMOMof2 17]

The first couple days you may only get in about 2 oz an hour. Then you should increase to 6 to 8 oz an hour, no more than that. I used a small shot glass and just kept sipping. Warm chicken broth seems to sit well. I used the Unjury kind with Protein. Very important to keep hydrated. I wrote down every 2oz I could get down so I could keep track of it.

Good luck and before you know it, this will be in the past. The first few days are rough but not impossible.

Take care of yourself.

[Billy363627 15]

2 days out I was pulling in 30 oz of Water in. I know it is hard right now but you have to push yourself..I would try to increase my water intake by 5 to 10 ounces per day until i got to 60 ounces. I didn't mess with Protein until I got to 60 ounces of water. You have to make sure you sip sip sip and sip every minute of the day.. You need to to walk as much as you can even if you have to go out side and walk down to the end of the street. The more you walk the sooner you will heal and the quicker your pain will go away..I know right now it is very hard but you should be on top of your water within a week..You can do it..

[ozzy22 0]

So did you really not eat anythin until you got your 60oz of Water in? I taken a couple sips of my Protein Shake today, not much though. I'd say today so far I've only gotten like 5oz of Protein in, I've had one 16.9 oz bottled water and I think I should be able to get one more down before I go to sleep. Does it seem normal thatt I'm really not wanting to eat any "food"

[brazcan 37]

At 2 days out I only had crushed ice, not even Water.< /p>

[learningintuition 5]

2 days and i was just starting Water and juice. I barely got anything but if you don't you'll be exhausted like I was. i slept so much but my urine was dark so I kept working on it. if your urine is dark, you need more fluids.

[ozzy22 0]

My urine is actually pretty light right now so I think I might be doing okay. I am now 3 days post-op and getting in about 30oz of Water and like 10ish oz of Protein Shake. Last night I had about two table spoons of chicken broth.< /p>

[curtsj01 1]

You are on a liquid diet, it all counts as fluids... As long as your taking in fluids through out the day, the volume will come in time. As the soreness in your stomach goes away, the fluids will come a lot easier. I know I couldn't do my shakes for about 10 days out because it just sat so heavy on my stomach. So kudos for you to be getting it in already.

I also am not hungry for food anymore. 3 days from surgery I think my body was still processing the Ghrelin hormones so I still felt some "hunger" but I knew it was more of an empty rather then hungry. Now, I can go all day without eating and not be bothered at all (although it is not healthy and counterproductive to the goal). When they remove the greater portion of your stomach they remove the lining where the hunger hormone Ghrelin is produced. This absence of hormone has an appetite suppressant effective, resulting in no hunger. I think it is cool to not be ravenous hungry anymore! I can eat a small amount of food and feel normal.

Just take it easy and follow your post-op diet. Do what you can. Your body will tell you what is comfortable and not. Fluids are very important, the 64oz becomes more important to follow when you start adding in the more solid foods. Don't wait to eat just because you haven't had your 64 ounces yet.16 waking hours is a long time to spread 64 ounces over. That is 4oz an hour. Your doing great with the 30oz. If your like me, it's certainly more H2O then I ever drank on any given day prior to the surgery. And if your doing a Protein Powder and mixing your powder with skim milk, the milk counts as a Fluid and a Protein.