1st full day home from hospital

Jax · June 19, 2011

I had my sleeve surgery on Friday and came home yesterday. Drinking wise yesterday, I think all i got in was 8 oz of Water and a few sips of a Protein Drink. Today is quite another story. I had a Protein drink for Breakfast and another one for dinner.....480 calories and 73 grams of protein total! Pretty good. In addition, I am working on my second 16 oz. bottle of water. I may try a little cup of tea if I feel like it later. Gas pain is minimal at the most and the only discomfort, if you can call it that is the surgical site where my drain is....its the biggest one also. The drain comes out Wednesday! Feels like i did 1000 crunches. All in all, I am starting to feel much better. I think tomorrow will be even better. I've been walking a lot in the house but may take a walk with my dog tomorrow if I feel up to it.

Meandmylittledog · June 20, 2011

Congrats on your surgery and the fact that you're able to get so much Fluid down. You're right, each day gets better.

kemo46 · June 20, 2011

I had my sleeve surgery on Friday and came home yesterday. Drinking wise yesterday, I think all i got in was 8 oz of Water and a few sips of a Protein drink. Today is quite another story. I had a Protein drink for breakfast and another one for dinner.....480 calories and 73 grams of protein total! Pretty good. In addition, I am working on my second 16 oz. bottle of Water. I may try a little cup of tea if I feel like it later. Gas pain is minimal at the most and the only discomfort, if you can call it that is the surgical site where my drain is....its the biggest one also. The drain comes out Wednesday! Feels like i did 1000 crunches. All in all, I am starting to feel much better. I think tomorrow will be even better. I've been walking a lot in the house but may take a walk with my dog tomorrow if I feel up to it.

Jax, I am glad to hear you are doing well. There is one thing I would ask your Doctor, I was told by my surgeon and many people on the forum was told the same that the protein and calories are not that important the first couple of weeks. They say that the most important thing is to get in at least 64oz of water/liquid to stay well hydrated. The reason I am telling you this is I was not getting in enough water by trying to get my protein in, it just did not seem there was enough room. I then started concentrating on the water and I felt much better that 1st 2 weeks after surgery. I am now getting in all of my protein and water and all is good. The hydration IS the most important thing. I am getting about 600 calories a day and about 70 gr of protein now but I make sure I still get at least 64oz of water a day. Keep us posted.

Jax · June 20, 2011

Great point but my doctor has told me that the Water I use in my Protein drinks counts towards my daily minimum of 64 oz of Water. that being said, I drank about 48 oz of water yesterday. Hydration is by far the most important part of these first few weeks but i do not want to go through the hair loss I had with my band so I am throwing Protein into everything and anything!

Jax, I am glad to hear you are doing well. There is one thing I would ask your Doctor, I was told by my surgeon and many people on the forum was told the same that the protein and calories are not that important the first couple of weeks. They say that the most important thing is to get in at least 64oz of water/liquid to stay well hydrated. The reason I am telling you this is I was not getting in enough water by trying to get my protein in, it just did not seem there was enough room. I then started concentrating on the water and I felt much better that 1st 2 weeks after surgery. I am now getting in all of my protein and water and all is good. The hydration IS the most important thing. I am getting about 600 calories a day and about 70 gr of protein now but I make sure I still get at least 64oz of water a day. Keep us posted.

Beadingnurse · June 20, 2011

Congratulations! Sounds like everything went well and you are on your way to the loser's bench!

Tamz · June 20, 2011

Great point but my doctor has told me that the Water I use in my Protein drinks counts towards my daily minimum of 64 oz of Water. that being said, I drank about 48 oz of water yesterday. Hydration is by far the most important part of these first few weeks but i do not want to go through the hair loss I had with my band so I am throwing Protein into everything and anything!

AMEN to that.... i put that stuff in ANYTHING I can get my hands on.. applesauce, pudding, water, Soup, whatever.. I dont wanna lose my hair

Glad to hear that you are doing so well!