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I jusat got home from the hospital today and am finding it impossible to get anything down. Any suggestions?

Sleeved by Dr. Quilici , Burbank, CA

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split pea Soup luke warm helped me. my surgery was on tuesday, and i am having a hard time swallowing anything because i get this painfull feeling afterward, like my stomach is squeezing the food back up my esophogus. not plesant at all!

good luck to you hope you can handle the soup like i can. cheer up...all will get better :)

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I jusat got home from the hospital today and am finding it impossible to get anything down. Any suggestions?

Sleeved by Dr. Quilici , Burbank, CA

HI

I suggest you ONLY try Clear Liquids until things start to work better for you. They should be clear liquids--like beef or chicken broth. Please remember your new stomach is quite swollen and will not hold anymore that food the size of your thumb. So if you can only get about 2 tablespoons of food in then that is about all the food your new stomach will hold for now. It does get better as time goes on. I would suggest about 10 days of nothing but clear liquids. Then move on to 10 days of creamy liquids. Creamy Soups, pudding sugar free, yogurt, cottage cheese.Please remember only about 2 tbs when you are eating.

I hope this is helpful. Sugar Free all Natural fruit popcicles really helped me too the frist couple of months.

If you have any more questions please feel free to contact me.

Suzanne

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yep, broth and crystal lite and maybe some Protein Shakes made with skim milk. day 3 was hard for me, starting with day 4 I could notice that every day got a little easier. I am not almost 2 weeks out and am able to get my 6 ounce Protein Shake down in 30 minutes no problem. yogurt I nibble on for half hour as well, just don't have the desire to woof anything down, just eating to provide fuel

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I found warm tea to be most soothing. I especially liked all the flavorful smell of Tazo Orange tea (you can buy at store or starbucks) to be especially soothing to the stomach and to the mind.

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I'm looking at the after surgery diet that my surgeon gave me (I'm not scheduled for surgery until September 20) and it says for days 1 thru 3: Water, broth (chicken, beef or vegetable), decaffeinated tea, crystal light, diet Jello, or sugar free popsicles.

Whichever you try, I'm sure it will work out for you.

Be well,

Niki

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I had hernia surgery and vomited I the hospital on top of the WLS and it hurt to swallow Water. The NP told me I could put ice packs on my chests to help reduce the inflimation. And room temp water was all I could do for days.

Good luck!

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