First Week Post Gastric Sleeve Surgery

[frumpy69 37]

Hey how much liquid can you have at a time? It takes me no time to have broth or warm liquid and im not feeling real full. im 5 days post op. any ideas?

[Veda 12]

When I was 5 days out, I could drink - not sip - about 1/8 of a cup followed in a couple of minutes by another 1/8 to 1/4 cup of liquid. I am 4 weeks out and have problems with not wanting food or liquids. This has been going on for 3 days. When I was at your stage, I wondered if the doctor took any of my stomach out! LOL. It was easier for me to get my Protein in then than it is now.

Within the first 4 weeks, I've gone throuh a few stages and none of them seemed very difficult until now when I'm really feeling full after a couple of bites or taking a long time to get a Protein shake down.

I hope this helps. You will feel full soon enough. Concentrate on getting you Protein and other liquids each day.

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

hi frumpy, i had the sleeve the other day, Thursday, 12/15/11.

On Friday for my "first meal" from the hospital i rec'd 1 oz. of chicken broth and 1 oz of red jello!!! thats it!!!. i actually had trouble getting it down, ever so slowly, because i knew i shouldn't eat/drink too fast. So i was kind of scared. For dinner, i rec'd the same "food", and didn't even feel like anything then either, but i drank alittle.

What i'm understanding is this early in the game, these first few days or so drinking sip, sip, and sip is the way to go. slow and steady wins the race. I was always told to drink slowly, as well as to eat slowly.

At a sooner than later point we're supposed to get in 64 oz a day in liquids. Being only 2 days post op, i drank around only about 8 oz of H20. hoping to increase that daily.

kathy

dos 12/15/11

ps the "signature" hasn't shown on any posts in a long time. any comments, does anyone else have same problem thanx kathy

[frumpy69 37]

thank you! i just read ovr my sleeve nutrition plan i got and im pretty normal! lol just was panicking thinking when the time came and i could eat solid food if i would be full but thank you Veda that helped. I LOVE THESE FORUMS

[MuzikIsMe 0]

I'm a week and half post op and I had the same problem of not feeling "Full" when I was on all liquids too. I just followed my Dr's. plan of drinking a bottle of Water (8oz) every 2hrs from 8am-8pm. (Extending the gap to 3hrs the last 3hrs) I'm now on full liquids/soft foods (mashed potatoes, pudding etc.) and I'm still having issues of not feeling full. I actually tried mashed potatoes for the first time tonight and stopped after about 5-6 spoonfuls. I still didn't get the full sensation, but stopped because I became nauseated. I'm assuming I was eating too fast as I have eaten a spoonful or two more as I'm typing this entry. Is anyone else having this issue?