Second day post op...all I feel is exhaustion. How much liquid could you get in?

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Sleeved Thursday, came home Friday around 5, slept from then until 8 this morning (not a wink of sleep in hospital) and I can barely sip.

I've had maybe 12 ounces of Fluid so far today and the thought of a protien shake doesn't gag me, but I know it won't go down.

How much could you sip as the days progressed? The thought of 64 ounces cracks me up fo sho!

[ItsjustmeHQ 14]

im on my 6th day the first 2 days i could only get a few sips in too drank maybe 20oz it gets a lil easier but not much sometimes i forge n try to just gulp it down .i still hsvnt mastered the 64oz thing eaither not sure if i can popsicles help me alot not a big fan of Jello it doesnt do anything for me ..just try ang get as much as you can in i know its hard i too feel week and still have some pain ..but hang in there it gets easier atleast thats wut they keep telling me!!! lol

[sharonintx 1,275]

Me too. I still can't get the liquids down. It seems like liquids fill me up faster than food. I'm at 9 weeks out and I just can't drink it all. Hopefully will get better.

[MIJourney 490]

Day before you Lipstick but pretty much the same with sleeping & liquids. Today was better. Tomorrow will be better yet. That's my thought anyway!

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Ok, phew. I am your classic overachiever and I am so afraid of dehydration.

My sleeve is totally showing me who is boss. Hint: not me.

[TJL 222]

Hi LipstickLady, I'm on day 4 after the sleeve, and I was just like you at day 2 except I was still in the hospital. Now on day 4 it's a little better not a lot but it's at least some progress. I've gotten some good advice on here, people have said try the flavored waters, warm Water, etc. Just keep trying different things till you find something that you can tolerate, I was extremely tired when I first got home, even taking my shower required a nap afterward.Today I didn't have to take a nap till 3:00 which was progress! It will get better.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Second day was a toughie for me, still in ICU. Did not try to eat or drink anything by mouth until day 3. Sipping on Water was ok, but only up to 8 ounces a day. I still could not sip my Protein shake without severe, and I mean very severe, pain from my stomach up to my tonsils. And my left shoulder really hurt every times drank from the gas. Things got better by day 5 where I could finish 8 ounces of Water without pain and they let me go home.

Increasing to 64 ounces of water a day comes with time, not during the first week. If you can hit 64 ounces a day by week 3 you are doing pretty decent. Hang in there and know every day things improve just a little bit more until before long you will be making leaps and bounds in your post op recovery. Soon you will be looking back at he tribulations of being a new post op as a distant memory. The benefits and accomplishments will far outweigh the speed bumps along the way.

Do try your best at drinking every day. Dehydration can catch up to you and before you know it, you have a real problem on your hand that requires medical attention. One strategy that may help you is to split up the drinking into increments like 2 ounces per hour when you are not drinking shake. Try and drink 1 ounce shake per hour. Doing little 1 ounce and 2 ounce goals keeps your progress moving forward, puts you on a schedule and you can make good Protein and water numbers this way.

[mariamitani 405]

The key is sip then wait a few seconds then sip ,wait,sip wait. If you stay on it you should be able to get 4 ounces in 15 minutes. Thats 16 ounces in 1 hour. So it should take about 4 hours. When I woke up in the morning I would take out all the fluids I had to drink for the day and put them next to me with a pen and pad. It took all day but I got it in. When I didn't I was dizzy felt faint tired and sick(it was very scary,got hospitalized once because of it). Till today when I'm low on fluids I get dizzy and lightheaded when standing. Its difficult in the beginning But these few month will shape the way you eat drink for the rest of your life. liquid is a very crucial part of having this surgery. So, find a way to make it work. Stay strong and baby steps you can do this

[Tammy123 22]

This is great advice...I'm being sleeved on March 28th, 2013 with dr. Ponce de leon. Excited and nervous!

[LipstickLady 25,682]

Thanks all. I just had 8 ounces of strained miso Soup and that went down so much easier than flavored water. It wasn't great, but the warmth didn't cause cramping. I have a glass of diluted gatorade next to me now -- something I was trying to avoid because of the calories. I figure, though, I've not had calories in 72 hours, so these few won't hurt, right?