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Diarrhea cant hold down protien, what to eat 11 days post op HELP!



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Definitely check in with your doctor's office and let them know you are having problems. I had problems with that too and didn't get much help other than permission to take Immodium if I needed to.

I'm not sure if you are allowed to drink skim or 1% milk on your plan and if you are, that you might be lactose intolerant after surgery. My doctor told me that many people have a problem with this and I thought I was one of them until I did some more checking on my own.

I am able to drink milk without too many problems but if I mix Protein powder for a shake with it, I was having problems. I talked with my SIL who is a nutritionist/pharmacist and she told me to go check the amount of sugar alcohol or other artificial sweeteners in the Protein Powder I was using. Sure enough, all of them contained sucralose (Splenda) or other sugar alcohols that were causing the shakes to basically run through my system shortly after I ingested them.

Once I found some unflavored Protein Powder without any sugar alcohols or sucralose in it, everything was much better and I wasn't having as many issues with that problem anymore.

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Definitely check in with your doctor's office and let them know you are having problems. I had problems with that too and didn't get much help other than permission to take Immodium if I needed to.

I'm not sure if you are allowed to drink skim or 1% milk on your plan and if you are' date=' that you might be lactose intolerant after surgery. My doctor told me that many people have a problem with this and I thought I was one of them until I did some more checking on my own.

I am able to drink milk without too many problems but if I mix Protein powder for a shake with it, I was having problems. I talked with my SIL who is a nutritionist/pharmacist and she told me to go check the amount of sugar alcohol or other artificial sweeteners in the Protein Powder I was using. Sure enough, all of them contained sucralose (Splenda) or other sugar alcohols that were causing the shakes to basically run through my system shortly after I ingested them.

Once I found some unflavored Protein powder without any sugar alcohols or sucralose in it, everything was much better and I wasn't having as many issues with that problem anymore.[/quote']

Thanks for the advice ....you can become lactose intolerant? Wow I hope not

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Thanks for the advice ....you can become lactose intolerant? Wow I hope not

I see many people mention they have.

I held off on milk til last week.

Tried 8 oz of skim with chocolate or vanilla Protein powder and no problem.

Happy about that!

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Help

I also had this problem. Add some benefiber to your diet. Suggested by my NUT. Good luck! It's a pain in the butt...

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Try different Protein Shakes. I started with a soy based Protein and it made me miserable. I switched to Premier Protein and my system became quite happy. You just have to keep trying different ones til you find one that works. The sugar alcohol and sucralose thing was also an issue for me. Good luck!

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Dr. Told me I might be constipsted and the cramping and minimal poop spurts I am having, is my body trying to unblock itself.... orders are 1/2 bottle of magnesium citrate

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