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Hi! I am being sleeved on sept. 18th! Wondering how long it takes you to drink after surgery? Like an 8 ounce Protein Shake will take me how long to finish. I've been making them with 12 ounces of skim milk or 16oz. Water. I'm thinking I should cut down the Fluid amount to get used to the taste difference? Thanks !

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Hi! I am being sleeved on sept. 18th! Wondering how long it takes you to drink after surgery? Like an 8 ounce Protein shake will take me how long to finish. I've been making them with 12 ounces of skim milk or 16oz. Water. I'm thinking I should cut down the Fluid amount to get used to the taste difference? Thanks !

I could not drink more than 2 ozs of Protein Drink every few hours for the first couple months. Everything you do now will be dramatically changed post op. my post op instructions said to have 8 oz of Protein Drink in one sitting. I tried to force that in slowly and was really hurting after 4 oz.

I asked my doc and she was surprised that my instructions printed 8 oz and said they would change it.

You may be tempted to follow a plan but the key is to take everything in very slowly and stop immediately upon feeling any type of fullness.

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I guess Im just nervous about getting enough Protein in. Can't someone make a proteinsicle???!! Lol.

Yup lol and pudding and Jello and....check out www.unjury.com for some yummy recipes with Protein, if you haven't tried their powders yet they have a great sample pack...good luck

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I was able to take in all my fluids without problem within four days and take gulps of fluids within three weeks. I was on clear fluids for my two days in the hospital, full liquids for the next five days and, by the one week point, I was cleared for soft foods. There's a huge range of recovery times and experiences and it is impossible to know what yours will be.

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I am 4 days post op and I can take in 8 oz of Water and 1 oz of Protein an hour. I can't take in over 2oz of protein in any given sitting. In the first week or so the liquids are way more important than the protein. I can tell that I'm increasing everyday. There is no way I could sit and drink a shake in one sitting right now.

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