Advice Please

[beth423 33]

I am 2 days post op as of today. I came home yesterday. I started Protein Shakes today and I have not even got one down. I dont feel hungry. I dont want to over drink and get sick. Also my belly feels like its rolling why?? Any advice or suggestions would be great. I am scared of over drinking and streaching my pouch but afraid of not geyting enough Protein.< /p>

[Yodelania 60]

Congrats! Now stay focus!

[Jen in SoCal 189]

I am 5 days postop and my stomach is still rolling too. it gets pretty loud sometimes!

I have seen others on here to say not to worry so much about the Protein as soon as you get home but make sure you ARE getting liquids in and that made sense so I followed their advice. I tried the shakes and found they filled me up so much i couldnt stand the thought of even sipping Water later so I laid off for a day then tried again. Its a lot easier now.

The key for me is to take the tiniest sip I can. I bought some festive little plastic shotglasses and I use those. They're two ounces each and I can now drink about one and a half at a sitting. but it takes a looong time.

[mary818 66]

Yup, my nutritionist and surgeon didn't have me even attempt shakes until 7 days post op as they explained to me that it's a bit heavy on my new tummy. It is still taking me forever to finish my shakes (but that's probably as I can't stand them lol) but it seems like everyone's medical professionals have a different school of thought on this one.

[amy0501 4]

My first week is soft foods & my doc said it will be hard to get everything down the first few weeks. My psych eval doc also said I really won't need to eat for a year cuz I have so much stored. Haha! You will. Stick with it!